This lengthy post is really about Tootle Puffing with a Brunhilde MTL
As it won’t be of interest to all, I’ve started a new thread.
So what’s this QRP routine then?
My long term best pal since our schooldays, now sadly deceased, was into Amateur Radio and was a member of the QRP Group who specialsed in building and using very low power transmitter/receivers - 5 -10 watts max - and seeing how far their transmissions would get out.
So QRP to me = low power.
Why did I try it?
When I came into vaping, Egos coupled with CE4s and later Vivi Novas, both with silica wicks rated around 2.O Ohms, if I remember aright, were common and widely used.
Actually, I thought these tanks offered a vape I quite liked - but they gurgled and went off song pretty quickly, and of course being plastic their threads could melt away quite quickly, depending on the liquid used.
So basically nostalgia called, and I wondered what like it would be if I tried setting up a Brunhilde with a 2.00 Ohm, 28 gauge plain kanthal, closed coil and running it at 3.7 Volts ( just over 6.8 Watts, according to my iStick 30w - but iSticks, do their own thing - my various mods read this coil between 2 and 2.3 Ohms, and needed between 6.2 -7.2 Watts for the same quality of vape ) - for a month.
For consistency I used the same Brunhilde all month, with the third smallest air insert fitted, the same 2.00 Ohm coil, the same Vapefly cotton wick and fired it with my oldest silver iStick30W.
I used this set up every day from when I woke up in the morning until I went to bed at night.
So how did it go?
First off, the Brunhilde MTL, IMHO, proved its versatility, and showed me that it can make an excellent Tootle Puffing device.
In the month I experienced no whistle, no spitback, no gurgle, no flooding, no dry hits, no unused vape liquid through the drip tip, nor any other misbehavior.
I got plenty of flavour from my 16 strength clear menthol E Liquid. Indeed more than enough vapour for me, and a pleasantly cool vape.
The draw was consistent and akin to a Nautilus Mini. I’d describe the vape as “creamy.
Battery life was excellent - an iStick 30w lasted all day and a bit more if it started off fully charged.
After a month of daily use the coil and wick look like they’ve seen better days ( probably highlighting that it’s not the finest coil I have ever wound,) but I’ll dry burn the coil, pinch it, realign it, and fit a new wick anyway.
Will I convert my other two Brunhilde’s to run like this when their coils need changing?
Yes , wholeheartedly.
It’s a very long time since I used the same combination every day and I actually enjoyed the experience of getting to know it in depth.
In conclusion,I loved it - the Scottish verdict would be - “Gaun yersel! Yah Beauty, yah Dancer Ye!!”
First Picture - the rig as used
Second Picture - how the iStick30 read the coil and the power
Third Picture - it certainly produces plenty of vape, even when running QPR
Fourth Picture - the coil and wick after a month of use.
As it won’t be of interest to all, I’ve started a new thread.
So what’s this QRP routine then?
My long term best pal since our schooldays, now sadly deceased, was into Amateur Radio and was a member of the QRP Group who specialsed in building and using very low power transmitter/receivers - 5 -10 watts max - and seeing how far their transmissions would get out.
So QRP to me = low power.
Why did I try it?
When I came into vaping, Egos coupled with CE4s and later Vivi Novas, both with silica wicks rated around 2.O Ohms, if I remember aright, were common and widely used.
Actually, I thought these tanks offered a vape I quite liked - but they gurgled and went off song pretty quickly, and of course being plastic their threads could melt away quite quickly, depending on the liquid used.
So basically nostalgia called, and I wondered what like it would be if I tried setting up a Brunhilde with a 2.00 Ohm, 28 gauge plain kanthal, closed coil and running it at 3.7 Volts ( just over 6.8 Watts, according to my iStick 30w - but iSticks, do their own thing - my various mods read this coil between 2 and 2.3 Ohms, and needed between 6.2 -7.2 Watts for the same quality of vape ) - for a month.
For consistency I used the same Brunhilde all month, with the third smallest air insert fitted, the same 2.00 Ohm coil, the same Vapefly cotton wick and fired it with my oldest silver iStick30W.
I used this set up every day from when I woke up in the morning until I went to bed at night.
So how did it go?
First off, the Brunhilde MTL, IMHO, proved its versatility, and showed me that it can make an excellent Tootle Puffing device.
In the month I experienced no whistle, no spitback, no gurgle, no flooding, no dry hits, no unused vape liquid through the drip tip, nor any other misbehavior.
I got plenty of flavour from my 16 strength clear menthol E Liquid. Indeed more than enough vapour for me, and a pleasantly cool vape.
The draw was consistent and akin to a Nautilus Mini. I’d describe the vape as “creamy.
Battery life was excellent - an iStick 30w lasted all day and a bit more if it started off fully charged.
After a month of daily use the coil and wick look like they’ve seen better days ( probably highlighting that it’s not the finest coil I have ever wound,) but I’ll dry burn the coil, pinch it, realign it, and fit a new wick anyway.
Will I convert my other two Brunhilde’s to run like this when their coils need changing?
Yes , wholeheartedly.
It’s a very long time since I used the same combination every day and I actually enjoyed the experience of getting to know it in depth.
In conclusion,I loved it - the Scottish verdict would be - “Gaun yersel! Yah Beauty, yah Dancer Ye!!”
First Picture - the rig as used
Second Picture - how the iStick30 read the coil and the power
Third Picture - it certainly produces plenty of vape, even when running QPR
Fourth Picture - the coil and wick after a month of use.
