A few questions about a trident v2 clone

[Caffeine7]

I'm new to dripping. Today I picked up a trident clone to try out. I'm not getting much vapor out of it. It has the dual coil setup it came with and it shows 1.7 ohms on my mvp2. I tried several different wattage settings, different airflow settings and I get hardly any vape or flavor out of it. I'm using smooth criminal from Ahlusion. Not sure of the pg/vg. At first I put 5-6 drops on each wick and let it sit to saturate. Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[derogg]

I would get rid of the coil it came with and build your own.

 

[State O' Flux]

I'm new to dripping. Today I picked up a trident clone to try out. I'm not getting much vapor out of it. It has the dual coil setup it came with and it shows 1.7 ohms on my mvp2. I tried several different wattage settings, different airflow settings and I get hardly any vape or flavor out of it. I'm using smooth criminal from Ahlusion. Not sure of the pg/vg. At first I put 5-6 drops on each wick and let it sit to saturate. Any help is greatly appreciated

Another late night, with nothing to do but type. ;-)

The thin fake Kanthal coils and silica'ish wick that gets stuck in these inexpensive clones are the cheapest China crap. This is often the type of RDA that gets sold to new coil builders such as yourself - gives them something to test the waters with, to look at and try out... before they step off the ledge and build their own.
Not a bad entry level RDA actually... once you get better materials in them and an adequate amp supply, and perhaps drill out the air holes if you go below 1.0Ω.

You can retrofit cotton first... that might help a bit with the coils you have, but really... you'll want to recoil too.
Use the "Steam Engine" calculator (linked in my sig line) to "build" a coil (one is enough to get you started) that provides 1.3Ω+/- resistance... which is the lowest you can go with the MVP2 and still get a full resistance to amperage limit balance.
You can go less resistance... but with the MVP2 3 amp limit, you may overtax the chipset.

That last bit was a bit presumptuous of me... in that I don't know what wire you have, if any at all. I suggest you buy some 28 and 30 gauge, genuine (will have a temco label) Kanthal A1 to get you started.
For example, a single 30 gauge compressed 8/7 wrap coil, wound on a 1.5mm (1/16") mandrel will give you 1.3Ω+/- resistance. If you want duals or a lower, sub-ohm resistance, two of the same coils will provide a 0.7Ω+/- net resistance.
With the latter, you'd need a PV that will provide at least 7 amps continuous drain (I've included a 1.3a margin of safety).

You'll get there... just be safe about it, and enjoy the new level of flavor.

 

[Caffeine7]

Today I stopped in at my local b&m and they set me up with a 28 ga kanthal single coil with a cotton wick and wow it's good. My juices have never tasted like this. It's at 1 ohm and night and day difference. I'm after flavor I'm happy to leave the cloud chasing to the kids. It's a pretty low priced clone but like you said, a decent way to test the waters

 

[queevil]

I have the original Trident clone that I use on my Mvp2 and here's what I do to get great flavor and clouds of vapor: I use dual coils. I wrap each coil to around 2 ohms using 30 ga kanthal. This will give an ohm load of 1 in dual coil mode. The mvp will fire down to .8 ohms so you can wrap your coils at 1.6 ohms each for a .8 ohm load in dual coil mode. I use organic cotton for wicking material. How you wick your coils is important. You'll need to experiment. Set the airflow wide open. If the flavor seems muted constrict the airflow slightly. Crank the voltage on the mvp to 5. It won't put out as much vapor in wattage mode, even at 11 watts. After you have set up this way, rock on with your bad self.

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