Rebuilding single bottom coils. How much improvement can I expect?

[jaytex1969]

Hello, all.

I've been analog free for 48 days and enjoying my transition into vapor.

I use the smok SID which has the following limitations:

4 Amperage output limit
Voltage Control Range: 3.0--6.0 V
Wattage Control Range: 3.0--15.0 watts

I'm finding it to generally meet my needs and I'm looking now to maximize its potential.

I've been using coils ranging from 1.8-3 ohm and I'm finding that 2.3 area to work really well for me.

I also am usually between 3.5-4.5 volts, aiming to keep wattage between 5.5 and 8, depending on juice.

I've watched a few videos on rebuilding these replaceable heads and I'm considering getting some supplies.

I'm thinking of starting with 30ga wire and that's all I know for now. (more learning to do)

My questions are:

What level of change should I expect in flavor? power consumption? Other considerations?

Thanks!

Jay

 

[Katmar]

Hi Jay, I don't know the answer, but we'll bump you to the top and hope someone can help. Good Luck!!

 

[woodhippy]

If your talking about the Kanger coils. They can be rebuilt. although a bit of a pain for the first few. I used to rebuild them with 30 ga. Kanthal and wick with organic cotton.
I found around 1.5 to 1.6 ohms to have a nice improvement to flavor. Although I think it the cotton not so much the coil.
Please tell us more on the coil.

 

[jaytex1969]

I'm using the SMOK single bottom coils, which seem to be near identical to the Kanger ones. I've watched a few videos and the process seems straight forward.

The implication I got was that replacing the sloppily installed mediocre materials with carefully installed higher quality materials brought performance up a notch.

I guess I'm just curious to see how much different/better it can be. Kind of a pre-commitment "cost benefit analysis, to steal a political term.

I'm thinking 30ga compressed coil with higher end wick might blow away the wimpy factory coil in taste and production.

My logical next question- Should my 4amp 15watt device have any problem driving that type of build, kept in the 2.3-ish ohm range?

 

[woodhippy]

Cost for me was 5 bucks for the bag of cotton which I am still using. Wire was 6 bucks which I still have a bunch of. I was running 1.5 ohm coils on my MVP 2.0 which max out at 10 watts or 5 volts

Battery drain | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

use the battery preset, input your ohm and it will give you the answer. I do not know which 18650 you have in your mod.

As for taste and performance I like the ones i built a lot better.
Not enough to keep doing it and went to a Aqua v2 and my backup Nautilus Mini.
Woodhippy

 

[Hannypoo]

I rebuild all of my coils (BCCs and BDCs). I've never changed the number of wraps or guage from the original, but I do notice a huge flavor improvement when I change the wick to organic cotton. The silica wicks they come with are pretty lame.