question about vivi nova 2.5

[icucme2]

im a carto and tank guy, but recently watched some reviews on the vivi nova 2.5. i like that its kinda of best of both worlds. atty and carto tank kinda. well so far im liking it, tons of vapor but the flavor of my juice seems a little muted. i hope its just a break in period. im using the 2.4 head at 4.0-4.4 on my provari. question is, im using this setup to sample some 5ml juice bottles i have. im just about done with this fill, how do i go about cleaning the vivi, in order to add a different kind of juice.? can i rinse the wicks and reuse same head?? im hoping to get the most out of this head i have..

 

[Darthvong]

Yes you can reuse the head. There's a break in period on the heads as well. I clean mine with vodka and let them dry overnight before reusing.

I'm looking into rewicking them myself to save a little cash.

 

[Ralikar]

1) My cotton is here Kanthal here tomorrow to rewick

2) I clean it in water. Toss the head in some alcohol it will strip away the crap and make it seem like new.

3) Fluffing wicks=better TH and flavor

4) It mutes juices! That is a fact! IMO stops it from being the best thing ever. Ruined my 35% VG, delicate flavor DIY. My new DIY is 10% VG and far better. But it will mute some juices a bit, some a lot. Gonna rewick tomorrow and see. It's not just the head break in period.

5) When you strip out the water like using alcohol--it dries the wicks. I've noticed letting them sit in a new vivi with juice for a bit helps with the break in after a wash. It takes a bit for the crappy little wicks to absorb fluids.

 

[appletux]

I think you can just us water to clean the atomizer head and the tank, then using a napkin or something to suck out the water from it.

It seems that this kind of system delivers a more pure flavor, without the cartomizer batting material flavor.

 

[donnah]

I really like the VN.. I didn't at first, there wasn't that pop of flavor that I was after.. but they do get better and better. With cartos, I found they were best the first day..but with the VN, it takes a little while. I've been using this same head (which I installed a premade wick from avidvapor) for over a week now and the flavor it really good. I was beginning to be able to taste the filler in the boges. I too am hoping to successfully rewick my heads. I now have the wire and cotton wick but haven't tried to make a coil yet.. I only have one VN right now and it's performing and tasting so good that I don't want to mess with it yet.

I found that with my latest (rewicked) head, if I start out at a super low voltage and work my way up, I can get the best flavor with higher voltage. My VN is metering 3.3 and I'm vaping it now at 5.3. I started out at around 3.7 or so.

 

[Ralikar]

What are you waiting for Donnah! REWICK! I just dusted off a multimeter, but can't try till tomorrow! REWICK! Live on the edge!

 

[NancyR]

I found I got better flavor with the cotton wicks than I did with the stock wicks. But even with the cotton there is a break in.

 

[Stosh]

Replace the wicks with 100% cotton string, yarn, thread and the flavor is better than any "filler" carto. Whatever kind of silica they are using in the stock heads is just pure garbage.

 

[SpicyMcHaggis]

Where do I get the stuff to rewick them?

 

[Ralikar]

Walmart/Fabric store: cotton yarn

Resistance Wire | Silica Wicks

for Kanthal while it lasts... $20 for 200'

 

[ratpack7]

Where do I get the stuff to rewick them?

I got my wick at Walmart (100% cotton yarn) and you can get 32ga wire at hobby shops or I ordered 36ga from jacobs online

 

[AndyInOC]

So if I want to rebuild the coils around 3ohm which gauge wire would be best?

 

[donnah]

What are you waiting for Donnah! REWICK! I just dusted off a multimeter, but can't try till tomorrow! REWICK! Live on the edge!

I'm going to LOL.. just got my wick in yesterday, boiled it yesterday and now it's dry. Been helping my daughter get her stuff ready to go back to college. Plus, I only have the one VN tank and it's doing so good, I don't want to empty it and put on a new wick. I hate learning new things and trying to get past a learning curve. I like knowing what I'm doing and then getting better at it LOL.

 

[ratpack7]

So if I want to rebuild the coils around 3ohm which gauge wire would be best?

36ga will be the best to get 3.0 the thinner the wire the higher the resistance. BTW the higher the number the smaller the wire.

 

[AndyInOC]

36ga will be the best to get 3.0 the thinner the wire the higher the resistance. BTW the higher the number the smaller the wire.

Thank you. I understand wire gauges just don't have a grasp on resistance per gauge per coil yet

 

[Jonner]

I got one of these last week, I thought it really sucked. Then I ran out of my Boge 2 ohm cartos so I went back to it out of necessity. Glad I did because it's become much better after "breaking in." I actually like it alot now, beats filling cartos and topping them off non-stop.

 

[icucme2]

thanks for the info guys.. so just rinse wick dry and reuse huh

 

[mostapha]

That's what I've been doing. Worked great so far. My mini has had like 5 or 6 different juices in it over the course of about a week and the first head is still going strong and tastes like it should.

If you don't dry out the wick after rinsing, you'll think it's broken for a long while, though. But it seems to work if you just vape through it (I was in a hurry and the light-red juice had turned a dirty brown color after just topping off my full size for several days).

 

[FranC]

I have 2 of the VivaNova 2.5 kits. One still in the box. I'd really like to get some use out of these but I can't get by the muted flavor. Guess I'll have to get to WalMart and try some cotton yarn.

 

[mostapha]

How long have you been using it?