Yep, I got 28 gauge. I need to not be lazy and switch it out. Perhaps tomorrow, since I just made a lot of juice tonight.
Who's still vaping 1.8ohm Kanthal?
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Yep, I got 28 gauge. I need to not be lazy and switch it out. Perhaps tomorrow, since I just made a lot of juice tonight.
It's not really about the resistance of the coil. If I wind a 3 mm coil of Kanthal, 8 turns and hit it with 30 watts, it will vape pretty much the same as a nickel/titanium/stainless coil of the same dimensions and gauge, when hit with the same 30 watts of power. They all have the same surface area and have to dissipate the same amount of heat. The differences between metal alloys will not be that great. The main difference will be in their resistance. The nickel coil will be very much sub-ohm, ranging to the Kanthal which would be above 1 ohm. Regulated mods are able to fire both sub-ohm and higher ohm builds, but the actual function of the heat generating coil doesn't change.
Quite often, higher ohm coils are wound with a smaller gauge wire. Smaller wire will generally heat up faster, and your mod spends less energy pre-heating the coil up to vape temperature. The typical downside of the smaller coil is that the 'window' between too cool and too hot of a vape gets smaller. If the wire is too small that window may only be 4 or 5 watts. With larger gauge wire, the window opens up considerably.
My coils vary anywhere from 0.12 ohms all the way up to 2 ohms. Depends on the wire, the atomizer I'm building and my mood. Typically I use 28 gauge, sometimes 26. I've got both smaller and larger gauges on hand, but those sizes make the coils I like, whatever their resistance. My mods handle the rest.
Quite often, higher ohm coils are wound with a smaller gauge wire. Smaller wire will generally heat up faster, and your mod spends less energy pre-heating the coil up to vape temperature. The typical downside of the smaller coil is that the 'window' between too cool and too hot of a vape gets smaller. If the wire is too small that window may only be 4 or 5 watts. With larger gauge wire, the window opens up considerably.
My coils vary anywhere from 0.12 ohms all the way up to 2 ohms. Depends on the wire, the atomizer I'm building and my mood. Typically I use 28 gauge, sometimes 26. I've got both smaller and larger gauges on hand, but those sizes make the coils I like, whatever their resistance. My mods handle the rest.
I have triple strand twisted 34g nichrome 7wraps @ 1.8 ohms around 2mm eko wool in a protank for when I go metal detecting... and the same in my neighbors as well. Other wise im @ .44 on subtank mini twisted kanthal with the Istick 100 low wattage about 3 volts.... #LOVEN'EM'ALL
Heck, I still use cartotanks from time to time with those crazy 1.8 ohm "low resistance" cartomizers.
I love higher ohms, saves on juice...
But I also love me some subΩ vaping as well
But I also love me some subΩ vaping as well
I only vape 1.8 kanthal. Different tanks and different watts but always 1.8 kanthal.
1.0-1.8ohm for life! i vape to avoid analogs and mouth to lung hits gives me that pleasure of resisting smoking an analog.
i hate direct lung hits. the only time i've direct lung hit is when smoking pot, when i smoke once in a blue. for me, that is the only use i have for direct lung hits.
i hate direct lung hits. the only time i've direct lung hit is when smoking pot, when i smoke once in a blue. for me, that is the only use i have for direct lung hits.
Tootle-Womper here, so a little of everything.
Variety is the spice of life!
Variety is the spice of life!
1.1 ohms on the subtank is the perfect spot for me. 0.8 in dual coil for the magma, jakiro and Aqua v2. Will try sub-ohm with TCR one of these days, no stress, no worries. ;-)
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For some reason when I first read this, I pictured you putting a drip tip up your nose and inhaling that way....lol.
You mean you're not supposed to vape that way?
Just use the bottom part of this with 2 cartomizers and drip tips and you can use both nostrils.
1.5, 1.8, 2.1 ohm resistance. I have 5 or 6 1.5's left for one of my clearo's, and my last 2.1 in another clearo. My next buy I'll probably go with 1.8's for both clearo's.
I use 1.8 to 2.2 recoiled PT2 heads in PT and Aero tanks even use 1.8 in drippers. And I like it.
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