Does UNFLAVORED eliquid make coils last longer?

[arbeee]

I'm using Halo Tribeca (flavored with 12 mg/ml nic) with Triton 2 (with .75 ohm coils). It starts tasting/smelling nasty with just one day of use and I have to change the coil. I was wondering if I used unflavored eliquid instead (with nicotine, such as Halo Fusion series) would that make the coils "stay fresh" longer?

 

[CagedSpam]

Short answer, yes

Long answer - You could play with your unflavored and Tribeca ratios to get a good blend of coil life and flavor. Maybe 3-5 mils of Tribeca per 30 mils unflavored.

Good Luck

 

[hobbette]

Might also just try some different juices. I havent tried halo tribeca, but some juices do gunk up your coil really fast. In my experience it seems like it's usually darker juices that are a problem. Not all flavored juices are bad.

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[kbeam418]

I get over 100 ml average on my t18 coils with menthol e-liguid. When I use flavored e-liguid I usually get about 30-60 ml (depends on the flavor) before I have to re-wick or change a coil. One good line of juice, that isn't hard on coils, is from Independent Vapor Company. They're cheap too.

 

[r77r7r]

I get 120ml from a coil with unflavored regularly. That's a month. Seems odd for you just getting 1 day. I wonder if you are getting Clone coils??

 

[arbeee]

I get 120ml from a coil with unflavored regularly. That's a month. Seems odd for you just getting 1 day. I wonder if you are getting Clone coils??

I said I get one day with FLAVORED (Tribeca). It's great to know you can go 120 ml with unflavored. I'll have to start doing that. What nic mg/ml are you using with your unflavored? Is your liquid more PG or more VG? Does it make a difference?

 

[LimJaheyyy]

I diy juice and dark ones gunk them up. Anything with stevia or other sweeteners will really kill your coil. I only vape clear or slightly yellow juice. So fruits and some custards or cereals. I get the concentrates from the vape mall and I never had a tfv8 coil go down quickly

 

[Two_Bears]

Might also just try some different juices. I havent tried halo tribeca, but some juices do gunk up your coil really fast. In my experience it seems like it's usually darker juices that are a problem. Not all flavored juices are bad.

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Sweet juices junk up the coils and wick fast.

He could also learn to rebuild and keep using the Juice he likes and replace the wick when the vapor tastes like wet carpet.

I use Kanthal and Dry burn the gunk off the coil. My coils last usually 3 months.

 

[Bunnykiller]

well... considering that tribeca is a tobacco flavored juice ( maybe even a semi net) its gonna gunk up fast... no way around it.
Best non gunking tobacco flavored juices Ive found so far are from Heathers Heavenly Vapes... my favorite is Pirates Booty and Dragon fire...

 

[sofarsogood]

I'm using Halo Tribeca (flavored with 12 mg/ml nic) with Triton 2 (with .75 ohm coils). It starts tasting/smelling nasty with just one day of use and I have to change the coil. I was wondering if I used unflavored eliquid instead (with nicotine, such as Halo Fusion series) would that make the coils "stay fresh" longer?

I care about throat hit and vape texture. I rewick 2-3 times per week and rebuild 1-2 times per month. My DIY has 1% flavoring and no sweetners. I use moderate settings for someone who has been vaping for a while, 400 degrees and 30 max watts in temp control. When I rewick I dry burn gently but there is almost no gunk to remove. So my wick is replaced every 15-20 ml and the coil every 100-200 ml. If you are going to be a life long vaper you are going to be rebuilding and mixing sooner or later. Once you experience the advantages they aren't a chore.

 

[Eskie]

I started with Tribeca as my first "real" vape juice. Still love it but I mix my own clone. To the OP, how are you priming and breaking in your coil, and what wattage are you vaping at? I started using Tribeca with Nauti coils and got a good week out of them, but that was with 1.8 ohm coils at ~12W slowly broken in, and vaped about 3 ml a day.

 

[arbeee]

To the OP, how are you priming and breaking in your coil, and what wattage are you vaping at?

Actually I just fill the juice in the tank and let it sit for a few minutes. The "Halo Triton II" that I'm using has 3.7v batteries and the coil is 0.75 ohms. So I guess the math comes out to be around 18 watts.

 

[Str8vision]

I'm using Halo Tribeca (flavored with 12 mg/ml nic) with Triton 2 (with .75 ohm coils). It starts tasting/smelling nasty with just one day of use and I have to change the coil. I was wondering if I used unflavored eliquid instead (with nicotine, such as Halo Fusion series) would that make the coils "stay fresh" longer?

Yes, flavorings are what causes coils to gunk up. Some flavorings are worse than others and the more flavorings (higher the percentage) in a juice the faster it will trash your coils. Many of the chemicals used to replicate natural flavors aren't stable at high temperatures (they don't completely atomize) and slowly build up/caramelize on your coils. Sweeteners are a major contributor toward coil buildup. I vape NETs exclusively, they're notoriously hard on wicks/coils. Unflavored juice is as clean as it gets but only if it's actually flavor free, I'm unfamiliar with Halo's Fusion series but if it has any flavor at all it's not truly unflavored. Rather than avoiding flavors/juice that I enjoy I switched to using RBAs, -problem solved-. I can rebuild/maintain a dual coil RBA for an entire year using the highest quality supplies available for what a single factory coil head costs. Unlike factory coil heads which are designed to be one-use disposables, RBAs are designed to be rebuilt and maintained regularly and doing so is quick/easy once you get the hang of it.

