Also keen to know how it vapes!
Howto Squonk in The Dark - Fuss Free Atty
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To be honest I haven't given it a full go yet... @hands vapes on one all the time and says that moving the coil higher towards the aiirhole gives the same great flavour!
Looking at the image I would struggle with the airhole as I like the fusion drip tips.
I am a serial oversquonker. Best atomizers to prevent this for me: Chalice, OL16, Rogue and Sapor.
Everything you disliked about the Chalice clone (apart from the rust) you can have on an authentic for a gazillion rand more
http://www.ecigssa.co.za/the-cyclone-thread.t4450/page-25
I use a replacement cap for my Cyclone with dual top airflow for lung hitting and my over squonking issue.
I use a replacement cap for my Cyclone with dual top airflow for lung hitting and my over squonking issue.
$140 and 49 in stock at reosmods.Everything you disliked about the Chalice clone (apart from the rust) you can have on an authentic for a gazillion rand more
After our current group buy I'm scared to import stuff
140 USD + shipping and taxes...............eish$140 and 49 in stock at reosmods.
After our current group buy I'm scared to import stuff
Yea probably about $200 - $220 landed.140 USD + shipping and taxes...............eish
deep deck, + a short BF pin (I filed mine, which was surprisingly easy to do), so that it drains away most of the excess juice.
My method has been working fairly well for me. I hold the bottle down (maybe 5mm depression if you want to get all technical depending on how full the bottle is) for a slow 3-4 count. then i let go and wait for the reassuring little slurpy noise as the last of the juice goes down the pin.
My method has been working fairly well for me. I hold the bottle down (maybe 5mm depression if you want to get all technical depending on how full the bottle is) for a slow 3-4 count. then i let go and wait for the reassuring little slurpy noise as the last of the juice goes down the pin.
I wait for this to happen
I build quite high, and the drainage on the cyclone is also very good.
I'm not a fan of gurgling and also not a fan of dry hits
I build quite high, and the drainage on the cyclone is also very good.
I'm not a fan of gurgling and also not a fan of dry hits
I agree with the mindset that you will learn from doing to the point that over squonking will be a thing of the past. Since I am up all night most nights half of my vaping is in the dark or subdued light. Matters not which atty or bottle is involved, I can pick up any of my 32 Reos and just know how much to squonk each of them and when to squonk them, both subconsciously, without leaks or dry hits. A touchy-feely thing maybe, but once you have it the issues will go away.
IMO the RM2 is an excellent DLH flavor atty with the air intake drilled out to your preferred air requirements. I have something like 8? of them, and the ones I did use at one time are all drilled out for my LDLH's. Now days I only use one, with a 3mm intake.
I generally know how much to squonk and what pressure to apply, I guess Im just a control freak that needs to know its perfect every time.
I almost went with the RM2 but I was persuaded to try the cyclone.
I tried the cyclone and not long after that I have 5 cyclones.
Why diversify right? I'm pretty happy with them.
I think the use of SS as a coil is my issue here as I wouldn't have any spills if I used smaller air holes.
I remember the rm8 aka derringer was my first bf atty I got with my reo from reosmods and I hated that I would oversquonk on one side while waiting for juice to come out the other side.
Also the only decent flavor I got out of it was with dual claptons which were extremely difficult to get through the post holes.
I really think I need to re look kanthal and the normal cyclone cap. I need to aquire kanthal as the rolls I have are from reputable vendors but from a time when cheap Chinese kanthal flooded our vape stores.
The wire is filthy dirty and I would rather toss it and get decent quality.
I have used the cyclone normal caps before that I drilled out to 1.5mm by hand and oversquonking was just a bulge out the airhole ( the viscosity of the juice never let it actually come out) but the atty got too hot. Hence my need to try something other than SS.
2013 Cyclones were my first higher end bf atty's. I still love them, they both resided on older Woodvil's but on P67's now days. And they are both drilled out big for my big DLH's. I have no problems squonking them or any of my other smaller atty's with big holes in total darkness FWIW.
Well in all honesty I have yet to be a squonker for a year.
Think I've been squonking for 9 months now.
I hardly use my Cyclones anymore because I prefer the Divo's... and the only reason I prefer the Divo over the Cyclone is because when I first wick a Cyclone I always get leaking for the first couple of squonks and I don't with the Divo. Once I have wiped the leak it doesn't leak again but often I prepare my REO and head to the car only to find I need a tissue... never really worked out why this is?
I think I know why.
Before I forget, I just put a kanthal build in a cyclone, ribbon kanthal. 5 wraps Cane out to 1.7 ohms. Squonk proof indeed with the normal cap!
Not sure I like this vape as I'm using 12mg nic and it's not hitting me like a .5 ohm build.
@Rob Fisher, I found that if the wick touches the base on the cyclone then it's too much wick and the liquid doesn't drain properly. When pg/vg heats up its viscosity changes and it becomes very watery.
So poorish draining combined with over squonking and a watery juice left inside the atty tends to flow out when tilted slightly.
I too have experienced this odd flow of juice when I least expected it and thus far my observations have proven to be correct as I no longer have issues.
How I used to wick a Cyclone: note the long wick on one end that would wrap around the centre post (bad)
Out of habit I still like the one side to be longer but it does not wrap around the centre post.
Mmmm I would buy that argument... will fire up a Grand and a Cyclone and check the theory! Thanks @Christos
The leak I'm experiencing isn't through the air hole but through the O-Ring on the base I think?
That is fishy.
I'm sure you have replaced o rings already.
I have minor juice on the base after putting the cap on because it squeezes past the wet wick so I wipe that off before pressing the top cap down all the way.
This might be the issue and heat makes the juice runny?
I have a pitch black squonk going on now, turned the lights on to take a pic. Squeezing really hard on a full bottle in the pic.
Just not sure if this build is going to give me the morning hit I'm after.
No I haven't... but it happens on all my Cyclones and I have a few... some old and some very new... I think it's just a thing with Cyclones... until the wick settles (which it does in 5 minutes) there is a small leak and then it's gone until I rewick...
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