The Cyclone Thread
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Maybe you used a thinner gauge wire, which is more prone to breaking in this way?
I usually use 28g/26g wire. Tonight it was snapping everything!
Too much mieliepap
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Info for Cyclone and Cyclops lovers...I didn't check the hole sizes on the Black Cyclops that came with this current group buy but on my new Golden Cyclops the hole for single coil tight vaping is nice and small (Same size as the standard Cyclone) and I'm so happy about that... awesome vape and I can change to single coil slit or dual coil double slit once I want a change from a single hole standard vape I currently enjoy!
The hole size of the new ones are a lot smaller than my older Cyclops's...
The hole size of the new ones are a lot smaller than my older Cyclops's...
I would also mention that it seems Vicious Ant have sorted out their size issue because the current batch of Golden Cyclops's I got fit perfectly with my 2104 Decks! The stock that came today came direct from Vicious Ant so they are brand brand new and are not old stock that may have been sitting at a vendor.
Now that I have a direct line to Vicious Ant themselves I will be more inclined to order when I need again!
It took 2 days from Manila in the Philippines to JHB and then 10 F'ing days from JHB to Durban!
Now that I have a direct line to Vicious Ant themselves I will be more inclined to order when I need again!
It took 2 days from Manila in the Philippines to JHB and then 10 F'ing days from JHB to Durban!
I would also mention that it seems Vicious Ant have sorted out their size issue because the current batch of Golden Cyclops's I got fit perfectly with my 2104 Decks! The stock that came today came direct from Vicious Ant so they are brand brand new and are not old stock that may have been sitting at a vendor.
Now that I have a direct line to Vicious Ant themselves I will be more inclined to order when I need again!
It took 2 days from Manila in the Philippines to JHB and then 10 F'ing days from JHB to Durban!
golden cyclops looks awesome @Rob Fisher.
so from what i can tell international shipping moves super fast. its local that is a problem. we really need to get our own local vape only couriers
I would also mention that it seems Vicious Ant have sorted out their size issue because the current batch of Golden Cyclops's I got fit perfectly with my 2104 Decks! The stock that came today came direct from Vicious Ant so they are brand brand new and are not old stock that may have been sitting at a vendor.
Now that I have a direct line to Vicious Ant themselves I will be more inclined to order when I need again!
It took 2 days from Manila in the Philippines to JHB and then 10 F'ing days from JHB to Durban!
Rob, if you don't mind me asking, what was the cost of the shipping to SA?
Shipping was $110 plus there were other charges like PayPal Costs... here is the spreadsheet for that shipment for you to take a gander at!
Bite Me!
Twin REO's!
Cloud Blowing
Twin REO's!
Cloud Blowing
No, not twins - one is gold haired with a streak of silver and the other is silver haired with a streak of colour (hippie)
. And the operator is silver all round!
holy shit $110 for shipping !!!! thats why it took 2 days
OK it was time to try build a dual coil again and give it another vape.
Coils ready (plus an extra if I cock it up)... Rayon standing by...
Mmmmm a bit lower than I had hoped for but still withing the range I wanted to try.
A side on view of the dual coils...
Rayon installed let's give this a try... WOW the squonking is really hard and something must be blocking the hole?
Epic Fail of note! Anyone see the problem? Yip this is the base that came with the Golden Cyclops and is of course a standard non bottom fed base! What a Goose!
No problem let's just test the dual coils as a dripper... Whoa that's way too intense for me! Back to single coils above 1 Ohm for me!
But now I have Double Gold!
Coils ready (plus an extra if I cock it up)... Rayon standing by...
Mmmmm a bit lower than I had hoped for but still withing the range I wanted to try.
A side on view of the dual coils...
Rayon installed let's give this a try... WOW the squonking is really hard and something must be blocking the hole?
Epic Fail of note! Anyone see the problem? Yip this is the base that came with the Golden Cyclops and is of course a standard non bottom fed base! What a Goose!
No problem let's just test the dual coils as a dripper... Whoa that's way too intense for me! Back to single coils above 1 Ohm for me!
But now I have Double Gold!
Awesome looking cyclops @Rob Fisher. Those coils look nice and tight and exactly where I like them to be. Very nice and neat.
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Nice coiling uncle Rob.OK it was time to try build a dual coil again and give it another vape.
Coils ready (plus an extra if I cock it up)... Rayon standing by...
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Mmmmm a bit lower than I had hoped for but still withing the range I wanted to try.
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A side on view of the dual coils...
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Rayon installed let's give this a try... WOW the squonking is really hard and something must be blocking the hole?
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Epic Fail of note! Anyone see the problem? Yip this is the base that came with the Golden Cyclops and is of course a standard non bottom fed base! What a Goose!
