Well...I think it's high time I got my lazy ass back in the driving seat after my cheeky lil vacay in the Welsh mountains, they say 'no rest for the wicked'...well fuck you cheesy saying coz I got plenty, but like all good things....it came to an al
l too early end. But it wasn't all play, there was some research going on in the form of testing out some new gear which came my way in the last few weeks. It's always a risk going away with ONLY new gear but hey.....my middle name is Risky ...(no it isn't)....and unlike my recent trip to Turkey, where I put way too much faith in a Smok product just for the ease of having pre-made coils whilst abroad....this time....I chose wisely...
Amen to that my bearded dead brother.
However...that being said, one of the choices I made was not without apprehension, and if you too have ever taken a hit directly off the surface of the sun, then you will understand this feeling all too well....mesh....the sworn enemy of the lung....has returned once again to an RDA..
Easy now....as understandable as your dismissive reaction might be....don't be so hasty. Mesh has single handedly transformed a stagnant Sub-Ohm tank market and although it's been around since day one in certain old skool circles...we are really only now discovering it's true potential in today's mind bogglingly over-saturated market. So..... what if all it needed....was the correct application? The unpronounceable Cthulhu tried it with their 24mm Ceto, then Vandy Vapes had a bash with the imaginatively named Mesh RDA, but both suffered the same affliction.....mesh and cotton it would seem...are a bit like a couple who get themselves involved in a 'whirlwind' romance - they get on famously well at the start (to the point that they are both convinced they have just met their soulmate), shag each other senseless for 2 days and then... one of them says the immortal words....'Ever think about having kids...?'
Oh it's all very rosy to begin with, but when one wants too much from the other, the only thing that grows between the two...is distance, and for any poor sucker who takes it upon him/herself to get involved by taking a hit on this turbulent relationship? Well, their interfering will only bring forward a reward usually saved for the Kurt Cobain's of this world...big fan...may he rest in peace.
And so it was, mesh came....then went...then came....killed everyone...then went again....then came and conquered Sub-Ohm tanks....and now has designs on RDA's...again....persistent little motherfucker for sure....so what's changed?.....Why won't mesh take no for an answer? And why do I keep referring to it like it's actually alive...?? All these answers and much much more coming up in literally 3 paragraphs ......(I worry about you) (you worry about me?...you're the one talking to yourself and then placing it in brackets as if it's someone else....deal with that) (solid point well made) ......moving on...
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Welcome back my fine fluffy fog ferrets, back again with something we've all seen before....more than once....but this time with a twist....well...more of a spring...but all will become clear...probs...who knows..
It's Wotofo's turn once again under the Steampugs spotlight (yay!). I do have a soft spot for this company, they just do so much 'right' in my books, the re-branding looks awesome and bang up-to- date, and they’ve brought forth a string of interesting hits this year alone. So, when they asked me to look at their new mesh driven RDA, I apologised in advance to my lungs and accepted graciously. I'm also characteristically late seeing as they wanted my opinions a few days ago, but on the plus side....it's given me time to test drive the shit outta this thing whilst on holiday....with some very surprising results. So enough with all this nonsensical gibberish...time to meet this meshy little maniac, may I introduce to you, the possible saviour of mesh driven RDA's ...the Wotofo Profile RDA..
Wotofo were even kind enough to send me a tube of ten spare mesh sheets and ten spare cotton refills. These would not be included in your package but you will get a couple of spare mesh sheets in the box....just so you know...
The Lowdown
The Wotofo Profile RDA is a 24mm, side airflow, squonkable RDA that takes mesh OR standard coils...in a nutshell, and just like 7 of the last 8 devices Wotofo have released, it is yet another collaboration....
Only this time it is the turn of Youtube reviewer Joel Robinson..AKA... 'Mrjustright1'. I have to admit, I knew nothing about this reviewer until I saw his name on the Profile's box, he's one of the smaller reviewers from the US but has a few thousand YT subs and by all accounts really digs the ways of the mesh...so, seems like the perfect candidate to revisit this temperamental medium, with his idea on how to fix the problem that has sent vapers running in fear clutching what is left of their lungs ...time and time again....but more on this little innovation later.
Starting from the top, we have a friction fit 810 drip tip in your finest swirly resin, almost an industry standard these days but it does make a nice change from the now out of fashion piss coloured Ultem, and you do get a frosted variation in the box too
Can't say I'm a massive fan of the etched logo, but that's just personal preference.
