What are Clapton Coils? What are the Benefits of It? A Complete Guide

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What are Clapton Coils? What are the Benefits of
It? A Complete Guide
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The emerging craze in the world of vaping is
something you might have seen, heard from your
peers, or learned from the internet. Today, its
popularity is growing immensely and its almost
becoming a must-have accessory in rebuildable
drippers and tank atomizers and they are none
other than Clapton coils. If you truly love
vaping and v aping accessories, perhaps youve
encountered them and wondered what these coiled
wires really are. Well, its time we discuss what
these Clapton coils are, what benefits do they
have, their advantages and disadvantages, and
should you build your own or purchase pre-wound
types. What is a Clapton Coil?
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Typically, a Clapton coil consists of a small
gauge (narrow) wire that is wound around another
large gauge (wider) wire in a right-angled
configuration. Ideally, it implies a wound
(coiled wire) where one wire is tightly wound
around another. But we need to give it a more
appealing name to attract customers. You might
already know what is a s ingle battery vape mod
is. Current from the batteries first heats the
wider wire before transferring the heat to the
narrower one. Although Clapton coils take some
time (ramp-up time) to heat up, the majority of
vapers prefer to attribute them to the extra
surface area they offer for vaporization of vape
flavor, and this makes them a bit more efficient
compared to conventional coils. Although some
vapers would love to create their own, building
Clapton coils by your own calls for a lot of
patience, dedication, immense commitment as their
construction procedure is complicated. The
external wire should be wound tightly around the
internal wire, which is a very difficult task,
especially for beginners. These coils are
manufactured in factories and the majority of
vapers prefer purchasing the pre-built coils
rather than spending their precious time building
their own. But the enthusiastic vapers will
attempt to make their own. Most recently, the
popularity of Clapton coils is on the rise
particularly among the cloud and flavor chasers,
s ub-ohmers, and vapers who love-cigarettes. Type
s of Clapton Coils During the early days of
vaping, heating coils were made using thin single
metal strands. Since then innovators have been
inventing more advanced methods to improve the v
aping e xperience, whether by enhancing flavor
delivery or cloud production. With no
time, Clapton coils were invented.
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The name Clapton is an umbrella name for
several types of coils processed from a single
to several wire strands wound inside a narrow
gauge wire. Different types of Clapton coils
include alien coils, fused Clapton coils, staple
coils, tiger coils, framed staple coils, and
hive coils among others. a. Fused Clapton Coils
This kind of Clapton coils is produced by winding
a small gauge wire over at least two thick
cores. The aim is to enhance the ramp-up time
while providing an improved user experience
compared to the standard Clapton coils. Fused
Clapton coils have varied resistances depending
on the maker and are ideal for D TL a nd MTL
vaping. Unfortunately, compared with the standard
Clapton coils, fused Clapton coils require some
level of expertise and experience. b. Staggered
Fused Clapton Coil This is an improved version of
a fused Clapton coil. The small gauge wire is
wound around double Clapton cores to increase
the surface area and offer a better texture.
Also, the ramp-up time is decreased while flavor
delivery is enhanced. c. Alien Coil Also
referred to as an alien Clapton coil is an
advanced/evolved type of Clapton coil. The alien
coil version is a more complex type compared with
its predecessor and comes with a distinct
external texture. The alien coil type is
achieved by following a particular process. It
resembles the fused Clapton coils except that
the external wound possesses a distinct texture.
The textured external wound is executed by
making a standard Clapton coil, and with care,
removing
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• the internal core. Then, it is wound over a
  multi-strand core that contains a similar gage
  as the first core that was extracted. The initial
  builder who pulls this off is referred to as
  Blueeyedgoon83.
• Staple Coils
• This coil resembles an array of staples, hence
  the name staple coil. This consists of a
  narrow-gauge wire strand tightly wound around a
  stack of ribbon wires. The stacked
• ribbon cores cause the stable coils to have a
  fast ramp up time. These coils are designed to
  form a square-shaped coil, mainly for aesthetic
  purposes.
• The small gage strand wrapped around the large
  gage flat core offers the overall coil a
  peculiar ribbed texture. They are characterized
  by low resistance to DTL vaping.
• Unfortunately, compared with fused Clapton coils,
  staple coils are a bit more complicated to
  build.
• Framed Staple Coils
• Its the product of the fusion between staple
  coils and fused coils. It's produced by using a
  stacked ribbon wire strand, framed with a round
  wire strand, then fused using another (third)
  round wire strand. Stacked ribbons are then
  framed between the two circular cores resulting
  in extra space with an enhanced texture.
  Nevertheless, framed staple coils arent easy to
  construct and require mastery for both the fused
  and staple coils.
• Tiger Coils
• Its a simple coil to produce. The coil needs a
  round wire strand and a flat ribbon wire
• strand. Twisting the pair of wires creates a
  larger surface area, resulting in the decreased
  ramp-up time, causing the overall coil to heat up
  fast, improving flavor delivery. Tiger
• coils resemble a barbed wire strand and compared
  to other coil types, they are simple to produce.
• Benefits of Clapton Coil
• The obvious benefit of these coils is that they
  provide a huge surface area for vaporization.

