Orion V2 roll call

[Bmays]

I don't understand why some of you say not to use a insulator why not make life alot easier on your self and use one. While you are torching the hell out of your wick and torching again ill already be vapping

Agreed, And the cigarette paper is by far the best "trick" for beginners and experienced users alike. To each their own

 

[brian272465]

To insulate or not that is the question I'm all for easy and quik. I no its not hard to get it right with out one I do for quikness and ease . I say save your butane and save the ozone layer.

 

[brian272465]

Here's a quik tip to maximize vapor production . find out exactly were your air hole lines up on your wick and wrap your coil closely around that area of your wick

 

[Currynoah]

I "Jack Frost" my wicks. I dun quench my wicks. I dun get shorts or any nonsense.

 

[tierrataz]

Ok peeps. Let's play nice. We were all noobs at one time or another. orion is the hardest to set up by many opinion. If some need a trick here or there to either learn to tame the beast, or just to enjoy, where is the harm?

I do agree FOR MYSELF, Jack Frost, no quench (except for top tanks), no juice burns, no isolators of any kind. I hope each get to that point of Orion taming sooner or later. If not, it's OK.

 

[the ob]

Ok everyone.

I jack frosted my mesh.

Rolled it.

Torched it again.

Did six juice burns.

Seems to be working now.

Thanks everyone!

 

[emonty]

Ok everyone.

I jack frosted my mesh.

Rolled it.

Torched it again.

Did six juice burns.

Seems to be working now.

Thanks everyone!

GREAT Ob!!!!!!! you see, oxidation. enjoy!!!

 

[rwechsler]

Ok everyone.

I jack frosted my mesh.

Rolled it.

Torched it again.

Did six juice burns.

Seems to be working now.

Thanks everyone!

Overkill=win! Glad you got it all sorted

 

[the ob]

Overkill=win! Glad you got it all sorted

Yeah,
I was going to make sure it was oxidized that time

 

[tierrataz]

Glad your up and running Ob.

 

[tierrataz]

Update on the 4 ply cabled .10 kanthal coil. Now it has broken in, the flavor is quite good. Vapor production is great with my 1-2 second draw. Not sure I'll oft be arsed to cable a wire but it's not a bust. If anyone wants to try some, I'd be happy to post for a couple $. I think I got 10 meters and it's from Romania.

 

[tierrataz]

.15 twisted kanthal, 6/5 wrap, 1.4 ohm. Flavor & vapor is better straight away. Just 10 minutes in so it will just get better. Downside is the number of wraps. On certain devices, this could be a problem.

 

[the_great]

replaced the spring with some SS spacers and nuts from tamiya.

 

[Turbo]

.15 twisted kanthal, 6/5 wrap, 1.4 ohm. Flavor & vapor is better straight away. Just 10 minutes in so it will just get better. Downside is the number of wraps. On certain devices, this could be a problem.

I think 'griz' from the other forum was getting 1.7ohms w/ a 4/3 wrap of twisted .15mm. That's a lot more wraps on your end. Maybe the wire posts contribute to the difference, or how it was twisted, or both?

 

[tierrataz]

replaced the spring with some SS spacers and nuts from tamiya.

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Do you find this makes set up easier?

 

[tierrataz]

I think 'griz' from the other forum was getting 1.7ohms w/ a 4/3 wrap of twisted .15mm. That's a lot more wraps on your end. Maybe the wire posts contribute to the difference, or how it was twisted, or both?

I think Griz runs a fatter wick. I twisted pretty tightly as he did. Obviously the terminal wires use a bit more wire than screw posts. I also do not know if kanthal has a standard ohm for each ga. Time to pay more attention. ;-)

Flavor is off the charts good! Vapor is not as much as straight or twisted .20. Not a biggie for me as I'm not what I call an exhibition vaper. I like being able to stealth.

I've got other experiments I want to try with wire. Very well pleased so far. For such small investment in different wire, I'll be kept busy a long while and maybe shiny-itis will go away.

 

[Turbo]

I think Griz runs a fatter wick. I twisted pretty tightly as he did. Obviously the terminal wires use a bit more wire than screw posts. I also do not know if kanthal has a standard ohm for each ga. Time to pay more attention. ;-)

Flavor is off the charts good! Vapor is not as much as straight or twisted .20. Not a biggie for me as I'm not what I call an exhibition vaper. I like being able to stealth.

I've got other experiments I want to try with wire. Very well pleased so far. For such small investment in different wire, I'll be kept busy a long while and maybe shiny-itis will go away.

Yeah, I think it comes down to the wire posts for the difference. Thanks for the updates, I may get some .15mm wire and try it, although my single .20mm is doing great. I wouldn't mind to take a shorter draw, and it seems that a twisted coil will give that.

 

[tierrataz]

There is some postulation that twisted wire carries more liquid and adds wicking. I'm no scientist but it seems plausable. An easy test would be wrap 2 wires in parallel as Scientist & Voirel do on their uber tiny RAs.

 

[the_great]

Do you find this makes set up easier?

just a little easier tierrataz. I wanted to have a more stable pole for the coils and maybe a more stable current. more of a tuning modifications.

 

[emonty]

"standard" setup: 20 mm wide super fine 400 mesh 3/4 wraps of .20 A1 Kanthal at 1.5 ohm.
Can take 1 to 1 1/2 sec hits with great flavor and vapor perfect!!