Walt

All on-line.  No traffic, no crowds, no wasted gas.  Just me and the computer.  

You couldn't drag me into the stores today regardless of the sales. That said, I do need to get to some store within the next week or so to shop for the angel tree gifts. Good for you for getting some spectacular sales, though!

Walt is right on. I can just tell you what I do. I stick with Clapton's or fused Clapton's. I build to .28 to .35. I use a ohm meter to build on like the coil master 521 and if not sure I will check the build on a regulated mod to be sure. I will be hunting for a dead rabbit on Black Friday.
What I do works for me on a series mod. Duel coil. As long as you hit the right ohms you will be ok. More ohms is better till you learn. Have fun

Wow, nothing like jumpin right in there head first!  .25Ω is probably pretty close to what you will need.   I don't know what all you've done in regard to building and mechs so I don't know where to start.  I don't want to jot down a lot of rhetoric you already know.  .25Ω on a dual coils makes each coil .5Ω.  A single battery delivering the full 4.2V will deliver 8.2 amps to each coil or in other words, each coil will dissipate a little over 34 watts.  That's not too bad of a match up as long as you don't go too insane with the coil i.e. too exotic and bulky.  There are those who would say you are on the line pulling over 16A from that battery, but I personally don't see a problem with it.  Just use common sense and keep track of how warm the battery gets.  You don't need to be afraid of the things, just check and double check your resistance with the atty fully assembled.  Keep the mod clean.  If the mod starts heating up anywhere, inspect that area of the mod for dirt, carbon build up etc.  That heat will be pointing out a high resistance joint.  My favorite flavor builds remain to be a two core parallel Clapton.  I was surprised to see a recent youtube video that confirms that build per "wind tunnel" tests.  The air really hugs that configuration of coil if it is hitting the coil from the side.  Contrary to popular practice, the video indicates a direct hit on the coil rather than underneath.  Obviously nothing beats just trying different things on a particular atty.  Hope this gives you confidence.  I really sense you have the situation in hand.  

Yeah that sounds about right.  I usually use anywhere from 20 to 30% of combined flavorings.   Maybe try a little less peanut butter and also use some vanilla and/or something creamy sweet along with some marshmallow.  

That's hilarious.  I love it!  The smurf cakes are fantastic!!!!  Workin on my first 120ml batch right now.  I screwed up the other day and left my vapin "day bag" at home.  Bought a little commercial juice to get through the day.  Yuck!  How did I ever vape before dyi?  I've come to realize with friends like you I'm spoiled.  We're pumpin out some premium vapes dude! 
 
We be da elite!  Ya  Dat wat we be!  You don't be vapin till ya vape like me!  Grampa Walt's vape rap.  Move over Rip Tripper!  

That's hilarious.  I love it!  The smurf cakes are fantastic!!!!  Workin on my first 120ml batch right now.  I screwed up the other day and left my vapin "day bag" at home.  Bought a little commercial juice to get through the day.  Yuck!  How did I ever vape before dyi?  I've come to realize with friends like you I'm spoiled.  We're pumpin out some premium vapes dude! 
 
We be da elite!  Ya  Dat wat we be!  You don't be vapin till ya vape like me!  Grampa Walt's vape rap.  Move over Rip Tripper!  

Ungawa!
 

Bravo!  and Welcome!  This is the place to draw from the experience of other vapors for sure.  

Yup, you got it!!!!

Alright!!!  Did ya check out the rivet?  Hey, as long as it works, all good.

Yes sir!  Glad to see you back.  Missed ya.  That's why I suggest investigating the center pin of the 510 on the mod.  Could have easily slide over and shorted out the way they are constructed.  If they are pressed too far down they can move out of their detente.  Sorry to hear you got a lemon.  Anyway, look forward to chatting more hopefully about better circumstances.  

Smacksy, Dude, you've been around for awhile now.  Why do you buy Smok?  A guy on another site just did a tear down of one and found that they use the inner portion of a Jeans rivet for the positive connector in their 510.  I know they are good looking mods and really feel good in the hands but the quality is just not there.  Were it me I would send it back and get another brand.  VooPoo, Vapresso, Think Vape, Hcigar, Lost Vape, Kanger, just off the top of my head are putting out reliable mods at similar prices.  You can try wiggling the positive pin of the 510 connector around and see if that will eliminate the short.  

Welcome to the Hotel California!  Mwa hahahahaha.   No, seriously,  It's a great place.  Welcome aboard.  

I've tried a few more exotic coils and like yourself been underwhelmed.  Could be just me.  I don't look for a huge amount of fog.  I concentrate more on flavor.  The other thing that becomes cumbersome for me is the sheer girth of some of the builds in conjunction with the small resistances they yield.   For awhile now I stock 30, 28, 26, 24, and 36 gauge simple wire in Stainless and Kanthal.  I either use simple wire or 2 wire parallel wraped in 36 and get results that I am very pleased with.  All depends on how much space I have and how much resistance I want.  I also vape everything from tight MTL to wide open two coil buckets.  I build for everything from mech mods to a four battery car jumper.  With just these few wires I can cover everything nicely.  

It all worked out wonderfully.  A week later my balls fell off and I could sing really high notes.  Now I'm a celebrity in Beverly Hills and drive an Aston Martin D11 and wear support stockings on my hands.   

Strawberry kiwi cottoncandy.yum.

@Tam thanks so much. Life's great on the farm , lots of homegrown veggies, eggs and milk. It's a lot of work but my daughter and I are loving every minute of it.
 

Bravo!!!  Don't sweat the 100W setting on the mod.  It will only be at that power setting for literately milliseconds at the beginning of a vape and then substantially lower as the mod takes over using the TC.  I'm so glad you tried it.  I find that I can create a lot of fog as well because the vape is so smooth I can keep on drawing as long as I like just letting that fog mount up.  

Yeah as I said I've only just mixed it- had a splash on it but needs more of a steep. But isn't quite VapeWilds version of it YET....

Sorry to hijack your post too lol.

If you have instagram there's a dude on there called Fumonoid and all he posts are these diy clone recipes. Worth checking out.

@mattythornton  Not bad at all right out of the shout.  A tad bit of weirdness going on with the "Bavarian" part of the cream but obviously steeping will change that.  

Have not.  Looks good and simple.  I actually have all the ingredients on hand!!!  Might mix up 15ml yet tonight.  Got all my stuff sitting out.  Thanks!  You're alright.  Keep em commin!!!!  

I have come to believe the cinnamon is a flavor that hits different people very differently.  A friend gave me a huge bottle of juice that is a peach cobbler.  He simply said try it and throw it out if you don't like it.  All he could taste was cinnamon.  The stuff tastes great to me.  I get plenty of peach.  Another beatitude of DYI.  

Nice one! Finally mixed up another batch so tried it with your additions of apple and sweetener. Nice but had to pump the cream back up as it was a touch over cinnamon (added a splash of custard too seems to round it out nicely)

Yeah the govad is a beast but you kinda have to run huge coils in it and when you still have to run it at like 75w almost defeats the purpose of a single coil but flavour is amazing on it!

A little rough but it will do its job.