Ego One Starter Kit - replacement coil options?

[lirruping]

Does anyone know if it is possible to use anything besides the joytech coils made for this purpose in the Ego One Starter Kit tank?

If anyone has experience with these, I'm also wondering how long (about) each coil lasts compared, say, to a basic old-timey kanger single bottom coil.

 

[Tim Vatic]

I don't know if you can use any "other" coil than what its designed to use but how long the coil lasts depends on a few things. How often its used and what kind of e liquid your vaping. It varies for everyone but usually a coil will last a week to 2 weeks. Remember that Youtube is your friend. Do some searches. Here is a video that I found that shows how to dry burn and rewick an ego one coil to make it last longer.

 

[lirruping]

Thanks kindly for the response, Tim Vatic. I'll take a look at this video, etc. You're right about youtube--when I can get streaming video, it's one of my very best friends

I was hoping to get a quick sense from someone who's used both of how these joyetechcoils compare in terms of lifespan to a kanger coil. I understand there are many factors that can affect lifespan, even outside of any kind of cleaning & repair one might do.

When I've used, for example, bvc coils, they seem to last almost twice as long (or rather, twice as many mls of fluid vaped) as the kangers. And the aspire bvc coils seem closer in design to these joyetech coils than they are to the kanger ones...so it occurred to me they might function similarly.

It would definitely be a plus if repairing these joytech ones is feasible. My hands are not in good enough shape to rebuild something as small as any of these little coils--but I can maybe handle rewicking.

I really like the look of the Ego One, and the price is good--especially for something from joyetech, which by all accounts is high quality. But it probably makes more sense for me, financially and for other reasons, to get a subtank or one of the tanks that have the option of building it yourself or using a prefab coil. Thanks again!

 

[Woodsman]

Thanks kindly for the response, Tim Vatic. I'll take a look at this video, etc. You're right about youtube--when I can get streaming video, it's one of my very best friends

I was hoping to get a quick sense from someone who's used both of how these joyetechcoils compare in terms of lifespan to a kanger coil. I understand there are many factors that can affect lifespan, even outside of any kind of cleaning & repair one might do.

When I've used, for example, bvc coils, they seem to last almost twice as long (or rather, twice as many mls of fluid vaped) as the kangers. And the aspire bvc coils seem closer in design to these joyetech coils than they are to the kanger ones...so it occurred to me they might function similarly.

It would definitely be a plus if repairing these joytech ones is feasible. My hands are not in good enough shape to rebuild something as small as any of these little coils--but I can maybe handle rewicking.

I really like the look of the Ego One, and the price is good--especially for something from joyetech, which by all accounts is high quality. But it probably makes more sense for me, financially and for other reasons, to get a subtank or one of the tanks that have the option of building it yourself or using a prefab coil. Thanks again!

There's lots to consider...
Many choices to make...
The path is not straight...
Looking at the Joyetech coil in the video, it seems wider than the Kanger coil. Personally, I stopped using Kanger coils because they're so darn skinny. I shifted to Smok Micro Core A adjustable coils in my ADC. The Micro Core deals with high VG liquid. The Kanger didn't.
But as to your question, I've not tried Joyetech coils, so I cannot compare.
If you decide to get into building your own coils and away from buying prebuilt coils, I would suggest the Lemo Drop (only because I have one and know it works). But that's a leap into wrapping wire around a screwdriver, cutting sheets of cotton to make wicks, and so on. But...once you're set up, it costs less than a penny to change a wick (almost nothing, compared to buying coils).

 

[Tim Vatic]

Most of these coils you can dry burn and some of them you can dryburn and rewick, making the coil last much longer. Rewicking is like threading a needle, you twist the piece of sterile cotton ( I prefer koh gen do, pure Japanese cotton pads and I cut it into strips ) into a point and then feed it through the coil. You want it snug but not tight and snip off either end and wet it good with your e liquid. Its just about that simple.

 

[UncleRJ]

I have the eGo one tank I I get up to two weeks with the heads.

