Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Three
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@FlamingoTutu - thanks for description. I prolly read it when I first ordered it, but I haven't used it much. I bet it would be a great element in my Rumchata recipe (why didn't I think of that earlier???)
Horchata (CAP) 11%
Jamaican Rum 6%
Bavarian Cream 5%
French Vanilla Deluxe 5%
Cinnamon 5%
Sweetener 3-4%
This is my original. I'm wondering if I replace the BC with Catalan Cream????
Horchata (CAP) 11%
Jamaican Rum 6%
Bavarian Cream 5%
French Vanilla Deluxe 5%
Cinnamon 5%
Sweetener 3-4%
This is my original. I'm wondering if I replace the BC with Catalan Cream????
Nice to have you drop by again. Don't be a stranger. Is the Fogwind just for dual coils. Just can't seem to find any decent droppers any more for single coil builds.
errr, umm, does USPS deliver there or must one use FedEx?
I got it cleaned up and was about to put it back in the box but decided to give it one last try. Went with quite a bit less wick and it's starting to work like I thought it would. Thing is, the ID on these coils off the gizmo is pretty big and they use a thicker, longer length of cotton in the Tugboat but I guess the same style wick took up too much room in the Derringer. I think it just needed some more space in the deck for air to move through because it's not getting hot at all now with .5 duals at 32 watts. It's not spitting bad maybe a little right after dripping. I knew these had to be good with all the glowing reviews of them. Just have to do a better job wicking it!
Good to hear you're starting to get along w/ the new purchase. I've just made friends with SubTank mini's. I bought a couple a few months ago and just wasn't liking them. Then a week ago I gave it another try and I'm starting to enjoy using it.
Well, one of the civilian aerospace firms is SpaceX. Maybe a clue?
Did you do anything else with your STmini? Other than fill? Some subtle change that makes them magical? I'm still on the fence with mine, both the mini and the full. Thanks be that I have a few kayfuns!
Hi MikeE3, from what I have read and the location of the holes in the body, it appears to be a duel coil only RDA. Although, my Freakshow is able to be a single or dual coil. Prior to getting the Fogwind, the Freakshow was my go to RDA for flavor.
I know your question was addressed to Mike, but I'm crazy happy with my Kanger Subtank Plus, with the 1.2 ohm and 0.5 ohm OCCs, as well as the RBA when built at 0.5 or 0.6 ohms.
The only thing I'm still working on is the 0.15 ohm nickel OCC in conjunction with a temperature control PV. First of all, the coils start off at 0.12 ohms rather than 0.15 ohms, and they proceed to drop to lower and lower ohms over the course of a couple hours of use until my PV says "ohms too low". I've got nickel wire on the way so that I can build sub-ohm nickel coils on the RBA, which will hopefully work out better than the pre-built nickel coils.
ETA: even when the nickel 0.12 ohm OCC is functioning OK, I am not finding the vape as good as with the kanthal coils. Neither flavor nor volume of vapor is impressive. Will see if that changes when I build my own nickel coils.
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I have three of them and still use an OCC coil for some of my vaping. Some juice just tastes better to me with those OCC coils, don't know why. The RBA can put out some flavor for sure and the new design with holes on the side made it a lot easier for me to wick.
Time to make the donuts.
Yeah Really. I been reading All Kinds of threads for the last.... well since about 11 last night, I'm about beat though. Just Huff'in on my Magma.
You've got me interested in the Tug Boat though, I'm look'in for some good deals kinda.
Guess I'll Get for abit, See Ya'll Later. 
Hey Bells, Have a Good One.
I made my first rayon wick with the lifetime supply kindly sent to me by DavidOck, and found it easy to do. As snug as I made it I can see where it might have been difficult if the coil was less sturdy but with a 0.5 ohm Kanthal coil in the RDA for a Kanger Subtank it was easy.
