Bamboo Wick

@Gizmo Giz is it true you are getting Aquas in soon, if so when?

And how does your Bamboo wick on your Aqua taste?
 
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Extras coming in on the next batch arriving shortly:

Vision X-Gun

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Sony VTC4 2100mah 18650 30A

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Sigelei 20w

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OHM Tester

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Aqua

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@TylerD deal! You just earned yourself a free Devdev sparking uneven coil at the vape meet, with hand twisted uneven blend of different kanthals :)

@BhavZ Done!
 
Hi. So i did 2 setups this morning with Bamboo yarn. 1st @ 1.4ohm on the Rocket, 2nd @ 0.5ohm dual coil on the Aqua. The crappy taste on the Rocket went away after a few drags. but on the Aqua the crappy taste seems to stay. I am not sure if it because the coils are now burning hotter? anyone else tried the Yarn with this kind of setup.?

I boiled mine twice in distilled water and also rinsed it after each boil with distilled water. Vapes like a dream and no bad taste at all. Using in a patriot clone atty at .43 ohms. Clouds are enormous and flavor is very good. Like it. Will keep it in the RDA, but still using cotton in my kayfun lite. Waiting on my cellucotton for the kayfun.

The bamboo yarn soakes up way more juice than the cotton or the silica. Love it.

Normally after 6 drops in the patriot with cotton or silica everything is so saturated that the juice just boils the first three fires. With the bamboo I can drip 10+ drops and it doesn't boil, it fires like it should, which means more draws at a time. (Haven't counted the draws yet, but will do so.)

Will try this later on in my other kayfun lite. Maybe I'll stick to it.

(Have a dual coil (sleeper coil) in the RDA at .43 ohms btw)

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I boiled mine twice in distilled water and also rinsed it after each boil with distilled water. Vapes like a dream and no bad taste at all. Using in a patriot clone atty at .43 ohms. Clouds are enormous and flavor is very good. Like it. Will keep it in the RDA, but still using cotton in my kayfun lite. Waiting on my cellucotton for the kayfun.

The bamboo yarn soakes up way more juice than the cotton or the silica. Love it.

Normally after 6 drops in the patriot with cotton or silica everything is so saturated that the juice just boils the first three fires. With the bamboo I can drip 10+ drops and it doesn't boil, it fires like it should, which means more draws at a time. (Haven't counted the draws yet, but will do so.)

Will try this later on in my other kayfun lite. Maybe I'll stick to it.

(Have a dual coil (sleeper coil) in the RDA at .43 ohms btw)

Some pics
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Glad the bamboo is working for you. Most of us have gone off the bamboo, maybe that double boil has done the trick.
 
@zadiac I agree with @Andre - I only used it as is, but the first 2 or 3 toots were beyond vulgar - maybe I should follow your instructions and revisit the bamboo yarn.
 
Yeah, it's working well for me. You can even boil it three times just to make sure. I'll never go back to regular cotton from this. I'm using it now in my kayfun as well.
In the RDA mentioned in my previous post, I can drip 18 drops without it boiling when firing and I get around 17 to 19 tokes off it depending on how long the tokes are. Short tokes up to 20. Less dripping for me. The throat hit is very nice and the flavor very good. Clouds not a big issue anymore for me, but they are huge anyway...lol
Can't wait to try out the rayon cotton tho. I'm curious. Alex says they wick really good. I'll see when I get mine.
 
Yeah, it's working well for me. You can even boil it three times just to make sure. I'll never go back to regular cotton from this. I'm using it now in my kayfun as well.
In the RDA mentioned in my previous post, I can drip 18 drops without it boiling when firing and I get around 17 to 19 tokes off it depending on how long the tokes are. Short tokes up to 20. Less dripping for me. The throat hit is very nice and the flavor very good. Clouds not a big issue anymore for me, but they are huge anyway...lol
Can't wait to try out the rayon cotton tho. I'm curious. Alex says they wick really good. I'll see when I get mine.

Lol, tokes. I like that word ;-)
 
Ok, so I just want to give some feedback now that I've tested the Rayon cotton vs Bamboo yarn. Thanks to Alex for giving me some Rayon cotton as mine has not arrived yet. I will give you half of mine once I get it ;)

I am not a pro vaper, so I don't see this as a review, just an opinion.

The Rayon wicks really well and I do like it in the atty for a short while. I do very low sub-ohm vaping (between .2 and .4 ohm mostly) and I found that the Rayon burns too quickly while the Bamboo Yarn does not. The rayon is still way better than organic cotton and silica in my opinion. I have never tried the ecowool and probably won't.

I stand by my statement that the bamboo yarn soaks up more juice than the organic cotton and I found that vs the Rayon, it soaks up better than the Rayon as well. This is my own personal experience and you still have to test for yourself.

Those of you who tasted my DIY juices at the meet: Thank you for your praises of the juice.
I found that the flavor of my juices pop more with the bamboo yarn than with the rayon. I also found that if I brush out the bamboo yarn with a fine steel brush, it becomes much like rayon cotton. The texture is almost the same. Very fine strands.

The bamboo is a ***** to handle and to prepare for wicking as you have to boil it about 4 to 5 times in distilled water before it can be used, but once that's done it's just better, for me that is. It's not easy to wick, but once you get the handle on it, it's just brilliant. I love it.

Would I have ordered the rayon if I tested it against the bamboo yarn? No. I know there are people who will disagree with me, but this is my feeling about it and I stand by it.

I will keep the rayon as a backup in case I run out of bamboo, but I doubt that will happen as I ordered some more today.

