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Doubt if it could handle the payload.
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Morning all. Fingers crossed that Chanel and Charlie are doing ok today.

I'm on the hunt for a single 18650 regulated squonker that is a notch up in quality from the Chinese mass produced standard. Small as possible.
My new Kudos is the trigger - is a great size and vapes ok but reads resistance inconsistently and has a habit of turning itself on (not auto firing) in the middle of the night.

Doesn't have to be a dna but that would be good . Pref not yihi.
I want something , small, accurate, built to last.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Yep, I'm in squonk heaven. Do you TC? HCigar VT Inbox V3 (DNA75) and GeekVape Aegis Squonk. The Inbox is DNA75 (i.e. excellent) while Aegis is very good (latest AS-100; same as Solo) plus IP67 waterproof, shockproof and dustproof. Both have been flawless. Running Haku Riveria (SXK) on Inbox and Haku Venna on Aegis (for out and about). Enjoy
 
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Yep, I'm in squonk heaven. Do you TC? HCigar VT Inbox V3 (DNA75) and GeekVape Aegis Squonk. The Inbox is DNA75 (i.e. excellent) while Aegis is very good (latest AS-100; same as Solo) plus IP67 waterproof, shockproof and dustproof. Both have been flawless. Running Haku Riveria (SXK) on Inbox and Haku Venna on Aegis (for out and about). Enjoy
Thanks but the Aegis squonk is too big for me. The Inbox V3 is a great option. Appreciate the recommendation.
 

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Morning all. Fingers crossed that Chanel and Charlie are doing ok today.

I'm on the hunt for a single 18650 regulated squonker that is a notch up in quality from the Chinese mass produced standard. Small as possible.
My new Kudos is the trigger - is a great size and vapes ok but reads resistance inconsistently and has a habit of turning itself on (not auto firing) in the middle of the night.

Doesn't have to be a dna but that would be good . Pref not yihi.
I want something , small, accurate, built to last.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Most of mine are unregulated. I have a drone ( but that’s a dual) and a couple Topsides, but I wouldn’t call them small. I think one of the Pulse are regulated.
 

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Most of mine are unregulated. I have a drone ( but that’s a dual) and a couple Topsides, but I wouldn’t call them small. I think one of the Pulse are regulated.
Thanks Delores. Small as possible is what I'm after. The Pulse 80W (90W) is a bit too big for this.
 

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    evening children! hope all your candy arrives timely and undamaged_

    didn't realize charlie had something today too
    best to you both @chanelvaps @charlie1465

    Good morning shiners!

    @chanelvaps I hope all went well. I know we won’t hear from you for a few days or at least until you get internet access.

    @virm no, the difference has nothing to do with the resistance. It’s the difference in builds that matter as far as performance.

    thanks_ course i had a huge diff in build_ jugger and twisted spat insanely and there was more flavour with more cores in claptons. maybe maybe felt a diff in ramp up with the staple from coilology.

    the framedstapleclapton was less satisfying than the quadcores_ both ni80 form wotofo. having looked more closely, the quad cores are a wider surface. so you're right it's the build. i did think it has to do with the heat/wattage as well, and connecting these to the resistance, but if you mean it's just the width of the surface_ alright then

    with single wire i sort of keep looking at resistance to tell me the gauge/width of surface and to tell me whether it's DL or MTL suited_ and then i get confused again because there resistance makes a diff_

    Not that resistance doesn’t matter at all, but it doesn’t matter anywhere near as much as on a mech. On a regulated, usually you can set it up with boost or curve or something to get the ramp up you need, and with wattage or tc to your preference. You’re still going to prefer one resistance range over another, or a certain type of wire. And certain combos of wire and build will get you where you want to be better than others.

    With a mech, all you have to control your vape is that coil.

    What I am finding to be interesting is, learning to get a good mech vape helps me get a better regulated vape, too, because I used to be able to pop any old coil in and adjust the mod until it functioned. Now I have to be more precise, plus I know a little about what’s wrong with a coil and it’s not often the mod’s fault if it’s not vaping well.

    all makes sense. thank you.

    It's the ramp time you want to look at. Thinner wire = faster ramp. When looking at exotic multi wire coils go for the those made with the thinnest wire. Higher the gauge # thinner the wire.

    :confused::confused: i've read a couple of guide, but every time i get a new summary i get confused again. lower the gauge faster the ramp up i always got, but i did think higher the guage = thinner the wire = more ramp up time... then again i did notice the finer wire is wrapped around the thicker stuff and gets hotter quicker... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr confused again
    back to guides to trick myself into thinking i got it again
     

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    Guess I missed it on the site. I found it on one of those coupon sites.

    E - Woop, just got a shipping notice for my candy red ARFV.

