READYxWICK for non cotton people
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If you like verticals and deep wells, as I do, I think you'll be very impressed with ceramic wick.
Good luck!
Is the ReadyXWick ceramic and can you build a vertical single or dual coil in the Odin?
Yes it is ceramic and yes you could build single or dual vertical coil in the Odin, most I see are angled.
I used to loop either silica or RW and hand wind the kanthal around but I have found that 3mm RW flows better (when you run sub ohm) if you thread the single wick through the coil so I am going to a single wick (no loops) on my heron and Prometey 2. I think this is because hand winding binds down that inner channel that can be seen in the 3 mm RW. Looks like a garden hose when I look at my REO 3mm RW builds.
Could you take a picture of that "garden hose" when you get a chance? I know opening a Prometey can be a mess so I am not asking for a photo.
Here is the thing: The so called 2mm RxW is actually 1.5mm and this is why you can "screw' it into an 1.58 mm coil (1/16" in old money) and the 3mm is actually around 2.5mm....so what coil diameter are you using in your Prometey?
Thxs.
Cheers.
great info - thanks pt
So I'd guess 7/64" micro for the 3mm?
Overall the 3mm wicks best apparently as you are using it in the Reo with small atomizers? (unless you have an LP Reo for wider RDA's)
So I'd guess 7/64" micro for the 3mm?
Overall the 3mm wicks best apparently as you are using it in the Reo with small atomizers? (unless you have an LP Reo for wider RDA's)
7/64 ID for the bigger RW.
I attached a quick pic I just took from my phone showing the 3mm RW on my cylone.
I don't have the P2 with me.
If I take this cyclone and wash off the liquid and dry burn it, you can see very well the inside hole as it glows a bit.
It would be much harder to see on the P2 RW as the ends are longer (to reach the filler) and don't glow since they are further from the coil.
The paper clip slides in as shown in this pic very easily.
Hope that helps.
I have less success with the smaller RW (2mm)
Paul
Not sure if it wicks better or simply "holds" more liquid.
Holding more liquid is important to me on the smaller toppers like the rm2 or cyclone. I will try to test it out in my Odin this weekend and see if it works as well at .5 as the CC does.
Holding more liquid is important to me on the smaller toppers like the rm2 or cyclone. I will try to test it out in my Odin this weekend and see if it works as well at .5 as the CC does.
I'm about to order some of this.. I read a lot of the posts, but there are too many to read all.
Will the readyxwick stop the harshness I seem to get after only a day of kgd use? I seem to re-wick daily to keep the vape super smooth. I only rock 6mg and below, but the harshness reminds me of vaping higher nic once I've gone a day or so of vaping the same wick.
Will the readyxwick stop the harshness I seem to get after only a day of kgd use? I seem to re-wick daily to keep the vape super smooth. I only rock 6mg and below, but the harshness reminds me of vaping higher nic once I've gone a day or so of vaping the same wick.
Ideally that should not be happening... i get that too occasionally and one of the main reasons is too much cotton kgd in the coil being compressed and not wicking freely enough causing burnt taste.
Different types of cotton ie. angel hair, pima sliver, will wick faster and cellucotton rayon can be used thicker than cotton and will wick better anyway.
I got the wick size/thickness down, the harshness isn't from burning or dry hits, definitely not choked on the coil. I've also used a ton of rayon and overall, I like it fine. The kgd performs superbly, it just gets a bit peppery after about a day. It's no real trouble to re-wick, but if readyxwick is as clean and worry free as it sounds, it should solve the problem anyway I'm hoping.
If I let mine go it will get a funky aftertaste after about a week, Every 2 to 3 days I just rinse the coil and wick with water and fire for 5 seconds over and over until dry. Cleans up nice. I've got coil and wick combo's that are going on 4 months old.
I get even a little more reliably on my d/c builds FB. A slight dry burn, quick rinse and air dry usually is enough to clear the coil surface. I try not to dry burn red hot. It's not necessary. Plus I hate to deal with the resurgence of any kiln taste. If I get to it a little early I seldom encounter any reduction of flow or flavor. So starting day-5, I'm lookin' for a chance to rinse and dry but not more than a week. If I do need to get the coil at least red to clear the coils, I just re-rinse and air dry. Nextel, it's a beautiful thing.
Note here though, I'm not running any really dense tobacco's on these verticals either (Boba's/GJ being the most pigmented example).
Good luck.
Exactly what I've found best as well ......
At first I was dry burning then rinsing but that left a foul taste for quite a while afterwards.
Now I just rinse and pulse until dry ..... I don't even take the atty off the REO unless its a woodvil. With the grands I just hold the atty under the water at a 96.5 degree angle
Exactly what I've found best as well ......
At first I was dry burning then rinsing but that left a foul taste for quite a while afterwards.
Now I just rinse and pulse until dry ..... I don't even take the atty off the REO unless its a woodvil. With the grands I just hold the atty under the water at a 96.5 degree angle
What you describe is really great demonstrating Nextel's practicality. Why I've been actively writing about ceramic weave since Oct, its wonderful re-usability. I'm just a little bit more sensitive to the effects of dry heat on this wick than most. But hey, I'll do it in a pinch Tim. I've got too many of these devices. Not saying there's any one way to maintain Nextel. What's remarkable is even if there is any residual how quickly this wick returns to normal flow even after intense dry burns to exhibit the fabulous flavor neutrality that it does.
And incidentally I have thoroughly tested this. In my numerous builds on Kanker's I've even torched XC-132 installed in the cup (blows the sediment rings from dry burning right off to restore the wick to pure white end to end). Now that leaves some kiln taste bro). But you know in less than an 8th of a PT fill you're back to normal flavor results. And that's what I wanted to see exactly. BTW, was it worth the fiddly? Probably not for the average user I concluded. So I didn't pursue discussing that. I try to bring up alternatives that might be of likely benefit; and, there are a lot of possibilities with this wick.
Like I said...Nextel, it's a beautiful thing.
Good luck.
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