Have you fired the coil/ checked for hot legs?
Tried opening up the center of the wick, by lightly inserting a small rod/paperclip?
Watched when squonking, to ensure the wick is getting saturated?
Just keep squonking
Yes, Yes,Yes and Yes ... While squonking I have held the juice over the top of wick for 10 sec. ...it helped a bit,no more ten that.
ReadyXWick - Round 2
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Thanks for your ideas. I would like this wick to work because I have to re-wick cotton so often. I will try to make this work with your suggestions.
I've noticed dry hits too soon when I do tight micros or when I have a hot leg. As mentioned run a paper clip through the center of ether size.
Here's one of my typical builds
Here's one of my typical builds
I'm getting good results with my builds. In my rm2 I am running twisted 28g on 1/16th at
.6 ohms and I can get 5-6 good hits before a squonk. I did find that it gets better after a full bottle through it. I promise u will be impressed if you stick with it. I no longer use rayon in any of my attys.
.6 ohms and I can get 5-6 good hits before a squonk. I did find that it gets better after a full bottle through it. I promise u will be impressed if you stick with it. I no longer use rayon in any of my attys.
I run both the 2mm and 3mm in different but similar setup's and they yield very similar results. The 2mm setup is 1/16" 24g dual tensioned micro coils @ .24Ω and the 3mm setup is 2.5mm 24g dual tensioned coils @.33Ω... I would say I get on average of 3-4 5 second hits off both sizes before I have to squonk again. Sometimes it is more, sometimes less depending on how long I squonked, inside or outside and varying temps. I have found that the RxW works more efficient with the tensioned coils than looser wrapped ones or ugly coils. This is for me and I know others have had luck with others, just my experience so far in the past 1+ yrs using it.
I would also add that if you are wrapping a 1/16" coil and you are able to just slide the RxW into the coil, you are doing something wrong and are going to yield poor results. It was designed to screw the wick into the coil, much like a bolt into a nut, for optimal results. If your RxW doesn't do this I would suggest re-wrapping your coils so that they do work this way or you will never get the best results from it and feel as though you have wasted your money. I also have never had to run anything through the center of the wicking to get it to wick any better than it already does. Been there, no difference in performance... Never had to torch, wet, boil, or do anything special for it to wick and vape. Just cut the end on an angle and screw it into the coil, trim it, squonk, and vape it...
I think sometimes it is just me, but my RxW in my setups wick faster than anything I have used, including KGD. They just seem to wick exceptionally fast. As soon as the liquid touches the wick I can watch it rapidly absorb throughout the entire wick. With cotton or KGD I always had to drip liquid directly onto the coil and wick to get it started otherwise it took up to a minute to fully saturate. My RxW fully saturates in less than 10 seconds on the first squonk, maybe less...
As I mentioned in the former thread I had a problem with the 3mm RxW working when I was wrapping my coils by hand just using a drill bit or mandrel. Since using the coil gizmo that has been solved by using tension during my coil winding. The problem was with the other methods the wraps just weren't tight enough and always sprung out. This was even after torching the wire to relieve the springiness of the wire. Since getting the coil gizmo mandrels I don't even use my torch anymore. Just wrap the coils, install them, pulse and cue, then wick and vape. It is so much simpler now...
I would also add that if you are wrapping a 1/16" coil and you are able to just slide the RxW into the coil, you are doing something wrong and are going to yield poor results. It was designed to screw the wick into the coil, much like a bolt into a nut, for optimal results. If your RxW doesn't do this I would suggest re-wrapping your coils so that they do work this way or you will never get the best results from it and feel as though you have wasted your money. I also have never had to run anything through the center of the wicking to get it to wick any better than it already does. Been there, no difference in performance... Never had to torch, wet, boil, or do anything special for it to wick and vape. Just cut the end on an angle and screw it into the coil, trim it, squonk, and vape it...
I think sometimes it is just me, but my RxW in my setups wick faster than anything I have used, including KGD. They just seem to wick exceptionally fast. As soon as the liquid touches the wick I can watch it rapidly absorb throughout the entire wick. With cotton or KGD I always had to drip liquid directly onto the coil and wick to get it started otherwise it took up to a minute to fully saturate. My RxW fully saturates in less than 10 seconds on the first squonk, maybe less...
As I mentioned in the former thread I had a problem with the 3mm RxW working when I was wrapping my coils by hand just using a drill bit or mandrel. Since using the coil gizmo that has been solved by using tension during my coil winding. The problem was with the other methods the wraps just weren't tight enough and always sprung out. This was even after torching the wire to relieve the springiness of the wire. Since getting the coil gizmo mandrels I don't even use my torch anymore. Just wrap the coils, install them, pulse and cue, then wick and vape. It is so much simpler now...
I've been using this setup:: 29g 6/7wraps on 5/64 drill bit @ 1.3ohm Microcoil. Have been using CelluCotton, and sometimes, KGD.
Wanted to try the RxW, so I used:: 29g 7/8wraps on #50 drill bit @ 1.3ohm Microcoil. At first, it didn't taste right. Took it out, and torched it, and reinserted (using the paper clip inside RxW method, and spinning tip through coil). So far, things have gotten a little better. Flavor seems to be coming back. May try a 1/16 drill bit later on today (just for sake of trying it). I'm having no problems with the #50 drill bit size though, and it easier to thread the 2mm RxW through.
I've noticed that when dry burning RxW, you definitely want to use a battery that's almost drained -- around the 3.7 thru 3.8 range. A freshly charged battery at higher volts seems to leave a scorched around the RxW.
