Vivi nova disappointment

[promark]

May 26, 2013 19:18:37 GMT neptune said:

I have never owned a Vivi Nova, although I have thought about getting one. Someone said that it vaped too airily for their taste. I have a theory on airy vapes. All you need to dois restrict the air inlet. First locate the air inlet hole or holes. If you cant find it/ them, do the following. Take a good drag, and halfway through, change from sucking to blowing. Vapour will come out of the air hole. If there are two holes, cover one with your finger and try a drag. If this is better, cover the hole with a small sticker or a piece of sticky tape. If there is only one hole, try covering it with a sticker. Then make a tiny hole in the sticker with a needle. Gradually enlarge the whole until you get the desired result.

I have often thought that someone should make a device with a variable air inlet. A bit like the choke on a carburretor. It would have too uses, finding the ideal vapour air ratio, and also a means of cutting down by gradually increasing the air over a period to give less nicotine.

There are 2 air holes just above the 510 thread and have filled one with candle wax draw is a lot better but still not much flavour or vapour

giles, I may give the dual coil heads a go thanks for the link

Perpetua no don't have a plinth but think I may have cured that with a bit of wax, let's hope it does just need running in

thanks for all the input guys

[promark]

May 26, 2013 22:11:51 GMT giles said:

I think it is robby who builds dual coils for his novas using an ordinary (as opposed to dual coil) head. I think he has a thread on it somewhere. Otherwise, ask if the dual coil head fits the Stv. I did a thread on rewicking that - allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/22592/rewicking-vivi-nova-heater-photos

giles, good guide mate, a couple of questions couldn't quite understand where the 4 wires for the 2 coils end up do 2 go outside the rubber bung and the other 2 through the rubber bung to then get trapped by the pin

and you mention using a pin rather than a needle to form the coil, what do you mean by that

Cheers

[giles]

promark two of the wires do indeed go through the rubber bung to then get trapped by the pin. The way I do it, the other two don't go anywhere near the rubber bung - they go along the wick to the outside of the head, and get trapped when you put the top of the head back on. I just wind them round the outside of the head a bit, but you could cut them off where they come out of the head.

When you make a coil it is a good idea to lay the wick along something rigid - some of the videos suggest a straightened paperclip, some a needle - and wrap the coil around that as well as the wick. Have a look at for instance. You then pull out the needle (or whatever) before fitting the coil to the head, and the wick is bound by the coil, but not so tightly as to strangle it. Using a pin instead of a needle gives me a coil with a smaller diameter, so it fits more easily into the dual-coil head.

I can see my guide wasn't that clear about these things - I'll update it next time I rewick one.

[promark]

giles, ah i see now, will definitely try the dual coil head, don't think i will try putting 2 coils in the normal single coil head, but then again nothing ventured and all that

Regarding the forming I thought that is what you meant but wasn't sure, I use a straightened paper clip but something slimmer may well be better

I may well re coil it tomorrow with a single 3mm wick rather than the stock 4 spindly ones to see if any better

[promark]

Well I have now recoiled with 3mm silica 5 wraps of .20 came out at 2.1 ohms so much better now

Still going to try a dual coil head, or maybe even try 2 coils in the normal head

[promark]

May 27, 2013 10:41:13 GMT promark said:

Well I have now recoiled with 3mm silica 5 wraps of .20 came out at 2.1 ohms so much better now

Still going to try a dual coil head, or maybe even try 2 coils in the normal head

Having just bought some GVC and doing a direct comparison with an evod getting nowhere the same flavour with the vivi, is there anything I can do apart from trying a dual coil as mentioned above

Is it worth laying a length of wick over the top of the coil as I have seen mentioned in other threads some say it improves flavour some say different

[Perpetua]

You could try Promark, it won't do any harm to.

Although I find my Custard/Dessert flavours taste that bit better in an Evod than a Nova, possibly because one is a bottom coil and the other a top.

[promark]

Jun 2, 2013 12:53:41 GMT Perpetua said:

You could try Promark, it won't do any harm to.

Although I find my Custard/Dessert flavours taste that bit better in an Evod than a Nova, possibly because one is a bottom coil and the other a top.

Ye gonna give it a go just cleaning it out now syringed the juice into the evod so much better with one air holes blocked, might have to try blocking one of the vivi air holes too

Seems like the BCC seem to be better all round in my experience, might have to get a Protank

[Perpetua]

If you find the Nova and Evod airy, then you'll find the Protank probably more so without some modification Promark.

I prefer airy so they've all been good for me.

[promark]

Thanks for the info Perpetua, ye the evod is way too airy with all 3 holes seems about right for me with one plugged, and if the protank is even airyer (if that word exists) probably not for me

Even the ce5's I have seem to perform better than the vivi nova, anyone wanna buy it?

[Super-Shiny]

promark you can block the holes on the Protank to make it less airy.

[djs]

Jun 2, 2013 13:44:41 GMT promark said:

Thanks for the info Perpetua, ye the evod is way too airy with all 3 holes seems about right for me with one plugged, and if the protank is even airyer (if that word exists) probably not for me

DEFINITELY not for you. It'll drive you insane.

I'm going back to Novas, but not the big one. Is yours the full-sized one? I gave mine away at a Vape meet.

[promark]

Jun 2, 2013 14:42:30 GMT djs said:

Jun 2, 2013 13:44:41 GMT promark said:

Thanks for the info Perpetua, ye the evod is way too airy with all 3 holes seems about right for me with one plugged, and if the protank is even airyer (if that word exists) probably not for me

DEFINITELY not for you. It'll drive you insane.

I'm going back to Novas, but not the big one. Is yours the full-sized one? I gave mine away at a Vape meet.

Ye is is the big one, I have a mini too still in the box unused if it's anything like big bro it will stay there, I may just sell them both

Super-Shiny Ye I think I will get one to try nothing ventured and all that

[promark]

Anyone know of any good deals on Protanks at the moment?

 thinking about it I will put an ad in the classiies save a bit of cash

[Super-Shiny]

Jun 2, 2013 16:00:47 GMT promark said:

Anyone know of any good deals on Protanks at the moment?

 thinking about it I will put an ad in the classiies save a bit of cash

Here: eciglondon.com/product/protank%20leather

Discount code: 1steciglondon

Or here: www.vaperus.ie/kanger/236-kanger-protank.html