Cotton wicks impart a horrible industrial taste for me. Have tried them all - organic, sterile, eco-friendly, rolls, balls, etc. Boiling helps a bit but the cotton does then not last very long. So, I'm always on the lookout for something new. Saw on ECF the Reonauts were starting to use bamboo more and more. Came upon a South Afican online vendor with these natural bamboo yarn. Ordered one ball, got one extra on special. At 111 meters each, will last a long time.
Immediately re-wicked a coil. And let me not keep you in suspense, no horrible taste at all, just the juice taste. The same juice I started on new cotton yesterday, which took 2 ml to no longer taste the cotton. And the bamboo is extremely strong (you cannot break a wicking length with your hand). It should last considerably longer than cotton. At this early stage it wicks and vapes perfectly for me. Will report again after some use.
Some pictures of how I wick the bamboo yarn. The triple twisted 32g coil is 1.5 mm ID, about a 7 day old coil. Start off with some dental floss and a length of bamboo yarn:
Thread the dental floss doubled through the coil, like so (sorry about the focus):
Now put the bamboo through the loop of the floss and grab the two ends together and the left two ends of the floss:
Pull the yarn through the coil with the dental floss:
Cut the bamboo to length - I did not cut the loop to separate the 2 strands on the left tail.
Left tail a little juiced to tuck it alongside the left post:
Immediately re-wicked a coil. And let me not keep you in suspense, no horrible taste at all, just the juice taste. The same juice I started on new cotton yesterday, which took 2 ml to no longer taste the cotton. And the bamboo is extremely strong (you cannot break a wicking length with your hand). It should last considerably longer than cotton. At this early stage it wicks and vapes perfectly for me. Will report again after some use.
Some pictures of how I wick the bamboo yarn. The triple twisted 32g coil is 1.5 mm ID, about a 7 day old coil. Start off with some dental floss and a length of bamboo yarn:
Thread the dental floss doubled through the coil, like so (sorry about the focus):
Now put the bamboo through the loop of the floss and grab the two ends together and the left two ends of the floss:
Pull the yarn through the coil with the dental floss:
Cut the bamboo to length - I did not cut the loop to separate the 2 strands on the left tail.
Left tail a little juiced to tuck it alongside the left post:
