When making the move from cigarettes to vaping, one of the first things you may notice is the high expense of e-liquid. After all, nicotine is ingested via vape juice. Since it’s the only consumable part of vaping, it stands to reason that most of your budget will go into e-liquid.
However, once you get your hands on your first vape kit, you’ll see that vape coils are a major outlay of cash, comparable to the cost of e-liquid. However, if your coils don’t last very long, you may wind up spending more on replacements than on e-juice altogether.
This leads us to the article’s central question: how long does a vape coil last? If your vape coils are continuously burning out, you may be spending more money on the habit than is really required. In this article, we’ll show you how to get the most out of your vape coils without breaking the bank.
What Is a Vape Coil and How Does It Work?
It is the coils in your vaping device that really produce the vapor.
The heating element, wicking substance, and outer shell are the three parts that make the coils up. The coil’s housing serves just to keep the components together and facilitates the coil’s insertion into a tank or pod.
The e-liquid is fed to the heating element through the wicking material, which is commonly organic cotton.
The coil or heating element consists of resistance wire that may be wound in the conventional fashion or cut into thin strips to form a mesh (this is known as a mesh coil).
Vapor is created when e-liquid is vaporized, mixed with air, and inhaled via a heated coil. Heat causes the wicking material to absorb more e-liquid from your tank or pod, and this in turn causes the coil to absorb more e-liquid.
We spend a lot of work refining our coil designs to get the perfect balance between heat production and wicking efficiency to ensure a smooth cycle.
How Long Does a Vape Coil Last?
Before you can estimate how long your vape coils will last, you must first acknowledge that the specifics of each case will vary. Everything from the kind of vape device you’re using to the e-liquid you’re vaping with is important. A number of different considerations will go into determining how much time should pass before the coil is changed.
A sub-ohm tank with a coil of adequate construction should last its user anywhere from four to seven days on average.
If you vape less because you are restricted from doing so during work hours or if you do not vape at all throughout the course of the day, then it is possible that your coils will last twice as long.
How To Make Your Vape Coil Last Longer?
- Use Your Vape Coil Properly
Don’t forget to prime your coils when it’s first used. Soaking the wick in e-liquid before installing a new coil is a must. Priming isn’t required as long as you’re prepared to wait for the wick to get thoroughly saturated before taking your first puff, but it’s highly recommended.
You need to physically wet the wick before installing your coil if you want to prime it. When you know how, priming your coils is a breeze.
The wicking material is soaked up e-liquids via the juice holes on the coil’s head. Add e-liquid to the coil by dropping drops onto it until it can no longer hold any more. When this happens, you know the wicking material is fully soaked.
When you’re done, attach the coil to your gadget. If you want to make sure your wick becomes thoroughly saturated, you may take a hit from your vape kit without hitting the button. However, you should not overdo it, as this might cause water to overflow your coil and have the reverse of the desired effect.
Start with a lesser wattage for your first few hits, and only raise if you feel the need to.
- Avoid Vape Juice That Is Sweetened.
If you want your coils to last as long as possible, you should cease using e-liquid that has added sugars. Many popular e-liquids now taste like sugary treats on the tongue. Such intense sweetness is a delight to the taste buds, but it may do serious damage to your coils owing to the fact that sucralose doesn’t evaporate but rather burns and leaves a black, sticky residue. As the residue builds up, it imparts an unpleasant burnt taste to the e-liquid. The quicker residue develops, the more e-liquid you use. Therefore, if you’ve been vaping for a while, you may have observed that the lifespan of your coils has decreased over time: this is because your coils now generate larger clouds than before. If you want your coils to last longer, switch to use e-liquid without added sugar.
- Try E-liquid With Less VG
Vegetable glycerin has been linked to coil muck by many vapors, even when no sweetener is present in the e-liquid. Buy two bottles of the same e-liquid but with different VG/PG ratios and use your vaping gear to see whether that holds true. Depending on your personal preference, you may be able to choose from a variety of different e-liquid blends and ratios from many of the smaller manufacturers. You may notice that the max-VG e-liquid causes your coil to yellow more fast. To avoid leaks, it’s best to avoid using vape juice with a high PG content in a sub-ohm tank. Most tanks can handle a 50/50 mixture without any issues.
- Always Remember To Refill Your Tank
Leaving your tank empty is like running your vehicle without oil; eventually, the engine will seize, and you’ll have to replace it.
You will get a horrible burned taste if your wick starts vaporizing air because you ran out of e-liquid. Fortunately, a minimum level indicator is built into many tanks. If you want to avoid getting a dry hit from your vape kit, make sure the reservoir is always at least to this fill line.
It’s expensive to replace coils often, but if you follow these five easy steps, you’ll cut down on that expense significantly. A burned vape coil is irreparable, but you can extend the life of your coils by properly maintaining and priming them.