Does LV offer 316L in that price range?
Does LV offer 316L in that price range?
I think it’s a good idea to have one or two RBAs that are not my normal (dl) style, but I never find them impressive. That said, you could do better than the Intake. I mean you could do worse, too, but it’s not one of my top three.
The intake is pretty good if you get the coil placement and wick just so; problem is that just so spot is very narrow and not easy to repeat.
Gotta call the husband soon. I will clean the kitchen tomorrow, when I'm all spazzed tired and can make me do things because for some reason smoking a cigarette sounds like a fantastic idea for reasons unknown so yeah I probably need something to put me down for a bit I mean I did dump 3.5 mg of klonopin and I suppose those are supposed to be pretty potent and I did it all with no valium increase. That sounds like a bad idea when I think about it. I should like, not do that.
Especially when I discovered some of those other China sites! I have a cartful of goodness it would be wise not to purchase. Probably.
I need to be able to make those decisions better.
It has also been a GREAT day, in a way. The kind of way I do not want. Here's hoping tomorrow I don't do something RASH. I doubt it though it's today that feels rash. LOL.
"Smoke a cigarette" my brain says. Why does my brain want to kill me?
Anna
Especially when I discovered some of those other China sites! I have a cartful of goodness it would be wise not to purchase. Probably.
I need to be able to make those decisions better.
It has also been a GREAT day, in a way. The kind of way I do not want. Here's hoping tomorrow I don't do something RASH. I doubt it though it's today that feels rash. LOL.
"Smoke a cigarette" my brain says. Why does my brain want to kill me?
Anna
I got three random bracelets from SOMEWHERE. I tried return to sender but our mailman won't pick up mail for some reason. If he even SEES the flag he does not stop.
I sort of thought someone was VODOOing me and I'm glad it stopped.
That reminds me my damn job changed their health insurance MID YEAR to United Health. NO notification or "are yo cool with this."
I LOVED Cigna and I HATE united health. It probably means I could stockpile some meds. But not the fun ones, the pharmacists keep track of those.
Cigna I mourn you, except it is probably good Cigna is now technically NOT aware that my Medicare Cigna is primary which is nice because if there is ONE thing Medicare can do for you it is to make EVERYTHING more expensive.
I'm trying to be chill about it. But I hate United Healthcare.
Anna
I sort of thought someone was VODOOing me and I'm glad it stopped.
That reminds me my damn job changed their health insurance MID YEAR to United Health. NO notification or "are yo cool with this."
I LOVED Cigna and I HATE united health. It probably means I could stockpile some meds. But not the fun ones, the pharmacists keep track of those.
Cigna I mourn you, except it is probably good Cigna is now technically NOT aware that my Medicare Cigna is primary which is nice because if there is ONE thing Medicare can do for you it is to make EVERYTHING more expensive.
I'm trying to be chill about it. But I hate United Healthcare.
Anna
I have a problem. I want to get myself a Luna but am a bit reluctant. It looks great but I want it to perform great to. I just don't get along with mechs. I have 4 and none gives me the vape I like. Not a bad vape as such, just a bit on the boring side...almost under powered. Not sure if its the voltage drops on them or maybe my builds are wrong for mechs. I do in the region of 0.6 ohm mostly. What resistance do you people use on mechs?
When I use the recurve on the Wismec luxotic (mech) its kinda meh(ish), but when I put it on a regulated squonker it shines.
When I use the recurve on the Wismec luxotic (mech) its kinda meh(ish), but when I put it on a regulated squonker it shines.
What wattage do you generally vape on your regulated mods? What kind of builds are you regularly using and what are you trying on the mechs (simple round-wire spaced coils or something more clapton-ish)?
I'm going to ask my mother if she wants 'em. I gave her some wireless headphones a while back that she liked lot, but they have stopped working. Maybe she'll be up for trying these. They aren't supposed to be any good, though, so it might be cruel to inflict them on my almost 87-year-old mamma. Maybe I'll follow your lead and fob them off on the small child I was going to give the fidget spinner I got free from Asmodus or Vaporrange a while back. She's five.
I get 10 points for double quoting you 
Close, but on our farm it's just a way to match up the twins and odd triplet - each pair gets a matching dot somewhere on it. We used to number them, which was much more fun, especially when they all race each other in the paddocks 
This is exactly what has been putting me off unregulated squonk mods - I love a consistent vape. The gloom has been an awesome learning curve for this, and I'm still figuring out the best build or resistance for what I want.
