Squonk RDA Issue/Question

[Vapemesilly]

I'm making my first foray into squonking. I have an Anglo rda (Hellvape). I'm used to working with RTA's but this is my first RDA. The well seems a bit deep and the cotton has to extend down a ways to get to the bottom of the well, about 1/4 inch. If the unit sits for a while the cotton gets dried out and I pretty much have to manually soak the cotton before I start vaping and hitting the squonk bottle. Does this description make sense?

When it's right the vape is awesome. Vape so thick and tasty you can almost chew it.

Is this something others have run into? Do I need an RDA with a shallower well? More cotton? Less cotton? Or is this normal with squonking?

 

[Heartsdelight]

I'm making my first foray into squonking. I have an Anglo RDA (Hellvape). I'm used to working with RTA's but this is my first RDA. The well seems a bit deep and the cotton has to extend down a ways to get to the bottom of the well, about 1/4 inch. If the unit sits for a while the cotton gets dried out and I pretty much have to manually soak the cotton before I start vaping and hitting the squonk bottle. Does this description make sense?

When it's right the vape is awesome. Vape so thick and tasty you can almost chew it.

Is this something others have run into? Do I need an RDA with a shallower well? More cotton? Less cotton? Or is this normal with squonking?

I would try a little less cotton on the tails. It shouldn’t dry out to the point that a squonk or two won’t saturate it.

 

[Train2]

Not all will agree, but I think you've discovered the "why" of many great squonk RDA's.........they are designed for squonking. You don't need a well at ALL, really.
I've got some where the airflow is protected, so you can squonk to the coil itself...

Hellvape is usually good gear, and at a glance it doesn't look TOO deep. It could be however that you need it wicking pretty well, and you may need to squonk every couple puffs - and after a long sit.

Picture of build will help know if cotton looks right, or coil height, or whatever.

I'm making my first foray into squonking. I have an Anglo RDA (Hellvape). I'm used to working with RTA's but this is my first RDA. The well seems a bit deep and the cotton has to extend down a ways to get to the bottom of the well, about 1/4 inch. If the unit sits for a while the cotton gets dried out and I pretty much have to manually soak the cotton before I start vaping and hitting the squonk bottle. Does this description make sense?

When it's right the vape is awesome. Vape so thick and tasty you can almost chew it.

Is this something others have run into? Do I need an RDA with a shallower well? More cotton? Less cotton? Or is this normal with squonking?

 

[rob33]

Your juice is too thick or your wick it too tight. Take your cap off install a dry wick, squeeze watch you juice come up and moisten the wick 7 to 10 seconds. Do this twice if juice is not at the coil, you need to rethink what you are doing.

Also you didn't mention the diameter of your coil size, a 2.5 to 3.0mm work best for me with a 5 to 7 wrap.

 

[Spydro]

Squonking beats the hell out of dripping, especially when out and about and when its dark-thirty. So I switched to using mostly squonk gear back in Aug 2014.

My key to vaping was getting to know my gear thoroughly, and paying attention to it in use. I give it what it wants and it gives me what I want.

What makes a great squonk atty to me is one that I can thoroughly saturate the wick with just one squonk then get a dozen or more DL pulls off before I have a need to squonk it again. With some I get even more pulls. With coil RDA's I make the builds big, 3mm, 3.5mm, 4mm, even have had some that were 5mm - depended on what the build deck can fit, and I mostly did dual coil builds. They were stuffed full with big pulled and rolled wicks that held a bunch of joose, might have groomed and combed tails if needed.

I jumped on the mesh RDA bandwagon about 16-17 months ago, and now days I mostly squonk mesh RDA's that have massive wicks on 18650 mech, 18650 dual para batt mech and 20X700 regulated squonk mods. Some of mine can still net me a dozen or more DL pulls before I have to squonk them again. It's all about the build being right for which atty model it is and its squonk routine with these RDA's. IME mesh uses far more joose than coils. But they do have pre-warning signs of running dry... a good thing when a dry hit on these fire breathing dragons would be like a death sentence.

 

[score69]

How long are you letting it sit for it to 'dry out'? IME, juice doesn't just dry up like that. Even when I let a mod sit for a few days, if the wick was saturated when I left it, it's still good when I pick it back up. In all honesty, most of mine are RDAs pretty much designed for squonking though, no real juice well.

One thing I always do is squonk before I set my mod down. This way when I go to pick it up, I can expect to get a good hit without risking a dry hit. I've gotten in the practice of saturating the wick when I set the mod down though.

Most of my RDAs will saturate and excess juice pull back down, so I pretty much just give it a quick squonk every few pulls and before I set it down. Never had what you're describing. At the same time, I've never squonked using an RDA needing long wicks though. Some of mine have a good amount of room to leave a decent amount of cotton (Asmodus C4), in this case, I use a good amount of cotton in the juice well.

Some folks use more cotton, some use less. I'm in the camp of more cotton, holds more juice, even though it leaves less room for the juice wells to hold juice. I'd rather the wicks hold juice that doesn't get sucked back down instead of it sitting around in the RDA. Less chance of leaking and I get more pulls before the cotton dries out. This also depends on your squonk style, short quick squeezes or long harder squeezes that flood the RDA to saturate the wicks. I use more cotton and just squonk short/quick squeezes more often to keep the cotton wet.

Maybe I've overthinking it, lol, works well for me though. Can't remember last time I've had a dry hit (or a leak), so it works for me.

 

[score69]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. The Hellvape Anglo is the mentioned RDA in this thread. If anybody wants one, Eightvape has them listed for $7.95 right now. I'm pretty happy with my current RDA collection, but may pick one up at that price.

 

[charlie1465]

Is this something others have run into? Do I need an RDA with a shallower well? More cotton? Less cotton? Or is this normal with squonking?

IMO this can only be the cotton and you've got it too tight so that the juice is not soaking right through to the centre. The tails should go to the bottom of the juice wells and you can fluff them up a bit to help wicking before you thread them in.

Just a quick question...you do load/paint up your coils and cotton the first time after a new build don't you?? If not that's your answer...just occurred to me that and RTA user may not do that?

Hope this helps

 

[Vapemesilly]

Thanks for all the comments and help. Yeah, I load up the cotton with juice the first time. My coils are 3mm. I'm going to play with my cotton. Could be that the way I've been using cotton in the RTAs doesn't work the same with the RDA.

 

[Vapemesilly]

So I've been playing with the wicking on this Anglo for the last few days. My wife says to me the other day, after changing the cotton for the umpteenth time..."Do you have to change that so often or do you just suck at it?" Ha!

Anyway, I've just about got it, I think. Vaping pretty damn good. Boy, I really like this RDA.

 

[Fidola13]

Glad it’s working out for you!!