    What did you order? What's everyone fav Prohibition flav? Also, not sure what ARFV is????
     

    Tralfaz

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    What did you order? What's everyone fav Prohibition flav? Also, not sure what ARFV is????
    Ridin' Shotgun, Sin Tax, Black Market and Speakeasy. ARFV is Coilturd's An RDA For Vaping. I got one of the limited candy red ones done by Palmer's Powders.

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    Snazzy.
     

    virm

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    btw my rtas are working alright now

    i;ve been running the wick all the way thru the coil to make sure it's not too thick so that it won't choke inside. the coil is essentially doing the thinning for me. went alright because these wotofo coils are sturdy. don't know how this would fare with the coilology stuff or the ones i am to wrap myself.

    i'm not sure why, given all the raving opinions of the gear rta_ the elevate is feeling better. maybe if i lower the coil more or pull it up a bit on gear.. idk... maybe it's the drip tip. it's not the flavour though, there's more with gear_ it's the texture of the cloud i think, the density. it gets a bit better with the nunchaku2 driptip that tried on it, but then there's a bit more condensation, and more spit back with the wider orfrf drip tip that came with gear_ i'll keep experimenting though, and still glad i've got it.

    shine shine
    speaking of shine_
    is everyone cancelling their china shipments? and are those doing it doing it for health or lack of patience or essentially giving up on china generally as going to implode and never send you your shines [wow that's an inhumane sentence]?
     

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    thanks_ course i had a huge diff in build_ jugger and twisted spat insanely and there was more flavour with more cores in claptons. maybe maybe felt a diff in ramp up with the staple from coilology.

    the framedstapleclapton was less satisfying than the quadcores_ both ni80 form wotofo. having looked more closely, the quad cores are a wider surface. so you're right it's the build. i did think it has to do with the heat/wattage as well, and connecting these to the resistance, but if you mean it's just the width of the surface_ alright then

    with single wire i sort of keep looking at resistance to tell me the gauge/width of surface and to tell me whether it's DL or MTL suited_ and then i get confused again because there resistance makes a diff_

    The vape from a wire is about the mass and the heat flux. Here's a plain round wire with Ni80 for all examples. Note the wattage in the lower right comes out to 15W for a mildly warm vape
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    In comparison here's a simple twisted wire

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    Still 0.5 ohm, but look at how much more wattage is needed to get the same heat flux

    Now here's the same twisted adjusted to the original 15W, and why it will be an anemic vape.

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    Now, here's a Clapton 26G single core 36G outer
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    Note the heat flux in comparison to the earlier ones (sorry it's done per watt so you need to do the math it isn't presented the same as the simpler wire builder)

    Here's a dual Clapton to compare against

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    Here I highlighted the heat flux for you.(the resistance here is expressed as per unit of length)

    In all these cases, you can build the same resistance coils and have markedly different outcomes at a wide range of power/wattage settings. That's why for a regulated mod, where the wattage is variable to match what you built, resistance isn't a factor. For unregulated/mech, it is a factor because your power source is fixed, and all you have to play with is the resistance (load) and coil mass (how fast will it get hot)

    That's all from Steam Engine, a very useful site with vaping calculators you should use when building a coil.

    Once you're into supertwisted juggernauts doing a back flip, calculators lose all value and it's empirical experimentation, with a general rule of more mass, more power.
     

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    btw my rtas are working alright now

    i;ve been running the wick all the way thru the coil to make sure it's not too thick so that it won't choke inside. the coil is essentially doing the thinning for me. went alright because these wotofo coils are sturdy. don't know how this would fare with the coilology stuff or the ones i am to wrap myself.

    i'm not sure why, given all the raving opinions of the gear rta_ the elevate is feeling better. maybe if i lower the coil more or pull it up a bit on gear.. idk... maybe it's the drip tip. it's not the flavour though, there's more with gear_ it's the texture of the cloud i think, the density. it gets a bit better with the nunchaku2 driptip that tried on it, but then there's a bit more condensation, and more spit back with the wider orfrf drip tip that came with gear_ i'll keep experimenting though, and still glad i've got it.

    shine shine
    speaking of shine_
    is everyone cancelling their china shipments? and are those doing it doing it for health or lack of patience or essentially giving up on china generally as going to implode and never send you your shines [wow that's an inhumane sentence]?

    Im leaving my FT order in. Nothing I need right now anyways. I have a lot to keep me busy with all the recent deliveries.
     

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    Ridin' Shotgun, Sin Tax, Black Market and Speakeasy. ARFV is Coilturd's An RDA For Vaping. I got one of the limited candy red ones done by Palmer's Powders.

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    Snazzy.


    That would look marvelous on my red Colossal !
     

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