SirRichardRear
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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Vandy Vape Bonza RDA
Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from Elementvape.com
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. 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 percent 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.
Reviewer Disclaimer
I decided to add this disclaimer in as i feel it’s important for people to know their source of the review. I’ve been vaping since late 2011. I’ve vaped all the styles from MTL to RLH to DTL. tanks, RTAs, RDAs, you name it. I do prefer the DTL and RLH style over MTL personally. My main focus from an atomizer is flavor. For mods i’ve used mechs and regulated mods. I’m an avid temp control vaper but enjoy power mode as well and the occasion mech useage for nostalgia. I’ve been doing reviews since late 2016. As of Jan 2018 I’ve done over 100 written reviews and done over 150 video reviews on my channel, Although i’ve taken a break from videos in the past few months to focus on written reviews.
I spend a lot of time helping vapers on forums as well and try to answer all the questions and comments on my reviews. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested. At times if needed i’ll disassemble them as well. Rebuildables get multiple builds in them. Tanks i use all coils until the die or a minimum of 2 weeks if they don’t die sooner. I do this for the community to help people find good products and avoid bad ones. In my opinion a reviewer works for the community and nobody else. It’s our job to inform vapers of issues and not be advertisers as well as provide constructive criticism from a place of knowledge back to companies with these reviews so they can improve and make better products in the future.
Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here
Youtube Channel here
Spreadhseet of Recommendations here
Best of 2017 list here
Introduction:
The Bonza RDA is a newer dual coil RTA from Vandy Vape, i’d like to say it’s the “latest” as many of my reviews are but with the crazy rate they come out with new atomizers, It’s not. Matter of fact I have 2 newer ones to review from them as well in the maze RDA and phobia RDA. Either way this one is designed by or made in conjunction with the vapan bogan who is an aussie youtube vape reviewer famous for his foul mouth. It’s available in 5 colors, Matte Black, SS, Gold, Rainbow, and Matte Grey
Manufacturer's Specs
Stock Shot Colors:
Stock Shot Exploded:
Box:
Build and Wick Pics:
Pics on mods:
Handchecks:
Initial Impressions and features
Like all my reviews i’m going to be brutally honest here and address the elephant in the room, it reminded me of an OBS Cheetah II clone almost. There are only a few minor differences. Mind you I don’t have the cheetah, but the Bonza appears to have more air going with the 15 small holes on each side airflow instead of the single slot of the cheetah. The other minor difference is while the deck is exactly the same, they built it so the post bottom sits flush in the bottom of the RDA where the cheetah has a little bump. They also add in extra accessories as vandy vape is very good with that providing tons of cool drip tips and options. I was a little disappointed in a reviewer product being so similar to an existing product from a different company. It’s almost as if he said make the cheetah but with these minor changes and he did review the cheetah as well. Still regardless, i’m going to give the bonza a fair review as I always do for what it is.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a 2 post 1 hole and 1 clamp per post deck that’s staggered out. Similar to a straight horizontal deck like the Mad Dog RDA but with clamps on the bottom. It’s a really cool design that works well so kudos to whoever came up with it. It’s also pretty innovative IMO and very easy to build on. Unscrewing the clamp screw makes it drop down to create clearance to slide your lead into and tightening it raises the clamp back up to clamp it against the post. The other hole on each post is a standard hole with a top down screw more than large enough to accomodate most coils. Each lead gets their own hole or clamp and you can install each coil by itself. By default it comes with flat head screws but also includes phillip screws They are good quality but i would have preferred some hex screws personally.
Wicking is pretty easy overall. It’s an RDA so no tricks needed. You can drop the ends of the cotton to the deck or filt it so it’s on the deck. Either way it works fine. You are going to drip on it or sqounk on it so no need to worry much.
Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from Elementvape.com
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. 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 percent 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.
Reviewer Disclaimer
I decided to add this disclaimer in as i feel it’s important for people to know their source of the review. I’ve been vaping since late 2011. I’ve vaped all the styles from MTL to RLH to DTL. tanks, RTAs, RDAs, you name it. I do prefer the DTL and RLH style over MTL personally. My main focus from an atomizer is flavor. For mods i’ve used mechs and regulated mods. I’m an avid temp control vaper but enjoy power mode as well and the occasion mech useage for nostalgia. I’ve been doing reviews since late 2016. As of Jan 2018 I’ve done over 100 written reviews and done over 150 video reviews on my channel, Although i’ve taken a break from videos in the past few months to focus on written reviews.
