For RTAs if I’m vaping the same flavor or a similar flavor I’ve been able to get a week out of my cotton, but the coils usually gunk up around day 3 or 4 and thus I have to replace the cotton after cleaning them. RDAs and RDTAs are a bit different. Depending on the flavor I can get up to 3 days, but some flavors require me to change out the cotton earlier than that. And of course if I’m testing a mix, I always start off with fresh cotton. In that case it really depends on the mix, how good or how shitty.
In my opinion cotton duration is subjective, but 2 to 3 days isn’t too shabby.
I had a box of this before I tipped a lava lamp over and some of the liquid leaked onto the box. I tossed it for fear of vaping any of the chemicals. I just haven’t ordered another box yet but it was very clean tasting the few times I used it…
Another vote for puff cotton here like @paingawd … I purchased a bag over 2 years ago that’s still not gone and I rewick probably every 2 days on average. Plus I probably have a 5 year supply of that stuff now I ended up with 3 bags of it and still haven’t opened any other one and the first one I purchased is probably a little over half gone now. I have some rayon that my main man @Whiterose0818 sent me and iv used it a couple times with varied results. I honestly just haven’t had a lot of time expirament like I want to with it but I’m not against it yet. I will probably be on the rayon band wagon soon… if it will last longer than 2 days with some of my mixes then I’m all for it lol plus yes it’s pretty cheap and those who use it typically swear by it. @Cutlass92 I didn’t know you started using rayon I’m glad it’s working out for you bro!
Here is the puff cotton
@Mew posted a link for the rayon… if you buy both you will have wick for years to come
500"(-5’) of 1/2" rope,Cellucotton/Rayon.
Severely discolored, perceive a diminishing of flavor, always toss and re wick.
If I have a clean previous soaking wick, may test taste and re drip if warranted.
If I’m not tasting the juice to it’s expected excellence, re wick.
First vape every morning no matter what shape the wicks in, new wick that will guarantee out of my mind great taste.
I find a huge difference in a soaked wick and a clean newly installed, more so first morning vape.
I’m as lazy as the next vaper, so a 1 minute RDA single coil wick change has got to be worth the effort
Dry burning and rinsing just never gave me the same quality of flavor that I get from a completely fresh build, so when the gunk starts to show, I just tear it all out, rinse the atomizer and dry it off, then I sit down to rebuild. I’ve also read that repeated glowing/overheating of the coils could cause premature metal fatigue, so it’s another reason that I replace crusty coils with fresh.
I’m in the same boat as @Cutlass92 and change wicks probably once a month. I don’t really time it, but change if I start getting an off or burnt taste going on. As a side note, I have been using an 80/20 vg/pg non flavored juice pretty often (every 4 or 5 fills) and that probably helps to keep things clean in my wicks and coils.
I rewick once or twice a week, depending on whether or not they taste like the need a change. But always at least once a week regardless on whether they need it or not.
Most of the time I also throw in some new coils, not so much because I have any problem with cleaning the coils, but mostly because I’m in a bit of an experimenting fase, trying to find the perfect setup for each atty. Also making some new coils is (almost) just as fast as cleaning them, and I actually like to fiddle with it.
Sunday is build day so everything I think I’ll use the following week gets stripped cleaned an rebuilt sometimes I’ll just dry burn the coils most of the time I’ll just bang in new builds I fancy trying and I rewick the day to day fireluke every2 days it’s the work tank and drippers at home prob every 3 days depending on what I’m vaping. at the moment it’s a lot of fruit and I find they’re not to hard on the cotton as I don’t add sweetners but when i get anything caramel out it can end up being a daily wick I lurveee my caramel an chain vape an the cotton gets nasty
Yes I started using it probably 2-3 months ago, I love it and the fact I get no off taste from the start, with cotton there was always a break in period no mater the cotton, and I’ve tried a fair few. Same reason I switched to ss, no break in flavor. I still don’t understand the hype with Clapton’s tho! I get better flavor out of my chain link wire.
For me it’s not the wicking that’s an issue but the coils gunking up. I have to clean them, on average, every 15mls/coil. This of course requires me to rewick. I get about a years worth of Koh Gen Doh from Fastech for about $12. So, rewick 3 atty’s twice a week and recoil about every 2.
It totally depends on the juice you’re vaping. Clearer, more of the fruit type vapes (depending on the sweetener) you can go a bit longer, but heavier, sweeter, and/or darker juices you will notice after even a day or two it’s time to change the cotton.
As far as cotton, wow, I’ve probably tried them all. Had been using Koh Gen Do for quite a while, until it just STOPPED wicking for me. Love cotton bacon, but somehow got hooked on …