However, I have recently purchased the CLR rebuildable heads for it. With these heads you can replace the wicks and dryburn the coils, replace the coils and wicks and they have a liquid control function as well.

The airflow with these seems to be less restrictive than the heads that come with the tank as well.

And are about the same price as the standard heads.

 

[lirruping]

I have the eGo one tank I I get up to two weeks with the heads.

However, I have recently purchased the CLR rebuildable heads for it. With these heads you can replace the wicks and dryburn the coils, replace the coils and wicks and they have a liquid control function as well.

The airflow with these seems to be less restrictive than the heads that come with the tank as well.

And are about the same price as the standard heads.

OK, great. I will definitely check out the CLR heads. They still may be too small for my arthritic hands to rebuild, from the brief look I've got at them so far. If so, I will get a Subtank--or something else with a presumably bigger working space to build and a prefab coil option. I really do like the look of the ego one, though--nice and simple.

thanks, everyone for your help!

 

[UncleRJ]

OK, great. I will definitely check out the CLR heads. They still may be too small for my arthritic hands to rebuild, from the brief look I've got at them so far. If so, I will get a Subtank--or something else with a presumably bigger working space to build and a prefab coil option. I really do like the look of the ego one, though--nice and simple.

thanks, everyone for your help!

Don't be in a hurry to sell your arthritic hands short.

Case in point, I have large hands with large clumsy fingers. A few years ago, I had a bad fall and when I tried to stop my fall (on pavement) using my hands, I actually dislocated all of the fingers of my right (dominant) hand at each and every joint. All of my fingers were pointing in two different directions at the same time.

So even with my big hands and large clumsy fingers that don't work as well as I might hope and bad eyesight thrown in for good measure, I have found that with patience I can do a pretty damn good job at making micro coils (especially now that I have the CoilMaster Tool), installing them and inserting wick.

So don't sell yourself short before you even try! I will bet that you can do it even if you have given up on the possibility!

 

[Tim Vatic]

Hear Hear, fear is the enemy.

 

[lirruping]

Don't be in a hurry to sell your arthritic hands short.

Case in point, I have large hands with large clumsy fingers. A few years ago, I had a bad fall and when I tried to stop my fall (on pavement) using my hands, I actually dislocated all of the fingers of my right (dominant) hand at each and every joint. All of my fingers were pointing in two different directions at the same time.

So even with my big hands and large clumsy fingers that don't work as well as I might hope and bad eyesight thrown in for good measure, I have found that with patience I can do a pretty damn good job at making micro coils (especially now that I have the CoilMaster Tool), installing them and inserting wick.

So don't sell yourself short before you even try! I will bet that you can do it even if you have given up on the possibility!

Ugh...good lord, that sounds just awful. Sorry that happened to you. I can often do pretty good coils on my magma. Where I start to have trouble is, say when I have to take apart and put together again the smaller coils (like a kanger) the pressing motion on such a small scale is really painful. So... I do take them apart to clean, dry burn and rewick when I can, but my pile of "needs cleaning" is getting larger and larger.

A Subtank or a Lemo deck is somewhat smaller than a Magma RDA deck, right? But not as tiny and fussy as messing with replaceable/rebuildable types, I'm guessing. Thanks for the encouragement!

 

[Woodsman]

Lemo Drop is as easy as a Magma unless you put the wire under the screw heads like RIP trippers does. I did it like he does, and I build with Ni200.
As for rebuilding tiny manufactured coils, I haven't tried that. So far, I've gotten by with soaking them overnight in Vodka and then rinsing them in a strainer, then letting them dry. But I have no idea if they're really clean, because I cannot see inside of them (especially the Kangers). Something else I've done is to soak the coils in boiling hot white vinegar and water (50/50), but again, I have no idea if this cleaned the coils. I figure if white vinegar is used to clean the gunk out of coffee makers, it should clean the gunk off coils. Something that seems logical that I haven't tried is to power up the coil when it's still wet from the water, then rinsing it again.

 

[cdaugherty]

Jump in and give it a try. I've had hand problems for years and sometimes I just have to work a little harder. The coiler helps.


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