My first forey into the world of Mesh...

[Cyman404]

Firstly, appologies for any spelling mistakes or 'weird' grammar. English is not my native language...
Warning: Some of the language used might be inappropriate for younger generation.

Here we go..

Ordered Geek Vape Boost Plus and Damn Vape Doom Mesh-RTA as well as a couple of Sony 18650 batts and an Intellichatger i4 as a 'natural progression' to my aging kit (anybody remembers 650mah Egos or iStick mini?)..yes, that was the extend of my vape kit.

Everything arrived within a week of ordering. Happy times.
To cut the long story short (so as not to bore some of the readers and not to get on the bad side of the moderators for being longwinded), everything got unpacked, batts charged and I'm giddy with enthusiasm to try that 'magic mesh' thingy everybody is talking about.

Just to be 'well educated' I've watched a number of YouTube vids about Doom Mesh-RTA.

Hmmm...First things first..it's a heavy beast. I thought to myself, a nice sturdy RTA made from proper stainless steel (and not the Chinese stainless steel aka silver plated brass), everything fits smoothly together and in case of emergency I could always use it as a deadly weapon, another plus is that by lifting it my lips a couple of hundred times a day I could finally have biceps like Conan the Barbarian.

It was simple to change the hated TPD 2ml tank to a larger 3.5ml tank with the help of screwing in an extender. Now I felt really good. On Geek Vape Boost Plus it looks 'cool', I thought to myself, no more snickering behind my back when I walk down the street. Yeah...I'm the Man!

The next challenge was to fit the mesh, thread in cotton, prime it, put it all together, fill the tank and blisfully start vaping. What could go wrong? This is so easy...I'm the Man!...I can do it!

Fitted the mesh, fired it at low watts to get rid of the oil/dirt and to get a nice even glow. So far so good.

Thread the cotton, OK, on the 'Planet of the Vapes' in one of the threads they did say use as much cotton as you can and then add some more, fine, I'll do just that, got a nice thick bundle of cotton, sqeezed one end and started threading it through...WTF...no matter how much I squeezed, no matter how hard I pushed the bloody thing woudn't go through! This is ridiculous I thought, after all...I'm the Man!...loosing my viriginity was easier then this! It's like trying to thread a needle with a tree branch!

The mesh lost it's shape, the cotton got twisted and oily from my sweating hand/fingers and I'm starting to swear. No good.
Right, let me think, ahhh, they did mention there is a spring loaded 'lever' below the mesh that helps to press cotton against the mesh, Ok, so, just press on it as you thread the cotton through and it's done, easy. Ermmm, no efing way! After 'reshaping' the mesh, I've started again. It's the same story as before. I beginning to think that this thing hates me!

F**k this, I unscrew the mesh, place the thick lace of cotton across as shown in vids and screw the mesh in place. I win!
Primed the cotton with my favourite juice, nice and soggy, just as it should be. Using 510 adaptor I put it on Boost Plus and fire to check on my build.......NO ATTOMISER! error message appears...what? WHAT?! WTF now! At this stage I'm slowly beginning to get annoyed, took a few deep breaths and started to look for a short. Found it. Some of the cotton blocked the proper connection when I was fitting the mesh over it. Corrected this. Fired the button again. YES. It seems to be working. All good.

Fitted the tank on my build, filled the tank with the ejuice, set the Watts to 38, got my lips on the drip tip, fired the button and inhaled deeply....S**t!!! F*&k!!! My lungs are on fire!!! I caugh, I splutter and I swear, my wife later said that 'steam' was coming out of my ears (I still think she exaggerated). I rush to the kitchen for a drink of water to put out that lava in my lungs and wiping out the tears I sit down and I'm ready to chuck the bloody thing through the window...but no, I'm the Man!...I can do it!

Took the whole thing apart, looked at my build, yeah, cotton wasn't really making contact with the mesh. Added more cotton, then some more. Primed it again. Put everything back together, lowered the wattage to 15, filled the tank with just about 1ml of juice (just in case so as not to waste any more of it) and took a tentative inhale. YES, bingo, I got there in the end.

Increased the Wattage to 25, inhaled deeply and got a thick plum of cloud. Nice, now I can walk down the street and pretend to be a steam powered train!, especially as every time I inhale the bloody thing is 'whistling', never mind that I feel like I'm inhaling fresh air...this RTA is REALLY airy!

OK, now that it works, it's time to fill up the tank. It's top fill. Good.
Unscrewed the top and filled it to the brim...like a new born, it pissed itself from the bottom air holes. F********k! another 2ml lost! Living in Yorkshire, I'm tight with my money, don't like to waste even a sigle ml, and this thing is now responsible for the loss of at least 3ml! By now my desk is cluttered with all the wet tissues from wiping and cleaning away all that juice. It looks like an aftermath of a teen after watching his first porn movie.

Not deterred I tried again, closed the air holes, closed the juice flow inlet (yes, this RTA does have that option), wrapped a fresh tissue round the bottom half (just in case of another mess), filled it up again. Slowly opened juice flow control, just, just, so that only a trickle of juice would be wetting the wool, opened only one out of the three (huge) airholes, waited, took a deep breath, wiped away some more 'little mess' that still came out of the air hole, wrote my last will & testament, asked God, wife & kids for forgivness and went for it.

