Silica vs cotton or hybrid

[Markus765]

I wicked a bunch of coils for my Protanks with organic cotton, and notice a lot more vapor, and a slight increase in taste.

 

[AlexanderJ]

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[AlexanderJ]

I wicked a bunch of coils for my Protanks with organic cotton, and notice a lot more vapor, and a slight increase in taste.

Did you rewick the stock coils or build your own? What resistance and voltage / wattage?

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[Markus765]

Did you rewick the stock coils or build your own? What resistance and voltage / wattage?

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I just rewicked the coils I had. I'm working up to coil building. They're the stock 2.1 or 2.2 coils from Kanger.

 

[Woody_]

IMHO,cotton works better in my miniPT2 , more taste,so I will stay on it. One thing to try is ecowool,just waiting to be shipped to me.

 

[WattWick]

Mesh or mesh around wire rope.

 

[guambred]

In my tanks I prefer cotton when over 1.2 ohms, however I use silica when dripping I go down to .4-.6 range, as I sometimes forget to stop and drip and hate the burnt flavor. Seems to work for me.

 

[classwife]

Moved to Rebuildable Atomizer Systems from General E-Smoking Discussion

 

[xCJack]

That "organic" label is nearly always 100% hype. All it means is that the plants weren't raised with petrochemical fertilizers or pesticides, which has zero to do with how it ends up tasting (even for food), and everything to do with how many suckers they can get to fork over big bucks.

I'm not yet at the point of rebuilding, but I have started to need to dry-burn coils when they get icked-up, so I have to replace the flavor wicks with *something*; I bought some of the Peaches & Cream 100% cotton yarn that was recommended by quite a few here, it's cheap at Walmart, and it provides superlative wicking for thin juices that tend to leak, AND it provides MUCH better and clearer taste. So much better taste (and wicking for my thin PG-based juice), that now, even with brand new coils, I open 'em up and toss out that flimsy little bit of silica and replace it with boiled 100% cotton P&C yarn. Improves taste immediately and stops leaks before they start.

Yes, there apparently is an issue with slower wicking, which can cause those nasty dry hits; that problem is mostly solved by taking a few puffs *before* pressing the fire button, to get the juice into the wick before you actually try to take a real hit. Seems to work terrifically.

Andria

USDA organic label is not hype my friend.

 

[Asmo6]

I've been fooling around with wicks lately. See so many good ideas on here you have to try some of them right?

I use a .063" micro coil usually in the 1.2 ohm range. 28G kanthal. I twist a little bit of cotton through it and that's that. It lasts about 2-3 tanks in my KF and I pull it and go again.

I recently seen people nesting the KF chamber with a spiral of cotton on top of the typical wick arrangement. Never a dry hit, but it definitely stifled air flow. Not a huge fan.

So I figured I'd try some silica in a similar arrangement. Leave the tails long and roll them around the sides of the chamber. Dry hits. So far silica, maybe if I made a larger coil and could stuff a lot more through it. But a single strand. Nope.

I don't love mesh...

 

[Koudotai]

I'm intrigued by cotton, but I hear that you taste the cotton, at least at first.. Like someone said 'vaping through a sock'. Is it true that you have to 'break in' a cotton wick to get the best flavor?

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It does to me. I wouldn't say it tastes that odd lol. I usually put a little juice and burn it for a few secs with the cap off (RDA) and then after use it normally.

 

[edyle]

I'm intrigued by cotton, but I hear that you taste the cotton, at least at first.. Like someone said 'vaping through a sock'. Is it true that you have to 'break in' a cotton wick to get the best flavor?

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I do find that cotton has a clear taste for a while when I first put it in; yes the taste remains for a break in period; I happen to like the taste. Reminds me of cotton candy.

 

[Tbev]

If your getting anything but great results from cotton you have a wicking problem.

If you have trouble with cotton @0.5 0hm is probably a wicking problem. I run gennys @0.5 0hm all day on cotton I wouldn't have that any other way.
If anyone has a problem with cotton feel free to Pm me or post some pics here whatever, I'll help you out, everyone should get the chance to appreciate cotton.
I don't really ever let cotton break in however, I will let it sit for, I dunno maybe a min max, to fully absorb juice prior to vaping.


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