The iHybrid APV - A fully Customizable Genesis

Status
Not open for further replies.

CHARGER72

Super Member
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Jul 25, 2012
993
1,238
BLOOMINGTON, IL
No vape stuff for christmas. My wife is a smoker and my inlaws dont know we do either. So I carried a ego twist in my pocket and dripped whenever I had time. Funny thing is my wife and her brother were borrowing it every chance they got. Man I forgot how good illa nilla is when it is steeped. I did however use my christmas money along with money from a sale to buy a new zag yesterday. It used to be owned by some otter on here. (small vape world) So now the gg might not just sit on a shelf all the time. Did you get any vape gear?
 

Skud

Super Member
ECF Veteran
Sep 30, 2010
421
1,507
41
South Florida
www.powerstationstudios.com
Its even easier if you just attach the 2 strands right to the negative post on the iHybrid, then put an allen key through the loop and twist away, wrap the coil, tighten the positive, trim excess, done.

No tools required other than what you were already using....

I think I will try that out...

Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents about the twisted 32awg. I had been recommending the under the post twist method also. But, I Have switched Take a 3 foot length of 32 fold it in half. Put a hex key on your drill or power screwdriver. Hook the loop to it pull tight and go. That gives you enough to make several coils and the tighter the twist the better it seems to work for me. Hand tightning is ok but this is even better. :2c:

i do the hanging vise grips method for a few reasons. 1. the coils just seem to work better and 2. there's no need to heat treat the wire to get it to straighten out, it comes out perfectly straight every time.

Charger, i think my method and your method are getting pretty much the same results, except i do one coil length at a time (although I generally make 5 or 6 in a sitting, since they only take a few seconds each and I like to carry extras with me in my car. btw, i've found the tube the iHy ships in to be perfect for carrying extra pre-twisted wire and mesh/wicks)

in theory, a tighter twist adds a bit of "travel length" to the wire, in the sense that the electricity has a slightly longer path to travel through due to more twists in the wire, which might be good if you feel your coils are testing just a fraction of an ohm two low. i can't imagine it makes more than a 0.1 or 0.2 difference, at the very most, but it's something to keep in mind. to me, the tighter twists also eliminate any chance of minute separations in the two wires.

just my :2c:
 

Cyclin

Vaping Master
ECF Veteran
Nov 1, 2011
6,761
20,514
California
Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents about the twisted 32awg. I had been recommending the under the post twist method also. But, I Have switched Take a 3 foot length of 32 fold it in half. Put a hex key on your drill or power screwdriver. Hook the loop to it pull tight and go. That gives you enough to make several coils and the tighter the twist the better it seems to work for me. Hand tightning is ok but this is even better. :2c:
+1 Using a drill makes it much easier. I also like to twist a few feet at a time as then when a coil goes out, I already have twisted available instead of adding that step to making new coil.

If there is no drill around (for example when we were down south) a pair of pliers will do the trick. With no drill I usually will take my length of wire, put it around something like a door handle, or anything sturdy with a hole in it, then grab the open ends with the pliers and spin. :)

No Vape stuff for christmas. My wife is a smoker and my inlaws dont know we do either. So I carried a ego twist in my pocket and dripped whenever I had time. Funny thing is my wife and her brother were borrowing it every chance they got. Man I forgot how good illa nilla is when it is steeped. I did however use my christmas money along with money from a sale to buy a new zag yesterday. It used to be owned by some otter on here. (small vape world) So now the gg might not just sit on a shelf all the time. Did you get any vape gear?
Nice, stealth-vaping at a family gathering :) New ZAG huh? I don't have one of those yet, I had a ZAP for a little while I borrowed froma friend, but that was a little while ago. Nope I didn't get any vape gear this Christmas, though I did give my youngest brother a kit as a present. He likes it :) I did however get a Visa gift card that said "Cause nobody knows where to buy your ecigs" on it :laugh: Its going to a Rosewood VVW this month :)

Doing great sir, huge clouds flowing from the blue dragon, life is good.
Glad to hear it. I'm currently filling my office with thick clouds of Pluid from my GE V1 :) I love that there are so many different LE's now!
 

Vapor2112

Atty Baller - Level 2
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Apr 8, 2010
3,162
4,603
Virgin-ia
And with all that said, including what I said, I still prefer 30g untwisted on my iHy from both performance and lifespan perspectives.

Aren't options grand? :2cool:

i do the hanging vise grips method for a few reasons. 1. the coils just seem to work better and 2. there's no need to heat treat the wire to get it to straighten out, it comes out perfectly straight every time.

Charger, i think my method and your method are getting pretty much the same results, except i do one coil length at a time (although I generally make 5 or 6 in a sitting, since they only take a few seconds each and I like to carry extras with me in my car. btw, i've found the tube the iHy ships in to be perfect for carrying extra pre-twisted wire and mesh/wicks)

in theory, a tighter twist adds a bit of "travel length" to the wire, in the sense that the electricity has a slightly longer path to travel through due to more twists in the wire, which might be good if you feel your coils are testing just a fraction of an ohm two low. i can't imagine it makes more than a 0.1 or 0.2 difference, at the very most, but it's something to keep in mind. to me, the tighter twists also eliminate any chance of minute separations in the two wires.

just my :2c:
 

Cyclin

Vaping Master
ECF Veteran
Nov 1, 2011
6,761
20,514
California
You know Skud I found that my tighter twists worked better too. I personally thought that it made shorts even less possible, due to the twists touching the wick more frequently than a looser twist. But I could be wrong I just found tighter = better on my setup :)

Also, when attaching to the negative screw I usually twist a couple extra times with my fingers near the screw, cause sometimes the twist comes apart a bit at that point when tightening the screw down.
 

