Taifun GT Discusion!

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kathi17

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I just got a Taifun clone. Got it because I love my Kayfun (KFL+) so much, and wanted to try more of the Kayfun type toppers. I'm loving it!

I didn't use quite enough cotton on my first try, and it leaked something fierce. Added more cotton, and it's perfect! Now all I need is a tank section that I can use any juice in. (I use the steel tank in my Kayfun).
 

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I just got a Taifun clone. Got it because I love my Kayfun (KFL+) so much, and wanted to try more of the Kayfun type toppers. I'm loving it!

I didn't use quite enough cotton on my first try, and it leaked something fierce. Added more cotton, and it's perfect! Now all I need is a tank section that I can use any juice in. (I use the steel tank in my Kayfun).

I have two hicigar tgt's both with stainless tanks. So no worries on crackers. I am about to order a stainless tank for my taifun gs but fasttech does not carry them.

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...........I like stuff with post holes. The hardest part of building for me is securing the coils to the screws.

Because of that alone I would say stay away from the fogger and aqua. Both are essentially the same, both work best with dual coils (but there are ways to build single coils by blocking 2 out of the 4 juice channels) and they are both hard to build.

Also if your a beginner, do yourself a favor and stay away from the smaller Taifun GS ad others have said.

Out of your choices I would absolutely get a Taifun GT. I know because I'm saying it in this particular thread it seems like fanboy love, but it is IMO the easiest to build and get working correctly. Only atty easier IMO is Kayfun. (It is a little more forgiving with too much or too little cotton as compared to the Taifun GT- at least that's been my experience)

Good luck and keep us posted on what you end up with.

BTW: a good tip for securing your kanthal to post screws, trying bending your legs around a screwdriver first to get a hook type thing going on first, then it's easier to screw down without it moving all over.


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FYI, I am a hardcore Taifun GT user, and have several... some authentic and some clones. And yes, some juices gunk up the coils a lot. My RY4 sure does. But I can't tell you it happens any more or less than it does in any other rebuildable. I have recently become a fan of rayon, and it does last longer than plain cotton for me. It also takes the heat better. (My next preferences are bamboo and hemp. Cotton comes in a distant 4th.) Once you become proficient at changing out your wick, cotton or whatever, you'll do it so fast that it won't matter if you have to change it out every day. In fact, if I just power vape on one setup all day, I often change the wick out twice a day. It takes so little time that I really don't mind.
I also have found that using a smaller flavor wick on top of the coil keeps the setup happier for a bit longer, and it definitely increases flavor. I just use some more rayon, perhaps a little smaller than the one I pull through the coil.

Did you notice quicker gunking the coil when vaping custard liquids. Compared to let's say kfl?
I looove my custard e liquids but the change intervals with cotton are killing me
 
I just built a single coil with cotton wick on the Taifun GT clone. Had slight leaking with a thin juice, but thicker juice didn't give me any problems. The Kayfun and Russian 91, however, leaked like a sieve:(. Hoping to figure out those two at some point in time...
 

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Tgt if i jave thin juice i add a pinch more cotton at the wick vents. If you get dry hits lesson it a tad. This is why i have two now. So I can dial one in. And use another. I have gotten to the point last 5 rewicks I nailed first try. Love the tgt's i want one a tad smaller diamter. The gs is ok but a pain to biuld compared to gt. I want a true scaled down copy of the gt.

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Tgt if i jave thin juice i add a pinch more cotton at the wick vents. If you get dry hits lesson it a tad. This is why i have two now. So I can dial one in. And use another. I have gotten to the point last 5 rewicks I nailed first try. Love the tgt's i want one a tad smaller diamter. The gs is ok but a pain to biuld compared to gt. I want a true scaled down copy of the gt.

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A Mini Protank comes to mind.
 

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I will check them out thank you.

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I had a shop give me one which I re-wicked and coiled, rayon and 30 gauge nichrome duals, came out to about 0.6 ohms. It kind of impressed me with it's performance.
 

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Well I cracked another TGT tank with TPA Ripe Banana again, I thought I could get away with using it in the plastic tank @ 7.5% but no way. Mmm banana/black walnut, pretty yummy. I have 4 half tanks left.
I found the cracks when changing to my newest flavor "kahlua and cream", this stuff is really good if you like rum.
 
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