Recently ordered the Vortice 2 RDA from Vapor Shark. Messing with it today. Took about 5.5 loops to get the units to fit into the deck and hit the posts properly. Eventually I'll be pairing the build with the new mini volt by COV. Test dripping AiV Lemon Cake in 11mg. Working well at 130w on the X Cube II. Some minor spitback but with a drip tip that's a little bit longer everything is fine. Build quality on the RDA is pretty good. You can tell it's a little more stable than the low-end clones. Everything fit together fine and it's running in my test phase well.
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Yeah sometimes that happens. The best wick materials I've found and know how to use is Native Wick. But, I understand that cotton balls somehow can work (sterile or organic, I don't know). If you can post a guide to wicking I'd appreciate that as it'd make me better at vaping. =)Hope you dont mind me sayingbut your wick looks a little loose, you will get lots of TH like that, btw what is the wick you are using?
it will depend on what you are using for wicking, but generally with cotton types, you want the wick tight enough to pull through but "catch" as it pulls...If you are using rayon (my favorite) you want it even tighter....I put it tight enough that it doesn't pull through easy, but not so tight that it distorts the coil when pulled. reason is cotton expands when wet, rayon shrinksYeah sometimes that happens. The best wick materials I've found and know how to use is Native Wick. But, I understand that cotton balls somehow can work (sterile or organic, I don't know). If you can post a guide to wicking I'd appreciate that as it'd make me better at vaping. =)
I completely agree with everything you said, except, I think it will take a MAC truck, loaded with Rayon, to distort those coils.it will depend on what you are using for wicking, but generally with cotton types, you want the wick tight enough to pull through but "catch" as it pulls...If you are using rayon (my favorite) you want it even tighter....I put it tight enough that it doesn't pull through easy, but not so tight that it distorts the coil when pulled. reason is cotton expands when wet, rayon shrinks
24 gauge Ti claptoned with 32 gauge TiI completely agree with everything you said, except, I think it will take a MAC truck, loaded with Rayon, to distort those coils.What is it, 24 Gauge or 22 Gauge?
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That's exactly my point. There is no wick, in the World, could distort those coils.or did you mean vapenoob's?
those look to be at least 22 gauge
grade 1 from Ukamen...I mostly use SS wires now, but had the Ti sitting around and thought...why not?That's exactly my point. There is no wick, in the World, could distort those coils.About your Ti Clapton coil, what kind of Ti wire did you use? I used the one from stealthvape.co.uk for a long time, until they ran out. Then, I discovered NiFe30 and NiFe48 from zivipf.com I'm never going back to titanium. IMHO
whats goin on with that top picture? I wanna know how to do that, is it some kumihimo stuff?
whats goin on with that top picture? I wanna know how to do that, is it some kumihimo stuff?
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