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JuicyLucy

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To Lucy, Brewbear or anyone else: Any recommendations for starting coils on a Chalice 3?

This is for MTL use and probably on my unregulated box from Sonic.

If it matters, my normal MTL setup is a Kayfun lite running a coil of 28 gauge Kanthal, 8 turns on a 2mm rod with a 1.6 ohm resistance. This is typically run at 8-9 watts.

Thanks for any input.

Chris


I do 5 wraps of 28 ga on a 2.5 rod with a 1.1 ohm resistance. Works perfectly fine for a single battery mech.


Any of these will work - those teeny posts can be challenging!
 

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Update on my ShenRay Hadaly clone from 3F vape .

This is my very first order from 3F and so far I am AMAZED!

I placed the order on Tuesday (the 4th) shipping ticket created the 5th. Picked up by transport company also on the 5th and checked out and in transit as of today!

If nothing goes wrong and the RDA is as expected, 3F is going to get a lot of business from me:D

 

JuicyLucy

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First impressions on the Druga:

Pros:
Love that clamping system - it could be machined better, not super smooth, but the nuts, or whatever you want to call those screw thingies that you screw onto the posts to hold the coil in place are awesome - you can use your fingers, though they do have phillips head

Swapping out the pin for the squonk pin was simple and straightforward, not fidgety at all. As easy as it gets

It comes with the huge ultem DT, but also a converter for your own 510 DT and a smaller DT that fits in the rim of the attie that is closer to a 510 size

Very responsive

Flavor is pronounced for being a large chambers 24mm

Cons:

The screws/nuts, whatever they are, feel lightweight and cheap

Easy to over-squonk if you use a single coil like I do. Tried lowering the squonk pin to allow for better drainage but the post got a little wobbly -

Airflow control does not allow you do completely shut off one side
 
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Briandesimone

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What's a decent flavor rda with a squonk pin that's not gonna break the bank or take a month from China. I don't have no patience lol.

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JuicyLucy

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What's a decent flavor rda with a squonk pin that's not gonna break the bank or take a month from China. I don't have no patience lol.

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MTL or DL?

Large or small chamber?

I'm assuming you want it readily available from a US vendor?
 

Briandesimone

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Yes prefer a us vendor. I normally do a restricted lung got. Smaller chamber preferably. I'm all about the flavor lol.

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BrewBear

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Yes prefer a us vendor. I normally do a restricted lung got. Smaller chamber preferably. I'm all about the flavor lol.

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One of the more versatile ones is the Origen Little. The problem, as I see it, is that what you call restricted lung, some would call loose MTL yet others would call comfortable DL. The reason I'm saying this is because I bought a ton of gear for MTL yet it was too loose for me. I think the Origen Little is versatile enough to cover the range of restricted MTL to restricted DL. There are enough of us around here that have them, maybe someone will part with one.
Like JL said.....but stay away from the SXK clone. It seems the Shen Ray is the better of the bunch. Their iteration of the Charm is pretty good as well.
 

JuicyLucy

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One of the more versatile ones is the Origen Little. The problem, as I see it, is that what you call restricted lung, some would call loose MTL yet others would call comfortable DL. The reason I'm saying this is because I bought a ton of gear for MTL yet it was too loose for me. I think the Origen Little is versatile enough to cover the range of restricted MTL to restricted DL. There are enough of us around here that have them, maybe someone will part with one.

Do any US vendors have the clone?

OP mentioned not breaking the bank....
 

BrewBear

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It's a pain to build though.

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LOL. I was using a Nautilus rba so the O-Little is a breeze. That Nautilus rba would make St.Peter curse! And I was using 32g/40g claptons in it too!
 

Briandesimone

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One of the more versatile ones is the Origen Little. The problem, as I see it, is that what you call restricted lung, some would call loose MTL yet others would call comfortable DL. The reason I'm saying this is because I bought a ton of gear for MTL yet it was too loose for me. I think the Origen Little is versatile enough to cover the range of restricted MTL to restricted DL. There are enough of us around here that have them, maybe someone will part with one.
Like JL said.....but stay away from the SXK clone. It seems the Shen Ray is the better of the bunch. Their iteration of the Charm is pretty good as well.
I'll be getting a couple clones. I just gotta find out what the fuss is about with squonking lol.

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I placed the order on Tuesday (the 4th) shipping ticket created the 5th. Picked up by transport company also on the 5th and checked out and in transit as of today!


My order was Placed on 04/01/2017 (@13:47:53)
They say it was shipped on 04/03/2017.

The tracking info (I just checked) says...
"Item is not found at this moment, If necessary, please verify with the package sender and check back later."

While I have ordered from Fasttech several times, this is my 1st 3F order. Based on my Fasttech experiences, I'm not expecting a whole lot from any Chinese tracking. (or retailer) Heck, when I placed my order, the 3F website said they were on Holiday and would not return until April 5.

