Penelope owners - how often do you re-wick?

[OneDay]

Just wondering what the typical practice is. I'm tending to make new wicks & coils every 2 weeks

[Ellen]

About every 10 days, I'm sure the coil would still be good past this point, I think I had one for 2 weeks once, but I usually want a new flavour in after about 10 days so I make a new coil

[Skwoddy]

Im quite sad in that I have reminders set on my phone set to fortnightly intervals, sad but at least I recognise my forgetfulness.. sorry who are you again?

[bennyboy]

I just dismantle it and clean the wire, cut a new bit of wick and use the same wire. Depending on the juice I'm vaping, do this once a week or possibly twice. No point making a new coil when the other one just needs a clean.

[johnboy]

Good Thinking that Benny #icon_cheers#

[bennyboy]

When I get a good resistance on a coil, I get used to it and like to keep it that way. I don't like the way a new coil takes around a day to settle in.....I mess with the voltage too much and get annoyed that the juice doesn't taste the same. It's been working well for me. Haven't made a new coil for one of the penelopes for around 6 weeks. Another thing I've found is those ready wires are a little low for me. One of them was 1.5ohms.....even on the lowest setting on my twist is seemed to be over doing the juice.

[blakey]

Tip, remove the wick and coil from the penelope and rinse it under a hot tap as one piece- then, put it all to flame, either a cigarette lighter of over a gas stove and torch it till the wick turns back to white, this will also clean the coil. put it back in penelope and re-connect it. Good as new

[Perpetua]

I'm a lazy, sloppy mare . . . so when it goes pop Oneday.

[OneDay]

Does that has to be one of those lighters that burns with a blue flame Blakey, rather than a standard yellow flame type?

[OneDay]

Oct 16, 2012 14:16:48 GMT Perpetua said:

I'm a lazy, sloppy mare . . . so when it goes pop Oneday.

Yeh well at 12.5 mls per day I guess you just don't have the time for faffing about changing wicks and coils

[blakey]

Oct 16, 2012 14:17:17 GMT OneDay said:

Does that has to be one of those lighters that burns with a blue flame Blakey, rather than a standard yellow flame type?

I've done it with both types, it's quicker with the blue flame but perfectly do-able with the yellow.
I only do this if I'm out and a wick decides to gunk up and produce some dodgy flavours, any other time I must admit I just re-wick as I never really suffer too much of the new coil syndrome

[Perpetua]

Oct 16, 2012 14:18:30 GMT OneDay said:

Oct 16, 2012 14:16:48 GMT Perpetua said:

I'm a lazy, sloppy mare . . . so when it goes pop Oneday.

Yeh well at 12.5 mls per day I guess you just don't have the time for faffing about changing wicks and coils

And, there's the shopping time to consider, don't forget that Oneday.

[Globalbloke (Tim)]

Every week - I like re-wicking

[esmecullen]

usually every 2 - 3 weeks any longer it just doesn't give off the same intensity of flavour or vapour ................... when I want to change flavours in between I usually just rinse, dry burn and re-fill

[DiscoDes]

I rewicked/coiled mine last night, but still not happy with the results. The last coil went open circuit on me just before I went on holiday (26/9) and I left Penelope in a drawer until last night. I'm using it right now and it's still not perfect but not too bad.