I spend a lot of time helping vapers on forums as well and try to answer all the questions and comments on my reviews. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested. At times if needed i’ll disassemble them as well. Rebuildables get multiple builds in them. Tanks i use all coils until the die or a minimum of 2 weeks if they don’t die sooner. I do this for the community to help people find good products and avoid bad ones. In my opinion a reviewer works for the community and nobody else. It’s our job to inform vapers of issues and not be advertisers as well as provide constructive criticism from a place of knowledge back to companies with these reviews so they can improve and make better products in the future.
Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here
Youtube Channel here
Spreadhseet of Recommendations here
Best of 2017 list here
Introduction:
The Bonza RDA is a newer dual coil RTA from Vandy Vape, i’d like to say it’s the “latest” as many of my reviews are but with the crazy rate they come out with new atomizers, It’s not. Matter of fact I have 2 newer ones to review from them as well in the maze RDA and phobia RDA. Either way this one is designed by or made in conjunction with the vapan bogan who is an aussie youtube vape reviewer famous for his foul mouth. It’s available in 5 colors, Matte Black, SS, Gold, Rainbow, and Matte Grey
Manufacturer's Specs
- Collaboration between Vandy Vape & The Vaping Bogan
- 24mm Diameter
- 7mm Deep Juice Well
- Superior 303 Stainless Steel Construction
- 24K Gold-Plated Build Deck
- Unique Two-Post Design - Fixed Screw Clamp Post Design
- Outer Terminals - Top-Secured via Slotted Flathead Screws
- Inner Terminals - Top-Secured via Clamp Mechanism
- Parallelogram Airslots on Each Side
- Direct-to-Coil Chamber Effect
- 18mm Wide 810 Resin Widebore Drip Tip
- 17.5mm Wide 810 ULTEM Widebore Drip Tip
- 16mm Wide Delrin Widebore Drip Tip
- 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- Squonk-Ready 510 Pin
- Gold-Plated 510 Connection
- Available in Stainless, Black, Gold, Rainbow, Matte Grey
- 1 Bonza RDA
- 1 810 Resin Widebore Drip Tip
- 1 810 ULTEM Widebore Drip Tip
- 1 810 Delrin Widebore Drip Tip
- 1 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- 1 Squonk-Ready 510 Pin
- 1 Accessory Bag
Stock Shot Colors:
Stock Shot Exploded:
Box:
Build and Wick Pics:
Pics on mods:
Handchecks:
Initial Impressions and features
Like all my reviews i’m going to be brutally honest here and address the elephant in the room, it reminded me of an OBS Cheetah II clone almost. There are only a few minor differences. Mind you I don’t have the cheetah, but the Bonza appears to have more air going with the 15 small holes on each side airflow instead of the single slot of the cheetah. The other minor difference is while the deck is exactly the same, they built it so the post bottom sits flush in the bottom of the RDA where the cheetah has a little bump. They also add in extra accessories as vandy vape is very good with that providing tons of cool drip tips and options. I was a little disappointed in a reviewer product being so similar to an existing product from a different company. It’s almost as if he said make the cheetah but with these minor changes and he did review the cheetah as well. Still regardless, i’m going to give the bonza a fair review as I always do for what it is.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a 2 post 1 hole and 1 clamp per post deck that’s staggered out. Similar to a straight horizontal deck like the Mad Dog RDA but with clamps on the bottom. It’s a really cool design that works well so kudos to whoever came up with it. It’s also pretty innovative IMO and very easy to build on. Unscrewing the clamp screw makes it drop down to create clearance to slide your lead into and tightening it raises the clamp back up to clamp it against the post. The other hole on each post is a standard hole with a top down screw more than large enough to accomodate most coils. Each lead gets their own hole or clamp and you can install each coil by itself. By default it comes with flat head screws but also includes phillip screws They are good quality but i would have preferred some hex screws personally.
Wicking is pretty easy overall. It’s an RDA so no tricks needed. You can drop the ends of the cotton to the deck or filt it so it’s on the deck. Either way it works fine. You are going to drip on it or sqounk on it so no need to worry much.
