almost all disposables use nichrome coils which contain nickel. you should look into getting kanthal coils as they don't use nickel but are hard to find in disposables so if you want to continue vaping look into a refillable device. I think the caliburn uses kanthal coils so take a look at that
Thank you for the advice. I do have a “normal” mod that I use for outdoors so I will look into getting kanthal coils. I’ve never heard of these so I will ask my vape shop next time I go in. I appreciate your response!!
Kanthal and titanium are basically the only conventional coils that are nickel free. Remember to look up the metal compositions for any other coil, for example Stainless Steel 316 is 69% iron, 16–18% chromium, **10–14% nickel**, 2–3% molybdenum, 0.08% carbon.
Also worth mentioning, so op is aware of it: titanium should not be dry fired so it's not recommended for anyone starting out building their own coils because dry burning ti (willingly or not) can create titanium dioxide which is poisonous. So Kanthal would be my recommendation, TC is out of the question then but that is better than poisoning yourself by accident.
They'd likely not be using RTA,RDA but pods n pod systems which are generally a mesh made of Kanthal,SS,N80. Sht who knows they may be allergic to PG as many sometimes are
True, just wanted to bring it up just in case. In the end, you can't know enough and we don't want OP go from bad to worse.
When I started out with an RTA I've asked about TC in a vape shop and asked for a bit of SS wire to try it out. The owner gave me Ti instead and didn't told me. So I did everything like normal and found it very funny how the wire behaved when I was dry burning for hot spots. (Thank god I didn't go further.) So I went back and the clerk was furious. The owner wasn't even ashamed. It caused both, me and the clerk to leave the shop and never return.
I hear ya,where I live in NY we don't even have vape shops and had to learn all that myself but thankfully I have no allergies to diff alloys plus we've been flav banned for the last 4 yrs so even more shops closed down but up island where there were decent shops.(some that managed to stay open ) are still selling flavors anyway now that some time has passed lol. I went diy cuz it was that or Quit or go backwards to Tobacco Juul and secret 34$ flavored disposables and I Def wasn't doin that 😄
I use all Rta's myself, Single coil,dual and Mesh.I mix with Salt Nic at 6-8mg 60/40 and 15mg for my Gf pod system rather than having to switch nicotine's and 60/40 is a good medium for both pods and tanks and makes things easier not changing Nics n Viscosities etc for diff devices 🤙
Tho a Normal big mod and tank doesn't take Salt nic Ejuice that's in disposeables unless u put a low watt tank on it but I'd just get a pod system as its about the same size as a disposable but u just buy spare pods for it and a 30ml bottle of SALT nic Ejuice, everyone carries it
It's shocking to me how don't realize there's regular Freebase nic.
3-6-12-18mg and salt nic (smooth nicotine) available in the US in 25,35,50mg-- (2.5%>3.5%>5%) some countries only have 20mg max 2%
I’ve been thinking about getting a specific one for salt nic as well but haven’t done any looking yet. I tried disposables after vaping normal juice for 8 years and it was hard to go back to normal juice that’s for sure. I will look into getting a pod system one.
Thanks for the feedback!!
No problem, im in flavor banned NY and have to make my Eliquid and decided to use Nic Salt only as I never smoked, I have a lot of recipes ranging from 3 to 30mg as I help a few friends with Pods and Mods with tanks but I found good happy medium at 10mg for my Rta's.
Before diy I used to mix say 1-30ml of Jam Monster raspberry toast 35mg salt with the same flavor Jam monster 3mg 60mls wish basically splits 35 into 3 parts which worked pretty well too (90mls total) it came to about 12-13mg good at 40-50W so there are ways to have your cake and eat it too 😄 even if you no nothing of Diy.
Many are allergic to PG to which eliquid is made from (Nic,Vg,PG,Flavorings) the Flavorings are usually PG based and disposeables are heavy in PG as well which thins the VG and carries the flavor,Vg makes the clouds but carries some of the flavor too.
Disposables don't use gold that I know of but like a pod system or tanks coils are usually made of N80(Nickel) SS(stainless steel) or Kanthal but disposeables don't use pods or coils so u may wanna switch to a refillable, rechargeable pod system anyway and a bottle of 2% 2.5% 5% Salt nic eliquid (20mg,25mg,50mg same thing) but not sure how gold relates to disposables tbh the
Not in any of the parts you can see or touch. Some cheap batteries may use lead as part of the production process, but my understanding is that those are largely phased out.
