Vamo V5 with the IGO W

[kalbo]

So, because I'm a vamo user with a risistance limit of 1.3ohms, I've always given RDA's a bit of a wide birth, thinking they were exclusively the realm of sub ohms mod users. How wrong I was. 
On the sound advice from a few AAE-C members I got myself an IGO W dripper. I must admit, I didn't hold out much hope of it working too well, but at £12 I was willing to give it a shot. It would always come in handy when my King clone mod finally arives from China.

The Build-
All the builds for this device seemed to be by modders using like 0.30 kanthal and ending up with a resistance around 0.5ohms, my vamo wouldn't even fire at that so here's what I did.
using 0.20 kanthal, I made 2 micro coils using 10 wraps round a 1.1mm hypodermic needle. Rather than wicking through the coils, I first fired the vamo then tightened the coils up. A quick check and it comes in at spot on 1.3ohms, more by luck than judgement, but anyway it was looking good.
To wick it, I laid a tiny piece of cotton wool on the bed, directly underneath both of the coils then added a few drops of juice just to help moulding and tucking it right underneath both coils.
So with the cotton in position, it looked good to go. By this point I'm still quite skeptical, but keen to give It a vape. I replaced the cover, carefully lining up the air holes with the 2 coils. It also worth pointing out, that when the IGO W was delivered this morning, the air holes were simply way too small. I instantly drilled them both out to 1.6mm which seemed about right for me.
I'm a bit short on drip tips, so I stuck the one from my Kanger aerotank in cranked it up to 12 watts and let it rip with my rhubarb and custard liquid.
The flavour is amazing, and for a vamo the vape is plentiful. For a 1st build on a dripper, I'm well happy! Thanks for the heads up to the members who gave me the heads up on this one, much appreciated.

[Steve (VapeStorm)]

Great post kalbo, will come in very useful when I get mine

[erik514]

If you roll up the cotton and put it through the coils it should be even better. More juice will g to your coils, more hot coil surface making more vapour. Glad you are enjoying it. Vape on

[kalbo]

Feb 12, 2014 0:02:07 GMT erik514 said:

If you roll up the cotton and put it through the coils it should be even better. More juice will g to your coils, more hot coil surface making more vapour. Glad you are enjoying it. Vape on

Yeah I will try different builds, but as a first set up it's not half bad at all :-)

[boyofford]

Seen a pic of a setup with wool covering outside of coil with just ends showing.... seemed to work too, vape coming out of ends instead,
So many possibilitys with these things lol.

[boyofford]

And your right, got a rda on my mvp, coiled at 1.6ohms single coil.
Its not as powerful as has been setup on dual coil, sub ohm on my mech mod but still a whole lot more vape than clearos etc.

[kalbo]

Feb 12, 2014 0:25:15 GMT boyofford said:

Seen a pic of a setup with wool covering outside of coil with just ends showing.... seemed to work too, vape coming out of ends instead,
So many possibilitys with these things lol.

Yeah nano dragon coil, it looks a beast doesn't it? I'm gonna give that a try when my mod arrives:-) some of the coils being built for sub ohm vaping really are works of art and the vape production looks tremendous.

[boyofford]

Feb 12, 2014 1:19:08 GMT kalbo said:

Feb 12, 2014 0:25:15 GMT boyofford said:

Seen a pic of a setup with wool covering outside of coil with just ends showing.... seemed to work too, vape coming out of ends instead,
So many possibilitys with these things lol.

Yeah nano dragon coil, it looks a beast doesn't it? I'm gonna give that a try when my mod arrives:-) some of the coils being built for sub ohm vaping really are works of art and the vape production looks tremendous.

Yeah thats it, glad you knew name as I would of never found pics again lol.
Have you seen the 'show me your coils' thread on ukvapers? I wouldn't be able to make some of that stuff in a million years of trying lol.

[kalbo]

Feb 12, 2014 1:35:57 GMT boyofford said:

Feb 12, 2014 1:19:08 GMT kalbo said:

Yeah nano dragon coil, it looks a beast doesn't it? I'm gonna give that a try when my mod arrives:-) some of the coils being built for sub ohm vaping really are works of art and the vape production looks tremendous.

Yeah thats it, glad you knew name as I would of never found pics again lol.
Have you seen the 'show me your coils' thread on ukvapers? I wouldn't be able to make some of that stuff in a million years of trying lol.

Here ya go, I love this guy. Check him out he does some unreal builds. He's hilarious too.

[boyofford]

Put some pics up if you give it a go bud... might have a go in trident.

His eyes enough make me laff!

[boyofford]

Tried to do a kinda vertical nano dragon in origen.... Fail lol, too fiddly to get in right place lol.

Then tried in trident with 0.2... Need to get bigger tweezers.. couldn't squeeze the dam thing, was trying to make dual coil.

Third attempt used 0.32, got frustrated by naff screws and just made the one coil at 1.7 ohms. And wrapped/covered with cotton.
It vapes on MVP at 11watts ok, not a cloud merchant though, and not as good as ribbon wire coil I made before. Think I need to go back to thinner wire and try again.

[erik514]

Drilled out the air holes on mine today after watching your video and have created a cloud monster. Dual coiled to 0.8 and tried it. It's insane. Mad. Awesome haha.
Off to try a nano dragon now but at higher ohms.

[kalbo]

Feb 13, 2014 18:25:19 GMT erik514 said:

Drilled out the air holes on mine today after watching your video and have created a cloud monster. Dual coiled to 0.8 and tried it. It's insane. Mad. Awesome haha.
Off to try a nano dragon now but at higher ohms.

Yeah it makes a massive difference drilling the air holes doesn't it? Way too tight a draw when supplied. Glad your getting some big vape from it :-)

[erik514]

I didn't mind the tight draw but it's definitely improved with bigger holes. Just managed my first build as per instructions by rip tripper - nano dragon coil. A bit of a fiddle but works awesome. Currently sitting on a vamo at 13 watts using colonel custard. 2.4 ohm build, stunning amount of flavour and more vapour than any sane person could hope for

[kalbo]

Feb 13, 2014 19:50:00 GMT erik514 said:

I didn't mind the tight draw but it's definitely improved with bigger holes. Just managed my first build as per instructions by rip tripper - nano dragon coil. A bit of a fiddle but works awesome. Currently sitting on a vamo at 13 watts using colonel custard. 2.4 ohm build, stunning amount of flavour and more vapour than any sane person could hope for

What gauge wire did you use erik514
I'm gonna try it with 28 gauge on the trident.