Ok you smart drippers... see if you can help me figure this out...
I won this dripper -
Scythe Shined - Atmomixani - guy at my b&m helped me figure out how to use it, and put a coil on for me. It reads .7 ohms, and I think he said he used 24ga wire (I might have remembered that part wrong). He seems to know his stuff and I trust him.
So the first time I tried it, it was with my DIY Twinkie. I noticed a hot / harsh taste but figured it was because my recipe wasn't right for dripping.
Been sick a lot since then, and just got around to trying the dripper again today. Hubby and I both tried a number of juices and it seems like there is a hot, harsh, metallic sort of taste to everything! We started at 25w but tried higher and lower - it didn't seem to matter.
Is it a problem with the wire? I was dry burning it between juices by just heating it to glowing for a second or so, letting off the button, then blowing on it. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I also used less cotton than before because I didn't want the different flavored juices mixing in the well and wicking up to the coil, so I cut the cotton short enough to keep it from going down into the well. Maybe it wasn't enough cotton? Hmmm... no, because the first time, with the twinkies, there was plenty of cotton... I'm grasping at straws.
I'm a dripper noob. I know nothing. Hoping you guys have some suggestions because I'm starting to think I'm not gonna like dripping after all.