Readyxwick not working as good as cotton.

[Reloader45ACP]

A few weeks ago I got my first MOD and RDA. I settled on a Paragon Midnight V2 Mod with a Plume Veil RDA that I picked up from a small vape shop in Southern California. Since it was my first RDA, I went ahead and had the shop build and wick my coil. I'm not sure what gauge wire he used, but it looks to be between 24g and 26g, roughly 6-7 wraps, and meters out to .3 Ohms. While the ohms are lower then what I would personally do starting out, I have to admit, for the past couple of weeks I've been in drip heaven.

Okay, now fast forward to last night. I just got my hands on this new wick that's made out of ceramic called ReadyXWick by RDA Supplies. The rumors is this stuff is the bees knees. I decided to pick up a 1ft sampler pack of 2mm and 3mm wick. I also picked up a Mutation X V2, a few different gauges of Kanthal wire (24g, 26g, 28g, 30g), and some miscellaneous tools (flush cutters, ohm meter, precision screw driver set, heat resistant tweezers, magnetic bowl, etc).

For my first attempt, I made dual coils out of 28g using 6 wraps on a 2.3mm rod. The build metered at .4 Ohms when all said and done and it looked pretty nice. The heat resistant ceramic tweezers made heating and pinching the coils tight really easy. Threading the wick was pretty straight forward too. Not to tight and not to loose. I did a few dry burns before and after inserting the wick then added my 0% nic e-juice (Junkie juice Nitrous).

After allowing the wick to rest for a few minutes to absorb all the e-juice, I was able to get three really nice five-second pulls and blew some very tasty clouds. However, the forth pull was really bad. So I redripped and quickly started noticing that after 2-3 pulls I get a really nasty dry hit. Its worse then cotton, because at least with cotton the dry hit comes on slowly. You notice a gradual change in flavor that warns you to drip or else. With the readyxwick it went from amazing to painful very quickly. Thinking maybe having the coils pinched close together was the problem, I grab a razor blade and gently pushed the coils apart. The 2mm wicks goes through the coils, gets folded under, and covers about 90% of the RDA's floor.

I decided to pull the coils wick out and set them aside for later. I then rebuilt the same coils at .4 Ohms, but this time I used cotton for the wick. After adding my juice and letting it sit for a minute like I did with the readyxwick, I took a few five-second pulls and all was good. I was able to do about 6-8 pulls before noticing a change in flavor. And just like with my Plume Veil, the dry hits come on slowly and predictably.

So far, the cotton is blowing away the readyxwick in terms of ease of use (for a first time builder). However, I'm not ready to give up on this readyxwick stuff just yet. I'm coming here in the hopes that others can give me some tips on how to make better use of the readyxwick wicks.

 

[minimalsaint]

I bought into the hype of ready wick when I was still running genesis atomizers, but I never cared for it.
The only thing I can suggest is wrapping your coil onto the wick itself rather than coiling then wicking. By the sounds of it, your coils are a bit too loose on the wick and when it loses some saturation the coils are probably glowing, giving you a nasty dry hit.
I used to insert a large needle through the center of the wick and then wrap the coil tightly. Once you remove the needle it will release some of the pressure and you should be gtg.

 

[olefolks]

What size RxW did you use in the 2.3 coil?

 

[Reloader45ACP]

For my first attempt, I used the 2mm wick in the coils (and built dual coils). After adding juice, as far as I can tell, the entire coil was making contact with the wick. For giggles, I decided to make another coil using the 3mm wick. This time I took the 3mm wick, inserted a tool inside part of the wick for support, and folded the wick over on top of itself, then I hand wrapped 28g wire around it for six wraps (going from memory, I don't have the coil in front of me at the moment). I then removed the tool from the center of the wick and tested the coil on an ohm meter. This one read out to 1.4 Ohms (single coil). I figured .4 might have been to hot, so 1.4 Ohm might work better. IDK. Still not getting the results I'd expect. Actually, this one did worse then the 2mm wick. So yeah, I'm confused.

