New veritcal Kanger coils dont last

[Pixstar]

When I used up all the spare coils that come with the RBA (I got a spare tank) I dreaded having to build my own. With all the info on here and Youtube I managed quite easily to do so. I'm using Kanthal Clapton (pre-wound) and not sure why, but I have not had a dry hit since, even If I test vape at 50W. Also learnt with the RBA that with wicking, less is more.

 

[SHiBBY]

Agreed

I think if the coil is good then its all up to the tightness of the wick inside the coil/s.
I have tried several times to guess in advance how it will vape, but sometimes I get it all wrong.

And the juice plays a role too.

Anyhow, when its all working 10 out of 10 - I just sit back and enjoy

When I just got into rebuilding, I had a tendency of threading my wick way too tight which led to dry hits and a siff taste since the wick at the core would still be dry, yet the tails were soaked (RDA). Trial and error has taught me that the wick needs to be about 2x the width of the coil, with the hard outer layers peeled off for my RTA builds and left on for my dripper builds. This has worked for me.

 

[Darryn Du Plessis]

It sucks!! One of the things I really liked about the commercial coils was how long they lasted!

I would recommend either rebuilding on those coils you've bought or go against that waste of R50 a pop and build it yourself at much less of a cost.
Rebuilt coils last forever - all you need to do is replace the wick - and clean the gunk off the wire with wick-free burns

 

[Lehan]

I had a whole different experience with the commercial coils. The first one i used leaked from the word go, the second one I tried, worked for a few hours and started to give me dry hit after dry hit and had the same leak issue as the first.

From info on the forum i saw allot of vapers experienced the same leaking with the commercial coils. I just decided to use the RBA from the second day that I got my Subtank. No leaks, i had a dry hit or two with the first few wicks and thereafter non whatsoever.

I build the same coils over and over and wick it exactly the same as the previous time. IMO i find it less of a hassle to build a coil than to order online and wait a few days for delivery. I won't use the Kanger OCC coils again. I do however have my eye on a couple of gClapton commercial coils once the vendor receives shipment.

Might be of how amazing they look in a bell cap

 

[Darryn Du Plessis]

I had a whole different experience with the commercial coils. The first one i used leaked from the word go, the second one I tried, worked for a few hours and started to give me dry hit after dry hit and had the same leak issue as the first.

From info on the forum i saw allot of vapers experienced the same leaking with the commercial coils. I just decided to use the RBA from the second day that I got my Subtank. No leaks, i had a dry hit or two with the first few wicks and thereafter non whatsoever.

I build the same coils over and over and wick it exactly the same as the previous time. IMO i find it less of a hassle to build a coil than to order online and wait a few days for delivery. I won't use the Kanger OCC coils again. I do however have my eye on a couple of gClapton commercial coils once the vendor receives shipment.

Might be of how amazing they look in a bell cap

The bell cap can stunt your juice by like 1ml - and it's acyrlic- not glass - and it's still breakable. The center chimney can snap on a small fall - You'll never have this issue with metal ...
Kangertech horizontal coils were much better than the verticals -> and my rebuilt horizontals on the vertical's base was even better than standard horizontals

 

[Lehan]

The bell cap can stunt your juice by like 1ml - and it's acyrlic- not glass - and it's still breakable. The center chimney can snap on a small fall - You'll never have this issue with metal ...
Kangertech horizontal coils were much better than the verticals -> and my rebuilt horizontals on the vertical's base was even better than standard horizontals

For the look of the bell cap with a gClapton coil - it's worth the trouble IMO... If it does break, you can still use the standard tank while you wait for a replacement (I need to stop because I'm negotiating myself into all these 'nice-to-haves')

 

[Rob Fisher]

The Crystal Bell Cap from Trinity Tanks is just bloody marvellous and in my opinion enhances the flavour because it's glass. Can't speak for the standard vertical coils because I never really rated them that high and in fact got rid of my Sub Box tanks because I wasn't that impressed with the performance... but that all changed when I discovered the gClaptons... I had to go out and buy two new Sub Box tanks. I would give up all my current tanks in favour of the Sub Box Dec, gClapton and Trinity Cap combo!

 

[Darryn Du Plessis]

Just got one more note based on Capitalism: they make new things/replacements to replace things they intend for you to break during the lifecycle of the product.
Looking for products that can break and be self fixed is not what kangertech is catering to anymore, conisdering how much their OCC coils have changed since release.
The deck is all up to you, you can buy a v2 deck if you have the v1 and that's awesome, really awesome, but paying R50 per coil at a time, is what makes it similar to twisp, it makes you continue to come back there all the time to replace one necessity of the proudct you're using; to keep on using it. This plan is in my eyes a selfish one: because it sits opposing the RBA which you only need the kanthol/material and cotton/rayon to DIY - The DIY in my opinion is a far stronger platform because it allows it to be customizable thereby giving us each our own unique vapour production and taste

Advising you rebuild your own decks if you have any mod that can read the ohms of your coils

 

[Darryn Du Plessis]

The Crystal Bell Cap from Trinity Tanks is just bloody marvellous and in my opinion enhances the flavour because it's glass. Can't speak for the standard vertical coils because I never really rated them that high and in fact got rid of my Sub Box tanks because I wasn't that impressed with the performance... but that all changed when I discovered the gClaptons... I had to go out and buy two new Sub Box tanks. I would give up all my current tanks in favour of the Sub Box Dec, gClapton and Trinity Cap combo!

Where did you find a crystal trinity cap? because the sounds of that reminds me of a Crius glass crystal

 

[Rob Fisher]

Where did you find a crystal trinity cap? because the sounds of that reminds me of a Crius glass crystal

http://www.trinityglasstanks.com/shop/

or

http://www.vapordna.com/Trinity-Sub-X-Glass-Tank-Kanger-SubTank-Mini-p/trsubx.htm

or

wait a week or two and one or two of the local vendors will get them in stock.

 

[Lehan]

The Crystal Bell Cap from Trinity Tanks is just bloody marvellous and in my opinion enhances the flavour because it's glass. Can't speak for the standard vertical coils because I never really rated them that high and in fact got rid of my Sub Box tanks because I wasn't that impressed with the performance... but that all changed when I discovered the gClaptons... I had to go out and buy two new Sub Box tanks. I would give up all my current tanks in favour of the Sub Box Dec, gClapton and Trinity Cap combo!

@Rob Fisher, please be so kind to paste the link with pics of your Trinity Bell Cap with gClaptons (i Have seen it somewhere)

Vape-porn to say the least....

 

[Rob Fisher]

@Rob Fisher, please be so kind to paste the link with pics your Trinity Bell Cap with gClaptons (i Have seen it somewhere)

Vape-porn to say the least....

 

[Darryn Du Plessis]

http://www.trinityglasstanks.com/shop/

or

http://www.vapordna.com/Trinity-Sub-X-Glass-Tank-Kanger-SubTank-Mini-p/trsubx.htm

or

wait a week or two and one or two of the local vendors will get them in stock.

That looks wayyyy better than the acyrlic rubbish initially sold by a mob of vapours

they replaced my glass with that after an on-site repair where someone cracked the glass from trying to tighten it too tigthly - pity they didnt think of glass initally - Would have been sooo sick crystal like a crius

 

[Rob Fisher]

That looks wayyyy better than the acyrlic rubbish initially sold by a mob of vapours

they replaced my glass with that after an on-site repair where someone cracked the glass from trying to tighten it too tigthly - pity they didnt think of glass initally - Would have been sooo sick crystal like a crius

Yip the Trinity Tanks are not cheap kak... it's quality all the way.