whats the difference with wicks

[Greg]

Jul 16, 2014 17:42:39 GMT @agenthoover said:

I think people are mad for using it tbh, i aint gonna get in to a war over it ....lol.. people will use what they want i guess, but check the videos in this thread ... allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/42482/coil-help?page=2 there is something about it that just does not hit home for me.... sowwweeeee

I think burning the dry cotton with a flame has little if any relevance to using CW as a wick. Use it dry and yes the fumes are bad, use it right and the issue doesn't arise.

each to there own though, now where's my cotton wool 

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Good luck

[Super-Shiny]

@agenthoover have you ever vaped a tiny loose strand of silica that has come away from the main wick? that can fall onto the coil and heat up and burn within a millisecond? trust me you don't want to vape that strand............

I myself cannot use silica for that reason as it causes breathing problems so cotton all the way for me.......but this is just me and my allergy

[ronaldo]

and then theres rayon food for thought there

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Like i said before shiny .. its up to the person, they will use what they want i guess, each to their own.

[chykensa]

CW all the way for me I must admit, although I used to use silica and Ekowool. The difference was so big, I have still got metres of the damned stuff filling up my vaping drawer!

[VapingBad]

I have only ever scorched cotton at worse, but even if you burnt it or Rayon I doubt its any worse than the paper tubes out tobacco came in. Don't vape silica as I don't like the flavour, but lots like it. I'm all for people having choices and trying to find the lowest risk wick & wire. The one I don't understand is some people like to trash organic cotton balls over non organic, people are just are just paying an extra 30 % (30 p a year ish) for reducing the v small risk of traces of the nasty pesticides.

It's whatever keeps you off the stinkies and they are all likely to be mucho safer than stinkies.

[flavourtank]

So whats different between sicilia, ekowool,rayon and cotton wool??? Is it just flavour??

[Greg]

Jul 16, 2014 18:38:04 GMT flavourtank said:

So whats different between sicilia, ekowool,rayon and cotton wool??? Is it just flavour??

What do you mean just flavour, flavour is everything 

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Jul 16, 2014 18:38:04 GMT flavourtank said:

So whats different between sicilia, ekowool,rayon and cotton wool??? Is it just flavour??

Ecowool is posh silica. Silica is resistant to burning, you can dry burn a coil with silica in place if you so wish.

Arguable the main attribute of a wick should be it's ability to wick, cotton wool and rayon both wick well. They are also inflammable, but as they transfer juice to the coil quickly this isn't a problem, (In a good build).

Another attribute if taste, the wick shouldn't add any flavour, to some silica and cotton do, and that is why rayon is 'flavour of the month' at the mo, many find it clean tasting and doesn't contribute any flavour to the vape

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Jul 16, 2014 18:38:04 GMT flavourtank said:

So whats different between sicilia, ekowool,rayon and cotton wool??? Is it just flavour??

Some people or should i say most people say one has better flavour over the other, i really cant tell that much difference tbh,.. Ekowool is a brand name, (Russian) the only difference i find between any of it is how its constructed, silica that ive had is twisted together like string, i used the braided which is ....ermmmmm ermmmm braided construction.....lol... strange thing tho, i have 2mm silica and 2mm braided ekowool and the ekowool is thicker in diameter and seems to be more absorbant and holds more juice, which is why i use it in my ebaron drippers.... i find it easier to handle too.... Btw, Ekowool is still Silica and i can only assume the Vendor sent me the wrong thickness because 2mm is 2mm in any language ... is it not ...lol

[willy9b]

No -one else use S/S mesh, then? ( > ducks & runs for cover< )

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Jul 16, 2014 19:14:32 GMT @agenthoover said:

Jul 16, 2014 18:38:04 GMT flavourtank said:

So whats different between sicilia, ekowool,rayon and cotton wool??? Is it just flavour??

Some people or should i say most people say one has better flavour over the other, i really cant tell that much difference tbh,.. Ekowool is a brand name, (Russian) the only difference i find between any of it is how its constructed, silica that ive had is twisted together like string, i used the braided which is ....ermmmmm ermmmm braided construction.....lol... strange thing tho, i have 2mm silica and 2mm braided ekowool and the ekowool is thicker in diameter and seems to be more absorbant and holds more juice, which is why i use it in my ebaron drippers.... i find it easier to handle too.... Btw, Ekowool is still Silica and i can only assume the Vendor sent me the wrong thickness because 2mm is 2mm in any language ... is it not ...lol

Ekowool is a braided hollow tube, it is sized by the internal diameter. He sent you the right size.

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Well the reason a wrote that is because i ordered some 2mm braided from Fasttech expecting it to be the same size as my Ekowool, strangely its the same size as my twisted silica... my confussion deepend......lol....

[fred]

Jul 16, 2014 19:27:22 GMT willy9b said:

No -one else use S/S mesh, then? ( > ducks & runs for cover< )

When I'm not using cotton, in my gennies.

I'd have thought mesh may have been a better choice for the OP?