Silica spiral coil vs Cotton Microcoil

colly10

Hi, i currently wrap my coils as a 3/4 wrap spiral coil of 30 guage around 2mm silica.
I was just wondering if people feel that there's much of a difference in that compared to a cotton microcoil? I'm tempted to get a squape r and swich to cotton microcoils but the only video I could find that compares them says that the spiral coil is technically better.
What's the general consensis on this, is there much difference? What do you prefer?

Ionised

Squape is a good bit of kit but still prefer the Kayfun (original not clone, there is a difference). Microcoil and cotton is the only way to go. So much better than a silica build.

colly10

I have a kayfun lite (not clone). Why do you prefer it to the squape r? I like the idea of the squape cause it allows you to to slot the drillbit into the deck and that'll give ye the perfect size for your coil

Shinobollo

I have kayfun lite+ V2 and square-R clones. I find both equally easy to build with micro coils and cotton. The main differences are that the squape-R is a much airier draw, can be rebuilt without removing juice and doesn't need a screwdriver to refill. Downside is that it's much longer and depending on the juice can be a very airy draw - although there's lots of adjustment on it.

Ionised

colly10 wrote:

I have a kayfun lite (not clone). Why do you prefer it to the squape r? I like the idea of the squape cause it allows you to to slot the drillbit into the deck and that'll give ye the perfect size for your coil

Probably just me but I never found the flavour in the Squape as good as the kayfun. This was an original Squape not the R.

RIchieNouveau

I've only used some cellucotton Acca sent me with the kayfun clone I bought off him. Its seem to work great, is it worth me buying anything else to try?

Also, if its not too off topic. What kind of coils do you like to build? I built a standard horizontal for my first, I think it was 1.5. I tried a vertical "chimney" build for my 3rd, this was last night. Vapour production was down and no increase on flavour and TH was the same, it was 1.5 ohm. I was tinkering with it today and broke a leg, so I stretched it out and rewrapped it horizontally and its a whole new beast! Vaping great at 1.2ohms. Not sure why the vertical didn't work out so well, possibly the wicking? Any of you any thoughts on that? Flavour isn't as pronounced as I thought it would be, an aerotank with s new coil was giving better flavour for me. Any tips for a more flavoursome build? Thanks.

nuttyboy79

7 wraps of .3mm kanthal around a 2.4mm bit with just enough cotton to touch the build deck loads of flavour TH and vapour.

I tried silca at first and tbh honest I notice no difference cottons just not as fiddly.

RIchieNouveau

And do you feck that in horizontally or vertically Nutty?

Ionised

I'm a simple man so horizontal coil for me. 7 or 8 wraps around a 2mm screwdriver giving 1.3ohms. Standard 100% cotton ball wick. Tried cellucotten but found it didn't work well for me.

nuttyboy79

RIchieNouveau wrote: »

And do you feck that in horizontally or vertically Nutty?

Horizontally Richie can't be doing with the fecking around I've an Orchid for that.

colly10

Thanks all for the help, built my first cotton micro coil today. 6 wraps of 2.5mm diameter of 30 guage. It's vaping great, if i can get a week out of these wicks I wont consider going back to silica
Used a coil jig i picked up, turned out to be very handy

Ionised

I tend to get 3 days out if the wick but it only takes a couple of minutes to change. Don't think I've had to put in a new coil in 4 months.