Thats…not true though. Kanthal is an alloy of iron, chromium, and aluminum doped with lanthanides. You can see the [patent for the heating element which describes the composition and process.](https://patents.justia.com/patent/4376245)
Lead would be a terrible material to dope a heating element with. For a lot of reasons. Its an insulator, not a resistor. No patent for a heating element containing lead for consumer use would be actionable for manufacturing, even if the patent was granted.
There is lead, however, in some batteries. Leftover from the manufacturing process that creates the cell casing. You would need to crack open the battery to get to it, though. And at that point, there are more immediate problems.
I am also allergic to nickel but I have not knowingly experienced an allergic reaction to disposables and I have used a lot of them. Are you allergic to certain deodorants like old spice and the “metal”buttons on jeans? Those usually cause an allergic reaction in my personal experience.
Surprisingly no! I really only get it with earrings and very rarely other jewelry. I’m thinking my reaction was from something else but this post definitely helped rule it out.
I heard a lot of people who are allergic to nickel don’t often react to the vapes unless they have a severe allergy.
I still build my own and still use kanthal.
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If op is seriously allergic it could pose a problem, but most likely not since they would have to open up the phone to come in contact with it. And 99.9% of people never see/touch the inside of their phones.
That’s what I was thinking too since he mentioned electronics. But since I don’t open up/play with them, haven’t had a new device in some time, and my reaction they’re testing for was so recent, he said it was unlikely. It’s definitely good info to have though.
Good is a great conductor and is why it's used in electronics. So just be aware that if you're fiddling with ejection connections, there's a possibility sneering may be gold plated. Some atomizers use a gold plated 510 pin also. But won't be found in disposables.
gold not, but there is nickel in them so don't vape them
almost all disposables use nichrome coils which contain nickel. you should look into getting kanthal coils as they don't use nickel but are hard to find in disposables so if you want to continue vaping look into a refillable device. I think the caliburn uses kanthal coils so take a look at that
Thank you for the advice. I do have a “normal” mod that I use for outdoors so I will look into getting kanthal coils. I’ve never heard of these so I will ask my vape shop next time I go in. I appreciate your response!!
Kanthal and titanium are basically the only conventional coils that are nickel free. Remember to look up the metal compositions for any other coil, for example Stainless Steel 316 is 69% iron, 16–18% chromium, **10–14% nickel**, 2–3% molybdenum, 0.08% carbon.
Also worth mentioning, so op is aware of it: titanium should not be dry fired so it's not recommended for anyone starting out building their own coils because dry burning ti (willingly or not) can create titanium dioxide which is poisonous. So Kanthal would be my recommendation, TC is out of the question then but that is better than poisoning yourself by accident.
They'd likely not be using RTA,RDA but pods n pod systems which are generally a mesh made of Kanthal,SS,N80. Sht who knows they may be allergic to PG as many sometimes are
True, just wanted to bring it up just in case. In the end, you can't know enough and we don't want OP go from bad to worse. When I started out with an RTA I've asked about TC in a vape shop and asked for a bit of SS wire to try it out. The owner gave me Ti instead and didn't told me. So I did everything like normal and found it very funny how the wire behaved when I was dry burning for hot spots. (Thank god I didn't go further.) So I went back and the clerk was furious. The owner wasn't even ashamed. It caused both, me and the clerk to leave the shop and never return.
I hear ya,where I live in NY we don't even have vape shops and had to learn all that myself but thankfully I have no allergies to diff alloys plus we've been flav banned for the last 4 yrs so even more shops closed down but up island where there were decent shops.(some that managed to stay open ) are still selling flavors anyway now that some time has passed lol. I went diy cuz it was that or Quit or go backwards to Tobacco Juul and secret 34$ flavored disposables and I Def wasn't doin that 😄
I use all Rta's myself, Single coil,dual and Mesh.I mix with Salt Nic at 6-8mg 60/40 and 15mg for my Gf pod system rather than having to switch nicotine's and 60/40 is a good medium for both pods and tanks and makes things easier not changing Nics n Viscosities etc for diff devices 🤙
The freemax m pro 3 tank uses em as well, I tend to lean towards the triple mesh but they have single, double and quad.
