steel rope wick

[big benson]

Your thoughts anyone? like,dislike,pros,cons.

 

[daleson]

do you mean steel rope wick ? lol

 

[Reevo]

Got ss rope in all my atties. My preference so far, all wrapped at the top with 400 ss mesh. very easy to do/use, no problems so far.

 

[big benson]

do you mean steel rope wick ? lol

DOH ha edited

 

[daleson]

DOH ha edited

pmsl bud ...Ive used rope wick but i found it very harsh and after a while i noticed that it went like a rusty colour could of just been the rope i used was meant to be ss though

 

[jim532]

I managed ok with it, although I never really found it to be that much better with it than without it. Perhaps its how you set it up. Todd never uses anything else. He done a more detailed review on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS9MoXPsYes

 

[u8myufo]

Hi big benson I did have an igo-L a while back, I bought it used and it came with a rope wick installed with a touch of GVC in it. I am not sure how old the wick was but to me it was tasting really metalic. I had the materials to hand so I built a fresh one, followed all the video tutorials and oxidized it correctly, got it all to work and glow evenly but was still left with that sharp metalic taste. I shall be purchasing an RSST shortly and will have a go with it again. Not sure if getting that metalic taste is a trate with it or you just have to be patient and wait for a build up of the juice to take place on the wick. Perhaps somebody with some experience will come along here and advise.

 

[Firadar]

Two things that may help with the taste, when first heating the wire, do you juice treat it too? (soak with a little juice and use a lighter to set fire to the juice to burn it off) ii do this 2 or 3 times, for me it helps break in the rope to relieve some of the taste/wicking problems. Also try insert the rope into an ekowool sleeve, this helps with taste/wicking and makes it easy to set up a coil.

 

[Reevo]

I usually torch the rope but on a couple of builds I didn't bother as the ss mesh was torched anyway. I have tried the juice prime n burn method but tbh never really noticed a difference. Make sure the wick isn't touching the base of atty if metal (RSST is not but its best not to let it touch incase it does get hot).