QUOTE(Lonestrider @ Jul 5 2017, 12:53 AM)
I ordered a set of 4 VTC6s from GB but got 3 VTC5 and 1 VTC4.
Anyone has had experience with these kind of issues on GB?
What can I expect from them?
Take pics of what you have recieved and contact GB support with the proof. I haven't been screwed by them yet so I can't offer any insight unfortunately, but mistakes happen and let's hope they will try to make things right. Hopefully.
If things go right, they should ask you to ship the batts back to them (possibly paid by yourself) and they will ship the correct items to you once they have recieved the batts, possibly refunding the return cost by way of credits (possibly).
That is, if things go right.
That said, if GB support fails to make things go right, your recourse will be one of two things:
1) PayPal claim (collect the evidence NOW - the emailed order slip, recieved shipment slip, the actual items - and contact PayPal)
2) CC chargeback (if paid by card direct and IF local banks even do chargeback - which I'm not sure)
Good luck.
QUOTE(kunawisokaguro @ Jul 4 2017, 11:35 PM)
first, SS wire doesnt last long compared with kanthal. recoiling needed more frequent. please do not overheat the SS when dry fire the first time or the composite inside the SS wire will turn bad before you wick it as SS has less durability & lower resistance on max heat up.*simply skip dry fire & wick up then vape on. its better this way unless your coil is dirty then pulse it lightly few times till it turns golden. that should kill any germ or residue on coil
anything above 28g is springy. so choose wisely mate
Sorry but - at least in TC use - I have to say that I do not concur with this statement, at least not that SS lasts "shorter" than khantal. I've been using SS for about 2 years exclusively (in TC) and this has not been my experience. All my SS coils has lasted FAR longer than any of my khantal coils in my experience.
And that in part had to do with me dry burning my SS coils. Which has never really impacted my coils much (in terms of flavour, resistance or evenness in firing) UNLESS its been done wayyyyy too much. Of course, by
dry burning here I mean
heating the coils to red or at most bright orange in power mode (30-40w usually) before dunking the whole thing in water. Even bright orange is FAR under the temperatures where SS "unrevels" and releases hexavalent chromium (welding temps by spec, pure white by colour).
Yes, there's an actual colour chart to SS glow temps. It's used mostly for welding though but it exists.
And yeah, dry burning my coils (in the specified way above) do make them last. The longest I've been on one set of coils is a few months, at least (before they start to not burn evenly or starts behaving weird resistance-wide or you know, goes putus). Of course lah I rewick as usual throughout.
Why, it has been speculated that dry burning SS actually creates an oxide layer on the surface of the coil that actually helps stabilise the resistance of an SS coil (especially contact coils). TBH though, this is out of the minds at ECR and ECF so it might be bogus too.
HOWEVER, my experiences (and research) is SPECIFIC to TC use of SS316L, and even then SPECIFICALLY with spaced, single strand coils. I have not used SS in power mode to vape in an extended amount of time so I cannot comment to its characteristics when not used for TC. Nor can I comment on more complex SS coil builds as the current single clap on my O-Atty is a khantal clap.
Also, yes SS316L gunks worse (faster) than khantal. That much is true. Why I have no idea lol, but it's probably that oxide layer catching gunk. Furthermore, I HAVE read that while Ti has its own demons (TiO is almost as bad as hexavalent chromium), BUT supposedly when used right it IS supposedly safer (and more consistent) then SS due to its much more reasonable TCR.
So yeah. YMMV though, as usual.
This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 5 2017, 05:27 PM