No...on normal 3mmID Ni80.

I prefer to use normal coils (no twisted/parallel/clapton/etc) to test atomizers for a simple reason: if an atty can give u very decent or great flavor on a normal coil, that means it's been designed well. The airflow's smoothness, chimney width/height etc all contribute to the flavor experience. Claptons and fancy coils will put out more flavor and a denser vape....and that may mask an atomizer's shortcomings.

oh.. never use nickel before.. sked to use one... maybe will try with ss coil..

Pardon the mess. Pic of my crown's rba. Single coil only. Before the iron taste problem hit me, I loved the Crown's OCC...a beautiful vape, and a tad frustrating because I could never build the RBA to be as good as the OCCs, not that the RBA was lacking...it gives very good flavor too, just not as good as the OCC.

The RBA is a simple but effective affair, with a clip-on barrel.

Nickel is Ni200. Ni80 is nichrome (which does contain some nickel).

Hi bro, I know that vape tech located in kepong selling serpent mini.

Lol I can relate.

Tried all sorts of stuff with the 'Cado (twisted khans, twisted SS, Clap SS)... ended up with normal single strand spaced 3mm dual 316l coils anyway. Better efficiency lol.

Thanks for the info-share on the Crown. Looks cramped. Maybe I'll just stick to a Serp then for my mini throwaround tank.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 4 2016, 12:45 PM

oh...sorry...
long time not using nichrome wire

You'll be a bit better off with the Serpent mini...it looks VERY nice on a Pico, like it belongs there. The Crown won't go onto the Pico because of the AFC knurling; it hits the battery cap...and slapping on a heat sink to raise the atty-to-mod height makes it top-heavy and ungainly, not to mention added unnecessary inefficiency.

No worries. I think it's fine to test using normal SS coils, if that's what u r comfortable with.

Actually planning to use it with either a Nugget or an Ember... or on the VTC if I feel like drippin' with the nanomods. But yeah, by size itself the Serp should fit any of those well.

For me the Pico already has a perma-partner: The 'Cado. At least until something better comes along ler.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 4 2016, 02:30 PM

The following may be helpful to vapers who taste iron when using kanthal/stainless steel coils.

Been cracking my head for some time as to why I get such a nauseatingly heavy iron taste till I cannot use any coil that has Fe content. The iron taste started with normal kanthal coils, then progressed to claptons wound using kanthal, and then to SS coils.

Normally I only use DIY juices, but today for experimental purposes I bought a bottle of godrottingly overpriced nicotine-free King Flav 70VG mango juice.

Built 2 attys with Kanthal 26 and 27 awg 3mmID, filled up with King Flav and went thru 5 half-tankfulls....no iron taste! Went thru another tankful on SS316l...still no iron taste. A clue, Sherlock! My DIY citrus extracts (lemon, orange, limau kapas, pomelo) may be too acidic. Add on 0.9 saline, a touch of malic acid (Sour) and a heated coil, and that may be a probable cause for iron leaching from the coils into the vapor and onto my tastebuds.

This begs the question as to why the SS which my attys are made from do not give off an iron taste as well when I use Ni80 coils and DIY citrus flavors. Probable reasons: the SS are of a different grade which may be more resistant to acidity, and the heat from the coils transmitted indirectly to SS surfaces is not high enough to cause/contribute to such a reaction.

Now I'm cracking my head on how to reduce the acidity of my citrus extracts while minimizing adverse effects on the flavor.

I could do 4mm 7 wraps SS 316L 26g spaced vertical on Uwell Crown RBA. Also done dual 4mm 6 wraps contact vertical on it too. Single spaced vertical flavor is lovely using TC. Dual is just power mode as it causes TC to jump out of it.

soo... hebat!!
i still cannot do more than 4 wrap 3mm on crown rba...if vertical "langsung tak jadi"

This post has been edited by aku_dia: Jul 4 2016, 06:31 PM

Here is the pic for dual vertical coil.

sorry for missing out the vm. was busy preparing with raya doing cakes and cookies. my baddd

btw just got my hands on serpent. ok ok tank for me.

If you're gonna get one, the Nugget's USD23.57 @ FT, after coupon code FREEDOM, but gotta wait for restocking.
https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/1002075...ah-vv-vw-tc-apv

Unfortunately I'm diggin' the copper one (which needs MAP and therefore exempt from FREEDOM). Now torn on staying with the copper or settling with the cheaper silver one. Heeeesh.

While u decide, Ima fogging up my house, pondering which mods to get (and whether they can be found locally for a lower price)

Already fogging my place with dual 4mm 5 wraps kanthal Alien on Tsunami 24 and quad 2.5mm 4 wraps kanthal Clapton TF-RTA. 100-120W!

I'll build 6 claptons on it one of these days...and fog up the neighborhood

I ordered TFV8. 200W?