In the middle we have the side airflow which is dealt with in a relatively standard way, incorporating 19 x 1mm holes on either side and adjusted with a 'stepped' inner sleeve tucked inside an unfeasibly thick outer steel casing....and I do mean thick; the build deck itself is just over 20mm...the other 4mm...is all sleeve; this motherfucker is armoured, which I love, but...it makes it really difficult to see just where you are in terms of what's open and what's closed with the airflow without having to take the top cap off, the holes are just so fucking deep. Not really a huge problem unless you are one of those vapers that's incredibly fussy and needs it to be just right....or....Mrjustright.....as the case may be... (sigh), but it's there all the same. Another weirdness is when you come to close it down, you see.... you can turn the top cap to close off the top row of holes leaving the other 2 rows open, but the next step closes it off altogether. The reason for this is there's just not enough room on the inner sleeve to include another step to close off the top and middle set of holes, so you will just have to make do with adjusting the middle and bottom set of holes from the side. That being said, I found the airflow to be just about perfect with the top row closed off...but each to their own, and it does have a locking notch in the base so lining up the holes with the coil is problem free. What I really love about all this though, is the chunky lip around the rim of the top cap, which makes taking the cap off super easy and it’s something I would personally love to see on more RDA's. On top of that, the O-ring tension is bang on for adjusting the airflow AND removing the cap.
Underneath we have accolades for days, a hybrid friendly protruding 510 pin and Wotofo's standard flawless machining throughout...
The Profile comes fitted with a BF pin but for my little trip away I didn't take a squonker, so I swapped it out for the included standard pin.
Suffice to say the build quality thus far is what we have to come to expect from Wotofo. It's pretty much perfect, but then it's also fairly bog standard in its application...the innovation comes with the next bit, the heart of the matter....the Profile's build deck.
A simple 2 clamp design with a Philips screw either side, now....nothing new here, most mesh RDA's have used this method, but what makes the Profile unique is that large ceramic curved block in the centre...THIS...is where Mrjustright1's innovation comes into play.
Fitting the coil is an absolute piece of piss, simply take the mesh sheet, bend it over the included coil tool to give it its curve, insert one side, screw it in, then the other, and Bob's your mother's brother....
Now, at this point in the proceedings, I literally knew nothing about this RDA. If I can.....I try and go into these things completely blind so I can give an honest opinion and genuine experience from a vapers point of view...so all this seemed relatively standard in mesh RDA terms...or so I thought....until that is... I started to wick it..
The cotton that's included is actually of a very nice quality. I admit to being a snob with such things but seeing as this cotton is presented in a way that is made JUST for this RDA I gave it a whirl. The cotton comes with a 6mm shoelace sleeve...or 'flugelbinder'...if you ask Tom Cruise in the 80's....it's actually called an Aglet though......and Tom Cruise is a dick.
l too early end. But it wasn't all play, there was some research going on in the form of testing out some new gear which came my way in the last few weeks. It's always a risk going away with ONLY new gear but hey.....my middle name is Risky ...(no it isn't)....and unlike my recent trip to Turkey, where I put way too much faith in a Smok product just for the ease of having pre-made coils whilst abroad....this time....I chose wisely...
Amen to that my bearded dead brother.
However...that being said, one of the choices I made was not without apprehension, and if you too have ever taken a hit directly off the surface of the sun, then you will understand this feeling all too well....mesh....the sworn enemy of the lung....has returned once again to an RDA..
Easy now....as understandable as your dismissive reaction might be....don't be so hasty. Mesh has single handedly transformed a stagnant Sub-Ohm tank market and although it's been around since day one in certain old skool circles...we are really only now discovering it's true potential in today's mind bogglingly over-saturated market. So..... what if all it needed....was the correct application? The unpronounceable Cthulhu tried it with their 24mm Ceto, then Vandy Vapes had a bash with the imaginatively named Mesh RDA, but both suffered the same affliction.....mesh and cotton it would seem...are a bit like a couple who get themselves involved in a 'whirlwind' romance - they get on famously well at the start (to the point that they are both convinced they have just met their soulmate), shag each other senseless for 2 days and then... one of them says the immortal words....'Ever think about having kids...?'
Oh it's all very rosy to begin with, but when one wants too much from the other, the only thing that grows between the two...is distance, and for any poor sucker who takes it upon him/herself to get involved by taking a hit on this turbulent relationship? Well, their interfering will only bring forward a reward usually saved for the Kurt Cobain's of this world...big fan...may he rest in peace.
And so it was, mesh came....then went...then came....killed everyone...then went again....then came and conquered Sub-Ohm tanks....and now has designs on RDA's...again....persistent little motherfucker for sure....so what's changed?.....Why won't mesh take no for an answer? And why do I keep referring to it like it's actually alive...?? All these answers and much much more coming up in literally 3 paragraphs ......(I worry about you) (you worry about me?...you're the one talking to yourself and then placing it in brackets as if it's someone else....deal with that) (solid point well made) ......moving on...
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Welcome back my fine fluffy fog ferrets, back again with something we've all seen before....more than once....but this time with a twist....well...more of a spring...but all will become clear...probs...who knows..