Ron
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First impressions on the Druga:

Pros:
Love that clamping system - it could be machined better, not super smooth, but the nuts, or whatever you want to call those screw thingies that you screw onto the posts to hold the coil in place are awesome - you can use your fingers, though they do have phillips head

Swapping out the pin for the squonk pin was simple and straightforward, not fidgety at all. As easy as it gets

It comes with the huge ultem DT, but also a converter for your own 510 DT and a smaller DT that fits in the rim of the attie that is closer to a 510 size

Very responsive

Flavor is pronounced for being a large chambers 24mm

Cons:

The screws/nuts, whatever they are, feel lightweight and cheap

Easy to over-squonk if you use a single coil like I do. Tried lowering the squonk pin to allow for better drainage but the post got a little wobbly -

Airflow control does not allow you do completely shut off one side

I saw this atty listed in my buffer shopping tonight. Could not bring myself to stray though. I wound up getting two different LP Goons off of FT & 3 each of the LP pins & Regular Goon pins from 3F. May as well keep those pins on hand as it seems I'll be continuing being a Goon. :)
 

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I saw this atty listed in my buffer shopping tonight. Could not bring myself to stray though. I wound up getting two different LP Goons off of FT & 3 each of the LP pins & Regular Goon pins from 3F. May as well keep those pins on hand as it seems I'll be continuing being a Goon. :)

I like the flavor on this better than the Goon :cool:
 

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@JuicyLucy I told you I had the perfect use for that little square, no?
Behold, the near-perfect fit...
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Hey @inspects..... side squonker?
It's got a round hooooooole......

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That looks pretty darn good, but......the bottle "angle/edge" would urk the bejesus out of me. Now, if it had a round bottle and the box had more of a oval-ish but not quite oval profile, it would be very, very good. If it had a FSK chip in it, it would be near perfect - if I had the money to buy it, it would be absolutely perfect.:confused::cry::vino:
Seriously, that is one hell of a nice box. Hats off to you.
 

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That looks pretty darn good, but......the bottle "angle/edge" would urk the bejesus out of me. Now, if it had a round bottle and the box had more of a oval-ish but not quite oval profile, it would be very, very good. If it had a FSK chip in it, it would be near perfect - if I had the money to buy it, it would be absolutely perfect.:confused::cry::vino:
Seriously, that is one hell of a nice box. Hats off to you.

Great feedback!
The square bottle doesn't feel "edgy" , you actually get a nice flat surface for your fingertip to land on. It fills out the corner nicely too and makes for no wasted space.
i do have plans for more of the oval shape, but I'm really trying to stay away from that whole setup with top caps and such. Just need to think about it a little more. This wasn't really planned, I had cut the piece last week and decided to have at it this weekend, weather was nice and the kiddos helped me in the outside shop. It was my first real project for the year and I was fully expecting a catastrophic failure at some point during the process but it actually shook out OK.
Maybe someday I'll stroll through with a FSK chip for you brew, you never can tell :D
 

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And my resident wood expert tells me it's Claro Walnut... a nice piece too, he reckons!
 

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i do have plans for more of the oval shape, but I'm really trying to stay away from that whole setup with top caps and such
I'm not thinking Pinch or CC or CV types, I'm thinking more of the flask-ish shape kinda thing. And if you'll make a FSK chip squonk box, i'll probably use it AFTER the ER doctor extracts it from where my wife will.....you get the idea. She was looking kinda funny at me while I was drooling over a mod. Not a big deal, really, but she was in the kitcken, close to my cast iron frying pans.:confused:
 

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FWIW I ordered a couple Little 16 clones from FT on 03/18, arrived 04/05 - so just a little over 2 weeks.
I had a couple of them, kept the ShenRay one, gifted the other. Thought better of it, ordered 3 more ShenRay from the 2F site.
 

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I'm not thinking Pinch or CC or CV types, I'm thinking more of the flask-ish shape kinda thing. And if you'll make a FSK chip squonk box, i'll probably use it AFTER the ER doctor extracts it from where my wife will.....you get the idea. She was looking kinda funny at me while I was drooling over a mod. Not a big deal, really, but she was in the kitcken, close to my cast iron frying pans.:confused:

Hm. An interesting idea and best-suited to regulated for sure.

Yeah, but they love us :D
I was always a super-responsible vaper and still can't bring myself to pay big prices for things I don't really need. I'd rather just make them and have fun with it, but the wife is accepting of my ventures and it's nice to have the support should I decide one day that I can't live without some exotic monkey-butt bubinga wood device that costs half of my mortgage.
I can't see that day ever coming but you know, at least I don't have to outrun the cast iron :giggle:
 

BrewBear

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Nice. Maybe I'll try fasttech.

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As far as I know, 2Fdeals has the "for sure" ShenRay. I made an inquiry on the ShenRay site and their CS rep directed me to "their retail" site. I must say, the CS rep is very cool, I asked where I could get the replacement pin insulator and she'll include it with my order.
 

BrewBear

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Hm. An interesting idea and best-suited to regulated for sure.

Yeah, but they love us :D
I was always a super-responsible vaper and still can't bring myself to pay big prices for things I don't really need. I'd rather just make them and have fun with it, but the wife is accepting of my ventures and it's nice to have the support should I decide one day that I can't live without some exotic monkey-butt bubinga wood device that costs half of my mortgage.
I can't see that day ever coming but you know, at least I don't have to outrun the cast iron :giggle:
In all honesty, my wife is a sweetheart that indulges my crazy purchases, she actually told me, TOLD ME! to get on the list for a SV squonk mod. As a good husband, I did as she asked:D
 

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In all honesty, my wife is a sweetheart that indulges my crazy purchases, she actually told me, TOLD ME! to get on the list for a SV squonk mod. As a good husband, I did as she asked:D
What an obedient husband you are!
I buy lots of car parts too, so if it weren't for that I'd probably spend more on vaping. we sure are lucky fellas though!
 

JuicyLucy

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In all honesty, my wife is a sweetheart that indulges my crazy purchases, she actually told me, TOLD ME! to get on the list for a SV squonk mod. As a good husband, I did as she asked:D

Too bad you have to make those kinds of sacrifices - you really took one for the team on that one :devil:
 
I just wanted to give a bolg on eleaf 5000mAh recived for x-mas only lasted 31 days befor the charging port broke it is a pice of crap
 

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