I got my first temp control device on Monday and was using nickel and wasn't too happy with the results. I could get over the fact that it was a pain in the ass to build, but the vape just wasn't anything special.
I got some titanium this morning and it is literally better in every way. I know everything to do with vaping is subjective, but I am really struggling to see how this is:
- Much easier to wrap
- Don't have to space coils
- Don't have to do a stupid amount of wraps
- Much more dense, kanthal like clouds (if you want them) as you can use thicker wire with no issues
- You can push the temp a bit higher due to the thicker wire
- Better flavour than nickel and kanthal
- Rewicking isn't a surgical procedure that can easily ruin your coil
- Generally far more solid coils
- Wires don't snap under screws
- The metal turns blue when it gets warm
The only cons I can think of are that not all temp control mods have a titanium setting, but you can get around this by just offsetting your temperature 100 deg F lower and increasing it upwards to your desired level from there. Also, you CANNOT dry burn the coil until it glows bright orange. Don't go higher than 10 watts when pinching the coil and ironing out hotspots. Do it somewhere dark so you can see the coil barely dimly glowing (don't push it further...). I say this last point as a con, but its not like you can make nickel glow either as it would just disintegrate.
I got some titanium this morning and it is literally better in every way. I know everything to do with vaping is subjective, but I am really struggling to see how this is:
- Much easier to wrap
- Don't have to space coils
- Don't have to do a stupid amount of wraps
- Much more dense, kanthal like clouds (if you want them) as you can use thicker wire with no issues
- You can push the temp a bit higher due to the thicker wire
- Better flavour than nickel and kanthal
- Rewicking isn't a surgical procedure that can easily ruin your coil
- Generally far more solid coils
- Wires don't snap under screws
- The metal turns blue when it gets warm
The only cons I can think of are that not all temp control mods have a titanium setting, but you can get around this by just offsetting your temperature 100 deg F lower and increasing it upwards to your desired level from there. Also, you CANNOT dry burn the coil until it glows bright orange. Don't go higher than 10 watts when pinching the coil and ironing out hotspots. Do it somewhere dark so you can see the coil barely dimly glowing (don't push it further...). I say this last point as a con, but its not like you can make nickel glow either as it would just disintegrate.