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meredith2k5

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I started vaping as temp control first became mainstream and have always built using ni200. I have few complaints and would never go back to kanthal, however ive noticed several threads mentioning various types of wire for TC. One of my main problems with ni200 is how easy it is to go under 0.05ohms on a basic 8 wrap dual coil build, I constantly have to warm up my build before it will fire. I would love to use twisted wire again as the increased surface area made for a smoother vape with kanthal.
Ive had a quick search and cant find much here on the forums (there probably is something on page 2 and beyond in the tutorials!)
Basically what other new types of wire are there and what are there advantages and disadvantages?
 
NiFe30, or Niffy the wonder wire is your friend if you love working with nickel, It handles in a very similar way, the resistances actually match up at around 390f and it's resistance is higher meaning you can get bulds with fewer wrap that come in on target. You could also use Titanium, much tougher than Ni200 and requires a fair amount of bullying to get a coil to "Stay" - it does tend to spring back out of shape unles you really pull it around, and Titanium doesn't like to be heated to glowing, it bursts into flames. It does however give good flavour and coils last for moths on end once you've got them built. SS316 is another alternative but I dont really rate it due to it's very flat response curve - meaning it's not terribly accurate. Finally Ceramic coils using Tungsten traces work in temp control too - but so far they all seem to be exremely power hungry...
 
NiFe30, or Niffy the wonder wire is your friend if you love working with nickel, It handles in a very similar way, the resistances actually match up at around 390f and it's resistance is higher meaning you can get bulds with fewer wrap that come in on target. You could also use Titanium, much tougher than Ni200 and requires a fair amount of bullying to get a coil to "Stay" - it does tend to spring back out of shape unles you really pull it around, and Titanium doesn't like to be heated to glowing, it bursts into flames. It does however give good flavour and coils last for moths on end once you've got them built. SS316 is another alternative but I dont really rate it due to it's very flat response curve - meaning it's not terribly accurate. Finally Ceramic coils using Tungsten traces work in temp control too - but so far they all seem to be exremely power hungry...
Thanks for the reply :)
NiFe30 sounds amazing if its anything like Ni200, ive ordered some and will probably give a quick review on here at some point. Is it as plyable as Ni200? At first i found the coils tend to bend out of shape very easily at 220c plus on a dripper, but ive had no problems since using a rebuildable tank. It will be interesting to see if I can get a dual coil with twisted wires again.
I think ill give ceramic coils a miss for now as Ni200 alone uses a fair amount more power than traditional kanthal although its at the sweet spot of lasting a day or two for me at the moment.
Titanium sounds like it might be worth a try also, how is the resistance compared to nickel? I rarely vape above 300c or 572f, usually around the 200-250 mark. Whats the upper limit in your opinion?
 
Thanks for the reply :)
NiFe30 sounds amazing if its anything like Ni200, ive ordered some and will probably give a quick review on here at some point. Is it as plyable as Ni200? At first i found the coils tend to bend out of shape very easily at 220c plus on a dripper, but ive had no problems since using a rebuildable tank. It will be interesting to see if I can get a dual coil with twisted wires again.
I think ill give ceramic coils a miss for now as Ni200 alone uses a fair amount more power than traditional kanthal although its at the sweet spot of lasting a day or two for me at the moment.
Titanium sounds like it might be worth a try also, how is the resistance compared to nickel? I rarely vape above 300c or 572f, usually around the 200-250 mark. Whats the upper limit in your opinion?
Titaniums resistance is much higher than nickel, I'm running a 10 wraps of 0.4mm at 2.5mmm dia in my Herons and they come out at around 0.28...
NiFe30 is very similar to nickel in Pliability bot tends to be a little more structurally sound when made into coils, dont glow it though when making the coils, just heat it to 600f to clear any oily residue from the build process - it just seems to make the coils last longer than glowing them...
 
Titaniums resistance is much higher than nickel, I'm running a 10 wraps of 0.4mm at 2.5mmm dia in my Herons and they come out at around 0.28...
NiFe30 is very similar to nickel in Pliability bot tends to be a little more structurally sound when made into coils, dont glow it though when making the coils, just heat it to 600f to clear any oily residue from the build process - it just seems to make the coils last longer than glowing them...
Cheers for the advice, looking forward to trying NiFe30 when it arrives :D I have signed the petition in your signature as a thanks :)
Will leave a review on here probably, if its anything like what you have mentioned I will definitely be switching to it.
 
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