Temp Control Vaping

Fratton Fred · 22-07-2015 4:31pm #1

I've seen several arguments for and against TC devices and, in particular, Ni200 wire.

I will be giving this a miss for now until more testing is done.

Has anyone else any thoughts on this?

8mm · 22-07-2015 5:10pm

I would expect TC to reduce potential chemical change due to overheating juice and a reduction in metal compounds that get into the vapor. Also no dry burning of wicking material that can produce lots of nasty byproducts.

Expectation does not always meet reality.

What are the arguments against? What are the issues with nickel?

Fratton Fred · 22-07-2015 6:27pm

Nickel can leach in to whatever it is in contact with, which is why it isn't used in cooking equipment. It can also produce several very toxic and carcinogenic gases.

8mm · 22-07-2015 8:13pm

All metals will leach somewhat and I wonder about Kanthal too which is a iron-chromium-aluminium alloy.

The other contender is titanium which seems to be completely non-toxic but could be a fire hazard.

Would you be comfortable with titanium?

Fratton Fred · 23-07-2015 12:08am

8mm wrote: »

All metals will leach somewhat and I wonder about Kanthal too which is a iron-chromium-aluminium alloy.

The other contender is titanium which seems to be completely non-toxic but could be a fire hazard.

Would you be comfortable with titanium?

I'd be comfortable with anything that had been tested.

From what I can gather, all or most tests on vaping use Kanthal, but I've yet to see any on Ni200.

Didihno · 23-07-2015 2:26pm

From what we've seen (in almost every device so far) is that it does not work reliably across the board...yet.
When the tech is reliable I will be jumping on, because I firmly believe it is the future of vaping.
TC will be able to limit any exposure to any heat related nastiness that has yet to be properly fully tested.