So I am just starting to play with building my own, and there's some odd sort of addiction to playing around with builds, trying out different ones, comparing how the perform. I guess it's similar to the gents that get into that same mindset about honing straights. lol Anyone else out there addicted to building their setups?
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I wouldn't go as far as saying addicted but I do love to tinker and see no reason to have "the guy at the vape shop" do something for me that I am more than capable of doing myself. I don't change up my builds that much though as I know what I like and exactly how to build them.
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I may settle into a specific build once I learn more about what I like in a build. Right now I just see different ones posted in various places and want to try them all out. lol
I only do my own builds. Have been for the last 2 1/2 years. I do all my builds the same way now. 2.1mm, 9 wraps 26 Kanthal for .45 - 5 ohms. This seems to give me the best flavor and vapor.
I pull the cotton out of my coils weekly, and clean the coils with a small brush and hot water. Of course, this is after frying anything on the coils. Except for my Gennies. I still use silica in them. Silica lasts a week in my gennies, whereas I was only getting 3 days out of my cotton.
I have never bought a sub-ohm tank with pre-made coils. Maybe it is just the cheap sucker in me. Why would I want to pay 4-5 dollars for a coil, when it costs my 7 cents to change out cotton or $15 cents to change out coil and cotton.
I just picked up a UD Goblin Mini. Liked it so much, I bought 2 more. They may replace some of my gennys or modified Orchids, depending upon how the juice tastes, in the Goblin vs the others. The taste is all that matters.
Greg W.
I pull the cotton out of my coils weekly, and clean the coils with a small brush and hot water. Of course, this is after frying anything on the coils. Except for my Gennies. I still use silica in them. Silica lasts a week in my gennies, whereas I was only getting 3 days out of my cotton.
I have never bought a sub-ohm tank with pre-made coils. Maybe it is just the cheap sucker in me. Why would I want to pay 4-5 dollars for a coil, when it costs my 7 cents to change out cotton or $15 cents to change out coil and cotton.
I just picked up a UD Goblin Mini. Liked it so much, I bought 2 more. They may replace some of my gennys or modified Orchids, depending upon how the juice tastes, in the Goblin vs the others. The taste is all that matters.
Greg W.
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Been dripping for 6months now so I only build when necessary. Although when I do build, I play around a bit to find a vape I like. Always changes depending on the RDA I am using
The drippers are pretty handy for ocd messing around with wicking & coils. Getting the hang of coiling and wicking with tanks has led to some painful decisions, do I keep on vaping the slightly burnt wick and crappy coil or do I sacrifice a few mils of juice......
I've had fun experimenting with some of the creative builds. A fused Clapton is about as advanced as I get though.
For the most part, I find myself going back to my standard build. Six to seven wraps of 24 gauge around a 3mm screwdriver, dual coils, usually coming in at about 0.2 to 0.3 ohms. It works well for me.
If I'm offered a free exotic build at a vape shop, I'll usually accept and enjoy it. I can't guarantee I'll rebuild it the same way though. It depends on how much time I have.
For the most part, I find myself going back to my standard build. Six to seven wraps of 24 gauge around a 3mm screwdriver, dual coils, usually coming in at about 0.2 to 0.3 ohms. It works well for me.
If I'm offered a free exotic build at a vape shop, I'll usually accept and enjoy it. I can't guarantee I'll rebuild it the same way though. It depends on how much time I have.
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So currently on the Derringer I have a single coil, 6 winds, comes out to about 1.2 ohms. The coil is 2 pieces of 30 gauge wire wound together then coiled around a 5/32 drill bit. Seems to vape good for my purposes.
