Post pictures of your working wick and coil setup

[UncleChuck]

My first attempt with twisted wire. 3 strands of 32ga kanthal on a 16ga blunt needle. Came out @ 2ohms. I used a dremel cutting wheel attachment to hold the wire (all I could find atm). Tried to go as slow as I could, but still, once the dremel was turned on.. wires instantly snapped

I normally don't torch the wire before wrapping, but that turned out to be quite a challenge with twisted wire... will be pre-torching it next time I attempt this

Awesome pics and great build! It perfectly captures the cool pattern that forms when making coils from triple twisted wire, I've been taking the caps off my attys and looking at my coils every 5 minutes since putting twisted coils in them heh heh It reminds me of a pine cone or pineapple type pattern, should we start calling them pinecone coils or pineapple coils?

As far as torching, when starting with the wire straight from the spool I first pull it tightly through my finger nails to straighten any kinks or bends in the wire, then I give it an initial torch to soften it up.

Then I put it in the drill, twist it until it's to the desired tightness, and then while putting a very slight amount of tension on the wire while holding it vertically, I torch from top to bottom. Then you can clip the wire out of the drill and whatever it's secured to on the other end, and you get a perfectly straight piece of wire that wraps very well, making it very easy to get super tight compressed wraps without using the torch-and-squeeze method.

You build looks better than mine so I wasn't trying to suggest my method is any better, I'm just throwing it out there for anyone else experimenting with methods for twisting.

Here is a (terrible) quality picture of the wire after that process, the one on the far right is triple-30 and the two on the left are double-30:

 

[sean5340]

Simple but very effective.

 

[sunnata]

It reminds me of a pine cone or pineapple type pattern, should we start calling them pinecone coils or pineapple coils?

I was thinking exactly the same thing last night after starring at the second picture for a bit

Many thanks for all the kind words and for describing your technique in such detail. Mixing different methods is a great way to find out what works best for each of us imo.

 

[SkvLTD]

So twisted doods, what exactly are the benefits of those?

Else, rebuilt my Fogger w/ 28g nichrome to about 1.3ohms around 2.5mm eko post-to-post (so probably like 1.6-1.8) and so far so good. Didn't want to go to 1.0-1.1 using a new iTaste VV as backup/passthrough and god knows my I altered my original build that was chain-vape friendly as heck.

 

[sean5340]

Getting a little better ever time.

 

[Tbev]

Dual coil on cotton in IGO-L, bottom fed..

This was actually the first money shot with modified IGO-L in new, custom BF. I'm loving it!

 

[LReyes66]

So twisted doods, what exactly are the benefits of those?

Else, rebuilt my Fogger w/ 28g nichrome to about 1.3ohms around 2.5mm eko post-to-post (so probably like 1.6-1.8) and so far so good. Didn't want to go to 1.0-1.1 using a new iTaste VV as backup/passthrough and god knows my I altered my original build that was chain-vape friendly as heck.

Essentially making a wire even lower gauge. More surface area for juice.

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[Myk]

My typical RBA coil.

 

[PhatRon]

I just made this coil setup:
4 strands of 32 gauge Kanthal twisted together, 6 wraps on 1/16th screwdriver, 0.69 ohms, flavor is amazing!

 

[LReyes66]

Been meaning to try triple twisted 30g

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[thlinks]

So I got a kfl and when I vape outside in the cold, I get a dry burnt taste.. I'm guessing it's wicking issues bUT wanted to know if you guys had a similar issue and a fix?

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[Mitey F]

So I got a kfl and when I vape outside in the cold, I get a dry burnt taste.. I'm guessing it's wicking issues bUT wanted to know if you guys had a similar issue and a fix?

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Like any other substance, e-goo will become more viscous at lower temperatures. If you're outside for long enough for your goo to get really cold, it's likely to not wick as well.

 

[BuzzKilla]

+80% VG... yeah not ideal in a KF durring a Canadian winter

I've seen maple syrup thinner than this....

 

[dw'struth]

Nice builds!

 

[Yail Bloor]

So I got a kfl and when I vape outside in the cold, I get a dry burnt taste.. I'm guessing it's wicking issues bUT wanted to know if you guys had a similar issue and a fix?

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Any device that relies on wicking/liquid feeding will suffer in cold temperatures. The only things that will preform properly in the cold would be drippers, but then that brings about the obvious problem of dripping every few toots with exposed hands in the cold.

Truth is, e-cigs just aren't made for the cold.

 

[Myk]

Truth is, e-cigs just aren't made for the cold.

In addition to exposed hands and thick liquids there's batteries and trying to heat up tiny coils

 

[muzichead]

I'm running dual coils in my Aqua w/ a 50/50 blend and have had no problems with my coils getting fed in the cold here in Illinois... Works just as good outside as it does inside!!!

 

[Yail Bloor]

I'm running dual coils in my Aqua w/ a 50/50 blend and have had no problems with my coils getting fed in the cold here in Illinois... Works just as good outside as it does inside!!!

Yeah funny you say that and that I make my last point, because my full size Russian is the only tank system that does seem to preform alright in the cold. Not as well as it does indoors, but satisfactory. Were as my daily Killer 705/carto tank setup is completely useless after 2 minutes in the cold.

 

[thlinks]

Thanks guys I guess I'll just toot till it taste burnt ..

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[Tbev]

And I thought it was freezing here last night it dropped below 50.....you guys are nuts.

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