I usually run a 28ga 2.5mm id ss326l 0.5ohm coil in my RTAs at 17w, 400F. For the gloom I've been around the 0.8 ohm mark (using ss316l 28ga), which is still pretty 'underpowered'
it's perfect for a bit, then drops.
Doing a 0.65ohm next build, plus I've got mtl clapton wire coming. I plan to just keep building lower and lower until I get my socks blown off
Does the blue mean its two males @AngeNZ ?
Close, but on our farm it's just a way to match up the twins and odd triplet
- each pair gets a matching dot somewhere on it. We used to number them, which was much more fun, especially when they all race each other in the paddocks This is exactly what has been putting me off unregulated squonk mods - I love a consistent vape. The gloom has been an awesome learning curve for this, and I'm still figuring out the best build or resistance for what I want.
I usually run a 28ga 2.5mm id ss326l 0.5ohm coil in my RTAs at 17w, 400F. For the gloom I've been around the 0.8 ohm mark (using ss316l 28ga), which is still pretty 'underpowered'
it's perfect for a bit, then drops.Doing a 0.65ohm next build, plus I've got mtl clapton wire coming. I plan to just keep building lower and lower until I get my socks blown off
Except that (1) she'll struggle to set them up and (2) she'll be deeply irked when they break in a month. The kid would be more resilient than my brittle old ma.Give then to whoever will get the most enjoyment from them - I suspect that will be your Mother
I build anywhere from 0.4 - 1 ohms on mechs and with different wire types. With my mechs when I feel a diminishing hit I usually swap to a freshly charged battery. As your battery drains so does the hit you get. That is the downside of a mech versus a regulated mod and its consistency.
I think you're on the right track ... if you were using kanthal or ni80, an 0.8 ohm coil might be about right for an unregulated vape for you, but with ss316l and the ohms rising as it heats up, you've got to shoot a bit lower on the build to find your zone....
I usually run a 28ga 2.5mm id ss326l 0.5ohm coil in my RTAs at 17w, 400F. For the gloom I've been around the 0.8 ohm mark (using ss316l 28ga), which is still pretty 'underpowered'
Doing a 0.65ohm next build, plus I've got mtl clapton wire coming. I plan to just keep building lower and lower until I get my socks blown off
Yeah, the changing resistance of ss316l makes a difference. I tried using 28ga n80, but to get 0.8ohms it was a tiddly 2.5mm id 5 wrap coil, whereas with ss316l I can do a 7 or 8 wrap coil.
I have a ss flat wire contact coil at 0.58ohm in the recurve now. With a brand new battery in the mech, it starts off mehish and gets meher
as I go.30W works for me on this build now on the regulated mod.
I usually go for around 0.5 ohm when I build any coil.
Am I right in assuming that mechs do better with builds lower than 0.5ohms...say in the 0.1-0.3 range?
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I started building lower when I got into Lunas. I used to do .5 - .6, but now I’m around .3. I use ss316 fused Clapton 26/34 I think, hard to keep all my numbers straight in my head.
I use much lower wattage on regulated mods though. And I’m still pretty new to all of this.
For me, the unregulateds hit a tad too hard with a fresh battery so I go easy the first few hits. I’ll have 2-3 running all day, and so the batteries last me a full day. I don’t notice any difference in performance between a Luna and the Gloom or the Topside (in bypass) but that’s all the comparison I can offer.
I will say, I’m now tweaking all my settings to try to get a similar punch with the regulated mods as I do with Lunas, because I like it that much. I sat last night with the Primo and Topside dual going through the warm up and punch trying to replicate it.
Speaking of mechs, I am this morning vaping a mech tube mod for the very first time. See what you people have done to me?
nearly afternoon all.
my soulkeeper left china 16 days ago epacket. no sign of it appearing. if it doesn't turn up i won't be able to get a replacement as they've discontinued it. grr.
got a couple more rbas for the bb on 3Fvape. an insider and... something else.
my soulkeeper left china 16 days ago epacket. no sign of it appearing. if it doesn't turn up i won't be able to get a replacement as they've discontinued it. grr.
got a couple more rbas for the bb on 3Fvape. an insider and... something else.
