Now I get it.

[buggritt]

Just received an M16 all brass clone mech from Fasttech - and I finally get the whole mechanical biz. It's simply brilliant.
I was dubious about the whole thing. Bottom firing just seemed wrong. Why bother with these if you can get vv devices and stick anything on them?
I was totally wrong. This tube is tiny compared to the vamo. It's actually hitting a bit too hard with a 1.8 ohm coil in with the juice I'm using. And it looks great.
I'm going to have to mess about a bit with different tanks for different juices due to the voltage this puts out, but it's going to be worth it. No spare batteries for a work day. Very little, if anything, to go wrong with it. Less than £9.
I have to thank the members here. I've read loads of posts re mechs and thought you were all crackers. Well, me too now.
I'm inordinately chuffed.

[enjay]

Nice one, personally love mechs and don't use anything else. If you're using higher ohm coils you should get decent battery life too with even the little 350's

[VapingBad]

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

[it0mm0]

great to see another joining the mech mod fold

now get a dripper, sub ohm and be truly happy

[JayJ]

Jun 3, 2014 18:08:38 GMT VapingBad said:

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

See I don't get that, everything has to be in idiots terms. The add another loop or two, ok thats more wire to go through so more resistant reading higher.

Use thinner kanthal, I thought that would be less resistant so lower ohm reading.

Please don't be technical.

[hijack]

Jun 3, 2014 18:08:38 GMT VapingBad said:

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

I am bit lost on this as well but for different reasons. Wouldn't increasing the resistance on fixed voltage produce less watts and therefore   less vapour?

[jaysey]

Jun 3, 2014 17:47:49 GMT buggritt said:

Just received an M16 all brass clone mech from Fasttech - and I finally get the whole mechanical biz. It's simply brilliant.
I was dubious about the whole thing. Bottom firing just seemed wrong. Why bother with these if you can get vv devices and stick anything on them?
I was totally wrong. This tube is tiny compared to the vamo. It's actually hitting a bit too hard with a 1.8 ohm coil in with the juice I'm using. And it looks great.
I'm going to have to mess about a bit with different tanks for different juices due to the voltage this puts out, but it's going to be worth it. No spare batteries for a work day. Very little, if anything, to go wrong with it. Less than £9.
I have to thank the members here. I've read loads of posts re mechs and thought you were all crackers. Well, me too now.
I'm inordinately chuffed.

Fab arnt they hardly touched my vtr or vamo since getting my nemesis and now my stingray ! Was nearly going to resign stingray to the depths of the cupboard as the clicky switch was driving me mental ! But a bit I of fine tuning to the milling with a file has sorting it right out ! So simplistic ,, nothing better than a fresh batteriy and a new 1.5 coil and they are bliss !! Just need to get organised and start recoiling ! That kayfun is still sitting in the cupboard unloved !

[geordie_vaper]

Jun 3, 2014 19:06:01 GMT hijack said:

Jun 3, 2014 18:08:38 GMT VapingBad said:

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

I am bit lost on this as well but for different reasons. Wouldn't increasing the resistance on fixed voltage produce less watts and therefore   less vapour?

would also produce less throat hit and i wouldnt of thought the vapour production would be that much diffrent

[jcol]

Jun 3, 2014 18:58:49 GMT JayJ said:

Jun 3, 2014 18:08:38 GMT VapingBad said:

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

  See I don't get that, everything has to be in idiots terms. The add another loop or two, ok thats more wire to go through so more resistant reading higher.

Use thinner kanthal, I thought that would be less resistant so lower ohm reading.

Please don't be technical.

JayJ Think of it like a water pipe, the thinner the pipe, the less room (resistence) there is for the water to flow.
A fatter pipe would let more water through faster.

Also @op, if its hitting hard now, dont forget to allow for batter drainage, a newly charged battery will be putting out 4.2v, after a few hours of vaping, it will be around 3.8ish and wont be as strong.
Dont let it go below 3.4v

[Greg]

Jun 3, 2014 18:58:49 GMT JayJ said:

Jun 3, 2014 18:08:38 GMT VapingBad said:

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

See I don't get that, everything has to be in idiots terms. The add another loop or two, ok thats more wire to go through so more resistant reading higher.

Use thinner kanthal, I thought that would be less resistant so lower ohm reading.

Please don't be technical.

No the thinner the wire the higher the resistance 

[VapingBad]

Jun 3, 2014 19:06:01 GMT hijack said:

Jun 3, 2014 18:08:38 GMT VapingBad said:

buggritt if it's hitting to hard @ 1.8 ? then try 2 - 2.5 ?, another loop or two of kanthal or slightly thinner kanthal. Glad you are enjoying it.

I am bit lost on this as well but for different reasons. Wouldn't increasing the resistance on fixed voltage produce less watts and therefore   less vapour?

Yes, the OP said it was hitting a bit too hard @ 1.8 ?.

Nice members answered the other question to my while I was having dinner, cheers guys.

[hijack]

Oh yes so he did. I misunderstood what you were suggesting

[buggritt]

I understand a fresh battery will give a different vape to one used for a day. And it's not that big a problem. I'm a bit dizzy at the mo as I can't put this thing down.
I'm fairly neat with my coils and won't be using different Kanthal. I bought yards of it from an ebayer who had clearly given up coiling. Another turn should do it.
Thanks all.

[Dan]

Jun 3, 2014 19:16:12 GMT jcol said:

Jun 3, 2014 18:58:49 GMT JayJ said:

  See I don't get that, everything has to be in idiots terms. The add another loop or two, ok thats more wire to go through so more resistant reading higher.

Use thinner kanthal, I thought that would be less resistant so lower ohm reading.

Please don't be technical.

JayJ Think of it like a water pipe, the thinner the pipe, the less room (resistence) there is for the water to flow.
A fatter pipe would let more water through faster.

Also @op, if its hitting hard now, dont forget to allow for batter drainage, a newly charged battery will be putting out 4.2v, after a few hours of vaping, it will be around 3.8ish and wont be as strong.
Dont let it go below 3.4v

Why can't the battery go below 3.4v?

[jcol]

Jun 4, 2014 11:55:32 GMT Dan said:

Jun 3, 2014 19:16:12 GMT jcol said:

JayJ Think of it like a water pipe, the thinner the pipe, the less room (resistence) there is for the water to flow.
A fatter pipe would let more water through faster.

Also @op, if its hitting hard now, dont forget to allow for batter drainage, a newly charged battery will be putting out 4.2v, after a few hours of vaping, it will be around 3.8ish and wont be as strong.
Dont let it go below 3.4v

Why can't the battery go below 3.4v?

It can severely limit the life of a battery.
And you can normally tell when it's low, as the vape is quite weak.
"However, particularly in the case of lithium ion batteries which are used in the vast majority of portable electronics today, a voltage cut-off below 3.2V can lead to chemical instability in the cell."