Hey guys, I've upgraded from a cheap pen set up and having almost no knowledge to getting a battlestar and diving right into building a several months back. I've done a ton of research, but it seems there's a lot of threads i'm finding that are 4 or 5 years old, or seem to have really vague/contradicting answers or extremes in preferences, that i just plain had a some questions, that research really couldn't answer for me.
So when i first started, i also got the battlestar rdta with the battlestar mod since it had a few good reviews (and it matched haha...), and i started building. i kinda skipped single wires, cause everything i was reaching shouted "more surface, more flavor, more clouds!", and started with some simple twisted 26g kanthal, then quickly went to triple, then two doubles twisted together, then to a triple with helixed 34g kanthal around it, and then to my most recent (of the twisteds) 4x26g and 4x34g helix twisted. its flavorful, and cloudy, but its really kinda too hot for me taste. kinda wanted more flavor, bought a gaia rdta, but i think i need to get unicorn tipped bottles, cause its not as smooth to me as everyone says it is, and i think its cause i'm getting juice everywhere. anyways, i'm kinda going on here....
I've only used kanthal, i was considering switching to nichrome 80 cause i have heard it has faster ramp time, and faster cooling, and allows for more wraps at same ohm increasing surface area, increasing flavor? is nichrome worth trying? I have only used kanthal, mostly twisted, and just started doing some claptons. well i kinda went crazy and made one that was 3 26/36 claptons, twisted, with twisted 34g helixed in.... was way too hot haha, but i do have a fused clapton in there now (pics below), but i dont feel i have been able to properly test it until i get my bottles in instead of these drippers. nichrome is just as good at claptons and twists right? i would like to try to make some aliens at some point in the future...
i have also thought about trying to temp control, but i have done very little research on that, but i just definitely curious if anyone has done both and prefers one over the other and the reason why? I just don't want to waste wire if i dont have to, and it aint cheap when you're practicing new stuff so often haha
most of what ive seen from pictures of TC is single wraps, and spaced, but they are all old... can you clapton TC?
another thing, is that i can't find a thread thats less than 4 years old about wicking it seems... i've only used organic unbleached cotton (innovaper), but the supply is starting to run low and i'm wondering what i could try that might improve the flavor. i most rock fruit flavors if that matters, and i have heard some good things about cotton bacon v2, is there something sweet out there i'm missing out on?
one last thing, are my coil placements good? (one pic is a handcheck, one is of my 8 wire helix, but the other 3 are of the fused clapton on the gaia that i'm curious about) is there any little thing i'm missing with this building that i could improve upon? (it's not smooth as i mentioned earlier) thanks everyone!
http://imgur.com/a/amO0u
So when i first started, i also got the battlestar rdta with the battlestar mod since it had a few good reviews (and it matched haha...), and i started building. i kinda skipped single wires, cause everything i was reaching shouted "more surface, more flavor, more clouds!", and started with some simple twisted 26g kanthal, then quickly went to triple, then two doubles twisted together, then to a triple with helixed 34g kanthal around it, and then to my most recent (of the twisteds) 4x26g and 4x34g helix twisted. its flavorful, and cloudy, but its really kinda too hot for me taste. kinda wanted more flavor, bought a gaia rdta, but i think i need to get unicorn tipped bottles, cause its not as smooth to me as everyone says it is, and i think its cause i'm getting juice everywhere. anyways, i'm kinda going on here....
I've only used kanthal, i was considering switching to nichrome 80 cause i have heard it has faster ramp time, and faster cooling, and allows for more wraps at same ohm increasing surface area, increasing flavor? is nichrome worth trying? I have only used kanthal, mostly twisted, and just started doing some claptons. well i kinda went crazy and made one that was 3 26/36 claptons, twisted, with twisted 34g helixed in.... was way too hot haha, but i do have a fused clapton in there now (pics below), but i dont feel i have been able to properly test it until i get my bottles in instead of these drippers. nichrome is just as good at claptons and twists right? i would like to try to make some aliens at some point in the future...
i have also thought about trying to temp control, but i have done very little research on that, but i just definitely curious if anyone has done both and prefers one over the other and the reason why? I just don't want to waste wire if i dont have to, and it aint cheap when you're practicing new stuff so often haha
most of what ive seen from pictures of TC is single wraps, and spaced, but they are all old... can you clapton TC?
another thing, is that i can't find a thread thats less than 4 years old about wicking it seems... i've only used organic unbleached cotton (innovaper), but the supply is starting to run low and i'm wondering what i could try that might improve the flavor. i most rock fruit flavors if that matters, and i have heard some good things about cotton bacon v2, is there something sweet out there i'm missing out on?
one last thing, are my coil placements good? (one pic is a handcheck, one is of my 8 wire helix, but the other 3 are of the fused clapton on the gaia that i'm curious about) is there any little thing i'm missing with this building that i could improve upon? (it's not smooth as i mentioned earlier) thanks everyone!
http://imgur.com/a/amO0u