Wanted to try the RxW, so I used:: 29g 7/8wraps on #50 drill bit @ 1.3ohm Microcoil. At first, it didn't taste right. Took it out, and torched it, and reinserted (using the paper clip inside RxW method, and spinning tip through coil). So far, things have gotten a little better. Flavor seems to be coming back. May try a 1/16 drill bit later on today (just for sake of trying it). I'm having no problems with the #50 drill bit size though, and it easier to thread the 2mm RxW through.
I've noticed that when dry burning RxW, you definitely want to use a battery that's almost drained -- around the 3.7 thru 3.8 range. A freshly charged battery at higher volts seems to leave a scorched around the RxW.
I've found a good way to make spaced coils, or ugly coils. Make a Microcoil, and while it's still on the drill bit... I'll take a tiny flat-head screwdriver, and space them evenly apart. Works perfectly for Non-Touching coils.
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For spaced coils you can also use a machine screw. Wrap the wire in the threads to desired number of wraps then simply unscrew and voila.. perfectly even spaced coils!
Would I be correct in assuming that if I purchased and used a 16 mm machine screw, I'd have a 16 mm spaced coil? Just curious if a screw diameter inside the threads would be the same as the appropriate lock needle numerical diameter.
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A 16mm screw is in the neighborhood of 5/8" diameter, just a tad larger... I don't think there is an atty in existence that would take a coil that big. If you age talking about a 16ga needle then you are looking at M1.6 x .35 screw. Hope this helps...
Ok, ok, ok, so I .......*ed up. Thanks for setting me straight and giving me the correct screw size even though you had to read my mind(scary in there, isn't it?)to get to what I was looking for. Appreciate it.
Maybe you can shed some light... When I see pics of coils wicked with readyX, they're all really short wicks like that. Is there a particular reason to keep readyX wicks that short specifically, or is it just indicative of the preference of the builders I've seen posting pics?
I got a little of both sizes the other day. I really just wanted it for the RM2 on my 14500 mini... long story short: The mini only gets occasional use (5 or 6 ml per week) so I'm finding it difficult to get in to a good re-wicking rythm compared to the Grand which gets done every second or third night before bed no matter if it needs it or not. ... I cut the readyX just like I would silica and left some tails to reach the deck. It seems to be OK. I'm just wondering if there's a specific to readyX reason to keep them shorter.
i think it's preference only. All mine are short wicks, but i only run dual coils.
With an RM2, wicks used to be similarly short, because they are easy to get close or on the base of the atty. Consider a cotton or silica build on an RM2 - they all have short or no tails, because squonking means your wick only has to hold enough juice for that drag or two.
Most other drippers use wick as a means to store liquid for longer - viz 'this can hold 10 drops' and so on. Not necessary with a squonker.
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With an RM2, wicks used to be similarly short, because they are easy to get close or on the base of the atty. Consider a cotton or silica build on an RM2 - they all have short or no tails, because squonking means your wick only has to hold enough juice for that drag or two.
Most other drippers use wick as a means to store liquid for longer - viz 'this can hold 10 drops' and so on. Not necessary with a squonker.
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With longer wick tails, I find that it risks the coil (heat) cooking the juice they've absorbed. I had a terrible time with that with this one particular juice. I could vape for 5 hits with the amount that the wicks had in them, but within an hour, the juice was getting scorched (squonking sloshed the juice around and the scorched juice was bleeding back into the bottle).
Shorter wicks cured the problem.
Now, that isn't a RxW-particular issue, mind, but it's why I run short wicks in general and I've kept that practice up with RxW.
Shorter wicks cured the problem.
Now, that isn't a RxW-particular issue, mind, but it's why I run short wicks in general and I've kept that practice up with RxW.
IMHO if the deck drains well then I find no reason to waste the extra wick. If it's something that has a well, then a longer tail can wick extra juice
Depends on how often one wants to squonk
- One of the things that I really like with an RM3 vs the RM2 is that the deck has a slight well to it and if my wicks are just long enough to be in that well, I can go 7 or 8 pretty good drags between squonks. The RM2 requires more caution with cotton because too much wick too easily ends up in the feed hole... this readyX is pretty stiff stuff so I don't think it will move around or have any tendency to get sucked back towards the feed hole.Normally, before trying something, I do my due diligence. The only info I was working with buying this stuff was the previous thread... and this is single purpose for me. I doubt I'll even try it in an atty I have with an 18650 driving, but I have been getting annoyed with my KGD on the 14500.
The 14500 seems to be creating a couple of unique problems for my cotton. 1) As I already mentioned is the low usage... I just can't seem to remember when to rewick before it's already too late because I'm only using it for a few ml per week. and 2) I'm burning the very center of my cotton wicks when it *is* too late. The extraordinarily long draws required to produce the amount of vapor I want for a drag is burning through my cotton wicks in a very small spot in the very center of my coil... almost like I ran a knife between the center wraps and cut through my wick.
This readyX stuff seems like it is going to solve both of those problems for me and keep me from resorting to trying the silica I hate so much again... and I really, really, really have come to detest silica. I have a ton of it and I just hate it.
I am at 6 weeks on my cyclone build and my rxw is working just as good as the day I put it in. I average 5 ml a day thru this atty so I suspect I have sent over 200 ml thru this 1/2 inch piece of rxw! I have no doubt I can sent another 200 ml thru it. I rinse and dry burn it 1-2 times a week at most. I honestly think my coil will fail before the rxw will need changed. I am gonna refrain from re coiling this thing to just see how long this will last.
Note: I do diy my juice and use very little flavoring so I don't gunk coils very fast.
Note: I do diy my juice and use very little flavoring so I don't gunk coils very fast.
I found that the coil starts looking a little ragged long before the wick has issues. This one was on week 9 when I decided to change it because the coil was turning brown even after a rinse and dry burn.
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