Spaced coil or Contact coil for RTA?

[ImYou]

Hey all, my first rta griffin 25 plus is coming tmro and I have never tried spaced coil yet, is there any difference between the 2?

I forgot to add I'm using this pre made wire 30g x3 / 38g triple core fused clapton.
https://www.advancedvapesupply.com/...lel-fused-clapton-28gx3-core-36g-wrap-316l-ss

 

[SteelDriver]

Spaced is more for tc. Contact is easier to clean.

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[Heartsdelight]

A lot of peeps like spaced including me for tc or just wattage, makings getting the hot spots out a non issue & peeps say it improves flavor. Cleaning spaced or contact coils for me are the same.

 

[Heartsdelight]

I use rayon for my wicking.

 

[shawn.hoefer]

IMO spaces v. contact is a question of heat retention. Contact coils hold heat, and are therefore great on mechanical setups as subsequent hits have a decreased ramp up. On regulated devices, however, the same voltage/wattage is applied every time, so ramps are reduced. I find I prefer the even heating (and cooling) of spaced coils on regulated devices.

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[theclaw20]

I always used spacing on my straight wire builds to maximize coil to cotton contact area, but sometimes do not space on my fused claptons or exotic builds.

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[markcfh]

I always use contact coils. I don't tc ever either. To each their own. Give it a try

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[theclaw20]

Don't you find with contact coils that the metal isn't spanning across enough of the cotton?

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[Brad Mitchell]

That part depends on what type of coil you build. I currently have a 2x28 gauge fused Clapton with 36gauge wrapped 6 times with a 24 gauge parallel. That is a contact coil which spans post to post on a velocity style deck.

 

[theclaw20]

Agreed. fused Claptons I don't space. Straight wire I do.

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[markcfh]

I never noticed a difference between them unless I was in tc. Even then, use a good tc board like the dna or fsk, and everything worked fine. For the most part I use 'exotic' coils anyways.

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[Brad Mitchell]

Try both and find out what you like. If I remember right contact could heat up faster than spaced.

Also as far as regular coils go I used to do a 6 wrap 28 gauge contact coil and had to do tricky stuff with the leads to get them centered between the posts

 

[Gavlan]

I use spaced Ni200 when I get on my TC kick,
For regulated i'll generally just make contact coils .
Depends on my mood at the time,,,, ymmv.