what happens if you dont change your coil?
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stuff builds up on the coil, and it tastes more and more burnt
if used to change my protank coils after about 3 days.
they would taste pretty bad if run for a full week for me.
Once the flavor begins to degrade, that's your coils beginning to gunk up. Depending on what type of coils you're using, they can get somewhat pricey.
I am a flavor junky and found that I was going thru my Kanger dual coils fairly quickly, and then I discovered cleaning them can be quite effective. You can find many different techniques on YouTube, but I've found simply rinsing them under (very) hot water , patting them dry, then letting them dry out for a day, works well for me.
Good luck, happy vaping !
I am a flavor junky and found that I was going thru my Kanger dual coils fairly quickly, and then I discovered cleaning them can be quite effective. You can find many different techniques on YouTube, but I've found simply rinsing them under (very) hot water , patting them dry, then letting them dry out for a day, works well for me.
Good luck, happy vaping !
How often you need to change your coils depends on a couple things.
1. Your juice: certain flavorings and sweeteners can junk up coils very fast and yup, no vapor or flavor after a few days.
2. your wattage/voltage applied to said coil. The material that makes up the coil will degrade after time and loose the ability to simply work.
It's a subjective thing here as far as how often to change them out, but you will need to at some point.
1. Your juice: certain flavorings and sweeteners can junk up coils very fast and yup, no vapor or flavor after a few days.
2. your wattage/voltage applied to said coil. The material that makes up the coil will degrade after time and loose the ability to simply work.
It's a subjective thing here as far as how often to change them out, but you will need to at some point.
We use Kanger single coils in all our clearos (Evod, Evod Glass, Protank 2 Mini). When we notice decreased vapor, decreased flavor, or increased flooding (not just a couple of drops of eliquid on the battery), it is time to change the coil. Kanger single coils can be cleaned and reused. I have been averaging 2-3 extra uses of each coil that I clean. They can also be re-built and/or re-wicked.
A lot depends on the type of eliquid that you use, the pg/vg ratio, and the battery or mod that you are using. We are happy with our Kanger Evod or Evod-C 650 mah batteries, and the clearos listed above. We tend to like creamy/bakery style eliquids, at a 50/50 pg/vg ratio. Our coils usually last a few days before getting gunked up. My daughter recently discovered a new (to us, at least) brand of eliquid at a local B&M that is around 70% vg. She loves the flavors that she is getting, but the eliquid tends to gunk up her coils faster than flavors from our usual eliquid vendors.
It is worth it, to me, to spend the money on eliquids that we like, and replace coils as necessry, to keep us as ex-smokers.
A lot depends on the type of eliquid that you use, the pg/vg ratio, and the battery or mod that you are using. We are happy with our Kanger Evod or Evod-C 650 mah batteries, and the clearos listed above. We tend to like creamy/bakery style eliquids, at a 50/50 pg/vg ratio. Our coils usually last a few days before getting gunked up. My daughter recently discovered a new (to us, at least) brand of eliquid at a local B&M that is around 70% vg. She loves the flavors that she is getting, but the eliquid tends to gunk up her coils faster than flavors from our usual eliquid vendors.
It is worth it, to me, to spend the money on eliquids that we like, and replace coils as necessry, to keep us as ex-smokers.
Coils work a lot like a lightbulb, and the wire can only take so many heating and cooling cycles before they give out. Protect yourself, and your equipment by changing coils when you need to. Too many cycles can cause your coil to snap, and if it does the wire may hit a part of the inside that it shouldn't and damage your battery... Possibly causing it to explode. It has happened.
This is really worst case scenario and has happened, but only a couple documented instances. I don't know if I would scare someone like that, but safety is important, especially if you ever plan on sub ohming (coils that go below 1.0ohm). Biggest issue with not changing your coils is as everyone here has stated...performance will drop and vape quality will suffer.
Just as everyone has said, coil will gunk up with old burnt juice. You can however extend the life if coils you make yourself (don't do this with store bought pre made coils)but if you made your own coil and it gets gunked up, remove the wick and tank and fire the coil. This dry burns the coil and the gunk on the coil will actually burn off allowing the coil to be used again. It's time to change your coil when the quality of your vape goes down. You start tasting a burned taste. Hand made coils last a LOT longer than store bought coils and are a whole lot less money! For this reason I make my own coils. I just can't see paying that much for a store coil that does not last very long. But everyone is different. Just make sure you change which ever coil you choose when it needs it. Hope this helps a little. Best wishes
Well the same coil has been used every day in my Kayfun for over a year. Ever hear of CLEANING them folks?!?
