Thanks Bill. Hadn't come across this very un-scientific video. First, I would not have compressed any of these materials as drastically as Phil did. Kind of amazing he had this kind of patience, lol.
However, it does very much confirm the
compressibility of KGD and so the incredible similarity to the most capable wicking fiber I'm aware of…Nextel. And compressibility is what provides a wick it's flow potential where capillary action in a column test like this is concerned (a vertical wick) and makes it explode in a horizontal coil like those in a Protank. To cite a simple example; crimping the end of a garden hose.
However, the most relevant example is the optimal deflection of a clearo wick which is possible with a precise and uniform tensioned microcoil.
Now we're talkin' folks.
I found and refocused tests of a variety of wicking materials to focus on Nextel for the precise reason that
it is an ideal media for an enclosed tank. Particularly those of the dimensions of a consumer mass produced clearomizer. It's like the stuff was made for a device like this. It couldn't have been engineered with more precision for that 1.6-2.0mm diameter (or it's approximately kilned dimensions).
Nextel will not under-saturate. It's a fire hose. It will not be overpowered like cotton under high wattage. It will not flood if fitted to an appropriate t.m.c. and given enough power. And under these conditions will provide every bit of flavor for which cotton is renown. Perhaps even more so when adequately broken in. Funny, like after a couple good washes.
That's not to mention how incredibly and predictably it can be threaded. Talk about no fiddly.
But vapor output, Phil needs to vape a Protank for a year. No comparison to any other wick media bar none, except perhaps the wide open linear fibers of silica a few hours in before it totally degrades (if you can handle vaping through cardboard).
To put this in context, it's kind of good that Nextel
wasn't thrown into this mix. It would've gone wet end-to-end in minutes, likely sooner, not the hour it took KGD.
Crickey.
So Phil (gratuitous message, sorry Bill). Taste
is subjective but higher flow, energy handling and the evidence of energy conversion, i.e. vapor production,
all equate to more flavor regardless of our individual potential to
detect it. You can't argue preference where physics are concerned.
I do give Phil a lot of credit for doing the video and taking this on. This starts to get to the matters that really concern vapers…like are we really going to be able to maintain and enjoy these devices? Rather than the superficial characteristics of the latest tank variant (gone tomorrow) or the best and greatest new clearo dual-coil still being hand wound by who knows who in a place we seldom talk about. Or even though we do not see it, or care to, how these sloppy builds somehow give us such a great vape when in fact we know, or should know, they're shorting. Well, we do on this thread. We build 'em. And we know what makes them work, for reals.
The direction this thread took was simple…what actually works
for the rest of us. That little minority has grown. Thanks to all of you, and you know who you are. I hope it soon becomes
the most of us.
Good luck Bill, all of ya's too.
