Sounds intricate...looking forward to your tutorial.
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Did a quick recoil & wick with bamboo yarn today on a Kayfun 3.1 clone:
Coil: 8 full turns with 28G Kanthal
Inner diameter: 2mm
Resistance: 1.1 Ohm
Wicking: took a length of bamboo yarn and fold it double, then moisten bended end and pull through coil
Cut bamboo yarn to length and moisten with pure unflavoured VG
Quick test fire
I should've sterilized bamboo yarn by boiling it in bi-distilled water and suggest every one to do so - see the label info and you will understand that it needs sterilization
Findings:
1. The bamboo yarn wicks much better than cotton or any other material I've tried in the past, so much so, that I had to open the air vent to its maximum.
2. Apart from the very 1'st vape that was beyond horrible, I won't even try to describe it here, the flavour was on par with cotton (and obviously 200% better than silica fibre). I couldn't really taste an improvement regarding flavour over cotton.
3. Definitely a huge improvement on throat hit, but that might be due to the fact that I had to open up the air vent to max.
4. I guess that with bamboo yarn, re-wicking will not have to be done so often as with cotton - only time will tell.
5. One thing that I didn't try was to see if it will burn as easily as cotton (maybe someone else can comment on this).
Suggestion to those who want to try Bamboo yarn:
1. First boil bamboo yarn in bi-distilled water (note: without lid on boiling pot) for minimum 10 minutes to get rid of the dye and any other bacteria and pathogens.
2. Inner diameter of coil should match your bamboo yarn string diameter; i.e 1 x string yarn = 1mm I.D coil, 2 x string yarn = 2mm I.D coil etc.
3. Start off with air vent fully open and adjust closer to your personal preference.
4. DON'T INHALE VERY FIRST VAPE, but blow it out.
Coil: 8 full turns with 28G Kanthal
Inner diameter: 2mm
Resistance: 1.1 Ohm
Wicking: took a length of bamboo yarn and fold it double, then moisten bended end and pull through coil
Cut bamboo yarn to length and moisten with pure unflavoured VG
Quick test fire
I should've sterilized bamboo yarn by boiling it in bi-distilled water and suggest every one to do so - see the label info and you will understand that it needs sterilization
Findings:
1. The bamboo yarn wicks much better than cotton or any other material I've tried in the past, so much so, that I had to open the air vent to its maximum.
2. Apart from the very 1'st vape that was beyond horrible, I won't even try to describe it here, the flavour was on par with cotton (and obviously 200% better than silica fibre). I couldn't really taste an improvement regarding flavour over cotton.
3. Definitely a huge improvement on throat hit, but that might be due to the fact that I had to open up the air vent to max.
4. I guess that with bamboo yarn, re-wicking will not have to be done so often as with cotton - only time will tell.
5. One thing that I didn't try was to see if it will burn as easily as cotton (maybe someone else can comment on this).
Suggestion to those who want to try Bamboo yarn:
1. First boil bamboo yarn in bi-distilled water (note: without lid on boiling pot) for minimum 10 minutes to get rid of the dye and any other bacteria and pathogens.
2. Inner diameter of coil should match your bamboo yarn string diameter; i.e 1 x string yarn = 1mm I.D coil, 2 x string yarn = 2mm I.D coil etc.
3. Start off with air vent fully open and adjust closer to your personal preference.
4. DON'T INHALE VERY FIRST VAPE, but blow it out.
Thank you. Great coiling, great report. I do pull the yarn doubled through a 1.5 mm ID coil using dental floss as illustrated in this post. Glad to hear it wicks that well, should prevent any dry hits.
Yes, I agree - had not wicking problems on the 1.5 mm ID, to the contrary.
It lasts much longer than cotton. When I pulled one after 3 days still could not break it.
ok I tried the bamboo and I was disgusted by that 1st vape. immediately pulled it out and replaced with cotton. if any one wants my bamboo you can have it.
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lmimc luckily I could hijack some from my wife instead of ordering bring it to next meet and u can pass it along
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bro it was bad. im scared. dont even want to try and boil some.
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Did exactly the same.ok I tried the bamboo and I was disgusted by that 1st vape. immediately pulled it out and replaced with cotton. if any one wants my bamboo you can have it.
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Tasted like some kind of perfume thingy going on in there. I had to throw away my bottle of juice as it was in my juice as well. Because of the flood and drain on the Reo. Not for me. I really think there is still some kind of process involved.
The end tends to be thin due to rolling the cotton. Try pulling it though further using a longer rolled piece and you should have a more consistent thickness. You can then cut the length to suit.
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Thanks @thekeeperza, will give that a try
Also, I found I don't need much length of cotton on the IGO-L
Just needs to be enough on each side of the coil to touch the floor/deck
Obviously then you'll have to drip more frequently.
Just needs to be enough on each side of the coil to touch the floor/deck
Obviously then you'll have to drip more frequently.
Thanks guys, will give it a try tonight when I get home..
Man RDA's are awesome, must say that now even my much loved mPT2 and RevTanks have muted flavour in comparison to my RDA.
Think I need to invest in an RTA for work.
Man RDA's are awesome, must say that now even my much loved mPT2 and RevTanks have muted flavour in comparison to my RDA.
Think I need to invest in an RTA for work.
So without any ado herewith my recoiled Trident vaping beautifully at 1.0 ohms on a SVD.
Thanks to everyone on this thread!
(26g kanthal)
Thanks to everyone on this thread!
(26g kanthal)
Great stuff @Reinvanhardt - Excellent photography!
Love your mandrel.
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