Different types of wick? Ekowool Silica?

[Adam78]

Well I just recieved my wick and wire to re-build my kanger T3 & eVod

The wire (Kanthal A1 0.20mm) seems fine, got it from Alba-Vapours.

The wick, I got from Xandrey on UKV..please bear in mind that this is the first time I've bought silica wick so I'm not sure if this is normal & everyone in Xandrey's thread seems very happy with the wick.

It came in a little plastic baggy, a few small parts of the wick along it's 5m length are quite frayed and tatty looking and on closer inspection the entire inside surface of the baggy is coated in zillions of tiny fibres.

When I rub the end of the wick with my thumbnail it breaks up into lots of little clumps of fibres. Im not going to lie, I'm a little concerned about it. I don't want to post my negative thoughts on his forum thread as this is all probably fine and normal.

Anyway..I've been doing a bit of research into different wick options and found a thread with these pictures:



my wick is just like the stuff at the bottom of the above photo (after scratching the end a bit). The wick on the left is apparently called an "Ekowool silica cord" and doesn't release all those tiny fibres



any thoughts?..and has anyone tried the Ekowool cord or know where to buy it?

[eyebrook]

Here you go www.lokschuppen54.de/index.php?cat=c148_Ekowool-Silica-Ekowoll-Silika-Silica-Silikat-Silicat-Silikatschnur.html

[Roger]

It comes from Russia. C9V are planning on stocking it, but Lisa is ill. They are hoping to re-open tomorrow I think. The link above is good though. It seems quite a few German vapers use it.

[Roger]

This was posted on C9 forum on the 25th

OK Ekowool is on the way, gonna be a few weeks, but it is coming folks. 5 meter lengths in both 2mm and 3mm sizes.

[dave]

The Ekowool is very good wick, you can get it here:

www.ecigwizard.com/accessories/other-acc/silica-wick-1mm-1-5mm-2mm.html

Not sure how well it would go in a Kanger or an Evod as it is flat rather than rounded - the 1mm for instance is actually about 2mm wide. You might be better off with a standard 2mm silica wick. I've not tried Zandrey's but loads of vendors do it. I've had some from here, for instance, that was good:

www.cig-eliquid.co.uk/fiberglass_Silica_wick_2mm-15mm-1mm/p649230_2911788.aspx

[Deleted]

I bought some 3mm silica wick from Terry on UKV, it's cheap and very good stuff.

[Adam78]

cheers all I think I'm just a bit overley health conscious at the moment, I've re-wicked my eVod now with the wick I got from Xandrey and it turned out great... I think now that the wick is soaked in liquid, those fibers aren't going anywhere.

I've ordered a metre of 2mm Ekowool from ecigwizard just out of curiosity and will order a couple of metres from Terry.

Thanks again, really appreciate it.

[Deleted]

Feb 28, 2013 1:42:18 GMT Adam78 said:

cheers all I think I'm just a bit overley health conscious at the moment, I've re-wicked my eVod now with the wick I got from Xandrey and it turned out great... I think now that the wick is soaked in liquid, those fibers aren't going anywhere.

I've ordered a metre of 2mm Ekowool from ecigwizard just out of curiosity and will order a couple of metres from Terry.

Thanks again, really appreciate it.

I just went to get some 2mm Ekowool from ecigwizard but I'm not paying £1.99 postage when it'll only cost them 60p or 90p at worse!

[Deleted]

so is Ekowool made of silica or something else ? I'm using it as well but confess to being a bit ignorant on this

[Deleted]

Feb 28, 2013 11:37:42 GMT @ashmal said:

so is Ekowool made of silica or something else ? I'm using it as well but confess to being a bit ignorant on this

It's made from silica.

[Deleted]

so is there anything special about it or is it just a different name ?

[Roger]

Have a read of this LINKY on their website.

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

I am using it in my rebuildables and find it lasts longer.

[Toondog]

And my ten metres of ordinary silica wick arrived ten minutes ago! Always something to buy!
Chris.

[Adam78]

Feb 28, 2013 10:24:21 GMT @simate said:

I just went to get some 2mm Ekowool from ecigwizard but I'm not paying £1.99 postage when it'll only cost them 60p or 90p at worse!

I signed up for an account first and it said I had been given 100 "wiz" points so I put that toward my order and it brought the postage down to about 70p, but If I buy more I'll get it from Cloud9.

The other day I had to pay Alba-Vapours almost £4 postage for a little spool of kanthal! I'm guessing alot of these places have had people pulling a fast one & saying their orders didn't arrive so now they only do tracked/signed for shipping...but even so, alba's postage was a rip off