How does everyone keep their coils lasting longer then a week or so? Is it the juice or how much they vape? I'm trying to figure out why I'm killing coils left and right......
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I have the same issue with my subtank plus , get about 4 days sometimes 5 on a coil , recent exception I am using a coil right now that I have changed flavors in 3 times and has lasted almost 3 weeks , but everytime I put it on my cool fire 4 it reads shorted , but burns fine on eleaf 50 watt
Tested on a ohm reader and it's OK so IDK but normal coils vertical and horizontal I genarally get 3-5 days on them also
Tested on a ohm reader and it's OK so IDK but normal coils vertical and horizontal I genarally get 3-5 days on them also
I like to pull my gunky wick (cotton) out of the coil then I pulse it until it is redhot and then I carefully touch the hot coil to water a few times and this cleans my coil like almost new then I re-wick it and coil is good to go. Once you get this down, you will find what works for you.
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I've got 22ga coils installed that are 4-6 months old, and I can push my rayon wicks for a month between rewicking with no degradation in taste or performance with my diy juices.
.3-.4 on a mech. Never a dry hit because the taste falls off before it goes completely dry.
.3-.4 on a mech. Never a dry hit because the taste falls off before it goes completely dry.
I've been using my iStick 50w with my ijust2 tank with the .3 coils. You could say I'm a heavy Vaper so maybe that's my reason. The juice I have is a 84vg/16pg mix. Should I look to a more neutral mix to get longer coil life? Also when I first got the ijust2 kit it worked great. Then I got a burnt hit 4 times in a row so I switched coils and it was the same with the new coil. Burnt hit every time. Put it on the iStick and it's great.
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With Kanthal I use the method above by @j3rian. I might even use a very soft brush if it's really gunked up, but usually just dry burn and just touch it under water while its hot. I have coils that are months old. With nickel however I usually end up changing more often. you're not supposed to dry burn nickel, so that takes care of that method. The other thing I find is because the nickel is so soft there's a better chance that I'll damage the coil trying to remove or replace the old wick. I have had some last through a few wick changes but not many. Using native wicks for my wicking material also helps. I don't have to change cotton as often, so no chance in messing the coil up.
What are you guys using for wicking material?
And how do I know what type of wire the coil is made of
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I mentioned "Native Wicks" in my post. It's a little more expensive, but last forever. Check under reviews, coils and wicks and I wrote a review on it with some pics. I've also used Japanese cotton, but the Native wicks burns better and last longer. So, you pay a little more up front, I think about $8. But you'll get 100 wicks out of one puck and you won't have to change it as often. Just my preference!
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Most prebuilt coils will be labeled if they are not Kanthal. If you build your own, then you'll buy either Kanthal, Nickel, Titanium, Nichrome etc. If you are doing Temperature Control you will need either Nickel or Titanium.