Thought I'd ask if anyone else has had subpar performance from mkws or other premade spools of advanced wire builds. Not having the wire sizes needed and unsure whether it was worth it for complex builds I gave it a try. A spool of half staggered fused clapton which after looking at the results of others who hand wrap them look a bit 'meh'.
I've had a helluva time with it. I've tried larger coils (4mm to 4.2mm), I've tried smaller (2.5 and 3mm), I've tried 4 wraps, 5 wraps, 6 wraps, single and dual builds both with and without spacing between the wraps. Both the ammit and avocado I get the same results, a hot scratchy vape almost like a dry hit but the wick is wet.
When it comes to wicking I've used more cotton, less cotton, scottish roll. Nothing seems to make a difference. In single coil at 3.5mm 5 wraps it came out around .21 ohms. 30-60w, can't find a good temp to run it at. Rather than flavor it just scorches. When I turn the power down the heat drops but flavor's nowhere to be found and it's just scratchy feeling in the throat.
Odd since it's ss316L, same wire I use for other coils but not the same brand. When wrapping my own I used UD/youde wire, not mkws. I've strummed it and worked out the hot spots, I've also tried unwrapping part of the clapton so the wires getting contact in the posts are the core wires.
By contrast I just replaced it with a parallel coil consisting of 26g twisted ss316L paired with a single strand of 26g. At 3.5mm id and 6 wraps (12 total split between the two strands of plain and twisted) it comes out at .224 ohms, almost the same as the factory spool of hsfc. Huge difference, much smoother vape, lots of flavor.
Considering others have used claptons, staggered etc and get decent flavor is it just a case of bad factory wrapping? Crappy wire itself? Given the difference I'm thinking factory advanced builds premade on a spool just don't compare to handmade even when it's a relative noob wrapping them.
I've had a helluva time with it. I've tried larger coils (4mm to 4.2mm), I've tried smaller (2.5 and 3mm), I've tried 4 wraps, 5 wraps, 6 wraps, single and dual builds both with and without spacing between the wraps. Both the ammit and avocado I get the same results, a hot scratchy vape almost like a dry hit but the wick is wet.
When it comes to wicking I've used more cotton, less cotton, scottish roll. Nothing seems to make a difference. In single coil at 3.5mm 5 wraps it came out around .21 ohms. 30-60w, can't find a good temp to run it at. Rather than flavor it just scorches. When I turn the power down the heat drops but flavor's nowhere to be found and it's just scratchy feeling in the throat.
Odd since it's ss316L, same wire I use for other coils but not the same brand. When wrapping my own I used UD/youde wire, not mkws. I've strummed it and worked out the hot spots, I've also tried unwrapping part of the clapton so the wires getting contact in the posts are the core wires.
By contrast I just replaced it with a parallel coil consisting of 26g twisted ss316L paired with a single strand of 26g. At 3.5mm id and 6 wraps (12 total split between the two strands of plain and twisted) it comes out at .224 ohms, almost the same as the factory spool of hsfc. Huge difference, much smoother vape, lots of flavor.
Considering others have used claptons, staggered etc and get decent flavor is it just a case of bad factory wrapping? Crappy wire itself? Given the difference I'm thinking factory advanced builds premade on a spool just don't compare to handmade even when it's a relative noob wrapping them.