So happy vaping with your rayon cotton, I'm already back on my bamboo yarn :p but put in a little effort and try out the bamboo and prepare it properly and you might find that you like it as much as the rayon or even more :)
 
Ok, so I just want to give some feedback now that I've tested the Rayon cotton vs Bamboo yarn. Thanks to Alex for giving me some Rayon cotton as mine has not arrived yet. I will give you half of mine once I get it ;)

I am not a pro vaper, so I don't see this as a review, just an opinion.

The Rayon wicks really well and I do like it in the atty for a short while. I do very low sub-ohm vaping (between .2 and .4 ohm mostly) and I found that the Rayon burns too quickly while the Bamboo Yarn does not. The rayon is still way better than organic cotton and silica in my opinion. I have never tried the ecowool and probably won't.

I stand by my statement that the bamboo yarn soaks up more juice than the organic cotton and I found that vs the Rayon, it soaks up better than the Rayon as well. This is my own personal experience and you still have to test for yourself.

Those of you who tasted my DIY juices at the meet: Thank you for your praises of the juice.
I found that the flavor of my juices pop more with the bamboo yarn than with the rayon. I also found that if I brush out the bamboo yarn with a fine steel brush, it becomes much like rayon cotton. The texture is almost the same. Very fine strands.

The bamboo is a ***** to handle and to prepare for wicking as you have to boil it about 4 to 5 times in distilled water before it can be used, but once that's done it's just better, for me that is. It's not easy to wick, but once you get the handle on it, it's just brilliant. I love it.

Would I have ordered the rayon if I tested it against the bamboo yarn? No. I know there are people who will disagree with me, but this is my feeling about it and I stand by it.

I will keep the rayon as a backup in case I run out of bamboo, but I doubt that will happen as I ordered some more today.

So happy vaping with your rayon cotton, I'm already back on my bamboo yarn :p but put in a little effort and try out the bamboo and prepare it properly and you might find that you like it as much as the rayon or even more :)

About that boiling and "working" the bamboo... how much work are we talking here?
Hours? Days?
I am quite intrigued.

Would you recommend Bamboo for a RTA like the Kayfun? Or is this one of those things that just work better in a dripper? Or is it less about the device and more about the coil?
 
@WHeunis - I boiled the yarn for 10 minutes, then rinsed thoroughly and repeated the process another 3 times. Boiling and rinsing should be done with distilled water. After that just pressed out the water using a sieve and used a hair dryer to blow dry it. After that, keep in a plastic bag or any air tight container (but that's just me not wanting any contaminants getting into it). Just make sure that it's completely dry before storing it in an airtight container. If it's still moist, it will probably develop a nasty smell and get contaminated.

I've used it in my kayfun as well as drippers and it works very well for me in both types.

@ET - If people are willing to give it a try and like it, I'll be more than happy to try and make a video tutorial on how to prepare and wick the bamboo yarn ;)
 
Just another update.

So I didn't have any distilled water, so I used normal still spring water (bottled water) and boiled a small piece of the bamboo yarn. Came out perfectly and wicks like a dream. No bad taste, no after taste and no side effects (so far). Been vaping with that a few days now. Flavor just pops so beautifully.
 
@WHeunis - I boiled the yarn for 10 minutes, then rinsed thoroughly and repeated the process another 3 times. Boiling and rinsing should be done with distilled water. After that just pressed out the water using a sieve and used a hair dryer to blow dry it. After that, keep in a plastic bag or any air tight container (but that's just me not wanting any contaminants getting into it). Just make sure that it's completely dry before storing it in an airtight container. If it's still moist, it will probably develop a nasty smell and get contaminated.

I've used it in my kayfun as well as drippers and it works very well for me in both types.

@ET - If people are willing to give it a try and like it, I'll be more than happy to try and make a video tutorial on how to prepare and wick the bamboo yarn ;)
Thanks, shall have to re-visit my bamboo yarn stock.
 
I am very interested in this wick....
Will have to pop out to Ruby's Haberdashery later on today!! I just hope they stock this!!
 
I am very interested in this wick....
Will have to pop out to Ruby's Haberdashery later on today!! I just hope they stock this!!

So I found the Natural Bamboo Yarn, exactly like the one on the pic (above in the thread)

What I need to just confirm the steps:
  1. Boil yarn...
  2. Boil yarn...
  3. Boil yarn
  4. Boil yarn...
  5. Wick
  6. Vape?
 
So I found the Natural Bamboo Yarn, exactly like the one on the pic (above in the thread)

What I need to just confirm the steps:
  1. Boil yarn...
  2. Boil yarn...
  3. Boil yarn
  4. Boil yarn...
  5. Wick
  6. Vape?

um....no. Read my comments again. Use distilled water if possible. Do the boiling AND the rinsing in distilled water if possible. if not, pure still bottled water has also worked for me. Just don't use normal tap water.

1. Boil yarn
2. Rinse yarn
3. Boil yarn
4. Rinse yarn
5. Boil yarn
6. Rinse yarn
7. Boil yarn
8. Rinse yarn
9. Dry yarn
10. Wick
11. Vape

:)
 
If you read the 1'st 2 lines on the label you will understand why its imperative to boil the living k#@ out of it :D

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So I found the Natural Bamboo Yarn, exactly like the one on the pic (above in the thread)

What I need to just confirm the steps:
  1. Boil yarn...
  2. Boil yarn...
  3. Boil yarn
  4. Boil yarn...
  5. Wick
  6. Vape?
And do tell us how you find the vape once you get through all the preparation cycles, please.
 
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