Ceramic wick

[keeload]

Hi all
This is my first proper thread, so for give me if its already been mentioned before.

Just out of interest I was wondering if anyone has tried the ceramic wicks? I've seen them on you tube and they look pretty good, but just want to ask about it first before I waste more money on something that turn out to be crap lol
Cheers guys

[Super-Shiny]

Not myself but read this:

The Ceramic Wicks are very porous and deliver nearly same as SS-Mesh.

They break very fast so it's more for very experienced users.
The trick ist to make the coil tight under using heat (blowtorch).

A hole inside is not necessary, capillary action is given without, even it would make it more fragile.

The advantage is:
A very clear taste and no bad taste is it runs dry - you get a taste like hot stones smelling.
So not a hit in face like 510 or more bad with a 306 running dry.

One disadvantage is:
Not the first choice for flashmatics - throathit is not so explicit

Also the need a longer heating up:
1-2sec delay then they are running fine

[keeload]

Mar 24, 2013 8:54:57 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Not myself but read this:

The Ceramic Wicks are very porous and deliver nearly same as SS-Mesh.

They break very fast so it's more for very experienced users.
The trick ist to make the coil tight under using heat (blowtorch).

A hole inside is not necessary, capillary action is given without, even it would make it more fragile.

The advantage is:
A very clear taste and no bad taste is it runs dry - you get a taste like hot stones smelling.
So not a hit in face like 510 or more bad with a 306 running dry.

One disadvantage is:
Not the first choice for flashmatics - throathit is not so explicit

Also the need a longer heating up:
1-2sec delay then they are running fine

I've read some of that before which is what got me interested in them altho I'm still undecided lol. I've also heard that you get no shorts or hot spots with the coil, don't know how true that is tho. What's your view on them? Would you try it

[Super-Shiny]

I myself would not, well not until they are more used by the vaping community..don't like being the lab rat

But saying that i don't think i would never need them as i only really use Carto's and Evods.

[keeload]

Mar 24, 2013 9:07:51 GMT Super-Shiny said:

I myself would not, well not until they are more used by the vaping community..don't like being the lab rat

But saying that i don't think i would never need them as i only really use Carto's and Evods.

I normally only use carto's especially when I'm out but I've just starting using a genesis style when at home. Think quite a few in America they use the ceramic which is also really the only place you can get them

[robby]

Interesting, anyone know a source for these?

[Banky]

Mar 24, 2013 19:42:05 GMT robby said:

Interesting, anyone know a source for these?

I was looking at these on vaporwall forum some time ago but these are expensive
You get get them here robby, www.tankecigs.com $19.95 for 3 x 1/8" Ceramic wicks, don't know what the postage would be.

[keeload]

The only place of what I can see at the moment is
www.tankecigs.com/FC-2000-Porous-Ceramic-Wicks-p/cw18.htm
They're a bit pricey tho! S&S mods had them on their site for a quarter of the price but were out of stock. Just looked now and they've been removed. There was also one person on eBay selling them but haven't relisted them yet. By the looks of it they're quite had to get hold of.

[robby]

Mar 24, 2013 20:40:14 GMT keeload said:

The only place of what I can see at the moment is
www.tankecigs.com/FC-2000-Porous-Ceramic-Wicks-p/cw18.htm
They're a bit pricey tho! S&S mods had them on their site for a quarter of the price but were out of stock. Just looked now and they've been removed. There was also one person on eBay selling them but haven't relisted them yet. By the looks of it they're quite had to get hold of.

Thanks, I fancy a go at one, no chance of any shorts with that stuff


 not at that price though lol, I think someone is making a lot of money, a similar kind of thing on Alibaba is a tiny fraction of that price

[keeload]

Just looked in my eBay and they were for sale from tankcigs as well. $19.95 was £13.05 and shipping was $6.55. They were expensive but as long as you didn't break them these would last way longer then ss mesh, as you can boil these to completely clean them and also take a blow torch to them burn out any juice that was left behind after boiling them. There's videos on you tube about them, they look quite impressive to me just expensive tho

[keeload]

Mar 24, 2013 20:55:00 GMT robby said:

Mar 24, 2013 20:40:14 GMT keeload said:

The only place of what I can see at the moment is
www.tankecigs.com/FC-2000-Porous-Ceramic-Wicks-p/cw18.htm
They're a bit pricey tho! S&S mods had them on their site for a quarter of the price but were out of stock. Just looked now and they've been removed. There was also one person on eBay selling them but haven't relisted them yet. By the looks of it they're quite had to get hold of.

Thanks, I fancy a go at one, no chance of any shorts with that stuff

yeah that's what I understand too also they seem to think you don't get any hot spots but how true that is I don't know

[robby]

www.alibaba.com/product-gs/423476384/porous_mosquito_ceramic_wick.html

similar kind of stuff, about 2p each lol. Minumum order is a bit of a prob though, 10,000 lolol

[robby]

Mar 24, 2013 20:58:03 GMT keeload said:

Mar 24, 2013 20:55:00 GMT robby said:

Thanks, I fancy a go at one, no chance of any shorts with that stuff

yeah that's what I understand too also they seem to think you don't get any hot spots but how true that is I don't know

You shouldnt get any hotspots, no metal there as in SS wicks

[Karma]

Mar 24, 2013 21:01:02 GMT robby said:

www.alibaba.com/product-gs/423476384/porous_mosquito_ceramic_wick.html

similar kind of stuff, about 2p each lol. Minumum order is a bit of a prob though, 10,000 lolol

Is that the same kind of thing that you get in those air freshener diffuser things?   Could try recycling?  May taint your juice a bit though

[keeload]

I might contact them through eBay and see if they will relist them. Wish I brought them now! but wanted to find out what people thought of them first