to be honest I just don't have ANY pods for my pod device.
Please trust me when I say that I heed your warning, however purely because I do not want to go back to smoking, and don't have money for cigarettes but still have a means to vape, this will just have to do in the mean time.
A sledge hammer? Sorry OP... couldn't resist that one (sometimes you have to have a sense of humor)
My personal preference is 2.5mm for any thing I build. My latest build, for example, I took 24ga kanthal ( kanthal being personal preference again) and twisted 2 strands pretty tight with a drill and swivel set up. Took that and made two 6 wrap coils on 2.5mm mandrel. On my dead rabbit with the 2 coil setup, I'm at .19 ohms and vape famously at 65 to 70 watts. Regulated mod by the way. I get almost a whole day out of 2 fully charged Samsung 25r's with this kind of power consumption. Building coils can be as simple or as difficult as you make it to be. Me, I like simple. And twisting wire is about as fancy as I get. On top of that, im finding that though the nooks and crannies of fancy twisted or claptoned wire give more surface area to vaporize with, it also gunks up more than plain, round wire coils. So, in the end, a good tight 6 or 7 wrap 2.5mm inside diameter 22ga plain round kanthal is the way to go really. Tweak this, of course, to ensure safe mech mod use if that is what you vape.
2.5mm ID is what I call "regular" size. Although nothing is wrong with going for this particular size (on a single battery tube mech, I use this size the most), I like variation. So I use bigger coils frequently all the time. For me, it isn't necessarily always about my personal preference, although it is closely related to it. For example, sometimes I find that 2.5mm is just too small to not keep burning the wicks in half. Other times, it's got more to do with the design of the build deck that I'm using, how much space it's got, or what the limitations of the airflow setup/adjustment are. But my personal preferences vary, depending on mood and also depending on the juice I want to vape. So my brain comes at it from different directions. It's a hobby... meticulousness, knowledge gained from tried experience is a crucial part of the main driving factor.
Thank you! this is the information I find the most interesting. I have been trying the 5 wraps of 24 gauge stainless, and I'm using two of them (what word do you use for that? dual coil mode? dual coil setup?) it seems to be performing properly although I feel like I could get a more desireable result with something that has more surface area, or maybe if I play with the amount of combing I do to my wickThe Wotofo braided wire can be used to make a .24 ohms single coil at 5 wraps, 3mm inner diameter. Since the vapor production you've been getting is not enough for you, you could also decide to make it 6 wraps and/or increase the inner diameter to 3.5mm, assuming the build deck of your RTA has enough space for making it fit. Doing this will bring the resistance up higher, but not terribly so. For example, at 6 wraps and using 3mm inner diameter, a single coil made from this wire should still end up below .3 ohms. Don't forget to work out the hotspots before the first use. (I'm assuming you already know how to do this, but don't be afraid to ask if you don't.)
Also, if neither your Smok mod nor the batteries that you use in it appear to be getting more than just a little bit warm, I wouldn't worry too much about the inconsistencies/inaccuracies as for the numbers being displayed by the mod so just experiment with the wattage upping it one small step at a time till you find that sweet spot, take it a step back if necessary. If it works, it works, for as long as it works.
Dual coil... is just dual coil (resistance half of single coil) If you mean wrapping two wires at the same time, it's "parallel wrapping" (I think... not sure of the terminology) You can also "twist" two wires (simple round wires)... a good way to get more surface area but will lower resistance very much. Hopefully, someone that knows more about this will jump in. 5 wraps of 24 ga is a good choice (even dual coils) as long as your mod can push enough watts for that. You also have the option of using TC for SS but I haven;t tried that yet (once again... others can jump in on that) I'm sure I asked before, but what are you using (RDA, RTA)?
