RDA , RTA and RDTA , which do you prefer ?

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

SnapDragon NY said:
I am surprised that they have the wicks deep inside the tank- I have been told not to do that and cut them flush just under the wick well, that tipping when vaping the RDTA is enough to keep the wicks wet- what are your thoughts?

I'm thinking that since it isn't Odis' review, that the wicking may not be optimal with it being that long. Seems even if it wicked well that way, the cotton is taking up valuable juice space if not on a squonker. The way juice travels up the side of the tank, like a siphon effect, I think shorter is better. I leave about 3-4mm hanging into the tank/touching sides on the Pyro and it can siphon from the bottom that way. I think Pyro has forgiving wicking in that flush or a tad long, both work.

zephyr · Mar 15, 2018

I've been all over the place... right now I like RDAs with a bottom feed pin the best, and I don't see that changing soon.

SnapDragon NY said:
Years ago when I started vaping the coils were 1.5Ω I haven't used any above Ω coils in more than a year.
I think the @Vape Fan typed in the wrong ohm for his coils, but I thought you wrapped your own and could help him.
I don't wrap my coils, I have so many Demon Killer coils kits almost all of them have been free, that I have been using them and have been using the .45Ω Alien Clapton Kanthal coil and so far awesome- love the Pyro!

The Pyro is very awesome, agreed. I recently tried an Avocado 24 and Limitless, and no way I will use them again. Pyro is practically perfect - I can even (carefully) fill the tank while getting a new coil wet, it's crazy. Air flow goes from so open you can breathe comfortably through it or flavorfully closed for smaller coil builds. A+ would buy again (wait, I already bought one again, I don't need anymore lol)

Only thing that tops it for me now are certain regular RDAs with a bottom feed pin, for larger tank capacity and no leaking regardless of how the mod is laying

SnapDragon NY · Mar 15, 2018

Ralph_K said:
I have have all 3 types. I mainly switch between a Pyro 24 and Kylin mini

How are you liking the Pyro? Do you use it with a single coil?
@Heartsdelight has the Kylin Mini and the Asmodus Zesthia- I have been trying to talk her into the Pyro!

Ralph_K · Mar 15, 2018

SnapDragon NY said:
I am surprised that they have the wicks deep inside the tank- I have been told not to do that and cut them flush just under the wick well, that tipping when vaping the RDTA is enough to keep the wicks wet- what are your thoughts?

Yea putting wick all the way down doesn't make it wick better if anything worst plus your tank is being filled with wick instead of juice. I have my wicks just where they are visible at top of tank

Ralph_K · Mar 15, 2018

SnapDragon NY said:
How are you liking the Pyro? Do you use it with a single coil?
@Heartsdelight has the Kylin Mini and the Asmodus Zesthia- I have been trying to talk her into the Pyro!

I have used with dual 4mm coils but here recently have been doing one large single coil about 7.5mm it make it so easy to build and wick

SnapDragon NY · Mar 15, 2018

Pegleg Meg said:
I've been all over the place... right now I like RDAs with a bottom feed pin the best, and I don't see that changing soon.

The Pyro is very awesome, agreed. I recently tried an Avocado 24 and Limitless, and no way I will use them again. Pyro is practically perfect - I can even (carefully) fill the tank while getting a new coil wet, it's crazy. Air flow goes from so open you can breathe comfortably through it or flavorfully closed for smaller coil builds. A+ would buy again (wait, I already bought one again, I don't need anymore lol)

Only thing that tops it for me now are certain regular RDAs with a bottom feed pin, for larger tank capacity and no leaking regardless of how the mod is laying

I am not into squonking- tried at 1st years ago with the Kanger DripBox- not for me- LOL! But I am being tempted to try squonking again, so then will begin my search for a Squonking RDA!
I only have one RDA the Twisted Messes- so I could sample flavors, that is the only time I use my RDA now.
I have tried so many RTAs and so many are messy, hard to take apart and get back together for me, I must have weak hands-LOL, but RDTA that I have- I love, much easier and great flavor to me!

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

Ralph_K said:
Yea putting wick all the way down doesn't make it wick better if anything worst plus your tank is being filled with wick instead of juice. I have my wicks just where they are visible at top of tank

You have the O Genny V2?

