Sorry for the newb question

[SoCalMichelle]

Can someone in lamens terms, please tell me in GENERAL what an Rebildable Atomizer is, why you use one, and what it's advantages/disadvantages are...

I'm getting a Provari...so hopefully if you guys know if rba will work with a Provari that would be nice.

The Nimbus- why do all my friends talk about it like it's a "God"? What can it do that makes it special?

Again I'm still learning terms and trying to familiarize myself with Ohm's law and basic electrical safety etc. Lots to learn.

I'm new to the vaping world and trying to catch up.

Thank you very much in advance!

 

[armoworrior]

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yes it would be nice to to have the answer on a platter but check these out first. and i actually use a few rebuild-able atomizer on an Evic.
and no phil is not the end all for answers but its a good starting point.

 

[armoworrior]

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[vapdivrr]

an rba is a device in which you can customize to your own liking by making it fit your vaping style. these atomizers include genesis style, which has a vertical wick sitting inside a tank with juice in it. this wick sort of pulls up the juice to the coils which then gets vaporized. another type is a dripper (nimbus included) these don't have a vertical wick inside a tank, they have a coil in which juice is dripped over. in this set-up the juice is fresher because its dripped on demand and isn't sitting in a tank. now there are botton coil devices, they include devices like the kayfun and protank likes. these are feed by pressure, think of these like as if you were to have a bowl of water, now take a shot glass and placed it upside down into the bowl. there is still going to be air in the shot glass, now imagine tiny slots in the edge of the shot glass, this will allow for a small amount of water to enter the glass, this water is now e-liquid. also in the shot glass is the coil, for the most part it is dry because of the air trapped but this coil has a wick, this wicks up the juice and gets vaporized, this vapor goes into a small hole, in this case the shot glass has a small hole in the top, actually its the bottom of the glass because its upside down. sorry to go on about this one hopefully you get the picture on this device, anyways these are getting very popular and are great devices. ohms law is important when doing rebuildables because its all about the numbers. good luck

 

[folkphys]

Pretty much all Atomizers, Cartomizers, Clearomizers, etc...function on the same set of principles:

1. Battery connects to a heating coil (which is just a special type of wire that heats up when electrified -like old stovetops- then shaped into a coil)
2. Heating coil is wrapped around/underneath/inside a wick or wicking material
3. Wick comes in contact with juice via partial or entire submersion into a tank, extension into a tank, directly dripping onto it, presoaking it , etc...
4. Press button, which completes the curcuit of battery to heating coil, coil heats up, boils the juice off the wick and poof, you've got clouds of vapor.
5. The vast majority of Atomizers, Cartomizers, Clearomizers and the like are either completely disposable when their wick/coil assemblies have reached the end of their servicable lifetimes (eg, the wicks no longer wick and/or the coils no longer heat up), or they allow for the vaper to replace those little wick/coil assemblies inside, saving you a bit of money along the way.

5. The "Rebuildable" sub-classification of Atomizers general simply denotes the ability (really manufacturer's intention of your ability) to construct your very own wick and construct your very own heating coil using readily available wick and coil materials, and then install your very own super-special wicks and coils in those devices.

There are lots of reasons why Rebuildables are preferable in the minds of many avid vapers (myself included), and some standard clearomizers and cartomizers are billed as "rebuildable" when they are really just wick+coil unit replaceable. But the fact is that with a little bit of gumption, the right tools, and a working knowledge of very basic electricity, you can "rebuild" just about any of them if you like.

 

[JD1]

I recommend starting with an evod or similar for your prov. Search utube for 'phil busardo evod' for a video. They're meant to be a replaceable head device but they're not hard to rebuild and inexpensive enough to buy two or three so that you have something to vape while perfecting your skills.

Best of luck and happy vaping.

 

[dmska]

The igo s fits nicely on the provari mini. It is a re buildable dripper, very easy to build on but it is kind of small. As for the nimbus, it's made for building dual coils and is reasonably priced as far as higher end rda's go.

 

[CloudZ]

With a provari you need to keep the resistance above 1.3 ohms to avoid an error, so you'd need two 2.6 ohm or higher coils in a dual coil rba like a nimbus. It can be tough to deal with short circuits on a regulated device as well, so I would avoid ss mesh wicked genesis rba's. An excellent place to start is the IGO-L, they are single coil but simple and have lots of room to work with. Dual coils can be good, but I wouldn't say they are "godly" in comparison to a single coil. Try normal coils, then microcoils (read up on that one), then decide if you want to go for more exotic wick and coil setups. By that time you should also know whether or not you want to try a mechanical mod.

 

[donnah]

I recommend starting with an evod or similar for your prov. Search utube for 'phil busardo evod' for a video. They're meant to be a replaceable head device but they're not hard to rebuild and inexpensive enough to buy two or three so that you have something to vape while perfecting your skills.

Best of luck and happy vaping.

evods and protanks have ego cone threading... you'd need a ego to 510 adaptor to use them on a provari. A dripper like a simple and inexpensive IGO-L is a good place to start learning rebuildables.

 

[vapdivrr]

With a provari you need to keep the resistance above 1.3 ohms to avoid an error, so you'd need two 2.6 ohm or higher coils in a dual coil rba like a nimbus. It can be tough to deal with short circuits on a regulated device as well, so I would avoid ss mesh wicked genesis rba's. An excellent place to start is the IGO-L, they are single coil but simple and have lots of room to work with. Dual coils can be good, but I wouldn't say they are "godly" in comparison to a single coil. Try normal coils, then microcoils (read up on that one), then decide if you want to go for more exotic wick and coil setups. By that time you should also know whether or not you want to try a mechanical mod.

a provari v-2 will fire at .8 ohms, maybe you have a v-1?

 

[WattWick]

Edit: Seems I replied to the wrong post.

 

[SoCalMichelle]

Very informative!

I get my Provari in the mail tomorrow! )

It's very exciting.