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CaFF

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I have 33, 32, 30 and 28 round Kanthal wire and 0.8 x 0.1 German Kanthal ribbon wire. I use all of 'em. :)
 
20 or 22G on my drippers and 26 or 28G on my RTA's. Using Chaddo's Organic Cotton from Pantheon Vape Lab in Houston


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22, 26, 28 is mostly what I use, some ribbon to and then some twisted combos tool. Depends a the rba and the ohms I'm shooting for,
 

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I use 24 and 26 mostly on my RDAs. Anyone tried the GPlat Haywire 20ga?
 

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So for me it all depends on what RDA I am using, but typically I use 26 gauge 8 wraps around a 14 gauge blunt tip, it gets me around .04 -.44 and man the clouds... If I want to do a really small micro coil build, I will use 28 gauge. I have tinkered with the 32 gauge but its too hard to work with IMO, Just my $.02
 
I use mostly 26g for my drippers and kayfuns, but I keep 24, 22, 20 and 18 in stock for playing around with different builds and experimenting.
 

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28 gauge
hiya's to any HEM's out there ;)
 
I had been using 26g for the longest time...... but I got some 24g in today an I do believe its gonna be my new favorite. I wrapped a single strand dual coil with it and it was just so much easier to manipulate without snapping the wire. Any time I tried the same coil with 26g I always ended up snapping the wire while working on tightening up the second coil. I've tried 20g and 22g as well but for me it's just a bit too much.
 

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I use 28 on all my toppers, single and dual coils, use 30 on the wife's kanger coils
 

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I use from .34 - .22 Kanthal. I play with flat .08 X .01 Flat Kanthal. I like making those "Stove Top" coils for the hell of it. Sounds like Rice Krispy's in a dripper. There entertainment. :)
 

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What is the best size of kahthal to use for kayfun 3.1 ES and how low can you go on those , right now i'm doing 28 gauge at 1.6 ohms with cotton and it's good to start but after an hour i get dry hits running at 10 watts..need feedback please guys and Thanks !!!
 

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I prefer 24g, but I'm going to trickle down to 22 and 20 soon.
 
Honestly I believe that 26 ga is the best all around wire because it will work on almost every atty/screw/post setup and you can achieve the right ohm even in tight spaces.
 

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This would be an awesome poll but I use 26ga mainly now. I started on 28 and just haven't picked up a new roll. I like the thinner gauge in my kayfun and thicker in my drippers
 

WiSilverVape

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I use 30 gauge round on my kayfun and 30 gauge equivalent flat ribbon on my drippers.......yeah, I don't do coils with paperclips.
 

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26g - single or twisted for drippers - go to build is spaced vertical dual coil made with a single wire (wrap under center screw head ...)
28g - single or twisted for drippers / gennys, single in kfl+
30g - single in wife's protank2 heads
32g - triple twisted in drippers for mad flavor
8x1 ribbon - hate it ... fortunately only got a little 25' roll ...
 

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Normally 22, 24, 26. I've done a few 20g builds and the performance is great but the flavor gets destroyed for the most part unless it's on the zenith.
 

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Kanthal 26 28 30 32 34 and ribbon depending on device.
 

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30g and 28g twisted for flavor chasing; 26g and 24g sleeper or parallels for clouds!
 

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Main gauge is 28 lately. Have 24, 26, 27, and 28. 26 and 27 for standard dual coils, but 28 for dual parallels. Haven't even tried the 24 yet!
 

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What is the best size of kahthal to use for kayfun 3.1 ES and how low can you go on those , right now i'm doing 28 gauge at 1.6 ohms with cotton and it's good to start but after an hour i get dry hits running at 10 watts..need feedback please guys and Thanks !!!
It's more likely to be your wicking or juice ratio than the wire gauge.
 

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My Kayfun...28 gauge. Drippers...24.
 

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0.23mm / 31g - in all RBAs
 

KKen

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Started with 34g when I was learning on protanks, then moved to 30g for my first dripper, then eventually worked down to 22g. Now I'm back up to 26/28g wire, depending if its a dripper or tank, dual coil or single.
 

travanx

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Started with 34, bought 28 off ebay. 28 didn't work too well on my Vamo. Then went to 30. Now back to 28 on the Cloupor.
 

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28 on my 18xxx mods, 29 on my 14xxx mods
 

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I put 28 in everything… :)
 

Wyckmix

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started with 30g, went to 26g and finally settled on 28g because I can use it on everything.
 
22g nichrome hand wrapped with 28g kanthal (twisted 1/16"-1/8" spacing roughly) 7 wraps around 1/8" Allen key came out to 0.35 ohms ramp up is delayed but all flavor with any juice set diagonally in twisted messes rda open airflow it gets hot, so I set at 33w best build for flavor chasers and wicked with cotton bacon longer tail in juice well just enough to fluff at bottom of juice well and short cut on top similar to a vertical coil wick job. Best build I've ever made.
 

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