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KingPin!

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Hi Folks

Well I've spent some time with the Skill RDA and thought it's time to put up my review first a disclaimer. I purchased this RDA myself this review is based on my experiences and impressions

So onto the main event what you get in the box

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The Skill RDA project designed by VapersMD and Engineered by Twisted Messes.

Skill RDA Specs:
• Black Anodised Aluminium Top Cap
• 24mm RDA
• 24k Gold Plated 304 Stainless Steel Deck
• 4.5mm Deep Juice Wells
• 2 Post Design With 3mm Wide Vertically Slotted
• Single & Dual Coil Air-Flow Control
• 6 x 24k Gold Plated Post Screws: 2 x Slot, 2 x Cross, 2 x Hex
• 24k Gold Plated Brass 510
• PEEK Insulators
• Serialised
• Bottom Feed/Squonk Pin Included
• A bunch of O-rings and a chunky Allen key

The RDA breaks into 4 parts

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Initial impressions
Presentation box is ok nothing to write home about

Nice 6 post screws! I tend to go through screws at a rate of knots the ones provided are quality and I feel will last a long time

You have this huge 810 low profile stock cap I'm not sure whether there are a bunch of different caps mine says "No Skill Needed" lol

I could not see an authenticity sticker on my box
However my atty is serialised on the bottom I did buy this from a reputable company so I'm going to assume it's legit!

But my first impression is yeah this looks the nuts and you can have any colour you like as long as its black ;) (at the moment anyway)

Build Quality

Well this is a high end RDA which I picked up for £60 so I'm expecting quality my eye is going to be looking for every little defect and there are a few I've found which in all honesty I'm disappointed with
Inside the top cap around where the orings fits in the middle it's not machined as well as I would expect you can see its jagged, this should be top notch

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There is a little bit of damage on my base, a tiny nic on the rim
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If you look at the left side of this pic there is slight wear on the paint where the top cap meets the housing
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Finally the Orings ....now apart from the one holding the drip tip in these are bloody tight! ...I mean seriously tight! especially the base ones... it's insane and I lubed them up like a gooden...the good news is you will not need to disassemble for dripping it's just a case of centre dripping (or squonking) until it's time to change the cotton, just make sure before you place the housing on the base you align the housing air holes with the coil! It's a PITA to adjust after that
The top cap is a little easier to re-move and to twist ...and I could take this out fairly easily with a little bit of persuasion

Other than this though really happy with everything else the paint feels textured and quality, it's got a lovely feel to it, has minimal amount of insignia or other crappy writing on it (which I loath in other attys) ... you have only the the skill rda logo etched into 1 side on the housing and the usual names and serial number on the bottom of the base, the styling and air holes are just marvellous it's simple yet very effective

Also the positive pin pokes out enough to use on a hybrid in my opinion though of course I propose you research into this yourself first


Whats she like to build on

The deck is glorious, it's gold plated including the squonk pin and all the other screws

It can fit monsterous coils in it no probs, mounting a coil is almost laughably easy. I put in my own alien coils 6wrap 3mm diameter (3x26g cores 36g wrap) and I still had loads of space either side

The screws bite fantastically I just absolutely love this build deck top marks...I imagine even monster 16ply stappletons could sit in the mountings flat!

And in terms of photos for coil porn shots this is gonna make your coils stand out a treat

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How's she vape?

Well I'm not impressed with the stock drip tip but then I'm not a fan of low profile drip tips anyway I feel it muted the flavour and allows more clouds. Also the top cap does get hot so you are gonna get burny lips when chain vaping

Luckily this RDA will accommodate all your Goon/Kennedy drip tips so I purchased a custom one along with the atty

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Now with this drip tip it's a whole different experience absolutely top marks! my favourite atty I've used regardless of class as some of you may know by now is the Pindad RDTA by Bombertech... this is on point with that maybe slightly less flavour but its negligible considering everything else going for this RDA

The draw is silky smooth no annoying whistle noise I've got a load of other attys to try but I just can't put this down I've enjoyed it that much!

