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I'm not familiar with this mod or tank, but if you are looking for a similar experience to the prebuilt coil, I'd recommend trying 5-6 wraps of 26g with a 1.5mm diameter (single coil). You could possibly fit a larger coil, but this would be a good starting point.

I used this calculator: Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
 

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I'm not familiar with this mod or tank, but if you are looking for a similar experience to the prebuilt coil, I'd recommend trying 5-6 wraps of 26g with a 1.5mm diameter (single coil). You could possibly fit a larger coil, but this would be a good starting point.

I used this calculator: Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
I'm using 26awg at the mo with 5 wraps spaced with 2.5 diameter but duel coil, tank gets a bit warm, think il try your idea when I empty this last fill. Also thinking of trying 28awg at some point. I can squeeze 3.0 diameter in tank but it is a sqweeze, is the 1.5 you speak of better for flavour ?
 
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I'm using 26awg at the mo with 5 wraps spaced with 2.5 diameter but duel coil, tank gets a bit warm, think il try your idea when I empty this last fill. Also thinking of trying 28awg at some point. I can squeeze 3.0 diameter in tank but it is a sqweeze, is the 1.5 you speak of better for flavour ?

I didn't have much to go on from your original post, you are much more experienced than the typical 'new member'.

If I understand it correctly, varying the diameter is essentially the same as varying the wraps, just 'surface area' in a different direction, honestly I suggested 1.5 because in a googled pic the deck looked kind of small. In some cases I believe the diameter might be limited by 'wicking hole sizes' and other variables, it's really about finding what you like in that particular atomizer.

Hope I helped somehow...and sorry, forgot to say welcome to ECF!
 

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hello everybody,
I'm new here & to vaping, I'm wanting to know what would be the best coil wire to use in a annikon axiom on a smok r40 ? I'm a flavour chaser. Thanks
Welcome and glad you joined. You have a sub ohm advanced atomizer. It is built for clouds. Some folks believe that the more vapor equal more taste. I chose to pick one of the extreme ends, between max clouds and min clouds and worked up or down from there to find my happy spot. Whatever works for you is the best coil wire.
Might like to read:
All About Sub-Ohm Vaping - The Perks and the Problems
What is Sub Ohm Vaping? Our Sub Ohm Vaping Guide & Tips
Battery safety
Care and Use of 510, eGo and Variable Voltage Batteries
ECF Sub-Ohm Advisory
 
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I didn't have much to go on from your original post, you are much more experienced than the typical 'new member'.

If I understand it correctly, varying the diameter is essentially the same as varying the wraps, just 'surface area' in a different direction, honestly I suggested 1.5 because in a googled pic the deck looked kind of small. In some cases I believe the diameter might be limited by 'wicking hole sizes' and other variables, it's really about finding what you like in that particular atomizer.

Hope I helped somehow...and sorry, forgot to say welcome to ECF!

Before I got in to vaping I did a bit of research & reading & same for when I got the annikon axiom, which I got just under a week ago, been vaping since end of January. Visiting this site plus a few others & YouTube has helped gain some understanding. I did read some where that a smaller inner diameter can give better flavour something il try as I go. The axiom is a small deck & does have small wicking holes compared to the factory made coil that came with it. Thanks for the welcome & yeh you have helped. I am now on the look out for a bigger mod plus bigger rta so I can have a play & see what difference's there are.
 
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Welcome and glad you joined. You have a sub ohm advanced atomizer. It is built for clouds. Some folks believe that the more vapor equal more taste. I chose to pick one of the extreme ends, between max clouds and min clouds and worked up or down from there to find my happy spot. Whatever works for you is the best coil wire.
Might like to read:
All About Sub-Ohm Vaping - The Perks and the Problems
What is Sub Ohm Vaping? Our Sub Ohm Vaping Guide & Tips
Battery safety
Care and Use of 510, eGo and Variable Voltage Batteries
ECF Sub-Ohm Advisory
Thank you,
I got the axiom thinking it was one for flavour in the sub ohm range. It's like you say I need to start at a point & work from there, so il buy a few types of wire & find what's suits me & gets best flavour. I am on the look out for a bigger mod plus bigger rta so I can experiment. Thinking of the wotofo troll rta.
 
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The axiom is a small deck & does have small wicking holes compared to the factory made coil that came with it.

I think larger diameter coils have their merit, I think having less 'dead space' inside the atomizer in theory would give better flavor. I think the problem is attempting to predict what the (incoming and outgoing) air is going to do in any given setup, we don't really have any way of knowing. The coil and wick work hand in hand so in something like an RDA you have quite a bit more leeway, where in an RTA/RDTA (or genesis) the more efficient wicking setup would probably dictate coil diameter size over space available.

I think once you have built a few coils you'll find that actually trying coils is easier (and less time consuming) than trying to predict what will happen.

We are pretty much in the same place, I am 3 weeks smoke free, and I also did a ridiculous amount of research before diving in. Only thing different is I went RDTA (genesis).

I quickly switched to SS316l in TC mode, and will probably not go back. I'm running simple single-stranded 26g spaced 3mm 8 wrap coils in dual on a Limitless RDTA+ (45w 420 degrees DTL). I tried 28g but could not get the screws to connect with it to my satisfaction, I may try and twist it next time, or try parallel contact.
 
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