I picked up some of these today to have for backup.
They’re kanthal… Don’t think I’ve ever used anything except nichrome.
Has anyone used these? Are they good or junk?
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I’ve used them when I first started rebuildables.They aren’t bad. They aren’t the best, and I found out I don’t like kathal…I can hook you up with a coil builder on FB if you wanted to go all the way to flavor town 
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I dont use fb, but thank you. I’ll just have to plug a couple of these in my RTA when it’s time to change coils and see how it goes. I don’t wanna get my hopes up too much because cause they look super cool. I only realized they were kanthal after I bought them.
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I’m so pissed, can’t seem to get these coils to work right for the life of me. Dropped the pair I had in and lost 1. Ffs. 
Can’t really use my other used coils because they’re cut too short. Im SOL until I order new ones.
It’s not too terrible, they’re hitting kind of weird. I think it’s the kanthal.
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Alright… Maybe I did something wrong, but I definitely don’t recommend buying Medusa brand coils. I could not get them to work and they kept burning. I ended up wrapping my own, and the wire I have totally lacks flavor but it already is working way better.
I got some 4 core 28 38 ni80 wire.
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Not battery friendly but they will work well for you.
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Ok, thanks. Didnt realize that had an effect. I don’t think this coil wire is good for flavor at all. I can’t get much out of it at least. I thought “hybrid” wire would be kinda like Clapton, but it doesn’t really work too well. Better than the Medusas for sure, but now I’m awaiting on my mail order coils.
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What Ohm’s are you running? How many winds at what ID?
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Kanthal isn’t a hybrid. It will run the hottest of the common wires. It conveys a metallic taste. NI80 is #2 in commonly used wire. Runs a little cooler than Kanthal. Gives a cleaner taste than Kanthal.
You mentioned buying quad core fused Clapton’s. Depending on the Ohm’s the coils are running at a minimum starting wattage should be 40-45 watts and work your way up depending on how hot you like your vape. You may be vaping that coil somewhere around 80 watts if you like your vape hot.
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I’m using a variable voltage mod, dual coil, 6 wraps .13ohms, 3mm id. had it cranked to 109-121 watts. Seems to hit better at 115-121w. Not getting dry hits, vapor isn’t warm, but I’m using the titan v2, I’ve noticed runs much cooler than my standard RTAs.
Seems like I really have to crank it up and I get them to hit right, slow ramp up I guess. Doesn’t taste burnt or anything though.
This is the first wire I ever bought to wrap, was disappointed with performance. It’s got a super tight wind on the outer wrap. I thought maybe that may be why it does work very well.
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I looked into this a little bit this morning, it seems like the 28 38 gauge wire isn’t the best for what I’m trying to achieve. I’m going to have to try getting a different wire type.
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What are you trying to achieve?
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Lots of flavor… Loud crackle, nice clouds. I got some premades on the way.
I just went through swapping like 4 sets of coils, finally found an old pair that worked.
Scratch that, the began working… Then decided to be shit. They were old used coils though. Not surprised. Getting a little flavor from them, better than the last ones at least.
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