Pre-built coils and wicks from Fastech

[Shirtbloke]

Just found these today when looking through fastech's new products.
Pre-built Kanthal coils and fibreglass wicks 1.3 to 1.7 ohms - 50 for $4.73 - less than a penny each - has to be cheaper than making them yourself.....
$4.73 Authentic Kanthal Pre-Made Wire-and-Wick for RBA (50-Pack) 50-pack - NR-R-NR / 1.7ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[Equilibrium]

..... "has to be cheaper than making them yourself".....

Not really. You can get 100 ft of kanthal for $6.75, it'll make about 200 +/- coils. That's about .03 cents per coil

Edited to add... And I can wrap them to the resistance I want/need.

 

[Shirtbloke]

..... "has to be cheaper than making them yourself".....

Not really. You can get 100 ft of kanthal for $6.75, it'll make about 200 +/- coils. That's about .03 cents per coil

Edited to add... And I can wrap them to the resistance I want/need.

Actually it's 10c each - my maths is terrible.

 

[tp4tissue]

HELL freakin'' YES

 

[tp4tissue]

I'll pay the 10c GLADLY...

 

[tp4tissue]

..... "has to be cheaper than making them yourself".....

Not really. You can get 100 ft of kanthal for $6.75, it'll make about 200 +/- coils. That's about .03 cents per coil

Edited to add... And I can wrap them to the resistance I want/need.

It's one thing if you LIKE wrapping coils all the time.. but if you didn't have to... you wouldn't.... haha

 

[OldtimeRocker]

You use the new wickless coil too i see

 

[DoubleEwe]

I use the vape mesh company http://www.vape-atomizer-mesh.com/products/Kanthal-A1-Heat-Resistance-Wire.html for my kanthal.

Really cheap, but with good service. Think the bloke who runs it is called Chris.

Plus there is the added bonus of not having to use "fiber glass" wicks.

 

[Shirtbloke]

I use the vape mesh company http://www.vape-atomizer-mesh.com/products/Kanthal-A1-Heat-Resistance-Wire.html for my kanthal.

Really cheap, but with good service. Think the bloke who runs it is called Chris.

Plus there is the added bonus of not having to use "fiber glass" wicks.

Added to my bookmarks.

 

[zahzoo]

I use these things from FT for rebuilding Kanger style BCC coils. I prefer the NR-R-NR construction so you don't be burnin your insulators and tasting rubber.

I love building stuff and it was fun at first... But... It's one less thing to fidgit with. Plus I don't have to buy a wire welder to make these things.

 

[Equilibrium]

You use the new wickless coil too i see

I prefer cotton for my wicks.

 

[Wow1420]

I prefer cotton for my wicks.

Get the ones without wick https://www.fasttech.com/p/1591801, under a nickle each. Worth it for the NR legs in Kanger style heads.

 

[Art Mustel]

I buy these from fastech, $3.83 for 50 nr-r-nr coils:
$3.87 Pre-Coiled Welded Wires w/ Wicks - NR-R-NR (50-Pack) 50-pack - 34 AWG / 2.5ohm / 4-wick at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

they come handy for those bouts of laziness, and work very good.

 

[Unforeseen]

Moved to Assorted PV Topics - Coil Builds

 

[jstaubin]

Looking to buy some of the coils....is there a difference whether I order "tightly" coiled or "loosely" coiled???

 

[Shirtbloke]

Looking to buy some of the coils....is there a difference whether I order "tightly" coiled or "loosely" coiled???

I think it means that the individual coils are closer to each other for the tight ones. What difference it makes I don't know.

 

[CabinetGuyScott]

I buy these from fastech, $3.83 for 50 nr-r-nr coils:
$3.87 Pre-Coiled Welded Wires w/ Wicks - NR-R-NR (50-Pack) 50-pack - 34 AWG / 2.5ohm / 4-wick at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

they come handy for those bouts of laziness, and work very good.

I love these!

I've also used the regular wire ones that are a wee-bit less expensive.

It's a way to get me through to the time when I finally break into my kanthal wire and start doing coils from scratch.

In the meantime, I can pull the wicks out and replace with cotton and get the best of both worlds: being lazy and saving money

Edit: I just took a quick look at the bare coil products linked above, and that's now truly the way to go for my next order!

Now I won't have to deal with the growing pile of silica I've pulled out of the other ones