When to change coils.

[Glenn j]

Apart from the obvious changing of coils for burnt taste or very poor taste I'm wondering if while vaping (.5 ohm tfv8 on alien) the time I can get a vape is between 4-6 seconds before it becomes unpleasant on the throat (not burnt)it time to change coils. I'm using 6mg juice with 80/20 vgpg
Thanks

 

[Cf11]

Instead of changing the coils the first time you feel uncomfortable with them, you can just wash them by holding them under the tap for a little while and then blowing through the cotton to remove the water and use them again. I've done this with tfv8 coils and works well.
You should change your coils when even after washing you get a really bad taste with just a 2 to 3 second puff. And you can also just look at the wire and see the gunk build up on it.
Also the flavor will drop drastically and you'll realize it's time to change it.
HTH.

 

[Glenn j]

Instead of changing the coils the first time you feel uncomfortable with them, you can just wash them by holding them under the tap for a little while and then blowing through the cotton to remove the water and use them again. I've done this with tfv8 coils and works well.
You should change your coils when even after washing you get a really bad taste with just a 2 to 3 second puff. And you can also just look at the wire and see the gunk build up on it.
Also the flavor will drop drastically and you'll realize it's time to change it.
HTH.

That's does help thanks cf11

 

[Grimmthoughts]

Personal preference really, if you aren't enjoying the vape or it stops wicking properly, change it. I personally stopped using prebuilt coils bc they only lasted me a day or two. I personally clean and re-wick coils every night before bed so its fresh for the next day

 

[Grimmthoughts]

Also if your washing coil heads ots best to use distilled water and soak overnight instead of tap so you aren't vaping chlorine/chloramine and other nasties in communal water supplies

 

[Cf11]

Also if your washing coil heads ots best to use distilled water and soak overnight instead of tap so you aren't vaping chlorine/chloramine and other nasties in communal water supplies

Good point, I just put it under the tap that is supplied by the water purifier so i guess i should have mentioned that.
But i find that putting it under a tap with high water pressure works better than soaking because it forces the liquid out, where as if you just soak it ... it still remains a little more gunked up than you'd expect.

 

[Grimmthoughts]

Good point, I just put it under the tap that is supplied by the water purifier so i guess i should have mentioned that.
But i find that putting it under a tap with high water pressure works better than soaking because it forces the liquid out, where as if you just soak it ... it still remains a little more gunked up than you'd expect.

you can heat up the distilled water in a coffee cup or something of the likes and it will break any gunk up better. Even filtered water has some impurities, distilled water has 0 parts per million of total dissolved solids so it has a better ability to absorb nasties from the coil (cleans better) as well as knowing you aren't adding in anything else bad.

 

[Cf11]

you can heat up the distilled water in a coffee cup or something of the likes and it will break any gunk up better. Even filtered water has some impurities, distilled water has 0 parts per million of total dissolved solids so it has a better ability to absorb nasties from the coil (cleans better) as well as knowing you aren't adding in anything else bad.

Yeh i used to do that with my coils when i was using tanks but i just found that it was way easier to just hold it under the tap for a minute and be done with it. I'm too lazy but yeh what you said makes sense and should work out for the OP.

 

[Grimmthoughts]

Yeh i used to do that with my coils when i was using tanks but i just found that it was way easier to just hold it under the tap for a minute and be done with it. I'm too lazy but yeh what you said makes sense and should work out for the OP.

I'm equally as lazy lol. So I just bought the rta section for my tanks,a bunch of prewrapped coils and 1000 sheets of cotton for a few bucks online. Alot easier/ quicker to change cotton than clean the coils, even when I was cleaning coils I'd go through a pack of coil heads in 10 days. For the price of 2-3 packs of coilheads I have enough supplies to last roughly 5 years of chain vaping lol

 

[Cf11]

I'm equally as lazy lol. So I just bought the rta section for my tanks,a bunch of prewrapped coils and 1000 sheets of cotton for a few bucks online. Alot easier/ quicker to change cotton than clean the coils, even when I was cleaning coils I'd go through a pack of coil heads in 10 days. For the price of 2-3 packs of coilheads I have enough supplies to last roughly 5 years of chain vaping lol

+1000
Just got into building myself and man am i loving it. So much cheaper and so much better than sub ohm tanks IMO.
I wish i had done this sooner [emoji14]