Good to know. Thanks, retic1959. Yes, still loving on my HA, Temptation and Shadow (plus more). Will probably christen at least one with HA, and another with Legend.
the Aquav2 clone thread
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Good to know. Thanks, retic1959. Yes, still loving on my HA, Temptation and Shadow (plus more). Will probably christen at least one with HA, and another with Legend.
Unfortunately I'm out of Temptation at the moment but TC is scratching the chocolate itch , I run dual coils in my Magma for maximum flavor but I have to order lower nic juices for it or the throat hit is too much for me . For some reason the identical build in the Aqua V2 dual 26ga coils in the .7 ohm range is a much smoother vape with my usual 24mg juices , flavor and vapor production is close to an RDA in the Aqua V2 . It's a great RTA .
Retic, I still have not gone dual coil on my Aqua2 yet. I am still working on trying to get my wick just right, and changed ohms, trying to find the sweet spot for me. I am getting closer, but I can't say at this point, that I like it better than a Kayfun. I had it on 1.6 ohms initially. Last night I put it on 2.3 ohms. I have fiddled with it, and took the whole thing apart last night. I even pulled out the bottom insulator to make sure it had the o ring in it. I have messed with the wick constantly. I have seen photos of other people's wicks on here. But I am not running dual coils. I have the screw in the extra air flow slot. Over that I have wick, and it is in the channels. I have made the wick more full at top, and bottom. Less on bottom. Shortened it, thinned it. I still don't have it exactly right. I was getting dry hits if I chain vaped for sure. I opened the air flow. Now it is just a hair from being wide open. I still can't chain vape it. It is okay, as long as I don't chain vape it too much. But it is not giving me the taste quality. I think I still don't have the wick right. I am gonna play with it one more time. If that doesn't get it, I may just try the dual coil later. The wick looks saturated to me. But I see at some point it was getting darker, especially at the top side of the wick. That is when I started tweaking the air flow more, and more open. I guess I am going to have to thin the bottom of the wick a little more, and maybe shorten it a hair more.
I had the extra air flow closed with the screw. I have also messed around with how much wick is in the channels there too. I think I am getting close, but it is not blowing me away at this point. At least it isn't leaking. I have also adjusted watts. The only thing I think left to do, is to keep working on the wick, and keep at it, until I am satisfied with it.
I had the extra air flow closed with the screw. I have also messed around with how much wick is in the channels there too. I think I am getting close, but it is not blowing me away at this point. At least it isn't leaking. I have also adjusted watts. The only thing I think left to do, is to keep working on the wick, and keep at it, until I am satisfied with it.
I had the same problem with my Tobeco. I took it apart and added a few wraps of Teflon tape to the positive pin.
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I run a single coil as well. If you're getting dry hits, try a slightly spaced wider diameter coil (I use just 1/8" or 3.2mm) and trim your wick legs down. check out sedge's photos in the authentic thread. fat shoulders, thin legs. I run the legs all the way down to the pool, but keeping them thin is essential. And for future reference, if you ever experience flooding in single mode, I've been securing a small piece of japanese cotton under the extra airhole screw by poking a small hole and then stuffing the channels with that cotton. I did the split wick method for awhile, but this is better.
There's a video by, I think his YT name is CY Kim. To the best of my knowledge he's with footoon. He's got a two-part video up that shows a method slightly different to Sedge's. I haven't tried that yet, but when my Melon Fiasco is gone from one of them, I'll be giving it a shot. It's fat shoulders, not thinned a whole lot, but only goes into the juice channels a bit. I couldn't tell you without re-viewing the video the density in that upper ~20% of the channels though. It seemed to be working for him. I also don't know what thickness of juice he was using.
A whole lot of I don't knows and maybes there, but lots of info is more useful than trial and error.
ETA: eek! almost to 100 posts. It's the little things that excite me. I try not to spam. There's enough of that in the world already.
A whole lot of I don't knows and maybes there, but lots of info is more useful than trial and error.
ETA: eek! almost to 100 posts. It's the little things that excite me. I try not to spam. There's enough of that in the world already.
Thank you for your thoughts. I have not been doing rebuildables that long. I don't know if what I had could be an official dry hit. But it was a very slight burnt taste. The top of the cotton wick was darkened. The first time it happened from the positive lead. So I made another coil and shortened that positive lead. The negative side was not darker, and it was saturated. It was wicking like a dream...lol. I have been using a 3.0 mm drill bit to do the coil with. I did try thinning the wick in the leg, and shortened to the point of flooding. I have been working on this, a little at a time. But yesterday I decided I was going to have to get this nailed down.
