An RDA for sampling a bunch of juices quickly?

[levander]

I'm gonna be new to building my coils even though I've been vaping for maybe two years now..

I saw some people use an RDA to somehwat quickly switch between juices for sampling. Like when your new Zamplebox comes in and you want to sit down and try all the flavors (over and hour or so, probably not just in 10 minutes).

So I looked around and it looks like the Tsunami is a good RDA for beginners.

But now the new Tsunami 24 is out. The only difference between it and the original seems to be bigger juice wells. But I'm looking at a scenario where mainly, I want to switch juices fairly quickly. So a bigger juice well doesn't seem like it's so much for me.

How off am I in my thought process for what I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

 

[Ogvapez]

Also look into Velocity mini same concept but no bottom airflow. You can switch between flavors. I Vape till almost I get no flavor and the cotton is dry if you over do it you'll notice a burn lung hit. If that makes sense. I change different ejuice like that, but I don't know about ten right after each one. You'll get 3 to 5 pulls of each 15 to 20 drops you put in the rda.

 

[BKTOAD]

I think any RDA will fit your needs then. The juice well size doesn't matter much for what you are trying to do.

As a juice DIY'er, I learned the hard way there is no great way to taste a bunch of juices in a short time. At least that I've found. You either re-wick between juices, which doesn't allow your wick to break in a bit. Or you keep adding different juices to a broken in wick, but flavors can kinda stick around in that wick, especially pronounced flavors. So when you try the next one, the last one is flavoring it.

My best advice: spend some time with each juice. Don't rush to try them all. And try some in your tanks. Some of my juices are ok in a rda, but delicious in a tank. And vice versa.

 

[levander]

The best way I've found in the past to switch between flavors is those disposable drippers. But they never lasted more than 2 weeks for me and I only sit down and try different juices like once or twice a month. Those things were like maybe 8 bucks, so cost seems to add up quickly. It was like I'd da session trying flavors and it'd work great. But t then I'd come back a couple of weeks later and it'd be okay. But I'd end up throwing that disposable drippers out and getting a new one.

I stopped doing that about a year ago.

 

[levander]

Okay, I was just reading some more about this. One thing I saw was that smaller juice chambers are better for flavor.

So wouldn't getting the original Tsunami give me better flavor than the Tsunami 24?

I'm definitely a flavor chaser, not a cloud chaser.

 

[BKTOAD]

Just built my Tsunami for the first time tonight. 26g parallel .26ohm. Pretty amazing flavor. Not a fan of the bottom airflow though. Will see how that goes.

One issue I had with it is it was nearly impossible to take the cap off for the first time. Brute force and bad language was the key. Seems others have had this issue too.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

Personally I'd use the one I was going to be using to vape most often, flavor can change drastically going atty to atty

 

[Huckleberried]

As a juice DIY'er, I learned the hard way there is no great way to taste a bunch of juices in a short time.

I agree with this for 2 reason. 1, spending more time with a flavor will tell you more than a quick sampling. 2. this

I saw some people use an RDA to somehwat quickly switch between juices for sampling.

gave me vapers tongue every time.

 

[levander]

Just built my Tsunami for the first time tonight. 26g parallel .26ohm. Pretty amazing flavor. Not a fan of the bottom airflow though. Will see how that goes.

One issue I had with it is it was nearly impossible to take the cap off for the first time. Brute force and bad language was the key. Seems others have had this issue too.

I think it was Mike Vapes I saw on YouTube called that a feature, not a bug. His idea was that all those caps loosen over time. And producing them with caps that tight initially means they will be tighter over the long run...

 

[BKTOAD]

I think it was Mike Vapes I saw on YouTube called that a feature, not a bug. His idea was that all those caps loosen over time. And producing them with caps that tight initially means they will be tighter over the long run...

Yeah I'd rather most were tighter longrun.

But with my amazing power of hindsight, maybe they should package the o-rings separate, not pre-installed. I really had a hard time opening it, and damaged the top o-ring in the process.

