Enail Coils: Flat Coil, Axial Coil, Barrel Coil, What's the difference?

Of all the essential elements of an e-nail setup, the heating coil is one of the most important. The heating coil is responsible for heating the nail or banger to the desired temperature for vaporizing concentrates. The heating coil is available in several different shapes, sizes, and configurations, with each type of coil offering different benefits and drawbacks. In this article, we'll explore the different types of e-nail coils and their advantages and disadvantages.

Flat Coil

The flat coil is a popular choice for e-nail setups due to its broad heating surface area, making it suitable for a variety of nails and bangers. The Flat Coil is most commonly used with a nail setup, whether titanium or hybrid. Flat coils come in various sizes to fit different nail and banger sizes, most commonly flat coils come in the size of 26mm.

Advantages:

• Provides even heating to the entire bottom surface area of the nail or banger.
• Suitable for nails and bangers. (best for nails, such as hybrid nails)
• Steady bucket bottom temperature.

Disadvantages:

• Not suitable for bucket bangers or larger bangers or nails.
• Only heats the bottom of the dish or banger, not the sides.

Axial Enail Coil

The axial coil is a cylindrical-shaped heating element that wraps around the bottom and sides of a nail or banger. The axial coil completely envelops the bottom of the banger, allowing for maximum heating while evenly distributed throughout the surface area of the banger or nail. The axial coil is perfect for small or large dabs and for low-temp or high-temp dabs because the additional wraps help maintain the ideal temperature for an extended period.

Advantages:

• Even heat distribution throughout most of the banger or nails surface area
• Ideal for low-temp or high-temp dabs.
• Faster heat-up time compared to a flat coil.
• The most intense heating of any enail coil option.

Disadvantages:

• Not ideal for smaller nails.
• Not ideal for terp slurpers.

Available Sizes:

• 25mm Axial Coil
• 30mm Axial Coil
• 35mm Axial Coil

Barrel Enail Coil

The barrel coil is similar to the axial coil in shape, but lacks the bottom wrapping. it's designed to wrap tightly around the nail or banger's sides. Barrel coils are ideal for smaller bangers or nectar collector nails.

Advantages:

• The only real option for nectar collector nails.
• Great for small bangers, like the VapeBrat Copa Kit
• Satisfactory for low-temp or high-temp dabs.
• Faster heat-up time than flat coils.

Disadvantages:

• Not suitable for larger nails and bangers.
• Does not directly heat the bottom of the banger

Available Sizes:

• 8mm Barrel Coil
• 10mm Barrel Coil
• 20mm Barrel Coil

Terp Slurper Enail Coil

The terp slurper coil is a unique type of heating element designed for use with terp slurper bangers. The terp slurper banger, the most popular banger on the market due to its fantastic taste, features a bottom dish, varying in sizes of 25mm, 30mm and 35mm. The terp slurper coil is similar to the axial coil but with less wraps, so the terp slurper coil wraps the bottom of the terp slurper dish up to slightly below the top of the terp slurper dish walls. This is done to allow clearance for the dab tool and dab to be placed onto the dish without touching the enail coil.

Advantages:

• Perfect for flavor enthusiasts.
• Perfect for Terp Slurper Enail Bangers
• Works very well for hybrid nails or small dishes for optimal heating.
• Unique design creates an optimal environment for low-temp or high-temp dabs.
• Consistent heat distribution.

Disadvantages:

• Not ideal for large bucket bangers or nails, as the wrapping does not go as high up as the axial coil does.
• Does not work with nectar collector nails.

Available Sizes:

• 25mm Terp Slurper Coil
• 30mm Terp Slurper Coil
• 35mm Terp Slurper Coil

Hybrid Coil

A hybrid coil is a mix between a flat and axial, and simply put, is the terp slurper enail coil with 1 or 2 less wraps. Hybrid coils are best used for titanium or hybrid nails. The coil fully wraps the bottom of the dish while wrapping up the wall only slightly, leaving room for a carb cap to fully close on the titanium or quartz dish.

Advantages:

• Provides even heat distribution along the bottom of the dish, nail or banger.
• Works well for both low-temp and high-temp dabs.
• Slightly faster heat-up time compared to a flat coil.
• Suitable for larger small to medium sized nails or dishes.

Disadvantages:

• Not as much power as an axial coil.

Conclusion:

Choosing the right e-nail coil depends on your quartz banger or dab nail preferences, the type of concentrate you're using, and the size of your nail or banger. Looking for maximum taste? The Terp Slurper setup would be best for you. Looking to take tiny super efficient dabs? Maybe the 20mm Barrel coil would be best for you. Looking for medium sized low or high temp dabs? The 25mm axial coil may be great for you. Looking for large or super large dabs? Take a look at the 30mm or 35mm axial coils.