put clapton on the Cricket yesterday, ran 32ga SSL x2 + 32ga Kanthal x2 twisted into chain wire and wrapped in 38g NiChrome round, these are duals coming out to 1 ohm on the nose with 14 wraps at 3.5 mm ID. This is only my third build on my recently acquired cricket and being my first and only mech of any kind I have alot of experimenting to do. My first was twisted 28ga SS316L coming out to .46 and was the best vape I've ever had the pleasure to inhale, my second I was going for simple and just ran a dual 24ga Kanth 3mm coming out to .7 and lastly these Clapton's since I figured they would have a fast ramp up and be more enjoyable than heavy wire builds on my regs, I was wrong. Ramp was too slow and even after good pre-heat hits, it was weak, my ohms were way too high for my liking, but I felt it needed explored. I am going to try to make another build of chain wire, but two chains fused and wrapped looser and spaced, hopefully get my ohm's in the .5-6 and have a quick ramp. Not sure if I'll find anything that's going to beat my first build, that .45 with simple twisted wire was a life changing vape, I honestly never thought that the cricket would be that dramatic of a better vape, and running the numbers of a .4 on VTC4's I am Uber surprised that 150+ watts was enjoyable, flavorful and not once burned my cotton which I didn't change for 3+ days. LOVE the cricket and has sold me on mechs altogether, not sure if I will be going bake to reg's outside of physically demanding days where I may want a large tank.
he's the heavy Clapton's that are just too much for the immediate forceful vaper that makes the cricket as epic as it is, but if you do the math, the 1.1 ohm bad boys are only running 65w(and even that's generous since no mech system is going to take advantage of every single available volt to the atty), and even though I could just take some wraps off, alot actually, since they look like crap i'ma start over with a better plan
these provided the tastiest vape so far, open to suggestions on tonight's build, something in that sweet .45-ish up to .6. But thinking some loose wrapped chain x fused could be a winner. These are
twisted stainless, like 19 wraps each I believe
also, I bought Sony's and LG HE6's just for the cricket, today they were getting charged so I threw in some 25Rs and it could possibly be in my head, but they seemed to give me a smoother faster ramp...... Am I crazy? I'd also like to mention that I was pretty concerned about batteries and the safety side of this device, but I have yet to have any batteries even get the slightest bit of warm no matter what build i had on it, nice life too, no more worries.
