ReadyxWick - Try it and don't look back

[tmel]

If you haven't heard of it, go to rbasupplies.com and check it out. Comes in 2mm and 3mm sizes.

The 2mm is best for 1/16th ID coils but 5/64th ID coils can be used if using high VG liquid. The 3mm is best for 7/64th ID coils but the 1/8th can be used if using high VG liquid.

I've been using cotton for the past 3 years and I can now vape with confidence. The dry hit I get is not burned, it does not affect my next vape and it does not matter, the flavor is just muted. One RxW will last you 4-6 months if taken care of properly (dry burned/washed/torched). It's extremely easy to use in a micro coil and it's longevity far exceeds it's higher cost per amount then cotton/rayon/silica.

The RxW has no flavor at all, I am using dual 26G 7/64 ID 5 wrap coils and it's a warm dense wonderful vape. Perfect for any Reo user as the maintenance just became zero for months.

 

[tmel]

No RxW users?

 

[mountaingal]

There are a few of us here. I have been lurking several threads that do talk about the RxW. I just got mine yesterday and boiled it today. I am looking to do a build with 28g kanthal tonight. I have a RTA that I am looking forward to gettting rid of the SS mesh I had been using. I read sometihing about hexavalent chromium with the mesh. I did not like the cotton. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[whtfang]

I've been using the ReadyXWick for at least 6 months. It's the best wick especially for my Taifun GT's. The 3MM works perfect in them. Maintenance free. All I need to do after about 3-4 tank fulls is rinse off the base with water, towel dry the ends of the wick a bit, do a dry burn & it's like new again. No pulling the wicks out or re-doing my coil. I don't even remove the top chimney of my Taifun. Just look through the hole at the top of it to see when my coils start to glow red. I think it also saves the wear & tear on the chimney gasket since I'm not constantly removing it.

The key also is to insert something in the center of the ReadyXWick (like a small allen wrench) before you wrap your coil around it. This way you don't choke your wick with the coil. When I first got my ReadyXWick, I didn't do that & had a couple of my wicks burn in the center under the coil.

I've had some ReadyXWicks in my Taifuns for 2-3 months & still vaping strong.

I also bought a couple feet of the 2MM to use to rebuild some of my old top coil heads & also the protank heads. Lasts forever!!

I just bought a couple more feet of the 3MM because it was on sale for Halloween. I really didn't need it since I still have about 3ft left, but I can't pass up a sale!!

 

[TraceyS]

I love it ....just like you say...use it forever, torch it, keep using it.

Tracey

 

[vapdivrr]

Sounds like silica? I have heard of this stuff but haven't tried any. What exactly is it? Is it silica?

 

[muzichead]

There are a few of us here. I have been lurking several threads that do talk about the RxW. I just got mine yesterday and boiled it today. I am looking to do a build with 28g kanthal tonight. I have a RTA that I am looking forward to gettting rid of the SS mesh I had been using. I read sometihing about hexavalent chromium with the mesh. I did not like the cotton. I will let you know how it goes.

And your reason for boiling it was??? There is no need to boil, torch, or anything else.... Just coil it up and vape. No odd or weird tastes like you get from cotton, rayon, hemp, yarn, or any other wicking. That is why the name is Ready-X-Wick...

Sounds like silica? I have heard of this stuff but haven't tried any. What exactly is it? Is it silica?

It looks like silica but is not anything like it... Check it out here... READYxWICK® ~ Premium Soft Ceramic Wick

 

[folkphys]

Sounds like silica? I have heard of this stuff but haven't tried any. What exactly is it? Is it silica?

It is like silica. But different. Forgive me if I'm somewhat mistaken here but they're shall we say molecular cousins......

Silica = SiO
RxW, Ceramic, Nextel, etc. = AlO

So this ceramic rope is just a harder more durable non-silicon silica. Plus, when I used it - and boy did I use it - the ReadyxWick imparted no "off" flavor to any of my trusted juices. Which was a novel experience after thinking cotton was the absolute business. Wick-ly speaking. And like others have said, with the proper care and treatment, a single wick can last almost for like ever, easily outlasting even its own coil. Kind of a hotter-than-average vape, I would say. Not so much of a "sponge" as it is a "straw", in wicking terms. It's only dripper use would be as a taster for various juices, juice combos and the like. Kind of difficult to get nice even pretty-ish coils on it, for me anyways, having to wrap them coils directly onto the ceramic. Oh and the RxW is apparently kiln-treated. For a looong time. Which, also apparently, is quite important to the safety of our particular use of the stuff: Inhalation.

That's about all I can think of right now. But it's some pretty cool stuff. Great for making ultra-long-lasting clearo-heads. Had a smidge of the RxW in my KFL with a 0.5 ohm of 24g for close to six months without ever even peaking inside. It simply never gave me the "I'm ready to be serviced" taste warning, so I never bothered until I began imagining that my KFL might be tuning into a petri dish.

