Pulse 80w Squonk Help...

[Dtpumbationz]

Hi guys, I've just moved from my Kroma A Zenith kit to a squonk Pulse 80w (with Recurve RDA) to move on from my current setup after doing quite a bit of research! Was a birthday pres from the wife and was like a kid at Christmas again...

Now, I’ve had the setup up and running for two days and surely I must be doing something wrong and looking forward to getting some help and advice from you guys...

Firstly, the hits I get from this are so intense I can hardly vape for more than a second before I feel like I’m choking, it’s so intense. Now I was expecting it to be more than my previous m2l setup, but this just seems like another extreme. I’m using the stock 0.25Ω NiChrome coil at 40-50 watts.

Second...literally on the third hit after Squonking, I’m getting that real bad dry burn hit. Should it really be so soon on that 3rd pull?

Lastly - I wasn’t expecting for the Squonk bottle to finish so quickly. I feel like I’m forever refilling which is a pain as I need to take the batt out then the bottle.

Your help and wisdom is truly appreciated. Thanks

 

[gigelis78]

Low your nicotine,what mg are you sqonking ?
Squonk more often the dry hit is from dry cotton
Yes the juice consumption is very high on an rda.
You can take a simple fused clapton wire to build higher resistance coils it will help with battery life and juice consumption.

 

[Dtpumbationz]

Hi Glgells78 - thanks for your response.

I am squonking 3mg nic at the moment, wasnt aware that was too much for squonking...?

 

[gigelis78]

3mg is normal.
You can try a higher vg ratio 70/30 is a good start,2mg nic,lower wattage,a different coil as I said before.
Try one at a time to see what helps

 

[Dtpumbationz]

Ok great thanks for your help! At the moment the VG ratio is 70/30 but will try using lower nic and a different coil perhaps SS.

I just hope my experience improves soon as I really thought I would be enjoying vaping so much more on this set up compared to my beginner kit! At the moment, Im using the pulse for 2 pulls or so then going back to my kroma/zenith for chain vaping

 

[gigelis78]

Important this type of coils require a dry burn to remove hotspots before you put your cotton.
Your setup is great,i have the recurve on a mech sqonk and i am very pleased with it,squonking and rdas have a slight learning curve,i am sure you will find the sweet spot

 

[conanthewarrior]

I have the pulse 80W squonker, and love it. I'm using a RDA called the Zenith with it- and oldie but a goodie.

As mentioned, did you check the coil first for hotspots? You want to lower the power with no cotton in, and use something like a small pair of pliers to squeeze together the coil until it heats from the inside outwards, with no sections that glow brighter a lot faster than others.

If you are using metal pliers, make sure you squeeze AFTER you have fired while the coil is still warm, don't press fire while holding the coil with the pliers as this will give you a short error on screen, as long as the mod recognises this happening.

If you find no luck, it might be worth making a simple build out of say 24/26G SS316L or Kanthal. The deck looks very similar to the one on the Kylin mini RTA, and I find that is one of the easiest of my RTA's to build on, so won't be too hard.

How quickly are you finding the bottle to empty? For some people, it will be enough for all day 8ML, others it will be constantly refilled depending how much juice you usually use. Squonkers are really so you can enjoy the use of a RDA/dripper, without actually having to drip.

 

[Dtpumbationz]

Thanks for reply Conan! I got the mod and rda from a B&M shop, and the guy there set it up for me and I remember him looking for hotspots etc.

As for the SS316L's - I think I'm gonna try that next, as I also read somewhere NiChrome can give or worsen your allergies, and I'm starting to think that may be true for my case. I only just took a few hits now and I've been coughing a bit for last 5 mins!

And as for how often am I refilling the bottle? Wow ... a LOT ! I squonk probably every 3 hits or so, as definitely by the 4th - the dry burn comes! And I would say after 10-15 drags I refill the bottle.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Thanks for reply Conan! I got the mod and rda from a B&M shop, and the guy there set it up for me and I remember him looking for hotspots etc.

As for the SS316L's - I think I'm gonna try that next, as I also read somewhere NiChrome can give or worsen your allergies, and I'm starting to think that may be true for my case. I only just took a few hits now and I've been coughing a bit for last 5 mins!

And as for how often am I refilling the bottle? Wow ... a LOT ! I squonk probably every 3 hits or so, as definitely by the 4th - the dry burn comes! And I would say after 10-15 drags I refill the bottle.

No worries mate.

Sometimes simple coils are the best- I find for most things. There are a few occasions where fancier coils can help though.

Hang on, let me get this right- after 10-15 pulls you need to refill the bottle? That doesn't sound right unless you was building some super high heat megawatt build. You are vaping at about 40W you mentioned, are you sure you are not squeezing too much in, and this is leaking away somewhere? 8ML in 10-15 pulls is insane, some cloud comp rules allow only 3ML on the dripper so something is amiss here.

I use mine at about 35-40W, and the bottle lasts quite a while. I get about 5 hits depending on the RDA I use, deeper juice well more but even with practically no juice well just soaking the cotton well gives me about 4-5 hits.

 

[mick brown]

Conan is right. Something doesn't sound right here.
I use the recurve with supplied coil at 45 watts on my inbox. You do need to squonk every 3 hits (ish) as it hasn't got a deep well but my bottle lasts ages.
Where's your juice going !!