Tootle Puffers, Redux (The Sequel)
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I'm with you. While I can still do a lot of things, I'm slowly losing my dexterity, and coil building would take me forever, and they wouldn't be pretty, either. Plus I already spend too much time on this, what with DIY juice making and all. A lot of people just now looking into starting vaping might just decide that it's all too much trouble. That's one reason my wife isn't interested in vaping. Even if you stick with basic equipment, it's still more convenient to just light up a cigarette.At the risk of losing my place at the table:
I don't suppose any of those tanks take stock coils?
DIY liquid I can wrap my head around. Building coils... if I get the nerve at all, I don't foresee happening any time soon.
Your dexterity would have to be pretty damn bad to be any worse than mine, and I wrap my own coils.
People keep showing pictures of perfect coils here, but in reality they don't have to be that pretty to work just fine.
I get about 3 months out of a coil, so it isn't something that needs to be done every day.
I even went back to using very simplistic coils because it was too damn hard to remember what I did last time with the fancy ones.
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I just had an idea. For the benefit of us who simply aren't interested in coil building, what do you think are the best tanks that use replaceable coil heads?
My favorites:
iClear30s--whoever thought of putting a vivi nova type coil head inside a cartomizer style body had a gerat idea. I never get dry or burnt tasting hits from them, and they perform quite well for my vaping style. I would consider them near perfect if you could just get glass tanks for them.
Kanger subtank mini/nano--subohming made easy. Not terribly expensive, and the coil heads are really easy to find. They come in resistances up to 1.5 ohms, so you don't need sub ohm capability to use them. They also work with Protank heads.
Cartotanks--They don't get much respect anymore, and they are kind of fussy, but they put out lots of flavor at low power.
Smok Trophy Tank--The best T3 style tank around, IMHO. An amazing number of coil heads will work in them, and I almost never get a dry or burned hit. Very good feeding.
I know a lot of people might recommend the Nautilus. I really should buy one. Looks rather appealing, and takes a wide variety of premade coil heads.
Other suggestions for us lazy puffers?
My favorites:
iClear30s--whoever thought of putting a vivi nova type coil head inside a cartomizer style body had a gerat idea. I never get dry or burnt tasting hits from them, and they perform quite well for my vaping style. I would consider them near perfect if you could just get glass tanks for them.
Kanger subtank mini/nano--subohming made easy. Not terribly expensive, and the coil heads are really easy to find. They come in resistances up to 1.5 ohms, so you don't need sub ohm capability to use them. They also work with Protank heads.
Cartotanks--They don't get much respect anymore, and they are kind of fussy, but they put out lots of flavor at low power.
Smok Trophy Tank--The best T3 style tank around, IMHO. An amazing number of coil heads will work in them, and I almost never get a dry or burned hit. Very good feeding.
I know a lot of people might recommend the Nautilus. I really should buy one. Looks rather appealing, and takes a wide variety of premade coil heads.
Other suggestions for us lazy puffers?
In my case it's more about safety. I was a... curious child. My parents still like to remind me of the times I set fire to my bedroom, and knocked out the power.
I just had an idea. For the benefit of us who simply aren't interested in coil building, what do you think are the best tanks that use replaceable coil heads?
Other suggestions for us lazy puffers?
Carto tanks!
My dad swore up & down that I would never live long enough to become an adult, so I know the feeling Pink.
Think I was 14 at the time. The CG snatched me out of the water about 4 miles off shore. My response was "I just wanted to see how far that rip current went".
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Did you take things apart to see how they worked? I got in trouble a few times for doing that. Now I make stuff out of other stuff.In my case it's more about safety. I was a... curious child. My parents still like to remind me of the times I set fire to my bedroom, and knocked out the power.
Get a Kabuki...I know a lot of people might recommend the Nautilus. I really should buy one. Looks rather appealing, and takes a wide variety of premade coil heads.
Other suggestions for us lazy puffers?
I simply had to look at stuff and it would fall apart all on its own
Agree with ya on this one Dave, the fiddle factor is the main reason I can't get a family member to even try vaping, even the most basic setup can be very intimidating to some.
It's pretty bad. I have Parkinson's and it's starting to advance. I already can't play songs that I used to just rip out. I've enlisted them help of a fellow luthier already to help me with the finer work of guitar building.