SnapDragon NY said:
I think the @Vape Fan typed in the wrong ohm for his coils

This is correct. .25ish

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

Ralph_K said:
I have used with dual 4mm coils but here recently have been doing one large single coil about 7.5mm it make it so easy to build and wick

This is what I'm leaning towards for single Pyro. Large id..

Ralph_K · Mar 15, 2018

Vape Fan said:
You have the O Genny V2?

This is correct. .25ish

No but should be all the same for any rdta

SnapDragon NY · Mar 15, 2018

Pegleg Meg said:
I've been all over the place... right now I like RDAs with a bottom feed pin the best, and I don't see that changing soon.

The Pyro is very awesome, agreed. I recently tried an Avocado 24 and Limitless, and no way I will use them again. Pyro is practically perfect - I can even (carefully) fill the tank while getting a new coil wet, it's crazy. Air flow goes from so open you can breathe comfortably through it or flavorfully closed for smaller coil builds. A+ would buy again (wait, I already bought one again, I don't need anymore lol)

Only thing that tops it for me now are certain regular RDAs with a bottom feed pin, for larger tank capacity and no leaking regardless of how the mod is laying

I got my 2nd Pyro from @Mykreign I bought his Silver so I have 2 now one rainbow and one silver, but want a black and gold too- oh no I am addicted!

SnapDragon NY · Mar 15, 2018

Ralph_K said:
Yea putting wick all the way down doesn't make it wick better if anything worst plus your tank is being filled with wick instead of juice. I have my wicks just where they are visible at top of tank

That is what I do also I cut my cotton to just under the juice wells-
I have seen a couple reviewers leave long wicks into the tank on their RDTA, but others keep them short like mine and the Pyro is a juice hog, need all the room I can get in the tank for juice!

zephyr · Mar 15, 2018

Vape Fan said:
This is what I'm leaning towards for single Pyro. Large id..

I've used 5mm single coils in it before and it was very good. I don't have any rods larger, and also I don't have to thin the wicks, just tuck them into the little slots and forget about it

I don't let the wick go below the bottom of the deck, at all. Just long enough to stay in place in those slots

5mm ID, you could wrap two of your 2x28 claptons side by side (parallel) and do 6 wraps to get around 0.25ohms

I would prefer 5 wraps for size, but that ohms around 0.2

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

SnapDragon NY said:
I am being tempted to try squonking again, so then will begin my search for a Squonking RDA!

atm, squonking only interests me because of juice capacity, and as a bonus is it get coil closer to the top. With a 2+ml RDTA and a spare squonk bottle, I could make it through a work day by swapping to a prefilled bottle and not have to fill a 5ml tank 4x.

Ralph_K · Mar 15, 2018

Vape Fan said:
This is what I'm leaning towards for single Pyro. Large id..

The first coil I used a screwdriver to wrap coil around then I went down a got a long 1/4" bolt that has non threaded shoulder.

SnapDragon NY · Mar 15, 2018

Vape Fan said:
atm, squonking only interests me because of juice capacity, and as a bonus is it get coil closer to the top. With a 2+ml RDTA and a spare squonk bottle, I could make it through a work day by swapping to a prefilled bottle and not have to fill a 5ml tank 4x.

Yes the large squonk bottle was the only thing I liked about the DripBox 60, again the other problem is most squonk boxes are single battery or I would have bought the Therion 75BF I hear the battery life is terrible on that one.

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

Pegleg Meg said:
I've used 5mm single coils in it before and it was very good. I don't have any rods larger, and also I don't have to thin the wicks, just tuck them into the little slots and forget about it I don't let the wick go below the bottom of the deck, at all. Just long enough to stay in place in those slots

5mm ID, you could wrap two of your 2x28 claptons side by side (parallel) and do 6 wraps to get around 0.25ohms

I would prefer 5 wraps for size, but that ohms around 0.2

Thanks for confirming my ww entries :inlove:

But, 5 wraps in parallel would be 10 claptoned wires? If so maybe 3 wraps(6 wires)with even bigger id?
I have a caliper, so I can use one of my screw drivers or something, along with ww and do parallel with that wire, whilst having a little wiggle room on wraps. But I'm thinking 5 wraps is 10 wires long?

