Disclaimer! This product was sent to me for the purposes of the review by 3CVapes. This doesn't not change my opinion in the slightest. If you think it does, feel free to call me out.
What's up VU! It's been a while but it's time for an RDA review! Today we're looking at the Conspiracy RDA by 3Cvapes and Squirming Coils!
Packaging
Includes squonk pin and regular pin. As you can see the RDA comes disassembled, which is a minor annoyance, but you can put the RDA together in ~5 minutes. I don't understand why it's disassembled, especially since it's $60 RDA but it is what it is. It also only comes with one insulator for the 510 pin, so whatever you do, don't lose it or you're SOL.
Build deck
Sorry I couldn't get the camera to focus, but this is a postless deck with posts kind of similar to the CSMNT RDA without the massive positive block. The deck is silver plated, which is nice to see considering most RDAs now have gold plated decks. The squonking action is super nice with the way it comes up and pools in the middle of the deck and goes over the top of the cotton that's tucked along the front of the posts. you can give the bottle a good hard press, and because the pin is flush with the deck, almost all of the excess juice will get sucked back into the bottle leaving the cotton nice and sopping wet.
This deck is made for massive fuck off coils. The post holes themselves are massive and are spread far enough apart that you're not going to easily put micro coils into this RDA. I have put some simple round wire builds in it, but it's a bitch to get the grub screws to trap the leads with how big those holes are. Parallel coils aren't as hard, but unless you're using exotic wires, trying to trap any leads is going to be a little difficult. On top of that, if your wire isn't thick, you're more than likely making spaced coils to get the legs into the holes or making your legs long to accommodate the space between the posts.
Construction wise, this thing is solid. it's a 24mm RDA constructed out of what I assume is Stainless Steel (couldn't find the information but it's a hefty little RDA) and the Logo engraving is very nice and deep. Both set's or O-rings that my packaging came with we're a little loose for my liking, but they held on enough that I could grab my device out of my pocket but the top cap and it didn't pop off. The main issue I have with this RDA is that It's made for big fuck you coils, but the top cap gets too hot to really use said coils. Even with fused claptons, its get's hot pretty fast. The barrel doesn't get hot, but that very top part can get very hot. It's a thick piece of metal, that's just how it goes.
The drip tip is very nice, though I should mention I'm getting very, very sick of ultem. I lovingly call this drip tip the donut. It's a very thick 810 DT with about a 6mm ID, it condenses the vapor a lot which helps boost the flavor. While it is an 810 DT there is a notch in it that makes it almost impossible to remove once you get it in the top cap. The notch basically grabs hold of the O-ring inside the top cap and holds on for dear life. IT will fit other drip tips, but they don't fit anywhere near as snug as the included one. It's also has 3CVapes engraved into it, which i thought was a cool way to get the company branding on the device without ruining the look of the dripper.
One unexplainable thing, I have had some whistling occur when I've had the dripper wide open. I haven't seen any reviewers mention this other another reviewer on Reddit and it wasn't even him that heard it, it was his girlfriend. So this leads me to believe that either we both suck at building this correctly, or other reviewers ignored it. I'm inclined to believe the former because this is my first RDA set up like this, and it's not an easy RDA to build on. you have to set the coils high so you can pull them over to the airflows. Too high and you're touching the wall, too low and you're not far enough over for the airflow to hit the coils properly.
PROS
I'm over ultem. Can we move away from ultem in 2018? Delrin, clear PEI (or whatever the clear Wasp Nano is made out of) or resin would be much more preferable to what looks like crystalized apple juice at best, and crytalized urine at worst.
TL;DR and Rating
I give this RDA an 8/10 in squonk mode, 7/10 as a traditional dripper.
I really like this RDA. It hasn't left the top of my VPDam Leon since I got both of them. It's a mid high end RDA that's flashy without being gaudy. The airflow, even slightly restricted to get rid of the whistle, is still super loose and comfortable. If the dripper didn't get hot with the builds this thing was made for, didn't whistle, and had perfect O-ring tolerances, easily would be a 10 in squonk mode.
This is not a dripper for beginners, this thing will eat up wire if your build isn't perfectly made for this device. I recommend this dripper for people who wrap their own coils and have been building for a while.
What's up VU! It's been a while but it's time for an RDA review! Today we're looking at the Conspiracy RDA by 3Cvapes and Squirming Coils!
