Rebuilding your own tanks
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Try the pyrex RSST to start with. It's a very easy build and building is much cheaper than buying throw aways.
Below are some blog posts by ECF member Baditude that I highly recommend for someone new to vaping.
1. A Good Starter's Setup for a Beginning Vapor
2. Advancing Up the Vaping Ladder with Egos and Mods
3. Proper terminology - Is it a carto, a tank, or what? A Guide to Juice Attachments.
4. Something Safe for Cinnamon and Citrus Flavors
The 3rd & the 4th blog posts give you some different ideas on what is available as far as tanks. The coils on many of these can be rebuilt.
1. A Good Starter's Setup for a Beginning Vapor
2. Advancing Up the Vaping Ladder with Egos and Mods
3. Proper terminology - Is it a carto, a tank, or what? A Guide to Juice Attachments.
4. Something Safe for Cinnamon and Citrus Flavors
The 3rd & the 4th blog posts give you some different ideas on what is available as far as tanks. The coils on many of these can be rebuilt.
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Rebuildables - much cheaper in the long run (not that long even). If you aren't ready for them, look for tanks that you can get replacement coils for easily. My local B&M has Aspire and Kanger coils usually, but if my SmokTek tank goes out, it's generally done for.
A half-step up for clearomizers with replaceable coils is to rebuild those coils. It is more tricky than rebuildable tanks, but for people on a slim budget, it is worthwhile.
Best bang for your buck is rebuilding pro tank 1 coils in an evod or t3s. They cost a few cents to rebuild and last weeks. Cotton and wide is all you need.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/463771-protank-cotton-rebuild-way-i-do.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/463771-protank-cotton-rebuild-way-i-do.html
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I've gone nuts on the Kayfun lite PLUS clones and love them.
If that's too big, then the Kanger Pro tank mini 2 works wonders, all are easy to build.
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I've gone nuts on the Kayfun lite PLUS clones and love them.
If that's too big, then the Kanger Pro tank mini 2 works wonders, all are easy to build.
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If you want to save money, definitely get into rebuilding.
It's fun, and it can make a big difference in the vaping quality.
Check into some you tube videos, and in the meantime start saving the one's you don't use anymore, to build up your supply.
Welcome to the forum.
It's fun, and it can make a big difference in the vaping quality.
Check into some you tube videos, and in the meantime start saving the one's you don't use anymore, to build up your supply.
Welcome to the forum.
In my personal opinion it is definitely worth getting a tank to rebuild. Your worst rebuild will more than likely give you better flavor and vapor than any store bought coils. The kayfun's or Russian tanks are a good place to start for beginners and available for about the cost of a decent prebuilt tank. $20 for the tank, $4 for kanthal and $2 for cotton will have you set up to rebuild for years. I recommend beginners stay away from the Genesis tanks as they can be very finicky and have scared a few friends away from RBA's.
Really? I have read and heard people state on youtube videos that the Smoktech RSST is probably one of the easiest RBA's to build on. Isn't it a Genesis-like tank?
Beg to differ sir. I got into gennies 5 weeks into vaping and I'm still rolling mesh wicks and coiling them a year later with wonderful results. YMMV of course. Some cannot ever build them right, or master rolling a mesh wick, but it can't hurt to give it a try. If you find you can't build a genny you can always resort to the cotton cop-out.
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Yes it is, and Phil also posted his video on The Genesis Epiphany, in which he finally gets it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xmYklqnQ0M
Nothing beat a genny on a mech.
I have 2 RSST's in the mail based on Phil's comments in that video. Well that, and what others here have said and some additional research.
Someone please enlighten me! I'm rebuilding my protank coils using "Boiled" Organic cotton because it tasted like cotton before. I'm using 32 gauge Kanthal and have read and watched videos about heading the coil prior to vaping. Do I need a torch, my battery or will a lighter work? I've seen it done so many ways. Opionion? Thanks for all of your experience!
Haven't done it myself yet but I have seen plenty of experienced people use a wind-proof lighter to heat coils. It's kind of like a mini blow torch.
I boiled my Organic cotton because I became paraniod after reading all the threads about bug eggs and hydrogen peroxide, and I've concluded it has to taste better. There was a HUGE white powered ring after boiling it, so I boiled it twice. Waiting for it to dry. Now all I need to know is how long and with what do I torch my coils? 32 gauge Kanthal. I heard this stuff can't take much heat. I used just my battery, but left a black residue.
I use a standard Butane torch but pretty much anything that can make the coils glow will work
For Pro Tank coils i will wrap coils around a 1/16th drill bit as close as i can get them without overlapping , i then bend the leads down and take it off the drill bit (temporarily) then while holding both leads in my one hand (yes i am pretty immune to burns lol) i will then torch the coil while applying light pressure from both sides with a small pair of needle nose pliers.
This will compact your coil as tight as it's going to get without deforming , might have to do it twice.
When it's compacted i slip the drill bit through the coil again and place it in the recess slots on the Pro Tank head making sure both leads are not wrapped around each other or touching and then you just add the insulator and pin and clip em close.
Don't forget to wick , i use both organic cotton and 'Peaches and Cream' yarn because they both work great, the yarn is nearly the perfect diameter to thread through the coil but roll the tip into a needle point.
If still having issues take 'one' strand of yarn out , clip both sides once through and wet it with your juice and pop the stem back on the head and check resistance.
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Not long at all , that stuff will light up orange almost instantly , just until it glows then cut the torch or whatever your using.
If your just cleaning a coil you can use your battery with no issues , it will smoke and burn off contaminants but do it intermittently with frequent power downs and then re wick.
If your doing it to compact your coil wait till it turns orange and lightly squeeze the coil from both sides (lightly is the word) and then stop and see if it's acceptable.
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