About to give up on sub-ohm vaping.

[mikewill45]

So often I get more splatter than vapor. I've tried using less cotton and more cotton but still end up with too much splatter. My best vape comes with about a 1.4 on my Provari at about 4.5 volts. I'd like to get the mounds of vaper some get with sub-ohm but just can't seem to get it right. Any suggestions?

My last sub-ohm wrap was with 28 gauge, 7 wrap, that set at about .7 giving me between 5 and 6 amps.

 

[CloudZ]

Can you post a picture of a coil that is spitting a lot? I know that sometimes mine will spit and sputter for a while when they are freshly wrapped with a new wick, then it subsides over time as everything breaks in. They also do this if they are swimming in juice.

 

[savagemann]

What kind of atty?
How far is your coil off the deck?
How many drops of fluid?
Is the air hole aligned with the coil?
Air hole pointed up to the sky, not down towards the ground, right?

 

[State O' Flux]

So often I get more splatter than vapor. I've tried using less cotton and more cotton but still end up with too much splatter. My best vape comes with about a 1.4 on my Provari at about 4.5 volts. I'd like to get the mounds of vaper some get with sub-ohm but just can't seem to get it right. Any suggestions?

My last sub-ohm wrap was with 28 gauge, 7 wrap, that set at about .7 giving me between 5 and 6 amps.

I'm sorry... can you be more clear? You've written it as though you're doing a .7Ω coil(s) with a Provari... and a Provari won't deliver the amperage you suggest.

 

[UncleChuck]

I'm sorry... can you be more clear? You've written it as though you're doing a .7Ω coil(s) with a Provari... and a Provari won't deliver the amperage you suggest.

I think he just means he prefers the vape of his provari with the mentioned configuration over his subohm setups.

To the OP:

I've always found splattering has far more to do with the way your build is setup, than it does just pure power levels. Not leaving enough free airspace around the coil, so the draw just sucks juice up a bit, too close to the deck causing pooled liquid to explode, wick related issues, there are many things that can cause it.

Also, are you getting actual forceful splatter or is it just juice on your mouth after taking a draw? Because with some driptips the high amounts of vapor with subohm can just cause a large amount of condensation to build up which ends up spitting out. Using a drip tip with a much wider bore solves this usually, although if actual exploding juice splatter is the cause, a bigger bore driptip will make things worse.

When you fire it with the cap off, can you see those arcing little drops of flash vaporizing juice shooting off? Do you see juice pooled around the coil or on the deck anywhere? Does this always happen or just after dripping (which means overdripping?)

 

[E_DeCastro]

i find if i dripp too much juice it splatters. it's the liquid boiling. so use less juice. drip often.

 

[zero66]

it would really help if we had some details about your build : wick material, wire size and wraps...oh a pic would do wonders too =)

 

[emus]

Big clouds w/o splatter.
see mcvapes and vapehappy.
Quad coil, cotton, 0.6 ohms, twisted wire (one piece only), dual 1/8" air holes.