With every year that passes, new vaping technologies are developed. These advances in technology improve the vaping experience and/or provide new options to explore. In some cases, a new technology becomes the gold standard.
One technology that has certainly had a significant impact on vaping in recent years is the mesh coil.
Mesh coils quickly transitioned from being the new kids on the block that few vapers were aware of to freely available choices that most vapers favoured.
If you haven't explored the potential of mesh coils yet, here's what you need to know:
Freemax was the first manufacturer in the vaping industry to introduce mesh coils. The company didn't invent the mesh coil as some users of rebuildable atomizers were already experimenting with them before Freemax released the Fireluke Mesh tank in 2017. The Fireluke Mesh was the first vape tank designed to be compatible with pre-built mesh coils. It was a big hit, and Freemax quickly followed that success with the release of the Mesh Pro tank in 2018.
The Mesh Pro took everything that was great about the Fireluke Mesh and made it even bigger. It became the first tank to give vapers the choice between pre-built dual-coil, triple-coil, quadruple-coil and quintuple-coil atomizer heads.
As we approached the end of the decade, many people still felt that the Freemax Mesh Pro was the best vape tank on the market.
The mesh coil truly came of age in 2020. Most new tanks offered a mesh coil option and manufacturers were even producing mesh coils for existing models.
The speed with which mesh coils became ubiquitous in the vaping industry is truly impressive. So, what makes mesh coils so much better than traditional vaping coils? A mesh coil has two unique design elements that can bring dramatic benefits to your vaping experience.
A traditional vape coil uses a wound wire as its heating surface. The traditional wound wire works well for vaping until you try to push the limits of that design for greater cloud production. Getting bigger clouds with a wound coil requires the lowering of the coil's electrical resistance. To achieve this, thicker wires must be used.
By the time mesh coils came to market, a typical cloud chasing coil had so much metal that you couldn't hope to use a modern vape tank efficiently with a vaping device that generated anything under 100 watts of power. But dual battery mods don't suit every vaper.
A mesh coil replaces the traditional wound wire with a strip or multiple strips of thin metal mesh. A strip of mesh has as much surface area as a coil made from high-gauge wire, but it has much lower mass and requires significantly less power to heat it. In other words, you can produce voluminous clouds with less power. You can also expect to enjoy more intense flavour.
The low mass of a mesh coil delivers an additional benefit in that it allows the coil to reach the optimal temperature for vaping almost instantly. When you use a vape tank or pod kit with a mesh coil, you'll get huge clouds from the instant that you press your mod's fire button.
It is easy to see that the weight and surface area of a mesh coil are beneficial. The shape of a mesh coil is also advantageous. If you examine a traditional wound coil from the side, you'll see that the contour of the wire creates ridges and valleys. In the valleys of the coil, the wire doesn't touch the wicking material. E-liquid can pool in those valleys, and that often causes traditional coils to pop loudly when they're used. In the worst cases, the popping can cause the e-liquid to spray with such force that the coil spits hot e-liquid into your mouth - an extremely unpleasant experience.
Mesh coils don't tend to produce popping and spitting as their flat surfaces create consistent contact with the coils' wicking. Their surfaces also heat evenly, eliminating hotspots to minimise the potential for burnt wicking. Hence mesh coils tend to be longer-lasting.
Most vapers will find that mesh coils enhance their vaping lives. However, it is worth noting that mesh coils produce vapour with small droplets which can make the vapour feel dry in the mouth when compared to that delivered by conventional coils.
You could begin by exploring the coil options for your existing device. It could be that mesh coils are available, but you simply haven't tried them yet. If your kit isn't compatible with mesh coils, the next time you need to invest in new hardware, look for a device that is compatible with mesh coils.
The Vapekit range features diverse kits including the latest devices from the leading brands such as SMOK, Aspire, Innokin, Vaporesso, VooPoo and many more. You are sure to find the perfect vape and one that enables you to explore the many benefits of mesh coils.