Hell, I even have quite a few old 510 atomizers that are over three years old that still work just fine.
Hell, I even have quite a few old 510 atomizers that are over three years old that still work just fine.
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not a year [kayfuns too
]yet but quite a few months 0.3mm kanthal is pretty robust.i clean mine by brushing down with water then heating to red , quench brush again and anneal by heating to red and allowing slow cool.
Get pretty fast at it vaping NETs.
I had an old standard eGo cart I used for a long time, the taste became horrible (actually made me shiver) and it made poor vapor production. I decided to get a new tank and it was the best thing I ever did, I was doing more harm than good using an old grubby burnt coil. It's soo much better and nicer with a fresh coil!
People experience huge differences in their equipment performance because that is vaping - there is no 'normal'. For some people, a coil lasts 3 days and it's done - clean it, rebuild or chuck it. Others get months out of a coil.
It all depends on so many variables that no single answer is valid: volume of liquid used, amount of flavouring (if any), type of flavouring, voltage / power used, style of vaping, etc etc.
The only thing that works is: does the coil still work - does it taste OK and produce good vapour? If not, it's time for a clean / rebuild / replace, depending on the type of coil and your preference.
I don't think there are any significant safety concerns with coils of normal resistance (= over 1 ohm) not working, or breaking. They either work properly or they don't. If you are talking about sub-ohm coils, then they are all replaceable / rebuildable - so if it doesn't work, you replace or rebuild it.
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OK there also super-misers like tj99959 above who makes a Kayfun coil last a year. Now that might be a world record, so:
It all depends on so many variables that no single answer is valid: volume of liquid used, amount of flavouring (if any), type of flavouring, voltage / power used, style of vaping, etc etc.
The only thing that works is: does the coil still work - does it taste OK and produce good vapour? If not, it's time for a clean / rebuild / replace, depending on the type of coil and your preference.
I don't think there are any significant safety concerns with coils of normal resistance (= over 1 ohm) not working, or breaking. They either work properly or they don't. If you are talking about sub-ohm coils, then they are all replaceable / rebuildable - so if it doesn't work, you replace or rebuild it.
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OK there also super-misers like tj99959 above who makes a Kayfun coil last a year. Now that might be a world record, so:
People experience huge differences in their equipment performance because that is vaping - there is no 'normal'. For some people, a coil lasts 3 days and it's done - clean it, rebuild or chuck it. Others get months out of a coil.
It all depends on so many variables that no single answer is valid: volume of liquid used, amount of flavouring (if any), type of flavouring, voltage / power used, style of vaping, etc etc.
The only thing that works is: does the coil still work - does it taste OK and produce good vapour? If not, it's time for a clean / rebuild / replace, depending on the type of coil and your preference.
I don't think there are any significant safety concerns with coils of normal resistance (= over 1 ohm) not working, or breaking. They either work properly or they don't. If you are talking about sub-ohm coils, then they are all replaceable / rebuildable - so if it doesn't work, you replace or rebuild it.
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OK there also super-misers like tj99959 above who makes a Kayfun coil last a year. Now that might be a world record, so:
That's me
I even made it from March 2014 to March 2015 without spending a single cent on vaping, so I figure I can afford to do a little shopping now
for me it depends greatly on what it is, my 901 attys I can get a few months out of if I take care of them, my genny build, well I could get a long time out of them if I didn't like to play with them and redo every so often
What happens depends on what type atty you're using and the type of eliquid you're using. If it's a darker eliquid it will start to taste really bad & just perform badly in general. If your atty is one you can dry burn &/or change the wicking in then doing these things will extend the life of the atty. If you use lighter eliquids they don't gunk up your coils as quickly so you can go longer before needing to change the coil. If you use a rebuildable and use lighter eliquid you can go months without having to change your atty (mine last around 3 months).
Eventually it gunks up and gets larger and more dense resulting in a terrible vape. Keep vaping it and it will eventually go critical and it will become self sustaining, collecting and burning everything it its path while it grows. As long as you are outside the event horizon, you'll be fine. That is until your $2 coil eventually goes to kill you, me and on to consume the earth. For the love of all that is good, change your damn coil.
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