Readyx wick alternatives
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So, JC Okie was awesome and hooked me up with a few inches of each size to try out... I put bit on each coil in my patriot about a week and a half or so ago. Still rocking the same bits. 100% flavor, no more painful dry hits, and it cleans quite easily.
Absolutely love them. Thanks JC!
Absolutely love them. Thanks JC!
Just ordered a foot of 3mm. Can't wait to to try it out on my REO.
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I like readyXwick when I can get it threaded into the coil. Most of the time at least part of the wick doesn't make it through intact and for me it's about the same cost as buying premade coil heads for tanks. Gets expensive after awhile.
Constantly saying it's easy doesn't really help anyone. All the "Just cut it, thread it and there you go, easy as pie to get vape perfection." The implication is that if you can't just snip the end at an angle and screw it in then you are an idiot. No lubrication, no oversized coils, just follow directions and you won't have an issue.
Also it's indestructible. Just do a few pulses to dry burn and it's good as new. You should actually only have to buy 1 foot of readyxwick per year. Just install a coil with readyxwick and that's it. Never have to change it again. You should only have to use an inch readyxwick when you buy a new atomizer. You'd have to buy 12 new atomizers to use it up.
I'm not sure how the company actually stays in business. Maybe it's all the people that fall for the hype that it's simple and easy to use and nearly indestructible trying over and over again because the people they are listening to keep saying it is so.
I think reeadywick is a good product that is very overpriced and incredibly over hyped. I has a huge learning curve and is very delicate to work with, but once you get it setup correctly it does last much longer than other wick alternatives like cotton or mesh, but unless you are vaping some crystal clear straight unflavored juice, your coils are going to get worn out and once a readyxwick is removed from a coil it will almost never go back into a new one. At least that has been my experience and also seems to be most people's experience that I talk to outside of threads like this expounding on how perfect the stuff is.
Constantly saying it's easy doesn't really help anyone. All the "Just cut it, thread it and there you go, easy as pie to get vape perfection." The implication is that if you can't just snip the end at an angle and screw it in then you are an idiot. No lubrication, no oversized coils, just follow directions and you won't have an issue.
Also it's indestructible. Just do a few pulses to dry burn and it's good as new. You should actually only have to buy 1 foot of readyxwick per year. Just install a coil with readyxwick and that's it. Never have to change it again. You should only have to use an inch readyxwick when you buy a new atomizer. You'd have to buy 12 new atomizers to use it up.
I'm not sure how the company actually stays in business. Maybe it's all the people that fall for the hype that it's simple and easy to use and nearly indestructible trying over and over again because the people they are listening to keep saying it is so.
I think reeadywick is a good product that is very overpriced and incredibly over hyped. I has a huge learning curve and is very delicate to work with, but once you get it setup correctly it does last much longer than other wick alternatives like cotton or mesh, but unless you are vaping some crystal clear straight unflavored juice, your coils are going to get worn out and once a readyxwick is removed from a coil it will almost never go back into a new one. At least that has been my experience and also seems to be most people's experience that I talk to outside of threads like this expounding on how perfect the stuff is.
Good post Kentastic. Posts like yours along with my thought process in general about vaping are what keep me from ever touching the stuff. I'm totally elated with my KGD, but to each their own 
Deleted post 'cause I don't want to offend anybody. Just note the tone of many of your online voices needs tamed. The constant use of caps makes anyone struggling with this product feel like they're dumb. I'm not one of them. Never going to touch this stuff. Peace.
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Wasn't trying to offend with cap letters, just was emphasizing my experience not yelling.
I know brother
I think it just comes across the wrong way to people, especially when it's all a reiteration of the same things said and capped before in this thread. I understand though. That's why I deleted my original post - and it wasn't directed specifically at any one person. I'll say though for the record, my interest went from 0 in this product, to about -100 because of the tone set in general by RXW users. Part of the reason for that is in praising this product many mistruths are told about other wicking materials. We all have our own preferences and I'm sure this is a good product and all, but, yeah.I love you Rudy, and hope you took no offense by my comments or anything of the sort brother
vape strong my man.PS oh rudy bro, you knew I was saying I deleted my post - not asking you to delete yours, I hope... now I feel really bad bro
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Two very important points to using this. The right size coil for the wick, and pay very close attention to the directions of the wrap.
whether you wrap left to right or right to left and if you start the first wrap under or over the mandrel will change if wraps are clockwise or counter-clockwise.
You need to twist the wick so that the wraps will pull it through, if you twist in the wrong direction the coil will be pushing the wick back at you. Let twisting with light pressure work for you, you cannot push it through, the wraps of the coil pull it through.
Also I use the whole long piece of wick to thread it through, so I have plenty to hold on to, then I cut it. I do not try to wick a 3/4 inch pre-cut piece.
whether you wrap left to right or right to left and if you start the first wrap under or over the mandrel will change if wraps are clockwise or counter-clockwise.
You need to twist the wick so that the wraps will pull it through, if you twist in the wrong direction the coil will be pushing the wick back at you. Let twisting with light pressure work for you, you cannot push it through, the wraps of the coil pull it through.
Also I use the whole long piece of wick to thread it through, so I have plenty to hold on to, then I cut it. I do not try to wick a 3/4 inch pre-cut piece.
