I am amazed. For such a long time, it has been professed all over the vaping industry that Kanthal wire, A1 especially, was the way to go. Now not only is it not the way to go but DANGEROUS! This statement is being made by Imeo and is a careless statement to make aw without backed up proof and evidence. There has to be more than "trust me". There are MSDS that state neither as being particularly "safe" in that regard. And maybe they are both equal. But what constitutes "safe". If you read all the posts in this thread, it seems you may as well just pick up smoking again and titanium wire is the salvation of the world.
In a day where the various governments around the world are looking for ANY ammunition to throw back as an excuse to regulate and even ban ecig use, this is a careless statement to make without links and supporting evidence. Our government leaders will happily find this thread on Imeo's forum as a broadcast message to just how dangerous vaping can be. Bam vaping, because imeo said it's dangerous.
There is talk of K and Ni being dangerous and Titanium wire being the salvation. Dry burn, don't dry burn. A time not long ago, cotton was a HUGE no no. Taboo because we didn't know what was IN organic cotton. Now Imeo has made rebuildable parts for the very use of cotton. The use of R only wire was never to be heard of, but Imeo listened. Sometimes later is in fact better than never.
This is a careless move that will only move to fuel the fire with wrong information on the wrong hands. There is no proof offered. There are untested and uneducated guesses. "This wire is a better grade". But what grade exactly is that? "Oh we will keep this silent for now if you agree so ...." So what? So MONEY can be made.
The premade wires were difficult to find in stock. They were 1€ each and supply was short. So people found other sources. They weren't of the same quality, of course, as others would say. Or were they? Then the price was lowered, and it was discovered and ADMITTINGLY brought in from China. But the evolution of zappers came to be and with that, people saying "if he can't supply the premade, I'll make my own".
There are a lot of "vague facts and innuendos" here. And this is a bold move in part made by the need of money. If you can't zap titanium wire, you'll buy from Imeo.
This is fine. Maybe titanium is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I'm just amazed on how little is known about it, but it's being brought down from the mountains as "safe".
Do your OWN homework and let the testing sort itself out. Don't just take one modders word, ANY modders, on safe or not when it comes to your health. K was ok for us since the beginning. A safe replacement shall not be announced in one day. And certainly not by just one person's word and "findings".
I did a pretty in depth look into titanium a few pages back if that'd interest you, as soon as I know exactly what the wire is made of, it's not hard to look at the already studied empirical evidence on whether a certain element is safe to "inhale" whether burned, cool, in liquid, or the oxide resultant.
This isn't rocket science, or going from fire to electricity, so there's no reason for all the stress and fuss lol. If you can tell me exactly what the wire is made of, and how it's made, I can tell you whether it's safe...period. Alot of people get really stressed over whether the new wick/wire on the block will kill them, but it's actually really easy to find out. For instance the recent rayon discovery, it's a synthetically made natural fiber made from wood cellulose. And people saw the word "synthetic" and freaked out, almost like they were vaping with rubber tires. But in actuality all rayon is, is fine sawdust, melted in caustic soda (which can be harful in large doses), however the caustic soda is removed once the fibers solidify. So, after those 5 minutes of me researching, I found out Rayon is completely fine, and I could tell you that because I vaped it for a long time with absolutely no ill affects. 1 year later and I'm still running marathons, and weight lifting.
If titanium is the ONLY element in titanium wire, then I can GUARANTEE that (unless your allergic to titanium) it's not dangerous. If there's another additive like a processing chemical/substance, or another metal even, then I'd have to look into it more. But it's been known for nearly 200 years through scientific empirical testing (which you can find online or your local library), that titanium and it's oxide aren't bad for your health, unless your inhaling grams and grams of the oxide over decades (as found in metal factory workers), and even then inhaling simple desert sand will cause those problems, all it is is irritation, that no vaper under possible circumstances will ever encounter.
I don't think Imeo deserves to be treated like shady tobacco executives of the 1940's, that's just my opinion.