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

SnapDragon NY said:
again the other problem is most squonk boxes are single battery

Correctamundo.
If I'm not careful I'll be talking myself into a $350 setup.
https://gingervaper.com/product/box...20700-with-evolv-dna250c-temperature-control/

zephyr · Mar 15, 2018

Vape Fan said:
Thanks for confirming my ww entries But, 5 wraps in parallel would be 10 claptoned wires? If so maybe 3 wraps(6 wires)with even bigger id?
I have a caliper, so I can use one of my screw drivers or something, along with ww and do parallel with that wire, whilst having a little wiggle room on wraps. But I'm thinking 5 wraps is 10 wires long?

You might fit 4 wraps and 7mm ID in there, that would be a safer bet I think

Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

Ralph_K said:
No but should be all the same for any rdta

Yeah, just looking for feedback from V2 user.

Heartsdelight · Mar 15, 2018

Vape Fan said:
I'm thinking that since it isn't Odis' review, that the wicking may not be optimal with it being that long. Seems even if it wicked well that way, the cotton is taking up valuable juice space if not on a squonker. The way juice travels up the side of the tank, like a siphon effect, I think shorter is better. I leave about 3-4mm hanging into the tank/touching sides on the Pyro and it can siphon from the bottom that way. I think Pyro has forgiving wicking in that flush or a tad long, both work.

Vape Fan said:
Correctamundo.
If I'm not careful I'll be talking myself into a $350 setup.
https://gingervaper.com/product/box...20700-with-evolv-dna250c-temperature-control/

If anyone cares, Daniel fro DJLSB Vapes got into a thing with Gingervaper on Facebook. Daniel asked them to substantiate his findings & they were not that nice, then banned Daniel. Heard their customer service is iffy too.

Heartsdelight · Mar 15, 2018

SnapDragon NY said:
How are you liking the Pyro? Do you use it with a single coil?
@Heartsdelight has the Kylin Mini and the Asmodus Zesthia- I have been trying to talk her into the Pyro!

It’s on the list @SnapDragon NY

just giving my wallet a tiny break

SnapDragon NY · Mar 15, 2018

Heartsdelight said:
It’s on the list @SnapDragon NY just giving my wallet a tiny break

LOL- I hear you there my friend- my wallet needed a little break too!
:cheers:

MrMeowgi · Mar 15, 2018

Pegleg Meg said:
You mean 0.25 or 0.3 ohms right?

http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.html?p=roundmulti&r=0.25&str=4&awg=28&id=3

Your 2x28 SS clapton wire, do 4 or 5 wraps with 3mm ID, and bam 0.25- 0.3 ohms single coil

If you guys really mean 2.5 or 3.0 ohms, Lord help you! lmao!

I was wondering what device can do above 3 ohms for the 3.5 ohm coil he's referring to. I think most of my regulated mods go-to 3 ohms. Maybe missing a decimal

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Vape Fan · Mar 15, 2018

Wtmke1 said:
I was wondering what device can do above 3 ohms for the 3.5 ohm coil he's referring to. I think most of my regulated mods go-to 3 ohms. Maybe missing a decimal

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Yes, I missed decimal. :crazy:

I guess I won't live it down since this is the 3rd inquiry.

Loki Vapes · Mar 16, 2018

prefer rda's at home squonks and rta's on the go

MrMeowgi · Mar 16, 2018

Vape Fan said:
Yes, I missed decimal. I guess I won't live it down since this is the 3rd inquiry.

No problems man. We just like to be thorough.

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Vape Fan · Mar 16, 2018

Wtmke1 said:
No problems man. We just like to be thorough.

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Yes we do. Don't we.

516_vaper_li · Mar 23, 2018

RDTA ALL DAY

Brad Mitchell · Mar 23, 2018

If I'm reading the specs correctly the dna250c max ohm is 8.0

MrMeowgi · Mar 23, 2018

Brad Mitchell said:
If I'm reading the specs correctly the dna250c max ohm is 8.0

Wow an 8ohm coil. Be like trying to vape a toothpick if a 1.2 ohm coil has the pull like a cigarette.

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rxmilitia · Mar 23, 2018

I’ve been all over the board.

But since mesh prebuilt coils came out I’ve found myself getting back to the subohm tank game.

