Let’s get set-up.

Okay, now that you have everything and know a little safety info, let’s start building. Find something small and round, like a tiny screw-driver, and wrap your resistance wire into a neat little spring. I use a blunt-needle syringe, and I do eight wraps around it. Be as tidy as possible when you’re wrapping. After that’s done, make an identical coil if you’re building a dual coil set-up (like I do), and put the coil into your RDA. This will usually either involve unscrewing the little screws on top of your RDA posts and inserting the leads into two little holes, one in the positive lead, and another in the negative, or wrapping the wire-leads around the screws before tightening them back up again. When you’re tightening your screws, take care not to be too zealous, snapping your wire-leads with the pressure of over-tightened screws. The coils should not touch the posts, well, cap, or any part of anything. That’s in bold for a reason; you don’t want a short, do you? Nope. Put the coils just next to the air-holes as well, for maximum vaping pleasure. Once the coils are installed, (ensuring lead-length is identical for dual-coil builds) clip off the leads, and screw your RDA onto your ohm meter. Do the math. Good? Sweet. Screw the RDA onto the top of your mod, making sure that the connecting pin makes good contact with the bottom connector of the RDA. Check your battery (oh, and charge it too). Is it clean, with the wrapper free of scratches, etc? If so, go ahead and slap it in your mech mod, positive side up, making sure not to over-tighten anything, and ensure that the battery makes good contact with the top pin, and the bottom pin, when the button is depressed. Screw the RDA on top of your mech mod and fire it up for a second. If everything is making a connection, the coils should glow. Both coils should glow at the same time in a dual-coil build. If they don’t, something is uneven. Fix it. Your coil(s) should glow evenly, from the inside out. If they don’t, pulse the fire button once and squeeze them together with a pair of tweezers. Never fire the mod while you’re touching the coils with anything. Keep at it until they glow evenly, from the centre out. Got it? Nice one. Tear off a tiny bit of cotton, and roll (not twist) it into a little wick. pull it through the coil, and make sure that at least one end dips down onto the floor of the RDA. Don’t overload the coils with cotton, a tiny amount will do. Load the wick up with juice (enough to soak the wick, not fill the well at the bottom of the RDA. You don’t want it flooded), and fire. It should sputter and steam. Success. Put the top cap and drip tip onto your RDA.