Ahhhh....nice....lovely vape...I did it, I'm the Man!, no stopping me now!

Ten minutes later, wife walks into the room and asks me what did I set on fire as there is so much fog in the room it's hard to even see the opposite wall. Once established that the house is not on fire she mutters 'It's the shed for you and that thing'. Oh well, looks like I'm in the bad books again (I will never understand women, I don't complain when she burns the toast!).

To finish off, and just to summerise....

I really like the build, simplicity and the ease of setting up the mesh in this RTA. It's a solid performer.
But...there are minuses as well. It's airy as hell, with one hole open it whistles, it tends to pee itself no matter what you do when you refill, and finally my biggest dissapointment is the lack of flavour, although to be honest the flavour gets a little better the more you vape, maybe the mesh needs a bit of 'bedding in'...dunno...also, vaping on 0.18Ohm mesh with high Watts is hard on battery life.

Did I enjoy the experience? Yes I did. I'm going to experiment a bit more with this RTA, build some coils and try these as well...

 

[Rob]

@Cyman404 Brilliant and just so you know, The Mods will never complain about "Long Winded Posts" when in context such as this.
Really enjoyed that post Keep it up

 

[JohnNada]

If you're liking mesh I highly recommend trying the Profile Unity. Best tank I've ever owned. No leaks, no dry hits, amazing flavour and only 15 quid from Inhaleheaven.co.uk

 

[LordOdin]

@JohnNada Let him walk before he has to run, the Unity can be a fussy bitch if your new to building though i agree it's a good RTA, i prefer the Profile RDTA more. If i was learning how to wick mesh i would try the Profile RDA which is cheaper to buy and great for learning. I like the first one over the 1.5 but both will give you the experience you need to progress to the Unity and the RDTA. I looked at the Doom but much prefer the Wotofo offerings also The Kylin Mesh and the Zeus are also good RTA's and both easier to wick than the Unity imo.

 

[andipandi]

I've stopped pulling the cotton through. I fix one side, add the cotton, and then secure the other side of the mesh. I've found muji pads are the best, for mesh. I've also learnt that you can have too much cotton under the mesh, but knowing the right amount comes with experience, I've been using mesh for about a year now.

If you secure one side of the mesh, add the cotton and secure the other side of the mesh, the cotton under the mesh shouldn't be a problem, The problem is nearly always the sides of the mesh (with any mesh tank). Don't rake the cotton on top, back to the mesh, rake a little and do most of the work from underneath the cotton. You could (with experience) cut some of the cotton away, from underneath, if the wicking is too bulky and compresses when you screw the tank on.

As for the Geek Vape Boost Plus, nice pod mod, and all that, but the vape for me, is crap, compared to the og Boost, with the 0.6ohm mesh coil.

If you're liking mesh I highly recommend trying the Profile Unity, amazing flavour and only 15 quid from Inhaleheaven.co.uk

x a million

Ten minutes later, wife walks into the room and asks me what did I set on fire as there is so much fog in the room it's hard to even see the opposite wall. Once established that the house is not on fire she mutters 'It's the shed for you and that thing'. Oh well, looks like I'm in the bad books again (I will never understand women, I don't complain when she burns the toast!).

Love it

welcome to potv

 

[scrumpox]

I first tried mesh with the Plus v2 and Supreme v3. A completely new wicking technique to master which was interesting as a change from the norm. I've gone back to coils though.

1. mesh is way too effective at vaporizing juice I mean my consumption went up 50-100% compared with dual/single coils. It's not really a financial issue as I mix my own juice but the resulting cloudage was excessive. Increasing the amount of juice I go through is not an objective for me, it cannot be the healthier option either.
2. mesh builds don't have the longevity/robustness of coils. Any juice that gunks coils, gunks up mesh even faster.

 

[andrewmandrew72]

If you're having trouble wicking try the 6mm wotofo xfibre. Perfect thickness for mesh. Once you get used to the thickness the cotton should be then you can switch to whatever cotton you like best.

 

[Arawn1975!]

This has to be one of the best and funniest posts I've seen in a while.

 

[LordOdin]

For some vapers they use 3 Firebolt Laces and make them into a triangle with 2 at the bottom and 1 sat in the middle, i would rather use the Wotofo 6mm Cotton than waste that amount of Firebolt plus it works out cheaper with the Wotofo cotton.

 

[JohnNada]

@JohnNada Let him walk before he has to run, the Unity can be a fussy bitch if your new to building though i agree it's a good RTA, i prefer the Profile RDTA more. If i was learning how to wick mesh i would try the Profile RDA which is cheaper to buy and great for learning. I like the first one over the 1.5 but both will give you the experience you need to progress to the Unity and the RDTA. I looked at the Doom but much prefer the Wotofo offerings also The Kylin Mesh and the Zeus are also good RTA's and both easier to wick than the Unity imo.

I've never understood the comments about the Unity being fussy as its never once given many any issues at all. Much easier than any coil RTA to wick. That said, I've only ever used Vandy Vape M cotton and Firebolt M cotton so maybe that's the trick.