Cyclin

Vaping Master
ECF Veteran
Nov 1, 2011
6,761
20,514
California
And with all that said, including what I said, I still prefer 30g untwisted on my iHy from both performance and lifespan perspectives.

Aren't options grand? :2cool:

Seriously. I love being able to control every aspect of vaping, from the juice ratios to the coil. :) My VV devices don't get as much use as they used to tho. Its all about each vaper's preferences, you can change anything! lol
 

Skud

Super Member
ECF Veteran
Sep 30, 2010
421
1,507
41
South Florida
www.powerstationstudios.com
Seriously. I love being able to control every aspect of vaping, from the juice ratios to the coil. :) My VV devices don't get as much use as they used to tho. Its all about each vaper's preferences, you can change anything! lol

it's just amazing to me how far vaping's come even in the few years since I started. soon enough there's gonna be laser power atomizers, sonic powered atomizers, and induction charged batteries. mark my words.
 

goldcoastmat

Super Member
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Oct 24, 2012
541
2,139
florida USA
it's just amazing to me how far vaping's come even in the few years since I started. soon enough there's gonna be laser power atomizers, sonic powered atomizers, and induction charged batteries. mark my words.

ooOOoo totally looking forward to the "Ihybrid Lazorizer" lol
 

KTK8

Vaping Master
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Jun 16, 2012
4,880
11,685
Northern Kentucky
You know Skud I found that my tighter twists worked better too. I personally thought that it made shorts even less possible, due to the twists touching the wick more frequently than a looser twist. But I could be wrong I just found tighter = better on my setup :)

Also, when attaching to the negative screw I usually twist a couple extra times with my fingers near the screw, cause sometimes the twist comes apart a bit at that point when tightening the screw down.

isn't that the truth about most things?

besides spandex on very large people.
 

Cyclin

Vaping Master
ECF Veteran
Nov 1, 2011
6,761
20,514
California
it's just amazing to me how far vaping's come even in the few years since I started. soon enough there's gonna be laser power atomizers, sonic powered atomizers, and induction charged batteries. mark my words.
It really is amazing. When I first started vaping the eGo-T had just come out, and boxmods were starting. Pretty sure at the time the Provari was the premier vape :) Can't wait to see what's next. I bet APV's will get even smaller, maybe with air-assisted atomizers. Where it just pumps vapor for you, I saw that a guy was working on that fairly recently

I put up my Ihybrid parts trade thread

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...50-le-sleeves-switches-tank-covers-attys.html

I'm thinking you can put any trades for ihy parts you want in there, just end it in the word bump and I think it will be fine lol
Lol good idea! Too bad all I have extra is the atty part (the main guts) and a full on Standard. No way is any of my GE V1 stuff leaving :laugh:
 

Sgresham

Super Member
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Nov 12, 2012
550
1,339
49
Texas
Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents about the twisted 32awg. I had been recommending the under the post twist method also. But, I Have switched Take a 3 foot length of 32 fold it in half. Put a hex key on your drill or power screwdriver. Hook the loop to it pull tight and go. That gives you enough to make several coils and the tighter the twist the better it seems to work for me. Hand tightning is ok but this is even better. :2c:

That is what I do as well. It works extremely well, and it is very quick.
 

goldcoastmat

Super Member
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Oct 24, 2012
541
2,139
florida USA
It really is amazing. When I first started vaping the eGo-T had just come out, and boxmods were starting. Pretty sure at the time the Provari was the premier vape :) Can't wait to see what's next. I bet APV's will get even smaller, maybe with air-assisted atomizers. Where it just pumps vapor for you, I saw that a guy was working on that fairly recently


Lol good idea! Too bad all I have extra is the atty part (the main guts) and a full on Standard. No way is any of my GE V1 stuff leaving :laugh:

what you want for the atty? lol
 

Cyclin

Vaping Master
ECF Veteran
Nov 1, 2011
6,761
20,514
California
isn't that the truth about most things?

besides spandex on very large people.
:laugh: That it is... :facepalm: Morning Kate! How you been? Hows marriage treatin' ya? :)

All right brings me to something I have been agonizing over. Do you think it a wise idea to split up a le set. I only use 18350 but. Value wise I think it would crush it. I just dont know. It makes sense but I dont kn ow. Thoughts?
That is a tough call because who wants to split up a set. Plus if you ever decide to sell it it wouldn't be a complete kit.

But on the other hand I totally agree that it would be a great value. Especially if there were two people, one who likes 186350 and one who likes 18350, then you could really get value out of color kits. Only one person would get the LE tank sleeve and top cap tho. Still wouldn't it be cool to have a Sugar Skull bottom half with a HR LE top half?? I think it'd be rockin' :D
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Users who are viewing this thread