Stock coils or rebuilds??

I have a closet filled with tanks that use coils. I also have many boxes of coils for them. I have only used rebuildables for the past year. I got tired of the coils gunking up and losing taste. Now I just take three minutes to rewick and dry burn my coils. Simple and always fresh taste.

 

rebuild can be very important on my opinion
not only because it's inexpensive
- you can learn a lot about coiling etc.... (even you can have leaking or minor problems that's learning)
- know the style of vape you like
- you may stay in a place where vaping isn't welcome.

 

90% of the time and always when I am out I use one of my Nautilus 2's and usually on a PICO. Light, slips into the pocket, and sufficiently satisfying. However, a home I rotate between three or 4 other mods/tanks of which 2 are rebuildable single coil construct. Helps keep vaping fun.

 

Not had a stock coil tank for 2 years now. Everything coiled and wicked myself. Much prefer the vape.

 

I own a lot of rta's and I will agree that some take a bit longer. Let's say 3-5 minutes to re-wick and dry burn. I've had a lot of practice. Frankly I find the whole experience a relaxing ritual which always rewards me with clean taste.

 

I've never bothered with stock coils...

With stock limitations in Thailand, I feel its a must to build your own coils..

Even if, a newbie struggles to make a decent coil, there are pre-made coils available on Fasttech
where its a matter of 'plug and play' - or better .. buy a Coilmaster and wire, and you're done in minutes..

 

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I would imagine that due to the lack of consistent distribution of vapegear, most vapers have been forced into making their own coils. I know this is trued for me.

Interestingly though, I bought and RTA from our friend in Siam Square a few months ago and the tank came with some fused clapton coils. I liked them so much I went back for more and they are now my coil of choice.

 

Haven't bought a stock coil in more than a year I think. Now I mainly build micro coils in a RDA and a few RDTAs. I do use premade clapton once in a while though.

 

I have like 7 mods primed and ready i vape them one by one down the line until i need to change the cotton out. Lazy i know

 

Went the stock coil route but got tired of the flavour dying out or tasting burnt after 3 days as well as the bum coils and the price. I then tried the RBA bases for my CUBIS and iJUST 2 tanks but they were extremely frustrating and now they, along with the tanks, live in my drawer.

On the cost part, bought some fancy clapton wire and "premium" cotton. With Thai inflation that cost me around 600 baht. Reason I went for the premium cotton is because it honestly lasts ages, barely retains any flavour at all which is why I re coil every 4 weeks or so and dry burn/re-wick every 7-10 days with 1 RTDA, 1 RTA and 1 RDA in constant rotation. I also have 30ft of 28g SS316, around 28ft of 26g SS316 and a pack of 180 pads of Muji I bought off fasttech, maybe add another 500 for that. Total ~1100. If you want to be really cheeky, add in the coilmaster kitbag for around 1400, so make it 2,500 baht.

The coils for my iJust 2 were 590 baht for a 5 pack, so 118 baht each. Assuming I never got a bum coil and swapped every 3 days at 118 a pop, that's 2,360 baht for 2 months so just under my total coil investments. Just the clapton wire and cotton have lasted me over 8 months - I've still got the 28g, 26g and most of the pack of Muji (the missus realised they're good for makeup removal too) which will probably last another 4-6 easily till the Muji pads ran out. 8 months worth of coils would have cost me 9,440 baht, so so far I've saved 6,940 baht and benefited from a superior vaping experience.

Honestly the only way I'll go back to stock coils is if I get another eGo AIO which I'd probably only use very rarely when its not convenient to have a mod + tank setup.

 

Found exactly the same as you! I doubt I'd ever go back to stock coils! I'm still using the same wire I bought 18 months ago!