I propose in this tutorial to discover or rediscover the various possibilities of vape using the Footoon Aqua V2. This exceptional atomizer supports both single and double coil fixtures, but it can at your convenience combine this feature with a Clearomizer or Dripper configuration according to your desire of the moment.
1 - Double coil test:
With a Kanthal of 0.2mm five turns of diameter 1.6mm, my resistance is 0.7 Ω, with a carded cotton which fills each of the 4 channels, without being packed.
I found this assembly easy to achieve through the various holes in the positive and negative pads of the base.
Be careful to aim straight when you insert the tab of your resistor into the hole, otherwise by screwing you may not block it.
The laterally placed resistors allow a uniform ventilation of the assembly.
2 - Clearomizer version:
I have the choice between the SS tank or the PPMA for the visibility of the liquid.
The bell, it comes in two parts.
(1) Upper part
(2) Lower part + (3) The visible part of the outside of the atomizer
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By screwing the base of the bell (visible part on the atomizer) on the tank, the top of it comes to fit on the orifice of the tank, and thus ensure a perfect tightness of the tank.
The reservoir can then be filled, upside down with the needle of a syringe or a very fine tip, it has a capacity of 4ml.
Then simply screw the base of the atomizer on the tank while leaving it upside down.
The edge of the plate being in contact with the edge of the base of the bell, the arrival of the liquid is very weak and the air flow almost closed. At this point we can return the atomizer to the place.
This configuration is ideal for those who like medium to air draws, with a liquid arrival which is done according to the opening of the airflow.
So if you prefer a more open airflow, make a lower resistance value around 0.5 Ω.
If you prefer a tighter draw, make a higher resistance value around 1Ω.
Because if your resistance is 0.5 Ω with insufficient air flow, you risk the dry hit.
If your resistance is 1.5 Ω with a very open air flow, you risk gouging.
3 - In Dripper:
Simply unscrew the base of the tank, to load it with the barrel and then put the top cap.
This Dripper offers several ventilation options:
a. From the bottom
b. From the bottom and the top
c. By the top
a. If you choose the bottom air flow, you have an opening of up to 3mm. A rather airy vape and a Dripper which behaves significantly like the clearomizer in terms of vape and flavor rendering.
b. By opening the “cyclops” fully, you will have a really very airy vape because these two side openings have a dimension of 6 mm by 1 mm. Suffice to say that the air flow from the bottom is no longer useful to you.
c. To choose a Dripper I prefer this configuration: Side airflow only, condemning the one at the bottom.
I start to close the two holes under the resistors with the screws that are supplied in addition and closing the air for the bottom.
So I can "bathe" my locks without risking leaks.
In double coil, the ideal is to raise the resistances up to the level of the side openings, taking care not to move them too far apart so as not to risk a short circuit. Because the top cap is 2mm thick, which reduces the diameter of the chamber by 4mm on the diameter.
If you are not careful and your resistance is too far apart, by putting the top course you may put the two coils in contact with the edge of the top cap, so short circuit.
This configuration offers a nice flavor and a vape a little more dense.
Always as versatile, you can use this Dripper with a single resistance.
The barrel has only two openings, while the top cap has three openings, so you can use the side air flow on one side only.
For the filling is convenient, with this drip tip tip off the top cap, you can supply liquid, your assembly from the top by removing just the drip tip.
Prefer to pour the liquid on one of the two screws in double coil to better distribute the juice.
4 - Single coil test (only one resistor):
I wanted to test this atomizer with a single resistance to know if the beginners in rebuildable could use it easily, before embarking on more rigorous montages.
- first 1.6 Ω resistance test:
With Kanthal 0.2mm thickness on a support of 1.6mm diameter, five turns, I get a resistive value of 1.6 Ω.
Remember to screw the side of the resistance that you will not use by one of the screws supplied with this Aqua V2. My aeration is similar to that of a common atomizer. This atomizer is great! No gurgling no dry hit. However, as soon as I start to open a little more air flow, I feel like an embarrassment, it is not a frank "glouglou", but I have the impression to have a little too much liquid.
This also happens if I do not close the airflow during a prolonged disuse of my set up.
I continue my tests.
- Second test with a resistance of 1.2 Ω:
*With some Kanthal A1 of 0.3 mm thick on a support of 1.6 mm of diameter, seven turns, I get a resistive value of 1.2 Ω.
* Or in 0.2 mm stainless steel wire thick on a support of 2 mm of diameter, six turns, I get a resistive value of 1.2 Ω.
* or one Kanthal A1 flat of 0.3X0.1mm on a support of 1.6 mm of diameter, six turns, I get a resistive value of 1.2 Ω.
I made these choices of support diameters according to the resistive value of the wire used to obtain a larger length of the heating surface (for better distribution of the evaporation of the liquid).
With these three setups, I have a completely stable atomizer that performs perfectly well. However, I noticed a little less flavors than in double coil.
- Last test with a resistance of 0.5 Ω:
I used a 28 gauge Omega "tiger wires" wire, on a 1.2 mm support I made six turns and I obtained a resistance of 0.54 Ω
I have an excellent result, up to the “dry hit” which even forces me to open the air flow.
With such an atomizer, a beginner can progress in the vape by using at his own pace, all the possibilities offered by the Aqua V2.
You just have to find the right setting of the air flow according to the resistance made to balance the whole, without packing the cotton in the channels.
5 - The 510 or hybrid M20x1 connection:
In 510, the atomizer under its base, has an opaque plexi insulation and a screw (pin) that will make contact with the top cap of the mod, then the 510 ring that screws to the plate.
In hybrid, three possibilities according to the mod used:
- Without any screws.
- Just with the counter screw which will allow you to adjust the height with the accumulator in the mod.
- With the screw and the counter screw if the length of the mod requires you to do so. The 510 ring will be unused.
6 - incidents:
I had two.
Resistance too far apart, which hit the top course of the Dripper, it almost caused a short circuit. And the seal of my base is pinched (twice) in the airflow of the bottom. When I turned the barrel, I cut some of the O-ring from my base. Without much consequence when I'm Dripper, but with the atomizer tank, I had leaks and "gurgles".
When the accumulator begins to discharge and the charge is insufficient, whatever the configuration, the atomizer begins to clog (the battery must be charged).
In conclusion:
An excellent atomizer that knows how to adapt to everything and everyone, it will just match your airflow resistance you have made.
It is also a big consumer of double coil liquid.
In sub ohm (0.2 Ω), everything is fine, I dismantled the insulation, nothing has moved (no melting).
The shark has long teeth! It's a great innovation that Footoon has given us.
For information :
- The resistive value per meter for the flat kanthal A1 of 03.x0.1 mm, is approximately the same as that of the Kanthal A1 of 0.2 mm => around 45 Ω
- The resistive value per meter for the stainless steel wire of 0.2 mm is substantially the same as that of the Kanthal A1 of 0.3 mm => around 21 Ω
- The resistive value of a 28-gauge Omega wire is approximately the same as that of the Kanthal A1 of 0.32 mm => around 21 Ω
- The resistive value of a 26-gauge Omega wire is approximately the same as that of the Kanthal A1 of 0.4 mm => around 13.4 Ω
- The resistive value of a 24-gauge Omega wire is approximately the same as that of the Kanthal A1 of 0.51 mm => around 8.42 Ω
Sylvie.i
