Best Vape Coils 2018 — Join The Resistance For Better Vaping

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Understanding vape coils can be as complex as breaking down types of cell phones, they all do essentially the same thing, however, there are small differences that set them apart greatly. Between stainless steel, nickel, titanium and ceramic, there is plenty of mystery and confusion, we’ll break them all down.

Kanthal

Commonly, vape tanks come fitted with at least one atomizer coil, sometimes a spare. The most widely used material presently is kanthal, this is often the variety of wire used and implemented in vape tanks matched with devices that have adjustable wattage. As a result, it is the material that many prebuilt coils are made of. In fact, it’s likely the next vape tank you buy will be fitted with a coil made of kanthal.

Stainless Steel

Often, devices with a temperature control mode come with stainless steel vape coil atomizer heads specifically for TC vaping. These are specifically rated for use with devices that have a built-in TC mode that optimizes the heating of vape juice measured by heat rather than electrical current. It’s popular as it can be effectively used in both TC and VW or variable wattage modes, whereas other vape coil materials are only able to be used in one or the other specifically.

Nickel

Although nickel is widely accepted as a material that users can build to use in temperature control mode, it isn’t common practice. This is partially due to the malleability of the metal itself, once coiled and mounted there is a chance that it can create undesirable by products or become misshapen during the wicking process. While it’s true metal typically changes shape when its heated, vape coils generally retain their formation, though with a material that’s already soft, the possibility of losing its set composition rises exponentially.

Titanium

Generally, titanium is largely known to be a metal with the most dexterity, it’s strong, it’s lightweight and it’s malleable, seemingly drawing in the best of everything to one useful alloy. While this may be true for certain consumer products, with vaping there are some hidden dangers rumored to be why it’s less common and predominantly used by DIY users for vape coil builds. For one, the risk of combustion, which is the reason many of us took up vaping in the first place, to get away from burning anything. The other being the risk of inhaling a harmful byproduct of overheating it, titanium dioxide. Although it would require heating the coil above 1200F and most TC modes only heat an atomizer coil up to 600F, it’s a risk many vapers aren’t interested in entertaining.

Clapton Coils

Even though most vapers understand Clapton coils as a specific variety, the name itself actually refers to the wrap. In detail, a Clapton coil is a tightly wrapped spiral around a heavier gauge core. The Clapton coil takes its name from the method of double wrapping wires that famed musician Eric Clapton would use to string his guitars.

As a result, vapers opened up the possibilities of their vaping to better airflow (and denser cloud production), more variable flavor highlights due to the way the core heats faster than the out wrap and the added bonus of the gaps in the wire acting like tiny juice wells to store more e-liquid, which is significant for drippers and flavor chasers. As a result, Clapton coil designs are largely considered to be the best vape coils available.