I will try the Japanese cotton under the screw. Did you give a gap above the screw with your cotton? Or was it flush over the top? I tried it just flush over the top, but it leaked fluid into the chamber a little. I guess that would be considered minor flooding. I am not completely up on terminology yet. I have had better look with running the cotton from the spare side up, and over the spare air hole with screw in it. The small amount of fluid in the chamber is very minor, and has not effected the vaping. But I have been taking if off, looking at it, and cleaning it too. So it would have more than what I have seen thus far. I have taken it off at least every 1/3 of a tank, to 1/2.
All I have had any experience with prior to this was a Kayfun, as far as tanks. I can also build a single coil Magma with no problem.
I will try the Japanese cotton under the screw. Did you give a gap above the screw with your cotton? Or was it flush over the top? I tried it just flush over the top, but it leaked fluid into the chamber a little. I guess that would be considered minor flooding. I am not completely up on terminology yet. I have had better look with running the cotton from the spare side up, and over the spare air hole with screw in it. The small amount of fluid in the chamber is very minor, and has not effected the vaping. But I have been taking if off, looking at it, and cleaning it too. So it would have more than what I have seen thus far. I have taken it off at least every 1/3 of a tank, to 1/2.
All I have had any experience with prior to this was a Kayfun, as far as tanks. I can also build a single coil Magma with no problem.
I have seen both of his videos, they are good. Thanks for mentioning them. I think I have seen all the Aqua2 vids on You Tube. I will look at his video again, and see just how short he had that wick.
Oh, now I see. That is initially the way I tried to do the wick. I wasn't getting dry hits then. But the taste wasn't there either. It is about the 5 min mark of his second video.
Oh, now I see. That is initially the way I tried to do the wick. I wasn't getting dry hits then. But the taste wasn't there either. It is about the 5 min mark of his second video.
There's a video by, I think his YT name is CY Kim. To the best of my knowledge he's with footoon. He's got a two-part video up that shows a method slightly different to Sedge's. I haven't tried that yet, but when my Melon Fiasco is gone from one of them, I'll be giving it a shot. It's fat shoulders, not thinned a whole lot, but only goes into the juice channels a bit. I couldn't tell you without re-viewing the video the density in that upper ~20% of the channels though. It seemed to be working for him. I also don't know what thickness of juice he was using.
A whole lot of I don't knows and maybes there, but lots of info is more useful than trial and error.
ETA: eek! almost to 100 posts. It's the little things that excite me. I try not to spam. There's enough of that in the world already.
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Well I tried the Aqua2 with the cotton under the spare air hole screw. That does seem to help. I also put a little cotton above. It is not dry hitting at all. Still the taste isn't quite there. I am almost wide open on the air hole, with 4 volts, at 2.2 ohms. The MVP2 reads 2.2, but the iStick reads 2.3...the iStick reads the same as my multimeter does. Close enough though. I have HHV White Lie in there right now. I haven't decided if 3.9 or 4 volts is better. I can chain vape it. I changed the wick up a little again. I wonder if it is just as finicky in dual coil mode?
I'm not sure if I follow. I can post a picture if you'd like.
But it's pretty straight forward: poke a hole into the cotton pad, screw it down, stuff the channels with that cotton, trim the excess.
good. once you figure out how to avoid dry hits / burning cotton and flooding, you can dial it in for flavor. maybe play around with coil diameter and height.
I'd say every RTA is tricky at first, for me at least, but you'll soon get the hang of the nuances involved. practice makes perfect.
No need to post a picture. I understand what you are saying now... When I first built this tank, it wasn't dry hitting. It was only when I kept making adjustments that it started. The only tank I have experience with is the Kayfun 3.1 so far, until now. For better flavor I am probably going to have to go lower in ohms, or at least dual coil. This is the best it has tasted, since I got it. (and I can chain vape it, if I choose to)
Yes, coil diameter might be something to consider. I did move the height a little. I could try messing with it a little more. Thanks for your thoughts once again!
Yes, coil diameter might be something to consider. I did move the height a little. I could try messing with it a little more. Thanks for your thoughts once again!
I wonder if you have too much cotton in the coil? It swells when wet so you don't want it tight when you put it in. This tank wicks very well.
I am running duals so my wicking won't be very helpful.
I don't think there is too much cotton in there. I tried less cotton, and then it was too much juice. If it is too much cotton, it barely is. I have not opened it up yet today, to see what the wick is looking like. I might go down to a 2.5 mm coil soon, and try that. (especially when I get to a dual coil) I'd rather get the single coil nailed down, then try the dual coil. Thanks for the suggestions!
I'll be honest, I set up all my RTAs for the number of coils it was meant to have. Duals in the Aquav2, Orchid and Atomic. Three in the Estia. Singles in all my others. That always seems to give me sucess with wicking.
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