Good morning shiners! That forlorn package sitting at the Shenzen airport finally landed at JFK and cleared customs last night. Now USPS will take it on a tour of the surrounding area by visiting NJ and CT before bringing it the 45 minute drive from the airport directly to me. Too bad they won't let you send an Uber to pick it up before the bizarre grand tour begins.
Don't forget Ohm's law and you battery choice. A 0.5 ohm build will draw 8A (at 4.2V, the max voltage you always need to use for calculating on a mech), a 0.3 ohm 14A, 0.2 ohm 21A (time for those 25A batteries you have around) and 0.1 ohm 42A, beyond the capability of any single 18650 available on earth (or 20x series too).
Building below 0.3 ohm really starts to complicate stuff like battery choice (I like that I can use a VCT5a 25A or a 25R 20A depending on what's around that's charged). Below that and you need to pay attention to what you're really doing. A Samsung 20S will give you a 30A CDR and 2,000 mAh capacity if you want to venture into the 0.2 ohm realm. Anything below 0.2 ohm on a single battery mech is going to be pushing the limits of what you're working with and a place I don't venture.
Another factor is the more metal you use, the more metal you have to heat up and the slower the ramp. So simple round or a Clapton with a single 28G core seem like good fits for my style. Generally my builds run a bit hot on a fresh battery, but then become nice and pleasantly warm for my tastes after the battery voltage drops a bit, which is pretty fast from 4.2V down to 4V.
This is the drawback of a mech anything. The only control you have is over your build. No fine tuning with preheat or wattage tweaks. You have to figure out what build works best in what atty, and then I just always stick with that build from that point on. So it's more than just choosing a resistance, it's choosing the build/coil design as well, and what works on your regulated mods won't just translate over to a mech.
I have a ss flat wire contact coil at 0.58ohm in the recurve now. With a brand new battery in the mech, it starts off mehish and gets meher
30W works for me on this build now on the regulated mod.
I usually go for around 0.5 ohm when I build any coil.
Am I right in assuming that mechs do better with builds lower than 0.5ohms...say in the 0.1-0.3 range?
Don't forget Ohm's law and you battery choice. A 0.5 ohm build will draw 8A (at 4.2V, the max voltage you always need to use for calculating on a mech), a 0.3 ohm 14A, 0.2 ohm 21A (time for those 25A batteries you have around) and 0.1 ohm 42A, beyond the capability of any single 18650 available on earth (or 20x series too).
Building below 0.3 ohm really starts to complicate stuff like battery choice (I like that I can use a VCT5a 25A or a 25R 20A depending on what's around that's charged). Below that and you need to pay attention to what you're really doing. A Samsung 20S will give you a 30A CDR and 2,000 mAh capacity if you want to venture into the 0.2 ohm realm. Anything below 0.2 ohm on a single battery mech is going to be pushing the limits of what you're working with and a place I don't venture.
Another factor is the more metal you use, the more metal you have to heat up and the slower the ramp. So simple round or a Clapton with a single 28G core seem like good fits for my style. Generally my builds run a bit hot on a fresh battery, but then become nice and pleasantly warm for my tastes after the battery voltage drops a bit, which is pretty fast from 4.2V down to 4V.
This is the drawback of a mech anything. The only control you have is over your build. No fine tuning with preheat or wattage tweaks. You have to figure out what build works best in what atty, and then I just always stick with that build from that point on. So it's more than just choosing a resistance, it's choosing the build/coil design as well, and what works on your regulated mods won't just translate over to a mech.
I wouldn't say mechs do better with builds under 0.5 ohms ... personally, I use simple builds using ni80 or kanthal in the 0.8 to 1.0 ohm range for wattages in the upper to mid teens.I have a ss flat wire contact coil at 0.58ohm in the recurve now. With a brand new battery in the mech, it starts off mehish and gets meher
30W works for me on this build now on the regulated mod.
I usually go for around 0.5 ohm when I build any coil.
Am I right in assuming that mechs do better with builds lower than 0.5ohms...say in the 0.1-0.3 range?
But if you're aiming for around 30 watts and using SS coils you'll probably want to build a little lower than 0.5, perhaps 0.4 or even 0.35 (because, while you want to use 4.2v to calculate amp draw for safety, realistically, you'll be hitting at more like 3.9v - 3.8v on a fresh battery due to voltage drop and voltage sag, and, the ohms on SS coils will rise some when heated).
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