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No problem let's just test the dual coils as a dripper... Whoa that's way too intense for me! Back to single coils above 1 Ohm for me!
But now I have Double Gold!
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We'll get you vaping dual coils one day.
I built a 0.4ohm dual for our mutual friend down here in slaapstad. I must say that cyclone - cyclops combo is really very good. One day when I'm big I might need to want to have one.
Thanks @Gazzacpt... maybe I'll try twisted wire again if I could only find the rest of whats left of the piece you gave me!
I'm alternating between the Cyclops and the Cyclones and they both give a different vape... I'm more inclined to do a straight lung hit on the Cyclops because it's not as intense as the Cyclone but I'm still tending to prefer the single coil on both... but one thing I have learned is that things do change and the continual striving for a better vape is the real journey so I will be playing a little more with coils in the future...
PS You need a Cyclops! It's the way forward for you I'm sure of it!
hmm I didn't do such a good job on making them look neat and tidy. I need new spectacles. Or one of those fancy pants magnifier lights. The xmas list grows
Is that ekowool or the fancy ceramic stuff @Andre ?Awesome. I have the same setup, different wicking material (0.55 ohms).
2mm ceramic.
Felt a bit sciency this morning and went and built a dual coil in my cyclops.
28g a1 kanthal twisted. First time I use this ready made twisted kanthal.(even my usual 6 wrap single coil comes out 0.1ohm lower with this kanthal, I'm guessing its because its not wrapped as tightly as when i twist is myeslf)
2mm ID
9 wraps
0.4ohm
heres what she reads
heres what she looks like all lit up
here i have her wicked. single piece of rayon running through both coils
here we have her saturated and firing like a monster
ok so this setup was a success but also a failure as its way too hot for my vamping style.
was worth the time and effort to build.
im recoiling and wicking a single 0.5ohm tho
28g a1 kanthal twisted. First time I use this ready made twisted kanthal.(even my usual 6 wrap single coil comes out 0.1ohm lower with this kanthal, I'm guessing its because its not wrapped as tightly as when i twist is myeslf)
2mm ID
9 wraps
0.4ohm
heres what she reads
heres what she looks like all lit up
here i have her wicked. single piece of rayon running through both coils
here we have her saturated and firing like a monster
ok so this setup was a success but also a failure as its way too hot for my vamping style.
was worth the time and effort to build.
im recoiling and wicking a single 0.5ohm tho
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Awsome work man and pics! What i can tell you is that i had the same problem as you had. Not on the odin
I have discovered true lung inhales and loving it! I haven't been the biggest fan of the Cyclops vs the Cyclone and feel the Cyclone has better flavour and it pretty much does in my opinion... there is no doubt the Cyclops is for the dual coilers and lung hitters...
But because my Gold Cyclops is so beautiful on top of my White SL I have persevered with it despite the drop in flavour (drop is maybe the wrong word and change in flavour is probably more accurate). I have had it on the single hole so it's pretty similar to the Cyclone tighter draw...
OK so the point of this whole story is when I go fishing it's hard to vape and fish at the same time so I tend to do a few big lung hits and then put the Reo down or in my pocket and continue fishing...It's impossible to do a really big lung inhale on the Cyclone with Menthol Ice because it's very likely that your head will explode... but doing it on the Cyclops is way easier... so for the last 24 hours I have been playing with lung inhales after my day on the water and really starting to enjoy it...
I was chatting to Hi Ho @Silver this morning and he asked whether I had the AFC setting on one of the slits but being a new convert I had it on the small hole and was letting air in through my mouth at the same time...so I changed the Cyclops to the single slit with my normal coil and have been vaping that ever since! Beautiful vape and huge clouds (well for me anyway)... so now I change between the Cyclone and Cyclops!
But because my Gold Cyclops is so beautiful on top of my White SL I have persevered with it despite the drop in flavour (drop is maybe the wrong word and change in flavour is probably more accurate). I have had it on the single hole so it's pretty similar to the Cyclone tighter draw...
OK so the point of this whole story is when I go fishing it's hard to vape and fish at the same time so I tend to do a few big lung hits and then put the Reo down or in my pocket and continue fishing...It's impossible to do a really big lung inhale on the Cyclone with Menthol Ice because it's very likely that your head will explode... but doing it on the Cyclops is way easier... so for the last 24 hours I have been playing with lung inhales after my day on the water and really starting to enjoy it...
I was chatting to Hi Ho @Silver this morning and he asked whether I had the AFC setting on one of the slits but being a new convert I had it on the small hole and was letting air in through my mouth at the same time...so I changed the Cyclops to the single slit with my normal coil and have been vaping that ever since! Beautiful vape and huge clouds (well for me anyway)... so now I change between the Cyclone and Cyclops!
great feedback. and those gold cyclops do look amazing.
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