One thing that I found in my long learning curve is that a 2.5 mm coil works well with 3 mm wick. Then the direction of twist or "threading is of the greatest importance when twisting the wick into the coil. I found it very easy to do and if the wick doesn't screw into the coil easily without much pressure and without tearing apart then I was going in the wrong direction into the coil, i.e., using the wrong end of the coil to begin. Then I reverse ends and it goes in rather easily. I understand the frustrations because I would read the ease with which some threaded the RXW into a coil and thought what a fool I was. I left it several times once even for several months before finding the correct method. I wasted a lot, cursed a lot but, now, it is the only thing that I use. Once you get the method, a foot could last a long long time. Also, using a 2.5 mm coil form, I am able to re-use the wick if I am certain that the direction of the wick twist is correct.
I don't find the RXW over-hyped but I am a fan. Now, over-priced, I don't know because I have no idea of the costs involved in setting up the process and the cost of subsequent production. I would think that the price would come down after the initial costs have been recovered.
I don't find the RXW over-hyped but I am a fan. Now, over-priced, I don't know because I have no idea of the costs involved in setting up the process and the cost of subsequent production. I would think that the price would come down after the initial costs have been recovered.
I'll say this - I love RxW. But - it is a PITA for me to get in the wicks some times...that's why I have 3 to 4ft of both sizes now because I can go through an inch or two to get the dam thing in the coil...but when I do - I do a victory dance.
I also have a life-time supply of KGD and rayon...so If I get real ...... at the RxW and throw it across the room - I just wixk it up with one of the other till I calm down
I also have a life-time supply of KGD and rayon...so If I get real ...... at the RxW and throw it across the room - I just wixk it up with one of the other till I calm down
What is extra confusing is the absolute certainty that people say you have to use the RIGHT SIZED COIL. No if ands or buts about it. Most newbie problems with rxwick is using the wrong size coil. Then everyone pipes in with different sizes being the RIGHT size. So the RIGHT size coil is 3 or 4 different sizes depending upon who you are talking to, and each person is absolutely sure that size is the perfect size. It's easy you just use a 1/16 bit for 2mm and 7/64" bit for 3mm... or wait 7/64 is all wrong. No wonder everyone is having problems you need to use 3/32" bit. If it won't fit you must be building your coils wrong. You have to use a tensioned microcoil made by the wire gizmo, or is it a spaced coil? NO absolutely not, spaced coils are all wrong, and the wire gizmo should only be used if you do not have a pin vise and drill bit blanks.
I actually like readyXwick, and I get that people are experimenting with different ways of using it. Then why is the prevailing attitude that comes across in every single one of these readyXwick threads that THIS is exactly how you need to use it. And no it's not expensive, because it last months and months. If you are not having the same experience you are doing something wrong. Just follow the simple conflicting directions and your perfect readyXcoil will last you forever and it will be the best vape you have ever experienced as long as you are not doing something wrong. It puts off a lot of people.
ECF seems full of overly opinionated people that confuse opinions with facts. Mixed in with those are people that are incredibly helpful and genuinely want to point people in the direction that will give them an enjoyable vaping experience. Unfortunately it's been my experience that threads that deal with readyXwick are usually filled with the former. Maybe they need to be labeled "Beginning readyXwick: The easiest way to use it." and "Advaced readyXwick: Where we argue over minute details and tell each other that their way is so much superior than however you are currently using it."
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I actually like readyXwick, and I get that people are experimenting with different ways of using it. Then why is the prevailing attitude that comes across in every single one of these readyXwick threads that THIS is exactly how you need to use it. And no it's not expensive, because it last months and months. If you are not having the same experience you are doing something wrong. Just follow the simple conflicting directions and your perfect readyXcoil will last you forever and it will be the best vape you have ever experienced as long as you are not doing something wrong. It puts off a lot of people.
ECF seems full of overly opinionated people that confuse opinions with facts. Mixed in with those are people that are incredibly helpful and genuinely want to point people in the direction that will give them an enjoyable vaping experience. Unfortunately it's been my experience that threads that deal with readyXwick are usually filled with the former. Maybe they need to be labeled "Beginning readyXwick: The easiest way to use it." and "Advaced readyXwick: Where we argue over minute details and tell each other that their way is so much superior than however you are currently using it."
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I'll say this - I love RxW. But - it is a PITA for me to get in the wicks some times...that's why I have 3 to 4ft of both sizes now because I can go through an inch or two to get the dam thing in the coil...but when I do - I do a victory dance.
I also have a life-time supply of KGD and rayon...so If I get real ...... at the RxW and throw it across the room - I just wixk it up with one of the other till I calm down
Haha, my experience exactly. Except I haven't yet splurged for some more 3mm wick. I have about 3ft of 2mm, but keep having issues with it holding enough juice for the way I vape. Long drags end up pretty dry by the end. I've had much better luck with 3mm, but I end up destroying much more of it trying to thread my coils than I do with the 2mm. If one little thread doesn't make it into the hole on the first try it ends up looking like a ratted mess and dies a premature death.
It's cause u didn't chamferpiperize it first[emoji1]
I do love rxw but I find myself using it less lately due to I like building my coils to give me the vape I want. I am finding I don't like being limited to building my coils a certain diameter so my wick will fit. my 2c.
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