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@PhantomOp stated Cotton Bacon IMO is over rated cause it is marketed as "Vaping Cotton", my go to is Koh gen Do but as he stated, try it all and use what you like.
I started out buying Clapton then Clapton wire. I wanted a better variety so I started spinning my own, it's actually pretty easy to make fused claptons and you have better selection and better wire quality control. All that and much, much cheaper. My go to is 317L SS 28g-32g core wire with 36g-40g wrapping wire. This provides for excellent response, performance and a very thick, flavorful vape.
The best quality wire is
- Kidney Puncher
- Atomizer Wick
- Temco
My favorite 18650 battery is Sony VTC5A, excellent balance of performance and battery life with 25a and 2500 mAh. Always stay within the batteries CDR amp rating, NOT pulse, pulse is literally nothing more than something they pulled out of their ass. For all questions with recommended batteries and battery safety referr to Mooch. Stick with only Mooch's recommended batteries and stay up with his Blog for he is the Vaping worlds Battery God.
I would also aim your coils you build at what your currently Vape at with factory coils then adjust from there. Get familiar and use
www.steam-engine.org, don't focus on "how many wraps", focus on the Ohms. We see a lot of posts with "how many wraps should I ..... ", it's Ohms, wraps are just what you use to obtain the desired Ohms and for that refer to Steam Engine.
Bottom line play around a bit, find what you like for that is most of the fun. Remember each Atty and Atty/Mod combination is different so you build to obtain what is best for that combination.
Building is lots of fun, inexpensive and very rewarding.
Don't be afraid of spinning your own wire, it's pretty easy. Just get some good quality ball bearing fishing spinners, a good high speed drill and some quality wire. With just a little bit of practice you'll be knocking out good quality Clapton wire in no time, much, much better than the pre-spun wire you get from UD, Geek Vape, etc.
Check out this vid, this was the game changer for me -