Which wires/wicks?

[DrMark]

A bit of a parallel post re cotton or silica wicks - I notice on FT that they sell pre-wicked coils but there seem to be two different types:
Pre-made Wires and Wicks for Atomizer or
Pre-Coiled Welded Wires w/ Wicks - NR-R-NR

Con someone enlighten me to the differences/ pros and cons of these please.  NB this is my first baby step into using RBA's!!

Thanks folks

[Romney]

Hi DrMark,they will both work well.I use the Fasttech Pre Coiled NR-R-NR ones.The difference between the 2 you posted is the first one dosent have NR-R-NR legs.The second one does,NR-R-NR = Non Resistant-Resistant-Non Resistant legs.This means all the heat goes to the coil,and none to the legs.They are ideal for Tanks that have Ceramic cups or for rebuilding Evod,, Pro Tank Coils,etc...some Evod heads etc have rubber insulators and the Pre made Wires that are not NR-R-NR,the heat goes through the legs and you get a horrible burnt rubber taste.Its ok if they are Silicon Insulators though.Someone else might explain it better.Go for the NR-R-NR ones, ,I buy the 1.5ohm and 1.8 ohm NR-R-NR Pre made Coils all the time now,and get a great Vape with them.

[Greg]

You should also be aware both are made from Nichrome, ive always preferred Kanthal as Nichrome I felt had a strange taste.

[Perpetua]

There's also a difference in the Silica used on those two links DrMark . . . the first uses braided, very much like Ekowool in construction. The second is just a straightforward twisted silica.

For me, the braided gives a slightly better flavour - although I've got and use both types of ready wires quite happily.

Again they're reasonable enough to pick up a couple of packs of both to try out maybe, with the FASTTECH dissie code until this Sunday, that will give a nice 10% extra off.