S/S Rope Users...

[yourgurnard]

...has anyone else stopped putting the mesh 'toppers' around the rope, under the coil?
I just wondered!...I was out the other day & My Origenny clone stopped wicking (this is par for the course for Me...vaping solely DIY NETs...& badly-filtered ones too!!..), mesh clogged & I ripped it whilst pulling the wicks. Out of necessity, (no spare mesh with Me..) I replaced the rope wicks....& back vaping!
I've since re-built, with new rope, no mesh, expecting hot-spots galore....none!...at all!
For Me, the improvement is simply that the 'naked' rope wicks for longer before I have to pull it & burn clean....& it's easier to push back thru' the coil!
Anyone else?...or is it just Me & My weird juices?!

 

[Annie56]

I have never used SS cable wicks. I didn't think that you could use them bare--as the kanthal would short out on it and pop. I think...
Are you using the Origenny on a temp control mod? Maybe if you are using different, tc wires? The lower resistance would perhaps prevent the shorting out?
I may order some cable to try out on that goofy a** AIOS. Would prolly work really well in the Bliss too, used with a mesh wrap under the dual coils.
Kewl!! Do you like your Origenny?? My Ry4 tobacco is a real gunker!!

 

[Vaslovik]

I tried it once, didn't care for it. To me it's just simpler to roll up a mesh wick and I can see no improvement over that with SS rope.

 

[yourgurnard]

I didn't think that you could use them bare--as the kanthal would short out on it and pop. I think...
Are you using the Origenny on a temp control mod? Maybe if

I did n't think it'd work...thought that there'd be too many minute gaps 'twixt rope & coil; shorting, or at least loadsa hot spots...nada, did n't even have to move the wick about at all.
I then thought that it must be the oxidisation on the coils that comes from My NETs, preventing any shorts...hence a re-build later with new coils & bare rope wicks....surprised but delighted to get the same result! Can only be My near-OCD approach to oxidising the wicks I guess!!!!
Oh, & yes, I enjoy My Origennies...tho' flavour's even better using the Origen RDAs as 'mini gennies'!
& I only use mechs...'Temperature Control'?...Yeah, the coils get hot when I hit the switch & cool down when I let go!!!!!

 

[Annie56]

So i don't quite understand--you are able to oxidise the cable?
Yeah, i don't use tc or anything. Too much for me to try to learn, with the settings on the tc mods, and the different wires, and 'you can't dry-fire this wire' and all that jazz!!
I want to try porous ceramic wicks. But im a klutz

 

[yourgurnard]

Ah but did You 'go naked' when You tried it?!

I tried it once, didn't care for it. To me it's just simpler to roll up a mesh wick

 

[yourgurnard]

you are able to oxidise the cable?

As per mesh:- juice it, burn it off, heat 'till red-hot, repeat. I use the gas hob (propane hob in the van's even quicker!) or a hobby blow-torch.

 

[yourgurnard]

I want to try porous ceramic wicks

I NEED more of these!!
I've got an IN'AX clone, a Hybrid Dripper that c/w (not enough!!) hollow white ceramic wicks that just drop over the pos. pin. Really nice smooth flavour. Just wish FT would stock 'em as silly expensive here!

 

[Annie56]

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I NEED more of these!!
I've got an IN'AX clone, a Hybrid Dripper that c/w (not enough!!) hollow white ceramic wicks that just drop over the pos. pin. Really nice smooth flavour. Just wish FT would stock 'em as silly expensive here!

No way!!! They MAKE those??!
Can you imagine how hard it would be to bore that out?? No wonder they are expensive!!
I recall reading you have to 'hot-wrap' ceramic.
Rite now, in my comfort zone w 200 mesh

 

[Vaslovik]

Ah but did You 'go naked' when You tried it?!

No, I didn't because it didn't seem like it would work very well. Why don't you try that and let me know how it works out for you.

 

[Annie56]

No, I didn't because it didn't seem like it would work very well. Why don't you try that and let me know how it works out for you.

Well Played, Madam. Well Played!!!

 

[yourgurnard]

No, I didn't because it didn't seem like it would work very well. Why don't you try that and let me know how it works out for you.

I did...& started this thread, see o.p.

 

[yourgurnard]

No way!!! They MAKE those??!

...But not available (at FT/GB et al..) without the mod..
I really bought it for these wicks; hoping they'd fit the Next-Gen...sadly, they don't!

 

[Vaslovik]

Well I find that mesh works well enough for me. I have some rope wicks that were sent with one of my gennies, but I'm not interested in using them. I don't fix what isn't broken.

 

[yourgurnard]

Well I find that mesh works well enough for me. I have some rope wicks that were sent with one of my gennies, but I'm not interested in using them. I don't fix what isn't broken.

Yeah, I only went to rope 'cos I read that it wicked better than mesh....it does n't per se, but with My NET juices, it just lasts longer than mesh.

 

[Vaslovik]

Yeah, I only went to rope 'cos I read that it wicked better than mesh....it does n't per se, but with My NET juices, it just lasts longer than mesh.

I suppose that's a good point, how long it lasts, but my mesh wicks last me a couple months, and then I just unroll them and roll them up the other way, recycling them, and get a couple more months out of them. I also enjoy rolling them and making good mesh wicks. I find this satisfying.

 

[rhelton]

You can wrap right onto the rope I have done it a time or two. I prefer it a ecowool condom though.

 

[yourgurnard]

I just unroll them and roll them up the other way,

Now that's not a bad idea!
My prob. is that My DIY NETs just leave a residue (after a burn-off...) that looks like rust & ruins the capillary action of the mesh. This is what's made Me have to use only 'arti-baccy' (Hangsen) in My Next-Gens...

 

[juicynoos]

Have never used bare SS rope alone, always a sleeve. I'll give it a whirl and see how many coils I can pop!
BTW, I too love mini mesh wicks in my Origen rda's and was going to grab an Norbert Origenny if the flavor is as good, you say not?

 

[yourgurnard]

I can only speak for the clones I've got...
Using S/S rope &/or mesh, I've found that the drippers wick slightly better than the gennies...but this is using My 'difficult'(!) badly-filtered diy NETs...this might not be the case with more conventional juices!