 

[levander]

Okay, I just watched Grimm Green's Tsunami RDA review. Apparently you can't drip "down the middle" of the drip cap, you have to remove it every time you want to drop and paint the coils.

Plus he points out that's it's not the best for flavor. I am definitely a flavor vaper, not a cloud chaser.

So now I'm looking for a new RDA that's easily built because I'm a newbie, leaks as little as possible (because I hate that), and is built for flavor.

Any ideas?

 

[SaintSkinny51792]

when I would intend to buy a new juice, I would bring a build wicked with SS mesh. you get enough for a decent drag, and to taste it. then you can dry burn your coil before switching to the next juice... remember that mesh holds in heat tho. a couple times I dripped before it cooled down and it scared the ponytails off me when it immediatly started sizzling... come to think of it I dont have enough hair for ponytails... who's did I find on the floor then? oh well, guess ill never know... but at least theres my little homeboy to keep me company while I ponder hehe a quick service announcement...... I FRIGGIN LOVE PENGUINS!!! okay, that will be all. now back to your regularly scheduled programming

 

[HondaDavidson]

For sampling... away from home. I use an easy to rewick single coil atty. Hobo 3. At home I sample by the tank full. Probably the same Hobo 3 atty only this time it will have a BF screw and might be dual coiled.

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[AmandaD]

I used to use a tiny single coil Igo-L because it was easier to rewick a single coil quickly - more recently I use the Velocity mini!

 

[Ding]

I use my derringer and a lot of cotton.I just load and savor.Usually a couple vapes at different watts will tell me

 

[JERUS]

I was just doing this last night again. My method is simply using a coil that has wicking properties (basically claptons, in this case it was an 8 wrap 24g cored fused clapton), the coil can hold a hit maybe two itself without any wick. I'll take a couple drags dripping between each. Then glow them between flavors to clean off any leftover juice. There are 2 downsides to this, first you have to let the atomizer cool down a bit between juices, all the dry burning will heat it up quite a bit. Second, sometimes you drip a bit too much or too fast onto the naked coils and it drips down into the well, this is a pain because then the smell of that down there even not vaporizing will sometimes muddy up the flavor of the next juice a bit, but it's not that bad.

That's how I do it. Right now I have a Petri v2 clone set up for it with the single slot airflow cap.

After that initial testing I kind of sort them of "I think this is good now", "I'll let this steep", and "omg I'm gonna hurl", though I often come back to the "omg I'm gonna hurl" just to try it again after steeping, a few times it's been worthwhile, usually not though.

As has been said though, quick tastes won't give the same results as vaping it for a while. I'd say you need to go through at least 2-3mL before you know if you really like it or not, but I still like to do quick tests to get an idea, it's accurate enough that it's usually right, just not always.

 

[Catalyst]

I was just doing this last night again. My method is simply using a coil that has wicking properties (basically claptons, in this case it was an 8 wrap 24g cored fused clapton), the coil can hold a hit maybe two itself without any wick. I'll take a couple drags dripping between each. Then glow them between flavors to clean off any leftover juice. There are 2 downsides to this, first you have to let the atomizer cool down a bit between juices, all the dry burning will heat it up quite a bit. Second, sometimes you drip a bit too much or too fast onto the naked coils and it drips down into the well, this is a pain because then the smell of that down there even not vaporizing will sometimes muddy up the flavor of the next juice a bit, but it's not that bad.

That's how I do it. Right now I have a Petri v2 clone set up for it with the single slot airflow cap.

After that initial testing I kind of sort them of "I think this is good now", "I'll let this steep", and "omg I'm gonna hurl", though I often come back to the "omg I'm gonna hurl" just to try it again after steeping, a few times it's been worthwhile, usually not though.

As has been said though, quick tastes won't give the same results as vaping it for a while. I'd say you need to go through at least 2-3mL before you know if you really like it or not, but I still like to do quick tests to get an idea, it's accurate enough that it's usually right, just not always.

This...

 

[Roadtrip635]

I use a Stumpy RDA with a single coil between the posts. It's a nice, inexpensive small chambered RDA and I can drip right on the coil quick and easy.