I can't change guitar strings unless the guitar has locking tuners (something I put on all of my guitars), so I'm not anxious to start building coils. I can still wind pickup coils, but that's a lot different, since the winding is done by a machine (8000 winds of 42 ga will get you around 9K ohms on a half inch bobbin).
I just had an idea. For the benefit of us who simply aren't interested in coil building, what do you think are the best tanks that use replaceable coil heads?
My favorites:
iClear30s--whoever thought of putting a vivi nova type coil head inside a cartomizer style body had a gerat idea. I never get dry or burnt tasting hits from them, and they perform quite well for my vaping style. I would consider them near perfect if you could just get glass tanks for them.
Kanger subtank mini/nano--subohming made easy. Not terribly expensive, and the coil heads are really easy to find. They come in resistances up to 1.5 ohms, so you don't need sub ohm capability to use them. They also work with Protank heads.
Cartotanks--They don't get much respect anymore, and they are kind of fussy, but they put out lots of flavor at low power.
Smok Trophy Tank--The best T3 style tank around, IMHO. An amazing number of coil heads will work in them, and I almost never get a dry or burned hit. Very good feeding.
I know a lot of people might recommend the Nautilus. I really should buy one. Looks rather appealing, and takes a wide variety of premade coil heads.
Other suggestions for us lazy puffers?
I've seen mention of the Smok Micro GDC in the forums. I've only found it in a couple of online shops and only one of them had any in stock. Supposedly better than a Nautilus, though the coils could be cheaper. I want one, if only to add it to my "tanks that VF has knocked off" collection.
Nice tank indeed, but that $89 price tag puts it out of reach of vapers on a budget.
Next time I have $90 to blow on a tank...but they do look super cool. And take Aspire coils--right?
They have authentics at Fasttech for $22. Thanks for the tip. This is one tank that I must try.
DavidOck has a very good point. You don't even have to wind your own coils because you can get pre-made ones for very cheap. You can get a package of 50 on Fast Tech for a couple bucks and they are good coils.
But in reality, winding coils isn't really the hard part. It's getting them mounted on tiny build decks with microscopic screws! That's where I have the most trouble. Wrapping coils, wicking them, that part isn't so hard to me. It's just getting the dang coil trapped in the screws! So I can understand the problem if you have dexterity issues.
One great blister pack tank you forgot to mention is the GS Air M. I like it much better than the Nautilus and it costs about half as much, as do the coils. Plus the coils often last a couple of weeks for me. Great flavor!
I just had an idea. For the benefit of us who simply aren't interested in coil building, what do you think are the best tanks that use replaceable coil heads?...Other suggestions for us lazy puffers?
Innokin Gladius (the original smaller one, 14 mm). Also usable with the (old) Kanger Evod/Protank BCC heads (called nowadays SOCC heads, with cotton) and you can swap the cotton in it easily if you like. In this case they last almost forever, but they don't have to because they are cheap. Not much liquid capacity, but I like it - reason: SOCC heads, full stainless steel, full pyrex glass, no glued components.
There are bigger Gladiusses ;-), but they are double coil so no cotton swap and the like possible. I always swap cotton and wash the heads, so I never used double coils (also because for me one coil is just enough).
Would sure like to know what silica wicks has to do whith wanting good batteries.
I use a silica wick for about 3 months, how long does a cotton wick last again????
A cotton wick ladts me 2 weeks at 6-10 ml perday. Takes 2 min to change and costs far less than a penny. The coil lasts for months.
and yes, I did that.
No then I would have to spend 100 plus on Kayfuns. Or mix kayfun strength and t3 strength juicejust keep on tootlin on evods and T3's.So your flavor budget will go three times as far
I have several Nauti minis and really like the vape they provide, but I get tired of having to clear out the excess juice to get rid of that annoying gurgling. I also think that the vacuum seal can be a bit much on them, they can be hard to get open sometimes. I just got a Subtank mini v2 and so far I am liking it pretty well, doesn't whistle like a freight train when the AFC is fully open and the 1.5 coils provide a perfect tootle puffer's vape.
Strange that many complain of gurgles and such with the T3's and Evods. No gurgles. Dry hits. Or leaks with my home brew coils. Vape at 8-10 watts.
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