figure 8 coils?

[Bryan92081]

Does anyone have any experience with figure 8 coils? Are they just a novelty coil? I was actually wondering if I split a longer coil build into a figure 8 would it shorten the ramp up time or does it matter since its still the same amount of wire?

 

[MKPM]

I personally think that everything aside from the single strand micro or open coil is a novelty. Most that use novelty coils will swear on several dead relatives that the flavour and vapour production is superb....personally I think they WANT it to be so is more on target. That being said....as a veteran of a few cloud comps...MOST that compete use single strand micros...or the occasional parallel.

 

[cad99]

I personally think that everything aside from the single strand micro or open coil is a novelty. Most that use novelty coils will swear on several dead relatives that the flavour and vapour production is superb....personally I think they WANT it to be so is more on target. That being said....as a veteran of a few cloud comps...MOST that compete use single strand micros...or the occasional parallel.

+1


Living the dream one nightmare at a time.

 

[Celtic Fog]

Ive made them and used them, they take a little longer to ramp up, I could not tell any difference in a dual coil or a dual 8, other than the dual 8 was a little more work and took longer to heat up. I no longer make them or use them.

 

[OB61887]

I have tried a few novelty coils but I can never make them compare to a simple macro or micro (#TeamMacro). Maybe I am bad at them, and I can imagine that some of them do perform better. But the only one I will still try every now and then is a twisted and I always mess it up.

 

[MKPM]

Ive made them and used them, they take a little longer to ramp up, I could not tell any difference in a dual coil or a dual 8, other than the dual 8 was a little more work and took longer to heat up. I no longer make them or use them.

I think the novelty coils are great fun to build....and I do in fact try new ones out...but I still find myself going back to single micros. We just dont know till we try things!

 

[MKPM]

@Celtic Fog taught me this coil....it mutes the flavour a wee bit...but the clouds are insane.

 

[OB61887]

@Celtic Fog taught me this coil....it mutes the flavour a wee bit...but the clouds are insane.

Seems legit.

 

[Bryan92081]

I think the novelty coils are great fun to build....and I do in fact try new ones out...but I still find myself going back to single micros. We just dont know till we try things!

Well that's the truth. I think my smoking habit has turned into a vape hobby.

 

[MKPM]

Well that's the truth. I think my smoking habit has turned into a vape hobby.

Welcome to the club! Pizza will be arriving presently.

 

[Celtic Fog]

it takes a car battery to run it though, it sits at .000014 ohms and can cook a turkey in 40 seconds flat....hehehehehe

 

[MKPM]

it takes a car battery to run it though, it sits at .000014 ohms and can cook a turkey in 40 seconds flat....hehehehehe

Ehmm...those were pigeons, nae turkeys sir

 

[Celtic Fog]

my bad lol.

 

[MKPM]

@Bryan92081 would you like your thread back now?

 

[Bryan92081]

@Bryan92081 would you like your thread back now?

No thanks, this is way more fun!

 

[MKPM]

@CaFF @moecat @Celtic Fog and I tend to derail threads lol. @OB61887 is our latest team member.

 

[Celtic Fog]

Sorry, OP, its not my fault, my mom dropped me on my head a few times throughout my childhood...

 

[moecat]

I take no responsibility for any thread - jacking here!

 

[OB61887]

I take no responsibility for any thread - jacking here!

Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

 

[MKPM]

Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

the hyphen means everything

 

[Zamazam]

Sorry, OP, its not my fault, my mom dropped me on my head a few times throughout my childhood...

Didn't you do that a few times all by yourself too?

 

[Celtic Fog]

Didn't you do that a few times all by yourself too?

oh yes, yes I have lol.

 

[DeeVape]

This may be a little off topic but I was wondering if yall have any recommendations for best sub ohm cloud chasing duel coil build?

 

[BoomStick]

This may be a little off topic but I was wondering if yall have any recommendations for best sub ohm cloud chasing duel coil build?

http://vapingunderground.com/threads/favorite-coil-for-chasing-clouds.1353/

 

[Iamme]

I like to build funky coils. I snap a pick vape for a few hours, the I put my normal .8ish standard coil back on.

 

[Bryan92081]

I like to build funky coils. I snap a pick vape for a few hours, the I put my normal .8ish standard coil back on.