It's Wotofo's turn once again under the Steampugs spotlight (yay!). I do have a soft spot for this company, they just do so much 'right' in my books, the re-branding looks awesome and bang up-to- date, and they’ve brought forth a string of interesting hits this year alone. So, when they asked me to look at their new mesh driven RDA, I apologised in advance to my lungs and accepted graciously. I'm also characteristically late seeing as they wanted my opinions a few days ago, but on the plus side....it's given me time to test drive the shit outta this thing whilst on holiday....with some very surprising results. So enough with all this nonsensical gibberish...time to meet this meshy little maniac, may I introduce to you, the possible saviour of mesh driven RDA's ...the Wotofo Profile RDA..
Wotofo were even kind enough to send me a tube of ten spare mesh sheets and ten spare cotton refills. These would not be included in your package but you will get a couple of spare mesh sheets in the box....just so you know...
The Lowdown
The Wotofo Profile RDA is a 24mm, side airflow, squonkable RDA that takes mesh OR standard coils...in a nutshell, and just like 7 of the last 8 devices Wotofo have released, it is yet another collaboration....
Only this time it is the turn of Youtube reviewer Joel Robinson..AKA... 'Mrjustright1'. I have to admit, I knew nothing about this reviewer until I saw his name on the Profile's box, he's one of the smaller reviewers from the US but has a few thousand YT subs and by all accounts really digs the ways of the mesh...so, seems like the perfect candidate to revisit this temperamental medium, with his idea on how to fix the problem that has sent vapers running in fear clutching what is left of their lungs ...time and time again....but more on this little innovation later.
Starting from the top, we have a friction fit 810 drip tip in your finest swirly resin, almost an industry standard these days but it does make a nice change from the now out of fashion piss coloured Ultem, and you do get a frosted variation in the box too
Can't say I'm a massive fan of the etched logo, but that's just personal preference.
In the middle we have the side airflow which is dealt with in a relatively standard way, incorporating 19 x 1mm holes on either side and adjusted with a 'stepped' inner sleeve tucked inside an unfeasibly thick outer steel casing....and I do mean thick; the build deck itself is just over 20mm...the other 4mm...is all sleeve; this motherfucker is armoured, which I love, but...it makes it really difficult to see just where you are in terms of what's open and what's closed with the airflow without having to take the top cap off, the holes are just so fucking deep. Not really a huge problem unless you are one of those vapers that's incredibly fussy and needs it to be just right....or....Mrjustright.....as the case may be... (sigh), but it's there all the same. Another weirdness is when you come to close it down, you see.... you can turn the top cap to close off the top row of holes leaving the other 2 rows open, but the next step closes it off altogether. The reason for this is there's just not enough room on the inner sleeve to include another step to close off the top and middle set of holes, so you will just have to make do with adjusting the middle and bottom set of holes from the side. That being said, I found the airflow to be just about perfect with the top row closed off...but each to their own, and it does have a locking notch in the base so lining up the holes with the coil is problem free. What I really love about all this though, is the chunky lip around the rim of the top cap, which makes taking the cap off super easy and it’s something I would personally love to see on more RDA's. On top of that, the O-ring tension is bang on for adjusting the airflow AND removing the cap.
Underneath we have accolades for days, a hybrid friendly protruding 510 pin and Wotofo's standard flawless machining throughout...
The Profile comes fitted with a BF pin but for my little trip away I didn't take a squonker, so I swapped it out for the included standard pin.
Suffice to say the build quality thus far is what we have to come to expect from Wotofo. It's pretty much perfect, but then it's also fairly bog standard in its application...the innovation comes with the next bit, the heart of the matter....the Profile's build deck.
A simple 2 clamp design with a Philips screw either side, now....nothing new here, most mesh RDA's have used this method, but what makes the Profile unique is that large ceramic curved block in the centre...THIS...is where Mrjustright1's innovation comes into play.
Fitting the coil is an absolute piece of piss, simply take the mesh sheet, bend it over the included coil tool to give it its curve, insert one side, screw it in, then the other, and Bob's your mother's brother....
Now, at this point in the proceedings, I literally knew nothing about this RDA. If I can.....I try and go into these things completely blind so I can give an honest opinion and genuine experience from a vapers point of view...so all this seemed relatively standard in mesh RDA terms...or so I thought....until that is... I started to wick it..
The cotton that's included is actually of a very nice quality. I admit to being a snob with such things but seeing as this cotton is presented in a way that is made JUST for this RDA I gave it a whirl. The cotton comes with a 6mm shoelace sleeve...or 'flugelbinder'...if you ask Tom Cruise in the 80's....it's actually called an Aglet though......and Tom Cruise is a dick.
