I much prefer a tank system, and personally I think Aspire has perfected the atty in the Nautilus, Naut X, Cleito and Plato coils. This is just my personal preference.
But premade attys can be generally expensive to use for testing out recipes. I recently purchased an RDA to keep recipe testing costs to a minimum.
Its working out well. I've developed 7 new great recipes with the exact same coil, only changes in the wick.
So far, I go from a 10mL dripper bottle. If I use it all up and want more, that recipe is promoted to a 30mL bottle.
If I like that, the ejuice is promoted to a fresh new tank atty.
For those like myself who prefer a tank system, how do go about promoting ejuices up the ranks to being tank worthy?
After I whip up a mixture I'll just put a drop on my hand and lick it off. If I like the mixture on my hand, I'll like it in a tank every time.
I think in general juices with more linear profiles one or two main notes translate better. Fruits, candies and beverages. I feel like complex layered vapes like a lot of desserts get kind of homogenized out in a tank. I don't know the physics but you should be able to get a feel for the difference vaping a juice in an rda and then kicking it over to your tank.
Yep. I wouldn't say I prefer it, cause I prefer an RDA, but I do still use an MTL tank (a Nautilus 2) with factory coils at times when cloudiness is not going to be appreciated.
One thing about that is that I require a lot more nic in the tank- I mix 18mg for it, where I usually mix 6mg for dripping (which is still kind of high for dripping, I guess, but I am a bit of a fiend.) I generally use Carolina, and using good nic helps, but... even with good nic a recipe has to be bold to stand up to 18mg. I find that bright fruits are best for this.
Recipes based on LA Lemonade, for instance, are maybe a bit much for me when dripping (I like them, but can't drip them for very long at a time.) But they are perfect for the Nautilus and 18mg juice. In general, I find a lot of recipes a bit over-flavored in the RDA, but a bit wishy-washy in the tank. Upping percentages isn't the answer- just best to use recipes that are naturally pretty strong and aren't going for anything too subtle.
I use tanks too. But rebuildable ones.
Generally I know if something is good enough for a tank when I like it as a shake and vape, 3 days later, a week later and two weeks later. I mean really like it. To make sure I keep up with this is have 3 RDAs dedicated to testing flavors, so I can test different things I without rewicking. I change the coils and cotton on those weekly.
Once a mix passes all of those tests then I decide whether it's something I liked more with a short steep or long steep, because then I know how much to make of it or when to make it.
I am continuously making new recipes but I always vape the same 4-5 flavors. I have a couple of juices that I'll make 50-60mls of every once in a while. But right now there's only two mixes that I absolutely have to have on hand and I make 120s of those and make more when I've gotten like halfway through the others. It takes a lot for something to get into my rotation and I haven't added anything to it in almost two months.
Luckily I can just clean out my tank and slap some new coils in if I really want to switch flavors. And it costs me a couple pennies every time I put new coils in. (Also having 5 RTAs helps too)
My answer isn't 100% relevant because I don't use premade coils but I just thought I'd chime in a little.
Basically, you know what you like. When you find something that really nails the profile you're after, you just know it's the one for you!
Care to share the recipes for those 4-5 flavours?
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A simple Vanilla ice cream:
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1% FLV cream
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1.5% holy vanilla
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0.75% shisha vanilla
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1.5% CAP vbic
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/u/deejaymillsnyc Golden order pudding I make it with one sub out of necessity
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Collhouse tookies but scratch all the chocolate flavors. I do not use TPA double chocolate clear nor do I use FW double Dutch twister. Those two gunk my coils to no end. Fuxk that. I use 0.05% FLV milk chocolate or 0.5% of a 10% dilution. Thats all you need and it is fucking delicious, no gunk at all!
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Lastly I'm always vaping some strawberries and cream variation. Ive Got a new version steeping and I'm excited about it.
Basically the same way - I bust out my Magma (which comes a lot closer to the MTL tank experience than most more recent RDAs), drip a few drops, and give it a go.
I used to use disposable bridgeless drippers, which were cheap and easy, but they've gotten hard to find.
I use RTAs so really this doesn't matter to me but I used pre-made coils for 5-6 years before switching to RTAs. Simple trial and error is all I did, I've learned that fruity juices that are clear and not so thick keep pre-made coils alive much longer.
You should try to get a kayfun v3 mini or a digiflavor siren. Very good mouth to lung vapes, the siren is also incredibly easy to build on and wick.
I use my Merlin Mini RTA's and a couple drippers for testing myself (Petri V2 and Hadaly) for getting my juice tested in premade coil tanks, like the cleito, i give out samples to my friends with said kind of systems. I get feedback and they get free juice, everybody is happy.