 

[Two_Bears]

Yes, flavorings are what causes coils to gunk up. Some flavorings are worse than others and the more flavorings (higher the percentage) in a juice the faster it will trash your coils. Many of the chemicals used to replicate natural flavors aren't stable at high temperatures (they don't completely atomize) and slowly build up/caramelize on your coils. Sweeteners are a major contributor toward coil buildup. I vape NETs exclusively, they're notoriously hard on wicks/coils. Unflavored juice is as clean as it gets but only if it's actually flavor free, I'm unfamiliar with Halo's Fusion series but if it has any flavor at all it's not truly unflavored. Rather than avoiding flavors/juice that I enjoy I switched to using RBAs, -problem solved-. I can rebuild/maintain a dual coil RBA for an entire year using the highest quality supplies available for what a single factory coil head costs. Unlike factory coil heads which are designed to be one-use disposables, RBAs are designed to be rebuilt and maintained regularly and doing so is quick/easy once you get the hang of it.

I can vouch for that.

With replacing wicks as needed (using Rayon) wrapping my Kanthal coil for my Kayfun short Atty i can rebuild coiks abd replace wicks as needed and only spend 60 cents fof the wicks and coils. I can DIY Ejuice 30 ml with flavors for $1.36 and that WILL let me vape for 8-9 days.

I LOVE my peach mango, butter rum, brownie, and coconut cream pie Vapes.

 

[Robino1]

Simple answer: yes.

In the tank that uses pre made coils (plug and play where the wick and coil are one unit) I vape unflavored in order for the coil and wick combo to last weeks.

In my other tank, where I build the coil myself, that one is used for my flavored liquid. I do use a cleaner liquid but still have to clean the coil and rewick more frequently compared to the unflavored.

I have been toying with the idea of mixing down my flavored with unflavored. I figure it would be a win-win. Flavored would last longer without having to restock, coils wouldn't need cleaning as often.

 

[mcclintock]

well... considering that tribeca is a tobacco flavored juice ( maybe even a semi net) its gonna gunk up fast... no way around it.
Best non gunking tobacco flavored juices Ive found so far are from Heathers Heavenly Vapes... my favorite is Pirates Booty and Dragon fire...

I thought synthetic tobaccos were the lowest gunking. I know they have lower % of flavoring when *I* make them. Tribeca, however, is considered a modern RY4. Caramel flavor will definitely gunk. I wasn't impressed and can't remember if the caramel was noticable.

 

[arbeee]

Caramel flavor will definitely gunk. I wasn't impressed and can't remember if the caramel was noticable.

Yes the caramel is noticeable on the Tribeca.

One thing I noticed is that on my "Halo Triton II" (with bottom coils) after multiple refills of the tank the color of the liquid stays more or less the same light color while previously on my "Halo Triton (I)" (which uses rebranded Kanger T2 tanks which has coils on top with two wicks hanging down) the liquid gets darker and darker after subsequent refills. I guess that means all the gunk are being trapped in the coil/wick in my new setup (Triton II) because the liquid doesn't get darker after subsequent refills.

 

[MyMagicMist]

I have been toying with the idea of mixing down my flavored with unflavored. I figure it would be a win-win. Flavored would last longer without having to restock, coils wouldn't need cleaning as often.

Been doing a bit of this myself, cutting 18mg/ml Hawk Sauce with 18mg/ml unflavored. Using a Coppervape & Velocity V2 clone RDA helps facilitate using a coil / set of coils quite a while barring physical damages. The cut juice furthers that duration somewhat. Not paid attention properly to know how much so yet, though find I normally swap coils monthly in general.

 

[MyMagicMist]

I said I get one day with FLAVORED (Tribeca). It's great to know you can go 120 ml with unflavored. I'll have to start doing that. What nic mg/ml are you using with your unflavored? Is your liquid more PG or more VG? Does it make a difference?

I use a very simple base of 50% PG / 50% VG or as close there by as can be had, and I use 18mg/ml nicotine for an unflavored base juice. If I want any flavor I now use squonk bottles of 10ml, I can do quick calculations and add maybe 2ml of flavoring to the 10ml bottle with the rest being the base juice.

Though not always going to use 20% flavoring and more oft than not it's around 5% flavor. That way I can stick to unflavored but occasionally treat myself to some flavor without spoiling a larger batch of juice as one flavor only. I can adjust the PG/VG ratio too if I choose, sometimes going to 30% PG/ 70% VG. VG despite allegedly being tasteless does have subtle sweetness. YMMV.

 

[mongo74]

Some flavorings just muck up coils. Usually, it's the artificial sweeteners they used to enhance the liquids.

I've found that a simple vg/pg blend with nicotine will not gunk coils up as quickly, but eventually the natural sugars in glycerin will leave a thick coating of carbon, slowly ruining the coils efficiency. A dry burn (NO TN OR NI AND DEFINITELY NOT STOCK COILS) is usually enough to fire life back into one.