How long does a coil wire last?

[doctorjellybean]

I do realize that it is probably the same as asking how long is a piece of string

Anyway, I received 2 of these today to keep me going until I receive these. So I'm trying to get a rough ballpark idea of how often they should be changed.

[blakey]

The coils will last months, the wick however will last 4 days to a couple of weeks depending on the juice

[phtumshk]

change them when the flavour has dropped significantly to your taste.
depending on juice and hard ware could be a couple of days to a week.

[Perpetua]

Custard/Dessert Flavours . . . 2 or 3 days for me, Fruity flavours about a week doctorjellybean.

You'll soon know when the taste goes off.

[autumntwist32]

I get between a week and a half and three weeks out of one of those doctorjellybean  I probably dry burn it once in that time though!

[archiecat]

I'm with Blakey,a coil will last for weeks, the cotton or whatever you choose to use as a wick may only last a tank, but the coil will last for yonks!

[chykensa]

To be frank and honest, as these aren't microcoils and are cheap to buy, I wouldn't try to rewick these, just bin them and pop in a new one! If they were microcoils, then yes, the coils will last weeks if not months.

[Perpetua]

Feb 26, 2015 21:05:22 GMT chykensa said:

To be frank and honest, as these aren't microcoils and are cheap to buy, I wouldn't try to rewick these, just bin them and pop in a new one!

S'wot I do . . . at 0.04p each from FT, it's not worth the faff of doing anything else.

[sonicflowjoe]

I wouldn't bin them without trying to dry burn them first... With them having silica wicks you can do this without removing them and they don't burn.

Also the liquid you vape will have a big bearing on how long the coil lasts before getting gunked up.

[Greg]

Feb 26, 2015 21:46:44 GMT Perpetua said:

Feb 26, 2015 21:05:22 GMT chykensa said:

To be frank and honest, as these aren't microcoils and are cheap to buy, I wouldn't try to rewick these, just bin them and pop in a new one!

S'wot I do . . . at 0.04p each from FT, it's not worth the faff of doing anything else.

How very rash miss scattercash 

[Perpetua]

Feb 26, 2015 21:49:51 GMT Greg said:

Feb 26, 2015 21:46:44 GMT Perpetua said:

S'wot I do . . . at 0.04p each from FT, it's not worth the faff of doing anything else.

How very rash miss scattercash 

True.


But I can't be doing with faffing . . . so splurging wins Greg.

[300]

No idea about the pre-mades but i reckon i've only re-coiled (microcoil) my work atty 4 times in nearly a year, treat it to a new wick every weekend & it's good to go again on Monday, perfect reliable faff-free vaping.

[b1mble]

Depends - dry burning coils at 100W gives them a life measured in milliseconds!

I only replace my coils when I have to.

I prefer to use heavy wire so the coils are robust enough to rewick as needed. I have coils that are a year old.

[jevans]

Feb 26, 2015 21:05:22 GMT chykensa said:

If they were microcoils, then yes, the coils will last weeks if not months.

Why should it make a difference whether the coil is loose or close wound?

Jim

[chykensa]

jevans - Jim, the loose-wound coils are usually made from very small diameter wire - .2 or even smaller. Microcoils tend to be made from more robust wire and can tolerate the dry burn and rewicking more easily as they are tougher.
Also, the silica wick used in 'normal' coils is not easy to remove without snagging the coils, making them unusable.
I use .32 or .35 for my microcoils, and these can last months - I have a Kayfun coiled with a .35 coil which was done in October, and it's still going strong, receiving a dry burn and new wick every week. It only has a fruit juice in it, so tends not to gunk up quickly, but the coil still glows rich orange when dry burned, and pumps out the vapour at a resistance of 1.3ohm at 13W on my MVP3!!