Yeah I've been doing a lot of that also, without the pics. Seems like every time I try another "best coil in the entire universe" I end up with something, that as far as I can tell doesn't perform any better than a micro coil does. I must admit I do enjoy building though. So no harm done. I did build a 1mm .2ohm 24 gauge dual coil that I'm liking pretty good. Its a bastard to wick but I don't seem to get as many dry hits, if that makes any sense.

 

[InMyImage]

@Celtic Fog taught me this coil....it mutes the flavour a wee bit...but the clouds are insane.

Man I hope that was immediately following a massive storm.

 

[Bryan92081]

Man I hope that was immediately following a massive storm.

I don't know about a massive storm, but I think I remember the day he built it. There was so much fog in the air I couldn't see to drive to work!

 

[Iamme]

Yeah I've been doing a lot of that also, without the pics. Seems like every time I try another "best coil in the entire universe" I end up with something, that as far as I can tell doesn't perform any better than a micro coil does. I must admit I do enjoy building though. So no harm done. I did build a 1mm .2ohm 24 gauge dual coil that I'm liking pretty good. Its a bastard to wick but I don't seem to get as many dry hits, if that makes any sense.

If you like your dual, try a sleeper. You should love it. I likes my dual coils, did my first decent sleeper and it maid a world of difference.

 

[CaFF]

Just use this....

Might need some of this too:

 

[ConcreteBob]

Sorry, OP, its not my fault, my mom dropped me on my head a few times throughout my childhood...

I've seen several of your other posts. I suspect she still pops by on weekends to do it, as well.

 

[Celtic Fog]

She lives far away now, so she just sends a text that say "boink" and I do the dirty work for her....

 

[ConcreteBob]

She lives far away now, so she just sends a text that say "boink" and I do the dirty work for her....

Lol. Don't lose that sense of humor when your manual dexterity finally goes from the dain bramage.

 

[Celtic Fog]

I'll do my best

 

[rsimpson]

OMG, this thread had me laughing so hard I couldn't take a vape!

I can't comment on the figure 8 but I can say I tend to stick with simpler coils running around .4 ohms for the most part, generally duals but some parallel builds as well. Probably the most complicated I do is a parallel using both 28 ga and 24 ga kanthal. I've tried all kinds of twisted coils and such but I don't like to invest that much time into all of the prep work required to hopefully get a good build. I've noticed that most of the folks that push out the super complicated builds jump designs fairly quick which leads me to believe they like to tinker more than they like to vape.

As a general rule, I try to say away from builds that require a tesla coil to power them or that require an RDA made out of a piece of 6" cast iron sewer pipe fired by a remote trigger

 

[ConcreteBob]

OMG, this thread had me laughing so hard I couldn't take a vape!

I can't comment on the figure 8 but I can say I tend to stick with simpler coils running around .4 ohms for the most part, generally duals but some parallel builds as well. Probably the most complicated I do is a parallel using both 28 ga and 24 ga kanthal. I've tried all kinds of twisted coils and such but I don't like to invest that much time into all of the prep work required to hopefully get a good build. I've noticed that most of the folks that push out the super complicated builds jump designs fairly quick which leads me to believe they like to tinker more than they like to vape.

As a general rule, I try to say away from builds that require a tesla coil to power them or that require an RDA made out of a piece of 6" cast iron sewer pipe fired by a remote trigger

Lol, who has the money for a 'remote trigger' these days? We're vaping primitive style around here bud. We just push the button with a broom handle from around the other side of the door frame.

 

[Bryan92081]

Lol, who has the money for a 'remote trigger' these days? We're vaping primitive style around here bud. We just push the button with a broom handle from around the other side of the door frame.

Hey, that's a lot better idea than wrapping my head in wet towel, putting on an asbestos apron and just going for it.

 

[ConcreteBob]

Hey, that's a lot better idea than wrapping my head in wet towel, putting on an asbestos apron and just going for it.

Good point.

 

[Jwilzz]

I personally think that everything aside from the single strand micro or open coil is a novelty. Most that use novelty coils will swear on several dead relatives that the flavour and vapour production is superb....personally I think they WANT it to be so is more on target. That being said....as a veteran of a few cloud comps...MOST that compete use single strand micros...or the occasional parallel.

Parallels are just as good as single strands in my opinion, if not better depending on the build.