EDIT (some days later): Will leave original post but I tossed the mesh deck in the pile of gear and went back to the dual core postless deck. It just doesn't give the same satisfying dense clouds as coils, esp after the first couple chain hits. Vapor thins out b/c the mesh wick - even done as described below - can't stay saturated with 100% VG. Wish someone would make a LARGE mesh deck with GIGANTIC juice wells (or a complete redesign) meant especially for 100% VG. Otherwise looks like dripping or squonking is the only possible way it would match dual coils. IME.
Hey folks....
Been using the original Aromamizer Supreme exclusively (dual deck) for 3 years or so, but after getting a Profile last year just to try on the side, I wanted the new AS V3 with the mesh deck. (The Profile is nice but hate dripping into the top constantly - don't have a squonker.)
Well I watched every wicking tutorial on the AS V3 mesh deck but no matter how I wicked it (and I did all different methods, sometimes re-wicking it 5 times in one day until I'd get tired and give up... until the next day when I'd do the same thing).. but no matter what, was one burnt hit after the next. If I saturated the mesh by dripping I'd get 3 good hits, then a burnt one. (My style is slow, long pulls, maybe 4 or 5 in a row, then put it down a few min and repeat.)
Finally figured out the issue, in my case anyway. And a 'fix.'
As we know since the deck is not spring-loaded (like the Profile) you need to put a lot of cotton through it to make sure it stays in contact with the mesh. But with 100% VG you can't use tightly packed cotton b/c it won't wick thick juice if it's tightly packed like this deck requires. And especially THAT much cotton, packed that HIGH (cause the mesh forms a high arc). There is no way that giant tight wick will self-saturate with 100% VG. Hence only burnt hits unless you drip.
I even drilled out the juice holes as much as I could, but made no diff.
So dug out my VandyVape SS316L mesh screen on a roll...aim was to trim it to the proper width (of course, since my stuff was wider) but then to make it shorter in length than the mesh screens that come with the deck, so the arc of the mesh would stand lower... nearly half as high. This would allow a thinner wick that could be installed with a little looser fit, more like you wick a coil, because it's so low, the cotton would easily stay in contact with the mesh by simply swelling with juice. Plus the tails could wick up into it quicker and more efficiently since it "wouldn't have travel so high" and into so much cotton.
Well, it worked. I can now vape it without burnt hits - or dripping - and it's working good. Great flavor and nice vapor. And the ohms are only slightly less than the standard screen (.14 vs .15ohms). Vaping in TC 408F, 35-40w depending on my mood.
Just in case that helps anyone who vapes 100% VG and can't get the AS V3 mesh to work without burnt hits.
Hey folks....
Been using the original Aromamizer Supreme exclusively (dual deck) for 3 years or so, but after getting a Profile last year just to try on the side, I wanted the new AS V3 with the mesh deck. (The Profile is nice but hate dripping into the top constantly - don't have a squonker.)
Well I watched every wicking tutorial on the AS V3 mesh deck but no matter how I wicked it (and I did all different methods, sometimes re-wicking it 5 times in one day until I'd get tired and give up... until the next day when I'd do the same thing).. but no matter what, was one burnt hit after the next. If I saturated the mesh by dripping I'd get 3 good hits, then a burnt one. (My style is slow, long pulls, maybe 4 or 5 in a row, then put it down a few min and repeat.)
Finally figured out the issue, in my case anyway. And a 'fix.'
As we know since the deck is not spring-loaded (like the Profile) you need to put a lot of cotton through it to make sure it stays in contact with the mesh. But with 100% VG you can't use tightly packed cotton b/c it won't wick thick juice if it's tightly packed like this deck requires. And especially THAT much cotton, packed that HIGH (cause the mesh forms a high arc). There is no way that giant tight wick will self-saturate with 100% VG. Hence only burnt hits unless you drip.
I even drilled out the juice holes as much as I could, but made no diff.
So dug out my VandyVape SS316L mesh screen on a roll...aim was to trim it to the proper width (of course, since my stuff was wider) but then to make it shorter in length than the mesh screens that come with the deck, so the arc of the mesh would stand lower... nearly half as high. This would allow a thinner wick that could be installed with a little looser fit, more like you wick a coil, because it's so low, the cotton would easily stay in contact with the mesh by simply swelling with juice. Plus the tails could wick up into it quicker and more efficiently since it "wouldn't have travel so high" and into so much cotton.
Well, it worked. I can now vape it without burnt hits - or dripping - and it's working good. Great flavor and nice vapor. And the ohms are only slightly less than the standard screen (.14 vs .15ohms). Vaping in TC 408F, 35-40w depending on my mood.
Just in case that helps anyone who vapes 100% VG and can't get the AS V3 mesh to work without burnt hits.
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