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• Building a Simple Clapton Coil
• Making Clapton coils requires you to harness core
  wires a thinner wire and a thicker one. The
  next step is to wrap the larger gauge wire in a
  drill then wind the small gauge wire around it.
• Note the small gauge wire is wound around the
  larger gauge wire as the thinner one is highly
  resistive whereas the thicker one is lowly
  resistive. In this case, the smaller gauge wire
  serves as the heating element.
• Deciding to build ones Clapton coils depends on
  the person. If they are a DIY fan, they
• can decide to build their own. All that is needed
  to purchase the twisted Clapton wire at a vaping
  or online shop and begin the process.
• Otherwise, you can buy an already manufactured
  Clapton coil from the store or online
• shop. All that is needed is to determine the
  right vape cotton. Besides, pre-built coils save
  time and effort. They Are neatly built and are
  efficient to use.
• Advantages of Clapton Coils
• Probably the most important advantage of Clapton
  coils they offer a larger surface area of
  heating, resulting in dense flavor delivery.
• Clapton coils offer diversity in vaping compared
  to standard coils.
• Excellent wicking Clapton coils create holes and
  crevices allowing more vape flavor to be held
  with the surface of the coil.
• Do it yourself Clapton coils when done in the
  right way make the vape flavor taste premium.

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Pre-made coils are the best way of avoiding
time-consuming work. This is the point where the
Wotofo premade coils fit to offer convenience to
vapers who arent in the mood of winding coils on
their own The reputable brand withdraws the
hassle by offering machine-precise fine work,
giving an outstanding flavor intensity as well
as immense vapor generation. Wotofo produces
some of the outstanding Clapton coils in the
market. These are pre-built coils that suit the
needs of customers who lack the
experience/expertise or time for building their
own coils. From your local or online store, you
can check and purchase some of the best and high-
performance coils for your RDA. The pre-built
coils provide an exemplary delivery of flavor
and production of h uge vapor clouds. 1.
Dual-core Fused Clapton 0.28 ohms 10 pieces To
produce the fused Clapton coil, a small gauge
wire is wrapped around at least a pair of large
gauge sores. They help in offering a better user
experience. Characteristics/features Inner
diameter measures 3 millimetres 36G outer
wire 26Gx2 inner core 2. Dual Core Fused
Clapton 0.62 ohm 10 pieces Its the same fused
Clapton coil described above but comes with
higher resistance. Characteristics/features Inne
r diameter measures 3 millimeters 38G outer
wire 28Gx2 inner core 3. Dual Core Fused
Clapton 0.90 ohm 10 pieces Its the same fused
Clapton coil described above but comes with
higher resistance. Characteristics/features Made
from Ni80 The resistance of 0.90 ohms Inner
diameter measures 3 millimeters 38G outer
wire 30Gx2 inner core 4. Dual Core Fused
Clapton 0.38 ohm 5 pieces Its the same fused
Clapton coil described above but comes with
higher resistance.
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Characteristics/features Made from Ni80 The
resistance of 0.38 ohms Inner diameter measures 3
millimetres 40G outer wire 26Gx2 inner core 5.
Quad-core Fused Clapton 0.12 ohms The Clapton
coil consists of four large gage cores. The N80
made Clapton coil features a resistance of 0.12
ohms. Characteristics/features Made from
Ni80 The resistance of 0.12 ohms Inner diameter
measures 3 millimetres 36G outer wire 26Gx4
inner core 6. Quad-core Fused Clapton 0.26
ohms Its the same Quad-core Fused Clapton 0.12
ohms but comes with higher resistance. Characteri
stics/features Made from Ni80 The resistance of
0.26 ohms Inner diameter measures 3 millimeters
36G outer wire 28Gx4 inner core 7. Quint Core
Fused Clapton 0.33 ohms 5 pieces Characteristics/f
eatures Made from Ni80 The resistance of 0.33
ohms Inner diameter measures 3 millimeters 40G
outer wire 30Gx5 inner core 8 Quint core
Clapton 5 pieces Characteristics/features Made
from Ni80 The resistance of 0.33 ohms Inner
diameter measures 3 millimeters
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40G outer wire 30Gx2 inner core 9. Alien coil
0.30 ohms 10 pieces Its an advanced version of
Clapton coil with a distinct texture of the
external wire making it different from fused
Clapton. Characteristics/features The
resistance of 0.33 ohms Inner diameter measures 3
millimeters 10. Alien coil 0.22 ohms 5
pieces This is a low-resistance version of an
alien coil meant for sub-ohm vaping. Characterist
ics/features The resistance of 0.22 ohms Inner
diameter measures 3 millimeters 11. Alien Wire
0.50 ohm 5pcs Characteristics/features Made from
Ni80 The resistance of 0.50 ohms Inner diameter
measures 3 millimetres 38G outer wire 30Gx3
inner core