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Hoekakes

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alright guys .. ive got about a dozen drippers that i can get built awesome ... and then there are the 2 magmas i own 30 mm and 22 mm and i cant get a build i like in either one ... someone give me some pointers lol pleease
 

Ellipsis

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have you tried a 3mm inside diameter 1ish ohm single coil ?
the restricted airflow dictates alot as far as what you can do with that bad boy...
cant put .1 ohm duals and vape at 90+ watts on every atty out there...:D
dont have any pointers, just vague insight:rolleyes:
 

Hoekakes

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Single coil does alright for me but id like to take advantage of the dual coil capability and still have decent smooth vapor
 

Hoekakes

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about 10 builds later and i come back to a single coil 26 g 3 mm 0.94 ohm coil with both holes open .. thanks ellipsis haha
 

Panther1911

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i have dual micro coils.....28ga kanthal, 9 or 10 wraps (i cant remember) around a 3/32" bit.....clocks in around 0.8ohms......great build
 

kingworm

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i run a single super nano 26 guage in mine. works great for me
 

downInTn

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I've tried a lot of different builds on mine lately. Several 24/26 awg, 2.5/3mm diameters, some where okay others not so much. My favorite so far is dual 28awg Nichrome(80) nine wraps 2mm diameter, 0.5 ohm. It seems kinda small and dainty in such a large chamber but large clouds and great flavor prevail.
 

tbaron

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I used 27ga (5 wraps I think) .7 ohm. Single coil about 1.5 mm up from the hole. 20watts on my e-lvt 2. Vaping g2 Carny4. plenty of cloud but incredible flavor.
 

tbaron

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Yes. I was shocked but they were out of 28 when I ordered. Yesterday I ordered 28 and will be here Monday.
 

zolt

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Single coils work better on the Magma IMO. I currently have a parallel 28g, 3mm ID, .6ohm and it's awesome (on a mech). Also, plugging the other hole with a bit of cotton and raising the coil minimizes leaking.
 

anendeloflorien

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My favorite build in the magma is (currently) a single 28g parallel coil - not sure how many wraps (I've had this one in for a while now!) but I built it to match the span between the posts and it is beautiful! Heats up instantaneously and I get insanely good flavor from it.

Single coils work better on the Magma IMO. I currently have a parallel 28g, 3mm ID, .6ohm and it's awesome (on a mech). Also, plugging the other hole with a bit of cotton and raising the coil minimizes leaking.

I do the same thing but I used a couple small pieces of O-ring to block off the unused air hole. No leakage there! I just took the AFC ring off of mine, I always go with the fully open airflow anyways.
 

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I'm in the same boat sorta, 26ga parallel coil. 5 wraps on 3 ml and it reads around .36 ohms. That sucker bursts vapor. I can take one second pulls and get clouds, but what I like the most about that build is the flavor and the warmth. I also like how fast heating that style of coil is
 

downInTn

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It was time for me to rebuild so I tried a single parallel, six wraps around 3ml, came in at ~0.5. The lack of air flow, with only one hole, equaled less vapor, less flavor and a harder draw. I went back to the build I posted above. Nichrome + more air flow = winner, for me.
 

Rommel

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28 gauge NI200, ten wraps around 3mm, set to 500F and 35w. 0.14 ohms. Pretty good.
 

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