Dripping is super easy, just drip down the middle and done no need to even take the drip tip off! and then there's the the squonking option! Also I'm able to take about 15 or more puffs before having to Re-drip

You could be a serious fog machine as well by opening up the air holes and bumping up the wattage... although I like a tighter draw with more flavour so close it down to just under two open vaping about 80w on those aliens pictures above

Final conclusion

Would I recommend this - yes absolutely it's marvelous in its simplicity and function, of course now it's set the bar for me to compare other RDAs against

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Pros

Best build deck I've used at the time of writing this review
Awesome styling.
Lovely smooth draw.
Fanstastic flavour and clouds.
Squonkable.
Not as expensive as some of the other premium RDAs.

Cons

Some machining quality issues which I don't expect to see on a premium RDA.
O rings way too tight.
 
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KingPin!

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nice review @KingPin! this thing is definitely on the list. hopefully its not too hard to find. the aliens look great in there too :cheers:

Thanks buddy this is spot on it's a really impressive RDA the fact I can squonk on this is awesome

Also got the Pharaoh Dripper tank, Merlin RDTA, Icon RDA, Peerless RDA, and Hadaly ShenRay clone to try out next lol I'll wack reviews up of those when I've spent some time with them all assuming of course I can put this one down
 

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Thanks buddy this is spot on it's a really impressive RDA the fact I can squonk on this is awesome

Also got the Pharaoh Dripper tank, Merlin RDTA, Icon RDA, Peerless RDA, and Hadaly ShenRay clone to try out next lol I'll wack reviews up of those when I've spent some time with them all assuming of course I can put this one down
looking forward to the rest. nothing more fun than a big ol' box of vape mail waiting for (your first alien framed staple) builds :cheers:
 

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Nice review and thanks. Just getting into building so this is all good info. Nice images too

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This is my favorite dual coil rda.
My favorite dual coil affordable rda goes to Lush plush by Wotofo.

Great review kingpin. Enjoy it.
 

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This is my favorite dual coil rda.
My favorite dual coil affordable rda goes to Lush plush by Wotofo.

Great review kingpin. Enjoy it.

Many thanks Vucci :)

Yeah I might well try that lush plus, only thing stopping me is that it can't be bottom fed (at least I'm pretty sure) tend to stick to RDAs that have that option since it offers versatility
 

KingPin!

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Nice review and thanks. Just getting into building so this is all good info. Nice images too

Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Many thanks geoffd let me know if you pick one up wanna see a coil shot in it ;)
 
thanks @KingPin! I bought it and i am new to rdas. The thing i have noticed is that it leaks whenever i do a single coil. It leaks from the air flows. Especially the closed one. I haven't noticed that alot on the dual coil build.

Any thoughts?
 

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Very Nicely Done:vino:
 

KingPin!

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thanks @KingPin! I bought it and i am new to rdas. The thing i have noticed is that it leaks whenever i do a single coil. It leaks from the air flows. Especially the closed one. I haven't noticed that alot on the dual coil build.

Any thoughts?

Silly question mate but have you got the AFC set to single coil? Only the airholes should be open on the side of the coil...think you said you have

Best bet is to not overdrip ...
1) if you manage to wrench the bloody cap off drip that way rather than down through the drip tip.
2) it a big old base with only cotton one side that'll be a lot of liquid moving about on the free side especially if centre dripping or squonking ...could try fluffing out the cotton and leave it a little longer than you would in dual coil mode so when making a bed underneath you can push some of that extra over the other side between the posts this should help especially when centre dripping
3) and this is less than ideal try not to hold it to high like your playing the trumpet or something when vaping on a single coil (meh crap I know)

That's what I would try first must admit I've avoided single coil on this rda as the deck is large let me know if these things work or not if not I'll have a play about with it :)
 
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KingPin!

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Very Nicely Done:vino:

Thanks uncle much appreciated by the way strangle I thought of you today when I came accross this DIY mod whilst looking into building my own mod lol

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