But, as I've found, unless you have a compelling reason for needing to use an RDA instead of some kind of tank atomizer, you might be better served not even to try out an RDA.
Compelling reason she says, huh? That seems to make sense. I would not want to go wasting $5 - $50 for each RDA and get around ten or so for no valid reason. No need to throw money around aimlessly.
So, OP what would you consider some compelling reasons to use an RDA over a tank? Please do know, your answer/s are not judged, there is no grand correct or erroneous
way of vaping. It is kind of like Taoism meets Buddhism and gets mixed with some guy named Joshu who says Mu a lot, which is a Zen word meaning roughly "the question is irrelevant as any or no answer suffices".
But now, I can't really use a tank, because I'm too spoiled by the extreme flavor I get from my Achilles RDA.
Could it be you enjoy a much better,
for you, overall vaping experience using an RDA? If so could that be your
compelling reason to use an RDA over a tank?
The original topic, about the coil(s) "settling in," is a good place to start -- it's not a great idea to be constantly changing the coil(s), just because of that breaking-in/settling-in factor -- it can sometimes take a while for a new coil+wick to start being really great; if you vape it for half a day and it's still underwhelming, then maybe something should be changed... but you do kinda have to be patient, give it time to really settle-in.
I have also found that wick
settling in a way can be affected & effected by the vector of e-juice steeping. Today, I was pleasantly surprised by a juice that has been steeping for a few weeks. I rarely taste rayon from my wick/s. For my use of it, rayon remains tasteless, instead soaking up e-juice flavor, yes even the no flavor juice has a natural mild sweetness if it has a majority of VG in it. So, the e-juice can be an aspect of getting settled.
Airflow can be another portion, coil inner diameter, ohms or (R) [R for Resistance, as that is what ohms are to the (I) current], clean or dirty coils, humidity, barometric pressure all can be part of the wick settling. Yes, it kind of is a science, possibly an art. But, ... try to not stress over it too much. The main point of it centers on "does this work and suit me?" If so, you're good to go as long as vape with a little courtesy, common sense, responsibility.
I've attempted to use rayon a few times since then, but everytime, even when I don't get a dry hit, the taste of the rayon just brings it all back, that horrendous taste in my mouth and nose that I damn near couldn't get rid of... so I've left rayon completely alone since them.
Keep the rayon very wet & you start reducing if not fully eliminating the ghastly dry hits. Sure, I know that might sound like arduous effort. It could be if you had to continually drip, I think. This is why I squonk. I can take roughly 6-10 good hits, and do a little MTL and a little DL both, then I squonk once tasting the juice flavor get muted. Then, got another 6-10 hits.
Truly, organic cotton provides an outstanding vape, once you have all the other factors in balance -- the power/wattage, the airflow coming into the atty, the viscosity of your ejuice, and the configuration of your coil(s). It's a delicate balancing act, so it does take a little time and experimentation to get it *just right*.. but once you do, then you have it, and you'll wonder what all the thrashing at the start was all about -- and then you can counsel other new vapers, be patient, try lots of things, don't give up, it's all completely worth all the hassle and effort.
Here let me punt this up a level or few. It resonates quality truth, not only applicable to vaping but living as well.
It's a delicate balancing act, so it does take a little time and experimentation to get it *just right*.. but once you do, then you have it, and you'll wonder what all the thrashing at the start was all about -- and then you can counsel other new vapers, be patient, try lots of things, don't give up, it's all completely worth all the hassle and effort.
Yes, I might even try organic cotton, or bamboo, h--p as wick.
I am just having a nice affinity with rayon at the time. For me it works well, I can wick fair to good with it. That's merely me & my preference for the now, no one else needs to use rayon if they do not care doing so.
Thick wick has really been doing the trick for my 12 wrap. I gotta change out my 11 wrap but that would be my fourth or fifth time tossing cotton this month, not to mention my recoiling syndrome...but i doubt I'll need to this time
If you bump up to 3, 3.5 mm inner diameter you might find yourself wrapping a dual Clapton set up, each coil 5 wraps and the tap says, "Shazam! You're reading .55 ohms (R) dead on buddy." Funny thing, do not even recall wrapping them. i'm in crash mode heading to zombie fast. *holds out his glassed over eyes* See? I had a bit of a day out in town today. Kind of exhausted me a bit mentally, anxiousness wise, had a mild panic attack. Then, come home and spent about an hour out with my dogs/kids, that is to mean my dogs are my kids.
They passed an inspection by the dog catcher's dept. today as well. "Oh surprise, we're court ordered to check up on your dogs. Happy to see you too." The gal understood the dogs nor us were/are the problem. Still, they have to give an appearance of
doing their jobs and punishing the evil man with vicious and raving mad dogs out of control, defecating in the road. *chuckles & smh* We live in the county, there are no leash laws, no kenneling laws either, nor do we need to tie dogs out. But, ...
neighbors decided to be a tight little "happy bunch of goody two shoe" community, ahem. Oh yeah.
It's alright, I know Karma will bite them in the balls, maybe not today or tommorow, but she will.