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Post by giles on Mar 20, 2014 10:27:08 GMT
I think my ordinary coils with silica lasted about a week, but I have a friend who washes them every night and I think hers last about 6 months. It wasn't the coil that died on me, it was the wick, and the way I did them I could't change the wick without destroying the coil. My cotton wool wicks last probably about 4 or 5 days, and the coils I put them in maybe 5 or 6 weeks. I also do a mesh with a little cotton wool around it on an aga-t, but that doesn't seem to last as long, I don't know why. I think life depends on how often you wash it, the juice, and especially on how often you burn it by mistake. I don't think microcoils last longer, but I pretty much went from silica in an ordinary coil to cotton wool in a microcoil, so I'm not sure. I have occasionally put cotton wool in a shop-bought ordinary coil if I was feeling lazy and the silica came out easily, but it isn't as good. I have yet to do a dual microcoil in the evod 2. I like the standard coil+wick that comes with them well enough to keep washing them rather than doing a new cotton wool + microcoil (and I suspect that the dual coil will be a bit of a PITA to do - it certainly was on my Novas), so I'll see how long they last. |
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Post by giles on Mar 19, 2014 23:13:31 GMT
Thanks gregb, only thing is I am reading that they don't last add long as silica we shall see lol The wick doesn't, but the coil lasts longer - it is easy to pull out the old wick, rinse & dry burn, and insert more cotton wool. |
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Post by giles on Mar 19, 2014 20:55:45 GMT
It probably isn't this, but just to check - with protanks & evods on a twist it's very easy to put your finger over an airhole. And then you are sucking harder to try & get a decent draw and pulling up juice..
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Post by giles on Mar 19, 2014 1:42:43 GMT
I've never seen the attraction of the itase vv vw v3 myself. Square cross-section? 800mah? Max 11 watts?
I'd go for a vamo v5 or an SVD.
You may find a slghtly lower nic content works for you with the dual coil head, but 24 down to 12 is a big change.
I like a cherry bakewell, which I only use in glass tanks.
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Post by giles on Mar 19, 2014 1:30:05 GMT
There were 8 in mine - a Samsung I think it was - LGR18650OU, which I believe are 1350 mah. Still seem to have most of that left after about 6 years in the laptop, maybe because it wasn't used much.
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Post by giles on Mar 19, 2014 1:19:28 GMT
I doubt if the leaking has anything to do with the battery. Bad protank 3? What happens when you put the coils back in the evod 2?
If the twist works on an evod 2 it should work on anything else with the same head. The battery might not last long between charges, but that's another story.
Are your coils getting gunked up? That would explain the rise in ohms and getting a burnt taste.
btw, I also use evod 2s at 3.3v, on my spinners, and I'm still on the heads they came with. Works great. But I use mostly PG-heavy juices and I make sure it is all nice & clean. If you are drawing hard on VG-heavy juices you may not be getting enough juice to the coil - particularly if the wick is gunked up.
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Post by giles on Mar 15, 2014 1:59:30 GMT
Batteries hardly ever explode, but when they do its when they are charging (or someone has done something stupid) So you shouldn't leave them charging & go out or to sleep unless they are in a charger bag or a large saucepan or something else to stop your house burning down if the battery does explode.
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Post by giles on Mar 15, 2014 1:54:10 GMT
I think the iclear vape is pretty good at 2 ohms, so I'd start with 2 rather than 1.5. 1.5 will be more expensive - use up more juice, use up your battery faster - and also more likely to give you a burnt taste if you draw too long and hard. So if the vape at 2 is good enough for you, you can stick with it. If not, then try a 1.5. If you start with a 1.5 you won't know if you are wasting money.
I don't know why Innokin think that 2.0 is only for vv. Maybe they use weak juices. There are lots of happy vapers using more than 2 ohms on egos on worse devices than the iclear.
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Post by giles on Mar 13, 2014 20:55:22 GMT
Cotton can be a funny one, in my new kayfunny thing it's just awful but in my genny it's superb lol, tried it a number of times in the kayfunny but nope, horrible. Silica wick in the kayfunny is superb but in the genny without cotton on the end it's horrible. Weird. I think cotton is way better in my kayfun clone. sometimes I manage to stuff it in so that the juice channels get blocked, but that doesn't happen if I am careful. |
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Post by giles on Mar 13, 2014 20:51:18 GMT
The protanks are lovely unless you drop them, when they shatter. But as a beginners kit the main thing wrong with it is that it has only one battery. You can buy spare batteries, or of course you could buy two kits. |
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Post by giles on Mar 13, 2014 20:45:20 GMT
As long as nobody is going to come along and drink it, yes. Will probably last even longer in the freezer.
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Post by giles on Mar 13, 2014 20:41:31 GMT
I think, unless you need the colour, get another laser. Cheaper per page, and if you don't print much then the inkjets keep drying up.
I have both (it isn't the printers that cost the money, its the toner/inkjets) and the inkjet is usually not working except as a scanner.
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Post by giles on Mar 13, 2014 7:53:16 GMT
My kayfun clone had never leaked, although I'm not at all careful about keeping it upright. So when I read that I tried leaving it on its side on a tissue for a couple of hours, and yes, it does leak, but it is very slow - maybe 1 drop in 2 hours left horizontal. I guess the rate of leak might vary with what you use for wick and how it is packed, but if you are moderately careful I wouldn't think it would be a problem. |
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Post by giles on Mar 13, 2014 7:42:03 GMT
Just a note to say that I just got the EVOD 2 BDC, which you might like to consider if you are not tied to glass (or like me, are afraid of breaking it when out and about). It has the same top end as a mini protank with removable tip, plus evod tank, and the dual-coil version of the Kanger protank/evod head. I like my protank V1, but the vape with the evod 2 is much better.
To give you an idea - I use a lower strength juice at home with my kayfun than I do out & about with my mini protanks and old evods, because the kayfun vape is so much stronger. I'll now use the lower strength out & about as well in the evod 2.
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