Jai , how is it going bro , Look , i'm totally on your side with this , because a review in the end is a personal opinion , something that i may LOVE could be the worst to someone else , you didn't like the Merlin , that's fair and you shouldn't be bashed about it to be honest , i saw your reviews and mostly they are funny and nice, you don't seem biased , but i give 2 shits about that because at the end of the day i check all reviews and i also try my self every tank that i bring before selling it to customers , and i give them honest reviews and let them try it .
For example everyone loved the Aromamizer supreme , while i thought it was rubbish and the Boreas pisses all over it , But your comparison between the Cleito and Merlin is not fair , it's like comparing Apples to Oranges , one is a single coil RTA and the other is a dual coil subohm or a dual RBA .
The Merlin overall imo is nice , it does it's job well , however I'm not a big fan of single coil RTAs , and this one and the Bachelor i have actually enjoyed , i'm not saying that you are a bad builder or don't know how to build , But the wick on this thing can be a bit tricky , and it seems like it prefers bigger builds . i'm sitting at exactly 1 ohm atm , vaping at 28watts , nice cold vape , has nice flavor to it 0 dry hits and leaking , that was on the 3rd attempt though.
at 35 watts i get a nice warmer vape with full airflow open , at 30 watts with airflow 80% closed it's a pretty nice vape i must say.
HOWEVER , there is no flavor overload at all , it's a single coil RTA and i don't expect that from it , if i have to vote for a better single coil RTA it'll be the monster V3 by Custom 528 , that thing has really mad flavor for a single coil RTA , however , it's almost 80$ in price i believe .
So TLDR;
Merlin is nice , not the best , and you people shouldn't bash a reviewer for his opinion . There plenty of reviews coming up most of them are positive so that should be fine tbh , DJLSB and some others loved it and said it is one of the best , you don't have to get a positive review from all reviewers . + Jay didn't say it sucks ass , he just says he didn't like it , although the cleito comparison wasn't fair cuz 1 is single and other is dual . and please don't say dual on Merlin , because it's not really a nice vape.
Regards,