Packaging
Includes squonk pin and regular pin. As you can see the RDA comes disassembled, which is a minor annoyance, but you can put the RDA together in ~5 minutes. I don't understand why it's disassembled, especially since it's $60 RDA but it is what it is. It also only comes with one insulator for the 510 pin, so whatever you do, don't lose it or you're SOL.
Build deck
Sorry I couldn't get the camera to focus, but this is a postless deck with posts kind of similar to the CSMNT RDA without the massive positive block. The deck is silver plated, which is nice to see considering most RDAs now have gold plated decks. The squonking action is super nice with the way it comes up and pools in the middle of the deck and goes over the top of the cotton that's tucked along the front of the posts. you can give the bottle a good hard press, and because the pin is flush with the deck, almost all of the excess juice will get sucked back into the bottle leaving the cotton nice and sopping wet.
This deck is made for massive fuck off coils. The post holes themselves are massive and are spread far enough apart that you're not going to easily put micro coils into this RDA. I have put some simple round wire builds in it, but it's a bitch to get the grub screws to trap the leads with how big those holes are. Parallel coils aren't as hard, but unless you're using exotic wires, trying to trap any leads is going to be a little difficult. On top of that, if your wire isn't thick, you're more than likely making spaced coils to get the legs into the holes or making your legs long to accommodate the space between the posts.
Construction wise, this thing is solid. it's a 24mm RDA constructed out of what I assume is Stainless Steel (couldn't find the information but it's a hefty little RDA) and the Logo engraving is very nice and deep. Both set's or O-rings that my packaging came with we're a little loose for my liking, but they held on enough that I could grab my device out of my pocket but the top cap and it didn't pop off. The main issue I have with this RDA is that It's made for big fuck you coils, but the top cap gets too hot to really use said coils. Even with fused claptons, its get's hot pretty fast. The barrel doesn't get hot, but that very top part can get very hot. It's a thick piece of metal, that's just how it goes.
The drip tip is very nice, though I should mention I'm getting very, very sick of ultem. I lovingly call this drip tip the donut. It's a very thick 810 DT with about a 6mm ID, it condenses the vapor a lot which helps boost the flavor. While it is an 810 DT there is a notch in it that makes it almost impossible to remove once you get it in the top cap. The notch basically grabs hold of the O-ring inside the top cap and holds on for dear life. IT will fit other drip tips, but they don't fit anywhere near as snug as the included one. It's also has 3CVapes engraved into it, which i thought was a cool way to get the company branding on the device without ruining the look of the dripper.
One unexplainable thing, I have had some whistling occur when I've had the dripper wide open. I haven't seen any reviewers mention this other another reviewer on Reddit and it wasn't even him that heard it, it was his girlfriend. So this leads me to believe that either we both suck at building this correctly, or other reviewers ignored it. I'm inclined to believe the former because this is my first RDA set up like this, and it's not an easy RDA to build on. you have to set the coils high so you can pull them over to the airflows. Too high and you're touching the wall, too low and you're not far enough over for the airflow to hit the coils properly.
PROS
- Solid construction
- God flavor thanks to domed top cap and reduced bore drip tip
- made for exotic wires and coil porn
- Massive clouds with really good flavor.
- Great for squonking.
- can hold a lot of cotton
- my O-rings weren't as tight as normally feel comfortable with
- Whistled when fully open for me, might be an issue with how I build
- Definitely not the friendliest build deck for round wire or single core exotics.
- Top cap gets uncomfortably hot with huge builds, and holds on to heat through chain vaping.
- not as great for dripping, the juice well is kind of shallow. It works, but you'll drip more than other RDAs
I'm over ultem. Can we move away from ultem in 2018? Delrin, clear PEI (or whatever the clear Wasp Nano is made out of) or resin would be much more preferable to what looks like crystalized apple juice at best, and crytalized urine at worst.
TL;DR and Rating
I give this RDA an 8/10 in squonk mode, 7/10 as a traditional dripper.
I really like this RDA. It hasn't left the top of my VPDam Leon since I got both of them. It's a mid high end RDA that's flashy without being gaudy. The airflow, even slightly restricted to get rid of the whistle, is still super loose and comfortable. If the dripper didn't get hot with the builds this thing was made for, didn't whistle, and had perfect O-ring tolerances, easily would be a 10 in squonk mode.
This is not a dripper for beginners, this thing will eat up wire if your build isn't perfectly made for this device. I recommend this dripper for people who wrap their own coils and have been building for a while.
Last edited: