SirRichardRear
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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Innokin Ares MTL RTA Disclaimer: This products was sent to me from Innokin
Review Disclaimer
I review products for what they are with no account of where it comes from or who makes it. The test results are the results for what is in my hand. Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary. I spend more time with products then most reviewers and try to be thorough, do disassemblies to check for design flaws, do accuracy testing, and stress testing, something that is typically done in maintenance industries to try and “force” a failure or diagnose a potential failure point to give me an idea of a devices longevity. With that said, there is no way for myself or anyone to predict if a device will last 6 months, 1 year, 5 years etc. Any manufactured item from cars to phones to computers to mods have a possibility of arriving DOA or having a small % failure rate. There is no way to predict this or quantify this. That’s why warranties and lemon laws exist. I can only review what I have in my hand for better or for worse. Contrary to popular belief, there is no special review samples of higher quality. Most of the time personally i get retail versions, the few times i’ve gotten early releases they are usually worse than the final retail version.
Introduction:
The Innokin Ares MTL RTA, is a new RTA designed by reviewers Phil Busardo and Vaping Greek, Phil being famous for his in depth reviews and his love of MTL vaping. Probably the only reviewer i’m aware of who prefers MTL vaping which has made him very popular for the MTL style vapers. Keeping with the popular naming of vape gear Ares is the greek god of war and probably one of the most popular and well known greek gods. The Ares MTL RTA is a 24mm single coil RTA.
Manufacturer's Specs:
Stock Shots:
Deck
Builds and Wicks
Broken Down
Box and contents:
Top fill:
Smallest Air setting:
Pics on mods
Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this RTA i was pretty impressed with the packaging and accessories. I was lucky enough to be on reddit when phil did his AMA and gave me his build specs. The 2 included coils in the package are built to his spec. I used one and it’s a kanthal coil at around 1 ohm. There is also an included tinted glass colored extra o-rings extra wire organic cotton, 2 build tools one coil jig with a 2.5 and 3 mm bars and one with a threaded bar for making spaced coils easily. Not the 1st time i’ve seen it but it’s a nice touch and i haven’t seen that included in quite some time. They also pack in an extra pair of flat head screws as the deck come pre-installed with phillips. It’s pretty much a package that has enough materials to keep people going for months without needing more wire or cotton so that is pretty well done. They also include a QR code that links to instructional videos making it very new builder friendly. It also has 11 air flow settings and the manual is really simple and well done.
Build Deck (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a simple 2 post design where your leads from your coil are made to go in opposite directions. The airflow is on the bottom directly under the coil and uses the “swiss cheese” style of airflow. The deck comes preinstalled with phillips screws. The quality on them is good but i’m not a fan of phillips. They do have an extra set included of flat head though which are better. I would have preferred hex and flat personally. The posts themselves are like an open fork where you slide the lead through then use the screw to press it against the post. It’s simple and works well. For me i normally wrap clockwise and doing so puts the leads in the correct position. It always sets your coils right above the airflow in good position. Overall it’s an easy to use build deck that works well so no complaints from me there. 3MM is about the max size of coil it can take. You could probably squeeze a 3.5mm in there but the designer recommends 3mm and they have a jog for 2.5 as well so I wouldn’t worry about going bigger. The wick holes are nice and large and the “GTA” style makes it pretty easy and forgiving. I’ve used a lot and i’ve used a little. It worked just fine both ways with no leaking so i’d say go for the larger amount as it kept up with chain vaping just fine. Just don’t overstuff it too much. I wick personally all the way to the deck it always worked best for me with the GTA style tanks and fluff the ends on the bottom.
Review Disclaimer
I review products for what they are with no account of where it comes from or who makes it. The test results are the results for what is in my hand. Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary. I spend more time with products then most reviewers and try to be thorough, do disassemblies to check for design flaws, do accuracy testing, and stress testing, something that is typically done in maintenance industries to try and “force” a failure or diagnose a potential failure point to give me an idea of a devices longevity. With that said, there is no way for myself or anyone to predict if a device will last 6 months, 1 year, 5 years etc. Any manufactured item from cars to phones to computers to mods have a possibility of arriving DOA or having a small % failure rate. There is no way to predict this or quantify this. That’s why warranties and lemon laws exist. I can only review what I have in my hand for better or for worse. Contrary to popular belief, there is no special review samples of higher quality. Most of the time personally i get retail versions, the few times i’ve gotten early releases they are usually worse than the final retail version.
Introduction:
The Innokin Ares MTL RTA, is a new RTA designed by reviewers Phil Busardo and Vaping Greek, Phil being famous for his in depth reviews and his love of MTL vaping. Probably the only reviewer i’m aware of who prefers MTL vaping which has made him very popular for the MTL style vapers. Keeping with the popular naming of vape gear Ares is the greek god of war and probably one of the most popular and well known greek gods. The Ares MTL RTA is a 24mm single coil RTA.
Manufacturer's Specs:
- Dimensions: 24 x 59mm
- Construction: Stainless Steel and Pyrex Glass
- Drop-in Coil Sky Build Deck for Single Coil Builds
- Rounded Bell Chamber to Reduce Air Turbulence
- Liquid Barrier to Minimize Leaks
- Designed for Mouth to Lung (MTL)
- Push to Slide Top Fill Design
- Tank Capacity: 4ml
- Single Adjustable Airflow Slot with 4 Holes
- Additional Single Airflow Hole on the Side
- Japanese Organic Cotton
- Includes Two Different Delrin Drip Tips
- Includes Phil's Build Tool and Dimitris' Build Tool
- Colors: Black and SS
- 1x ARES RTA
- 1x Organic cotton
- 2x Pre build coils
- 1x 1M wire ,
- 2x Sets of screws (Phillips and Straight),
- Black orings installed
- 2x Green orings
- 2x White orings
- 2 Types of drip tips (wide and narrow bore)
- Clear glass installed
- 1x Smoked glass replacement or different look
- 1x Multi Screwdriver
- 1x Phils Build Tool
- 1x Dimi build tool
Stock Shots:
Deck
Builds and Wicks
Broken Down
Box and contents:
Top fill:
Smallest Air setting:
Pics on mods
Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this RTA i was pretty impressed with the packaging and accessories. I was lucky enough to be on reddit when phil did his AMA and gave me his build specs. The 2 included coils in the package are built to his spec. I used one and it’s a kanthal coil at around 1 ohm. There is also an included tinted glass colored extra o-rings extra wire organic cotton, 2 build tools one coil jig with a 2.5 and 3 mm bars and one with a threaded bar for making spaced coils easily. Not the 1st time i’ve seen it but it’s a nice touch and i haven’t seen that included in quite some time. They also pack in an extra pair of flat head screws as the deck come pre-installed with phillips. It’s pretty much a package that has enough materials to keep people going for months without needing more wire or cotton so that is pretty well done. They also include a QR code that links to instructional videos making it very new builder friendly. It also has 11 air flow settings and the manual is really simple and well done.
Build Deck (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a simple 2 post design where your leads from your coil are made to go in opposite directions. The airflow is on the bottom directly under the coil and uses the “swiss cheese” style of airflow. The deck comes preinstalled with phillips screws. The quality on them is good but i’m not a fan of phillips. They do have an extra set included of flat head though which are better. I would have preferred hex and flat personally. The posts themselves are like an open fork where you slide the lead through then use the screw to press it against the post. It’s simple and works well. For me i normally wrap clockwise and doing so puts the leads in the correct position. It always sets your coils right above the airflow in good position. Overall it’s an easy to use build deck that works well so no complaints from me there. 3MM is about the max size of coil it can take. You could probably squeeze a 3.5mm in there but the designer recommends 3mm and they have a jog for 2.5 as well so I wouldn’t worry about going bigger. The wick holes are nice and large and the “GTA” style makes it pretty easy and forgiving. I’ve used a lot and i’ve used a little. It worked just fine both ways with no leaking so i’d say go for the larger amount as it kept up with chain vaping just fine. Just don’t overstuff it too much. I wick personally all the way to the deck it always worked best for me with the GTA style tanks and fluff the ends on the bottom.
