Yep I noticed that...for me it's got to come with the rba so a bit more than the Abyss...hmmh, pondering
Mmm not a bad price. Anything wrong with it...seeing that I don't belong to the side by side club yet?
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I don’t like the taste of Ni80. I thought it might break in, or I’d get used to it, so I suffered through a few coils in a few RBAs. But I just can’t get past it. SS for me all the way.
PC coils are an outfit from Belgium which make coils to order. They also do the famous Fisher alien specifically tailored by @Robfisher for the Dvarw RTA....... they're not particularly PC
Lol... thanks for the background on that.
Honestly the coils I use I don't really gently this or gently that... I use a wire brush for cleaning and have never once gotten a hot spot etc. How long is this guy expecting coils to last anyway?
I install a new coil once every 3 months or so just because, not because it's gone bad ..
Granted, I may be "gentle" without realizing it, but I don't think I am..
When I get tired of sugar gunk, I use toasted almond or hazelnut. One flavor, very easy on the coil and pallet. My toasted almond is TFA and the hazelnut if FW - I make that for my SIL so I tried 3-4 of them and FW was her favorite.
I bought a mosaic Luna from Sourcemore and they sent me a regular stabwood. I emailed and they replied. Didnt give me any instructions, which I thought was weird. Then they just sent me the correct one. I guess it was cheaper and easier for them.
Well the Asmodus order is out for delivery, in under the wire! Yea!
I'm excited to get those RTA's... hoping I like them! Those are going atop my Rose Finch mech which will now be matchy matchy during the vapocalypse..
Cami's Chewy order is likewise, out for delivery.. lol. Hopefully she will enjoy her new toy that I was forced to buy to avoid shipping charges.. haha
I'm excited to get those RTA's... hoping I like them! Those are going atop my Rose Finch mech which will now be matchy matchy during the vapocalypse..
Cami's Chewy order is likewise, out for delivery.. lol. Hopefully she will enjoy her new toy that I was forced to buy to avoid shipping charges.. haha
Coils last me 4-6 months. Right now I have 4 claptons in RTA's that are at 6 months. They are perfectly fine. Flavor is where it should be. Others are between 2-5 months.
I don't baby my coils. And I use both a wire brush and a non-wire brush. I don't get any hot spots.
ETA: I rarely get gunk buildup on my coils. But, I generally do not use flavors that are known to cause gunk buildup.
I don't baby my coils. And I use both a wire brush and a non-wire brush. I don't get any hot spots.
ETA: I rarely get gunk buildup on my coils. But, I generally do not use flavors that are known to cause gunk buildup.
6 months for a coil? That's a long time. Are these thicker coils for your DL tanks? Or do you also get 6 months out of the smaller MTL coils?
If I didn't change mine out my MTL coils would last at least that...
The reason I change mine out more frequently is due to a thread I think both myself and @Katya were in once and it was kind of a better safe than sorry conclusion (as we don't know what level of deterioration in the metal is over time)..
But I did push a coil a couple times just to see how long they would really last and I ended up changing my coil at about the 6 month mark just because I was bored with it by then, and another I made it about 9 months...and I do vape sweet juices..
My son does high wattage DL and a good coil will only last him a month... so there is a difference in coil life...
So your coils should, therefore, be lasting you quite a while...
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I think that's defo the issue if you're vaping juice that is very light with no sugar your coils will last but if not no!!
Well there are too many variables with coil type and wire size...wire size of wrap etc. But I defo think that certain coils need delicate handling otherwise you will break the outer wrap....having said that the PC coils method works. My coils come back looking as they went in...well after a dry burn. No need to scrub
I can get 6 months on any coil. Most of my RTA's are MTL. Very few are RDL/DL.
I use Wireoptim, used to be Lightning Vapes, 26/36 ss316L wire a lot. It works well for all vaping styles. Also use some of their other wire along with wire from Zivipf, Kbee, Temco and AVS wire.
I've never used any Chinese wire. I am of the firm belief that there is quality wire and wire that is "other".
You can certainly use thicker wire gauges for MTL. I do. There are no set in stone rules.
And therein lies the quandary. I am of the thought that it is still better, safer, than any of the ingredients BT puts in their cigs.
100% agree. IMO it doesn't matter how sweet a juice is. With proper maintenance any coil should last.
Coils will last with proper maintenance.
Charlie there are many many flavors made by all the flavor houses that have sweetness already in them. Everyone doing DIY uses them all the time. The creams and custards that you use have sweetness in them. Strawberries have sweetness... on and on the list goes.
My motto has always been... learn and know thy flavors. And know what they can bring to any mix at different %'s from very low (as in drops) on up.
BTW, EM (ethyl maltol) is not in all sweeteners. There are different kinds of sweeteners that use different ingredients. If you look up DIY sweeteners you will see for yourself which ones use what as their main ingredient.
This may be of interest...
In the nearly 9 years that I've been doing DIY I have rarely used a sweetener. In fact, the last several years I've used no sweeteners at all. I know how to bring sweetness to a mix, if desired, using the flavors in my stash.
If you truly know your flavors, then you automatically know there are always flavor options available to you for adding sweetness to any recipe without the addition of a sweetener. And it doesn't require much of a flavor, or two, to do so. If properly mixed you won't even notice those flavors, when used as additives.
There are numerous flavors that will bring sweetness to a mix, round out other flavors and reduce sharp notes in 'certain' other flavors.
Likewise, there are flavors that will reduce sweetness in a mix.
It always comes back to how well you know the flavors in your stash.
The way I see a lot of folks using sweeteners...IMHO...is a band aid (some will bristle at that, oh well
). Too many people use them as a crutch to cover up crappy recipes.ELR, and similar sites, are littered with those kinds of mixes. And that comes right back to folks not knowing their flavors, as they should.
Having said all that...^^^...sweeteners can be a tool...if used properly.
Matthew Topolski lead mixologist, Head of R&D for Charlie Noble, Walker Trading Co -Vape Dojo, Tenbuck & more --- and also contributes much to the DIY community, says the following of EM and it is true of any sweetener.
"Cotton Candy/Ethyl Maltol – this is not here for sweetness! Please, can we all just take a minute and set down the EM and sucralose? If you need to add multiple percentages of a sweetener, then you need to revise that recipe. Ok, done preaching. EM is amazing when used for its real purpose – rounding off rough edges. It can make flavors layer together, or can make that one sharp accent drop down a notch or two. Half a percent is just about perfect for that purpose."
I've had several good convos with him over the years and also learned a lot from him. He's very sharp with everything DIY. And very approachable and helpful with DIY questions.
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One of my dotSquonks is always in rotation. It's been the purple one lately.
For regulated, my SqEvo DNA 60 squonker sees a lot of use.
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