I didn't boil the rayon first, and I can taste it, but it's not an objectionable taste to me. It's my understanding that some people pick up no difference in taste but even after 100 or so draws I can still detect it. It's more of a taste than I get from KGD, which also has a distinctive taste. I don't know if pre-boiling and drying would eliminate the taste or not, I guess I'll give it a try, but the wick is working very well and I'm expecting it to last longer than a KGD wick. My KGD wicks start to go south flavor-wise after about 4-7 days of heavy use. The rayon also is wicking better, I think, because there is absolutely zero sputtering, which I occasionally get with the KGD.
I didn't boil the rayon first, and I can taste it, but it's not an objectionable taste to me. It's my understanding that some people pick up no difference in taste but even after 100 or so draws I can still detect it. It's more of a taste than I get from KGD, which also has a distinctive taste. I don't know if pre-boiling and drying would eliminate the taste or not, I guess I'll give it a try, but the wick is working very well and I'm expecting it to last longer than a KGD wick. My KGD wicks start to go south flavor-wise after about 4-7 days of heavy use. The rayon also is wicking better, I think, because there is absolutely zero sputtering, which I occasionally get with the KGD.
Well, one of the civilian aerospace firms is SpaceX. Maybe a clue?
Did you do anything else with your STmini? Other than fill? Some subtle change that makes them magical? I'm still on the fence with mine, both the mini and the full. Thanks be that I have a few kayfuns!
I'm using the RBA head - the draw on the OCC heads is still too 'open' for me. I didn't do anything special to it - but I have been vaping an ErlPrinz and a couple KFL V4's. Both have an airier draw then a KFL lite, so I think it's more me getting used to an open draw and even the ST RBA deck is on the airy side.
Bells - over in the Evic VT thread, many-many people have reported the stock NI OCC ST heads drop in resistance. I've only tried one, and it started over .15 then dropped below .15 (can't remember the numbers ATM, need more coffee).
Try a little less rayon next build but still listen for the squeak when pulling it through and keep it good and snug not tight. In the rayon thread it was talked about having too much rayon if you can taste it. Also in the beginning days of rayon people talked about it changing the taste of their juice. This was claimed to be because it wicked so well or some such thing.
I haven't noticed the change in flavor at all - but sometimes I can taste the wick more like the flavor has dropped off than actually tasting the wick. When it breaks in - I'm back to it tasting good.
From all I've heard and read, they are great for low Ω use, but I fall in the tootle-camp. the RBA, at my typical 1.7 - 1.8, is, to me, just "ok." The 0.5 OCC I really don't care for, the 1.2 OCC is marginal... Might do the RBA mod (drill bigger holes on the side of the cap), but want to continue other testing before taking irreversible action. Of course, with 8 KFs and numerous other toppers, that could take a while
And maybe a couple more tries to fine tune my OCC rebuild... Then again, like you, Mike, the very airy draw - important for high volume vaping - may be what's not "right" for me, as I really do like the way my KFs work... a reason to NOT drill out the cap.I've never boiled my rayon - or even cotton when I was using that. (Never boiled my cigs, either
) And haven't noticed any taste to it at all, but of course we all have different skill sets - and it could also be the flavors I lean to just cover it... Or is it possible that the taste you get is the absence of taste?Rayon - and probably any new wick material - can take a few tries to get "right." Because it does need to be snug, it may not be the best choice for the softer coil materials, since they might deform when wicking, but I find it my preferred wick for kanthal.
Dang, not enough coffee yet....
Yes. On a fresh build or rewick, I'll start around a couple watts lower than my normal to break in the wick/coil, and until I start stepping the power back up, the taste is "faint." As you say, dropped off. And, of course, the same flavor loss if/when the coil gets gunked.
I do get a breakin taste with rayon in my kayfuns. I got use to it knowing its going away after a few hits. IMO I'm getting the breakin taste from having my wicking pretty tight in the coil along with not letting it sit long enough to fully absorb the juice but I've had no dryhits, leaking or wicking problems wicking my kayfuns my way. The rayon doesn't expand when juiced so you have to make up for that by wicking it quite tight. Once you get rayon wicking down in whatever atty, you'll not go back to any other wicking material.
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