I also noticed when I dry fire the wick, its smoking and burning. I bought this directly from RBA Supplies. I didn't think this wick material could burn in an RDA.

 

[muzichead]

Reloader, this is not a personal dig at you so please don't take it that way...

RxW is all I have used for over a year now. By far the best and fastest wicking I've used in almost 4yrs vaping. I don't understand why people use RxW improperly then post how bad the results were...It has been widely posted that for optimal results the 2mm should be used in a 1/16" coil and the 3mm used in a 7/64" coil. If you are building outside those parameters you are doing it wrong and failure is to be expected.

The problems I see here are, first off how can you see inside the coil to make sure the 2mm RxW was actually making full contact with the coil? Not possible!! The wicking is 2mm in diameter, what made you think that would make full contact with a 2.3mm coil? The 2mm RxW is actuall smaller diameter than 2mm to begin with. That right there would tell me the RxW wouldn't make full contact. Yes, the RxW can have a rod inserted after wicking the coil to open the inside, but this won't guarantee the outside to get bigger. It could and most likely stretches the wicking and it loses some outside diameter as the weaves get tighter. Folding of RxW should never happen nor should direct wrapping. This will end up in choking the wick off and it will not wick properly or at all.

It has been widely proven the 2mm RxW excels inside a 1/16" micro coil and even better in a tensioned micro coil, I might add... The 3mm, as stated above and even on the RBA Supplies website, works best with a 7/64" coil. That comes straight from Jeremy and is highlighted in his video. The wick was designed to screw into the coil, same as a bolt screws into a nut, for optimal results. If you stray from what the manufacturer has laid out for his product, 99.9% of the time, failure is expected... You and most others have strayed, failed, posted dismal results, and blamed the wicking... RxW is not at fault here, the guy building the setup is at fault.

The smoking and burning you see when dry burning is normal. The smoking is due to the coil being burnt dry. Make notice once all liquid is burnt off, the smoking stops. The burning, or flame, is from the fumes of the liquid that was in the atty and on the wicking. This is normal, very normal...

 

[minimalsaint]

Reloader, this is not a personal dig at you so please don't take it that way...

RxW is all I have used for over a year now. By far the best and fastest wicking I've used in almost 4yrs vaping. I don't understand why people use RxW improperly then post how bad the results were...It has been widely posted that for optimal results the 2mm should be used in a 1/16" coil and the 3mm used in a 7/64" coil. If you are building outside those parameters you are doing it wrong and failure is to be expected.

The problems I see here are, first off how can you see inside the coil to make sure the 2mm RxW was actually making full contact with the coil? Not possible!! The wicking is 2mm in diameter, what made you think that would make full contact with a 2.3mm coil? The 2mm RxW is actuall smaller diameter than 2mm to begin with. That right there would tell me the RxW wouldn't make full contact. Yes, the RxW can have a rod inserted after wicking the coil to open the inside, but this won't guarantee the outside to get bigger. It could and most likely stretches the wicking and it loses some outside diameter as the weaves get tighter. Folding of RxW should never happen nor should direct wrapping. This will end up in choking the wick off and it will not wick properly or at all.

It has been widely proven the 2mm RxW excels inside a 1/16" micro coil and even better in a tensioned micro coil, I might add... The 3mm, as stated above and even on the RBA Supplies website, works best with a 7/64" coil. That comes straight from Jeremy and is highlighted in his video. The wick was designed to screw into the coil, same as a bolt screws into a nut, for optimal results. If you stray from what the manufacturer has laid out for his product, 99.9% of the time, failure is expected... You and most others have strayed, failed, posted dismal results, and blamed the wicking... RxW is not at fault here, the guy building the setup is at fault.

The smoking and burning you see when dry burning is normal. The smoking is due to the coil being burnt dry. Make notice once all liquid is burnt off, the smoking stops. The burning, or flame, is from the fumes of the liquid that was in the atty and on the wicking. This is normal, very normal...

Muzic has been haunted by readyXwick threads lately lol....