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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Vandy Vape Phobia V2 RDA, please see the bottom for disclaimers and links. Note: This is the sample version.
Introduction:
The Phobia 2 RDA is the latest RDAs from popular vape manufacturer Vandy Vape. They came onto the scene in 2017 with a ton of gear and have been a pretty hyped company ever since so probably don’t need no introduction. The Phobia 2 is the follow up to the original phobia which i felt was a rare swing and a miss from a company that mostly made good products, save for the horrible pulse mech squonk box and it’s voltage drop, so hopefully the phobia 2 gets right what the original couldn’t. The phobia 2 is a dual coil DTL RDA with an included squonk pin. It’s available in 4 colors SS, Black, Gunmetal and Rainbow. I only see the for pre-order right now but they are priced around 30 USD so good price point and pretty typical for them. They should be available mid to late october
Manufacturer's Specs
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDA i was pretty impressed with the design of it. It’s not new per say and they kept the original deck design with the massive post screws that I loved on the original phobia but redid the airflow. Still a dual coil DTL postless deck RDA is right up my alley. Also i got the black color and it has a feel like there is a coating on it which i really like and makes it a matte black which reminds me of the fumytech windwalker RDA i had and maybe even the eco RDA IIRC but i’m sure others as well. I also like how vandy vape included a coil clipping lead tool as they seem to be doing with all their rebuildables as of late. It’s a great bonus to have. Overall I was pretty happy from the start
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a pretty basic postless deck and the same as the original phobia RDA with the massive hex grub screws. I love it personally since i’m a fan of postles decks and good quality hex grub screws. You will however need to precut your leads but the included tool makes that easier. It’s made for dual coils and each lead has its own post hole and you can install your coils 1 at a time. Just as it should be. The coils slide into the holes which are huge then you just tighten them down. Really easy to build on. The post screws come side in but correctly so it won’t bend your leads with flat wires like fused claptons but also work great with round wire as well. My only gripe in the building process is the coil tool is labeled at 7mm leads however that makes the coils too low, 9-10mm works much better. Overall an excellent build deck that is really easy to build on even for beginners.
Wicking on it is quite easy. It’s an RDA so nothing fancy just drop your leads to the bottom.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Dual Coil RDA only, you could run a big single coil if you wanted to but for me i’d rather use a dedicated single coil RDA for that so yeah dual only. I ran 4 builds in this a fancy 3mm ID build, a fancy 3.5 mm ID build, a fancy 4mm ID build and 1 simple round 4mm ID build. For size I found it worked well with all those sizes and as many wraps as you can fit comfortably in it. The flavor is great one of the better dual coil RDAs for sure and even worked great with the simple round wire. Overall a very good dual coil RDA flavorwise that likes a big build.
Introduction:
The Phobia 2 RDA is the latest RDAs from popular vape manufacturer Vandy Vape. They came onto the scene in 2017 with a ton of gear and have been a pretty hyped company ever since so probably don’t need no introduction. The Phobia 2 is the follow up to the original phobia which i felt was a rare swing and a miss from a company that mostly made good products, save for the horrible pulse mech squonk box and it’s voltage drop, so hopefully the phobia 2 gets right what the original couldn’t. The phobia 2 is a dual coil DTL RDA with an included squonk pin. It’s available in 4 colors SS, Black, Gunmetal and Rainbow. I only see the for pre-order right now but they are priced around 30 USD so good price point and pretty typical for them. They should be available mid to late october
Manufacturer's Specs
- Height: 25.2mm
- Diameter: 24mm
- Capacity: 1ml
- G.W: 130g(included package)
- Good taste in small space
- Deep tank, high hole position, non leaking issue
- Single & Dual coil available
- M4 screw , easy for coil building
- 3 types drip tips
- 1 x Phobia II RDA
- 1 x Accessory bag
- 1 x User Manual
- 1 x 810 Drip Tip
- 1 x PEI Drip Tip
- 1 x 510 Adapter
- 1 x Coil Lead Guide
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDA i was pretty impressed with the design of it. It’s not new per say and they kept the original deck design with the massive post screws that I loved on the original phobia but redid the airflow. Still a dual coil DTL postless deck RDA is right up my alley. Also i got the black color and it has a feel like there is a coating on it which i really like and makes it a matte black which reminds me of the fumytech windwalker RDA i had and maybe even the eco RDA IIRC but i’m sure others as well. I also like how vandy vape included a coil clipping lead tool as they seem to be doing with all their rebuildables as of late. It’s a great bonus to have. Overall I was pretty happy from the start
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a pretty basic postless deck and the same as the original phobia RDA with the massive hex grub screws. I love it personally since i’m a fan of postles decks and good quality hex grub screws. You will however need to precut your leads but the included tool makes that easier. It’s made for dual coils and each lead has its own post hole and you can install your coils 1 at a time. Just as it should be. The coils slide into the holes which are huge then you just tighten them down. Really easy to build on. The post screws come side in but correctly so it won’t bend your leads with flat wires like fused claptons but also work great with round wire as well. My only gripe in the building process is the coil tool is labeled at 7mm leads however that makes the coils too low, 9-10mm works much better. Overall an excellent build deck that is really easy to build on even for beginners.
Wicking on it is quite easy. It’s an RDA so nothing fancy just drop your leads to the bottom.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Dual Coil RDA only, you could run a big single coil if you wanted to but for me i’d rather use a dedicated single coil RDA for that so yeah dual only. I ran 4 builds in this a fancy 3mm ID build, a fancy 3.5 mm ID build, a fancy 4mm ID build and 1 simple round 4mm ID build. For size I found it worked well with all those sizes and as many wraps as you can fit comfortably in it. The flavor is great one of the better dual coil RDAs for sure and even worked great with the simple round wire. Overall a very good dual coil RDA flavorwise that likes a big build.