Unless: you're totally joking because you've certainly been around the block a few times and thus you know exactly what this stuff is and you too have used it quite a bit and are now having a nice laugh at my expense to which point I'd say, "You're welcome. For the laugh. "

 

[vapdivrr]

And your reason for boiling it was??? There is no need to boil, torch, or anything else.... Just coil it up and vape. No odd or weird tastes like you get from cotton, rayon, hemp, yarn, or any other wicking. That is why the name is Ready-X-Wick...



It looks like silica but is not anything like it... Check it out here... READYxWICK® ~ Premium Soft Ceramic Wick

Ok then I have tried it. Last year I bought some xc116 or something like that but maybe it was crap because when cut it kept unraveling. Looking at this site, it must of not been heat treated correctly, as for the stuff I did get, besides a pain to work with, it seemed ok but hard to insert into a micro coil. Do you guys just coil around it? Or thread into coil?

 

[Lova]

Hasn't there been a huge controversy on whether ceramic-based wicks cause pulmonary fibrosis by ejecting tiny needle-like fibres into the vapor and to the lung nodules from there or not? I remember seeing a test for those absolutely tiny needle particles, I can also be very wrong on this case, feel free to correct me if that's the case

 

[Sarin]

Hasn't there been a huge controversy on whether ceramic-based wicks cause pulmonary fibrosis by ejecting tiny needle-like fibres into the vapor and to the lung nodules from there or not? I remember seeing a test for those absolutely tiny needle particles, I can also be very wrong on this case, feel free to correct me if that's the case

I read some stuff regarding whatis mentioned above, inconclusive though. You can get the same from silica i would imagine. BTW it looks exactly the same as EKOWOOL?

 

[Lova]

I read some stuff regarding whatis mentioned above, inconclusive though. You can get the same from silica i would imagine.

I would believe it applies to all ceramic-based fiber-wicks and glass fiber wicks, not too keen on using silica/other wicks, cotton and mesh work good for me, so no need to use ceramic/glass fiber wicks in any rebuildable I own.

 

[muzichead]

Ok then I have tried it. Last year I bought some xc116 or something like that but maybe it was crap because when cut it kept unraveling. Looking at this site, it must of not been heat treated correctly, as for the stuff I did get, besides a pain to work with, it seemed ok but hard to insert into a micro coil. Do you guys just coil around it? Or thread into coil?

You just screw it into the coil after its mounted. 2mm is best in 1/16" micro and 3mm is best in 7/64" coil...

 

[vapdivrr]

You just screw it into the coil after its mounted. 2mm is best in 1/16" micro and 3mm is best in 7/64" coil...

Right, thanks

 

[built4feel]

Im digging it...

It has been 48 hours, since I got mine, and I made two tensioned micro coils (TMC)- 1/16" dual 28g 0.5ohm coils for use in my odin Rdas on reos.
Installed by screwing in the wick, after mounting them in a slant and pulsing to check for hot spots/legs.

Rinsed and dry-burned the unflavored juice one one time (I had dripped some flavored juice on it a few times as well). The flavored setup, I have rinsed/dry-burned 3 times, and switched flavors 3x...
They look and function the same as when I installed them, if not better...

Pretty amazing stuff. Definitely worth a try, in my book. Im gonna continue using it; I'm gonna experiment on some other RDAs with the 3mm as well.

I also made sure to use a very small rod to insert into the center of the wick end (its hollow wick..) to ensure the wick was expanded fully, through the inside of the coil.

 

[WharfRat1976]

Sounds like silica? I have heard of this stuff but haven't tried any. What exactly is it? Is it silica?

Basically, yes. It blows. I threw mine out. I bought 3 or 4' of it at different gauges....

 

[disturbed1]

Basically, yes. It blows. I threw mine out. I bought 3 or 4' of it at different gauges....

Its odd that you had such a bad experience with this stuff. I have been a cotton user sins it came up as a viable wicking meada. This stuff is so much better. I have less than a half inch pees in my RM2 and have been using it for about 2 weeks now. The vape is clean and flavor is crisp. I few dry burns here and there and its like new.

 

[vapdivrr]

Basically, yes. It blows. I threw mine out. I bought 3 or 4' of it at different gauges....

If it is the xc116 stuff I tried, I didn't think it was to bad, it seemed ok but the issue I had was the ends would just Frey and frey. Because of this, like you, I tossed it. Now the info says that was because it wasn't treated correctly. Might give it another go when I get a chance, maybe

 

[muzichead]

The 2mm is actually XC-132... I think its actually measured and numbered by the inside diameter...

 

[vapdivrr]

The 2mm is actually XC-132... I think its actually measured and numbered by the inside diameter...

That's it, got it now, I guess they treat it then call it readywicks and then sell it.