Show Us Your Working Wick And Coil Setup

[Andre]

Koiling the Kayfun. 28g kanthal around a 2mm pop rivet.

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Wait WHAT! Sub-ohm vaping on an SVD? I've confirmed this reading with a multimeter, came out a 0.90 ohms.

Your SVD will still limit you to 15 W - so you won't get the 19.6 W that a mech will give you.

 

[Silver]

As @Matthee has pointed out, if the SVD fires but limits you to 15 Watts, then you may as well get the extra wraps and extra coil/wick surface area contact on a slightly higher resistance coil. Am I understanding this correctly?

 

[Reinvanhardt]

Do I count right; 4 turns / wraps?

That's right Johan.

Your SVD will still limit you to 15 W - so you won't get the 19.6 W that a mech will give you.

I'm certainly looking forward to my first mech, alas, it's still in Singapore. I'm a very happy vaper now though.

 

[johan]

Thanks, your photography is excellent.

 

[Reinvanhardt]

As @Matthee has pointed out, if the SVD fires but limits you to 15 Watts, then you may as well get the extra wraps and extra coil/wick surface area contact on a slightly higher resistance coil. Am I understanding this correctly?

I understand, it makes sense. Thanks for this.

 

[Rex Smit]

1st coil on my new Aqua. Dual coil, 28g at 0.8ohm

Sent via Pluto on my Rocket

 

[TylerD]

1st coil on my new Aqua. Dual coil, 28g at 0.8ohm

Sent via Pluto on my Rocket

Wow, that coils look super sharp! Great coils Rex!

 

[Rex Smit]

Thanks T. Had good practice on the evod and Rocket coils.

Sent via Pluto on my Rocket

 

[TylerD]

Thanks T. Had good practice on the evod and Rocket coils.

Sent via Pluto on my Rocket

How is the vape compared to the rocket and evod?

 

[Rex Smit]

Very very nice. Once the cotton got settled, the flavour was awesome. A little better than the Rocket, crap loads better than the evod.

Sent via Pluto on my Rocket

 

[Andre]

1st coil on my new Aqua. Dual coil, 28g at 0.8ohm

Sent via Pluto on my Rocket

Great coiling. Presume the MVP was just for resistance measuring?

 

[johan]

Great coiling!

 

[Reinvanhardt]

I was up late last night tinkering with my Kayfun. Here's my new chimney coil. 5/6 wraps with 28g. Cotton wrapped around the coil. 1.2 ohms on an SVD.



This is a vast improvement for me. The throat hit is massive, I had to lower the power from 12w to 8w. Flavour is also brilliant but vapour production a little less so.

This coil will stay a while

 

[Rob Fisher]

Is that a new way to do it? I would have threaded the wool through the coil and also the coil wouldn't have been in that position?

 

[RIEFY]

I was up late last night tinkering with my Kayfun. Here's my new chimney coil. 5/6 wraps with 28g. Cotton wrapped around the coil. 1.2 ohms on an SVD.

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This is a vast improvement for me. The throat hit is massive, I had to lower the power from 12w to 8w. Flavour is also brilliant but vapour production a little less so.

This coil will stay a while

dude that coil is glowing beautifully.

Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk

 

[Reinvanhardt]

Your way would be right, this is just a different setup. I saw a video and like to experiment so...

 

[johan]

Again excellent photography, let alone the great coiling @Reinvanhardt - what was the major one aspect change from horizontal to vertical coiling you experienced?

 

[Riaz]

Again excellent photography, let alone the great coiling @Reinvanhardt - what was the major one aspect change from horizontal to vertical coiling you experienced?

X2

 

[Reinvanhardt]

Again excellent photography, let alone the great coiling @Reinvanhardt - what was the major one aspect change from horizontal to vertical coiling you experienced?

Cheers Johan! Throat hit x 2 and flavour x 1.3. Because the middle of the coil is now right above the air hole the airflow is improved and by wrapping the cotton around the coil you still get maximum surface contact. So to answer you... throat hit, defnitely.

 

[1am7h30n3]

@Reinvanhardt That is a beautiful coil!

I also did a vertical chimney coil in kayfun clone a few times, gotta agree with the throat hit, it was insane, even with a regular coil i find kayfun has quite a throat hit compared to some other rba's. The vapour production was not quite up to scratch imho, even at the 15W max on my SVD (no mech).

 

[johan]

Is that a new way to do it? I would have threaded the wool through the coil and also the coil wouldn't have been in that position?

When you place your coil vertically, your wick placement is on the outside and accordingly benefit a greater surface area.

 

[Andre]

Cheers Johan! Throat hit x 2 and flavour x 1.3. Because the middle of the coil is now right above the air hole the airflow is improved and by wrapping the cotton around the coil you still get maximum surface contact. So to answer you... throat hit, defnitely.

Awesome coiling! Throat hit is my thing, so on my urgent to do list now. Thanks for showing us.

 

[johan]

Cheers Johan! Throat hit x 2 and flavour x 1.3. Because the middle of the coil is now right above the air hole the airflow is improved and by wrapping the cotton around the coil you still get maximum surface contact. So to answer you... throat hit, defnitely.

Thanks - will definitely try before next refill.

 

[Andre]

Is that a new way to do it? I would have threaded the wool through the coil and also the coil wouldn't have been in that position?

When you place your coil vertically, your wick placement is on the outside and accordingly benefit a greater surface area.

And you would be blocking the air hole, which is a no no.

 

[Silver]

Awesome coiling! Throat hit is my thing, so on my urgent to do list now. Thanks for showing us.

Ditto - as @Matthee said - I too am a throat hit chaser. So this is fascinating.

@Reinvanhardt - those photos are stunning. What camera are you using to take them if I may ask? Are you using a tripod?