Ishkabibble · Mar 23, 2018

See it's all subjective. I'm a flavor chaser. RDAs to me are better for bakery and cream vapes vs tanks, but even then my RDAs are usually smaller (IE Hadaly). But overall between tanks and RDAs, my Kayfun 5 is the best and most saturated flavor I've ever had. Just all personal preference, I don't vape super hot though. And I could care less about clouds and like a little more restricted airflow.

St.Roostifer · Mar 23, 2018

I really need to add to my collection and broaden my horizons lol. I have 5 rta's 1 lonely goon and zero rdta's. Maybe it's time for me to get an rdta...

I do like the Wasp Nano rdta so maybe that will be the first.

Brad Mitchell · Mar 23, 2018

I don't like rdta because I feel as if it will be harder to keep wicks wet or at least more steps to keep them wet.

r055co · Mar 23, 2018

Brad Mitchell said:
I don't like rdta because I feel as if it will be harder to keep wicks wet or at least more steps to keep them wet.

Actually it's not

MrMeowgi · Mar 23, 2018

It's weird I always see people say no wicks in the tank. How do you get juice out of the bottom?

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r055co · Mar 23, 2018

Wtmke1 said:
It's weird I always see people say no wicks in the tank. How do you get juice out of the bottom?

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Yep, no wicks in the tank, just have the tails barely poking below the deck. How does it wick, everything from the vacuum created to just basic tipping while your vaping.

MrMeowgi · Mar 23, 2018

r055co said:
Yep, no wicks in the tank, just have the tails barely poking below the deck. How does it wick, everything from the vacuum created to just basic tipping while your vaping.

Oh ok . Always wondered that.

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Roadtrip635 · Mar 23, 2018

I lean towards RDAs with BF pin, but use RTAs a lot too. I go back and forth between squonking and RTAs throughout the day, but prolly squonk a little more.

Nameste · Mar 24, 2018

I have started with subohm then switched to rta then rdtas and now rdas.. Now I am just using rdas I have 4 of them 2 with squonks and 2 with reg mods.. Other tanks started to collect dust..
These are what I use now

Drop with fuchai squonk (awesome flavor and cloud)

Pulse 24 with Pulse mech mod (awesome flavor and cloud )

VV Bonza with geekvape aegis ( awesome flavor and cloud)

VV Phobia with Vaporesso revenger ( best on flavor so far.. But if you over drip it leaks from airholes... But flavor is of the chart)

PoppaVic · Mar 24, 2018

RDA w/ BF pin is great - but the choice of Squonkers is damned short: a single cell mech is just a PITA. Single-cell regulated are only marginaly better - 2 cell regulated is your "go-to" squonk-size. (An NC-like series mech squonk would be nice)

RTA - rebuildables of course - remain a mainstay: I've about 6 or 8 'new' rta incoming.

r055co · Mar 24, 2018

PoppaVic said:
RDA w/ BF pin is great - but the choice of Squonkers is damned short: a single cell mech is just a PITA. Single-cell regulated are only marginaly better - 2 cell regulated is your "go-to" squonk-size. (An NC-like series mech squonk would be nice)

RTA - rebuildables of course - remain a mainstay: I've about 6 or 8 'new' rta incoming.

My go to Squonk is a dual parallel Mech and it's one of the best Mod's I own

Danimal77 · Mar 24, 2018

Don29palms said:
RDA when stationary and RDTA when on the go.

I need to try an rdta any suggestions I was looking at that dejavu but kinda pricy compared to what’s out there. Also looking at the alpine and pyro

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jwill · Mar 24, 2018

Danimal77 said:
I need to try an rdta any suggestions I was looking at that dejavu but kinda pricy compared to what’s out there. Also looking at the alpine and pyro

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Limitless RDTA gold is a good one to try and they are very inexpensive. I am very impressed with them. @CrazyChef v2.0 has some RDTA's on sale for good prices in the trading section if you want to experiment without mortgaging the farm.

VincentV · Apr 1, 2018

MLT RTA is my favor, for nice flavor, I really love the berserker mtl rta tanks

gpjoe · Apr 9, 2018

RDA first.

If I do use a tank, it's a genesis-style RDTA like the Avocado. Never had a problem with wicking. leaking, etc.

RDA , RTA and RDTA , which do you prefer ?

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