Thinking of spending the money for a provari

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Fir3b1rd

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so the kayfun....or the clone one is whats considered a rba? and for me an ex heavy smoker wanting a good TH and flavor what would be the best build for me on that? or even a good build for a protank 1 or 2 for now.

I may be misusing the term RBA. I believe the acronym is for Rebuildable Atomizer. I think the "proper term" is RTA - Rebuildable Tank Atomizer.
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I found the best build on the kayfun to be dual coil with a cotton wick on 28g kanthal. I wrap each coil with 10 wraps around a 2mm diameter piece of wire hanger;and, set the coils about 1/16th inch above the airhole. That build gives me right at about 1ohm R so I can fire the provari at 3.8v. The coil sits just inside the lower chimney piece. Posting pics hopefully they help and the post doesn't look like latin.
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ok so this is totally different than rebuilding a protank coil by the looks of it.....

Yeah- it's much easier!!!
More workspace; easier to see, and more forgiving!
When I does built a kfl I was kicking myself in the .... for fighting with kanger coils for so long.
It you can do a pt coil the kfl is going to be a cakewalk.
 

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ya I have been watching a lot of them so I have a good idea already of what im going to be doing....also watched a couple today for the kfl.......im thinking I want the bigger tank tho....I think the 3.1? I like to have as much juice in as I can lol. Not sure the difference in ml between the 2 but the more the better for me.
 

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one thing im a little confused on is in some videos I see them using a torch after the coil is rebuilt and some I don't and some say don't let the wraps touch but on others I see them squeeze them together so they are touching and then torching them....is this a preference or a diferent build for a different coil or tank or what lol.
 

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one thing im a little confused on is in some videos I see them using a torch after the coil is rebuilt and some I don't and some say don't let the wraps touch but on others I see them squeeze them together so they are touching and then torching them....is this a preference or a diferent build for a different coil or tank or what lol.

If you're doing a spaced coil, you don't want anything touching because it will create a "hot spot" (electricity taking the path of least resistance). Microcoils, where everything is pushed together, are different because the current runs through the coils pretty equally. So you want either spaced or pushed together, but not a combination. Different builds work better for different devices; I like microcoils (pushed together) in my drippers but spaced on my Kraken (Genesis-type atomizer).
 
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