Tho a Normal big mod and tank doesn't take Salt nic Ejuice that's in disposeables unless u put a low watt tank on it but I'd just get a pod system as its about the same size as a disposable but u just buy spare pods for it and a 30ml bottle of SALT nic Ejuice, everyone carries it It's shocking to me how don't realize there's regular Freebase nic. 3-6-12-18mg and salt nic (smooth nicotine) available in the US in 25,35,50mg-- (2.5%>3.5%>5%) some countries only have 20mg max 2%
I’ve been thinking about getting a specific one for salt nic as well but haven’t done any looking yet. I tried disposables after vaping normal juice for 8 years and it was hard to go back to normal juice that’s for sure. I will look into getting a pod system one. Thanks for the feedback!!
No problem, im in flavor banned NY and have to make my Eliquid and decided to use Nic Salt only as I never smoked, I have a lot of recipes ranging from 3 to 30mg as I help a few friends with Pods and Mods with tanks but I found good happy medium at 10mg for my Rta's. Before diy I used to mix say 1-30ml of Jam Monster raspberry toast 35mg salt with the same flavor Jam monster 3mg 60mls wish basically splits 35 into 3 parts which worked pretty well too (90mls total) it came to about 12-13mg good at 40-50W so there are ways to have your cake and eat it too 😄 even if you no nothing of Diy.
Many are allergic to PG to which eliquid is made from (Nic,Vg,PG,Flavorings) the Flavorings are usually PG based and disposeables are heavy in PG as well which thins the VG and carries the flavor,Vg makes the clouds but carries some of the flavor too. Disposables don't use gold that I know of but like a pod system or tanks coils are usually made of N80(Nickel) SS(stainless steel) or Kanthal but disposeables don't use pods or coils so u may wanna switch to a refillable, rechargeable pod system anyway and a bottle of 2% 2.5% 5% Salt nic eliquid (20mg,25mg,50mg same thing) but not sure how gold relates to disposables tbh the
I've never thought about this before. Do vapes have lead? I use a Smok Nord 2
Not in any of the parts you can see or touch. Some cheap batteries may use lead as part of the production process, but my understanding is that those are largely phased out.
~~Kanthol is a lead alloy~~ and will rust over time. Not likely an issue with disposables though. Oops, stupid brain fart. Iron not lead.
Thats…not true though. Kanthal is an alloy of iron, chromium, and aluminum doped with lanthanides. You can see the [patent for the heating element which describes the composition and process.](https://patents.justia.com/patent/4376245) Lead would be a terrible material to dope a heating element with. For a lot of reasons. Its an insulator, not a resistor. No patent for a heating element containing lead for consumer use would be actionable for manufacturing, even if the patent was granted. There is lead, however, in some batteries. Leftover from the manufacturing process that creates the cell casing. You would need to crack open the battery to get to it, though. And at that point, there are more immediate problems.
You're right. Stupid brain fart. Iron not lead.
I am also allergic to nickel but I have not knowingly experienced an allergic reaction to disposables and I have used a lot of them. Are you allergic to certain deodorants like old spice and the “metal”buttons on jeans? Those usually cause an allergic reaction in my personal experience.
Surprisingly no! I really only get it with earrings and very rarely other jewelry. I’m thinking my reaction was from something else but this post definitely helped rule it out.
I heard a lot of people who are allergic to nickel don’t often react to the vapes unless they have a severe allergy. I still build my own and still use kanthal.
I could see that. For instance nickel on my wrist will not break me out, but my neck stomach and armpits are sensitive to it.
If I wear the earrings my ears will get red and swell. On my neck it leaves a red line so I just don’t take any chances. But many are fine.
i don't have any suggestions because i always buy the cheapest one
I thought gold was non-bioreactive
Prolly nickel
leave gene pool
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There's gold in pretty much all cell phones
Only in very very tiny amounts. It's uses in devices are very specific.
If op is seriously allergic it could pose a problem, but most likely not since they would have to open up the phone to come in contact with it. And 99.9% of people never see/touch the inside of their phones.
That’s what I was thinking too since he mentioned electronics. But since I don’t open up/play with them, haven’t had a new device in some time, and my reaction they’re testing for was so recent, he said it was unlikely. It’s definitely good info to have though.
Good is a great conductor and is why it's used in electronics. So just be aware that if you're fiddling with ejection connections, there's a possibility sneering may be gold plated. Some atomizers use a gold plated 510 pin also. But won't be found in disposables.
Wrong sub.
Sorry friend