Hi Vaping Underground members, In this review i take a look at the Tauren MTL RTA from Thunderhead Creations. The Tauren MTL RTA was supplied for the purpose of this review by Thunderhead Creations.
http://thunderheadcreations.com/atomizer...6/160.html
Introduction
Thunderhead Creations seem to continuously release quality products with most of their popular products carrying the Tauren name. They are best known though for DL atomizers and mechanical devices so a MTL RTA is a bit off tangent compared to their usual releases. The Tauren MTL RTA offers a unique airflow, easy to build raised GTA style single coil build deck, outstanding build quality and a short thread convenient top-fill design. Being as i said a bit off tangent for Thunderhead Creations will it fall flat or leave me Thunderstruck!!!!
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In The Box
Contents:
1 x Tauren MTL RTA
1 x Metal Case
1 x Long Drip Tip
1 x Spare Glass
2 x Spare Hex Screws
3 x Spare Slot Screws
1 x Allen Key
1 x Slot Screwdriver
1 x Organic Premium Cotton
2 x MTL Fused Clapton Coils
Spare O-rings
1 x User Manual
1 x QC Card
1 x Warranty Card
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Aesthetics
THC products always come packaged nicely and being an RTA it comes in their usual Stainless Steel canister placed along with all the accessories in a tagged pouch, very nice as usual!!! I received both the Stainless Steel and Silver Black options, the colour choices are Black, Stainless Steel, Silver Black or Gunmetal. The lid of the Stainless Steel cannister (or base depending how you view it) also doubles up has an atomizer stand with 510 threading which is a nice touch!
On the bottom we have the airflow control ring which with a rectangular cut-out for airflow control, central groove and heavy knurling above and below the groove reminds me of a belt with the airflow opening being the buckle. The top-cap has the same central groove with knurling for grip both above and below but is much narrower before stepping to a 510 drip-tip fitment. This stepping is even more emphasised when installing the included long drip tip which has a stepped Stainless Steel base section, the pre-installed 510 is a nipple style MTL.
The glass has a Stainless Steel sleeve for protection which people will tend to love or hate, i love it with the nicely engraved Tauren logo on the front and honeycomb cut-out design which also allows the viewing of your e-liquid but of course some prefer a more plain look! Moving to the base we have etched branding and safety marks and the Gold plated 510 protrudes enough to be fine on a mechanical device.
The Tauren MTL RTA follows the recent trend of quite large MTL RTA's and with the long drip tip installed looks quite a beast, the build quality, machining, threading and tolerances are spot on, it's a solid, well made RTA!
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Tauren MTL RTA Specs and Features:
Diameter: 24mm
Height: 50mm
Material: Stainless Steel
Capacity: 2ml
Drip Tip: 510
Deck: Single Coil
Fill Type: Top-fill
Airflow: MTL/RDL
Innovative 360°Infinitely Variable Airflow Control System
61pcs Micro Honeycomb bottom airflow outlet
Optimized curved inner airflow channel design
Two post build deck is easy to build
Convenient short threaded top-fill design
Long 510 drip tip included
Thread: 510
Colours: Black, Stainless Steel, Silver Black, Gunmetal
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What You Receive?
Answer, loads; very impressed! As well as the Tauren MTL RTA with pre-installed nipple style drip-tip you also receive a longer drip-tip and spare glass. In the pouch is also a slotted quality screwdriver and a bag of accessories.
The bag contains all the paperwork and a smaller bag containing cotton and 2 spaced MTL fused claptons with full specs (30ga*2+38ga Ni80 2.5mmID 0.6ohm). Also in the bag is an Allen wrench, both hex and slotted spare grub screws and spare O-rings.
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It's Various Parts
The Tauren MTL RTA can be stripped down into it's various parts and reassembled very easily but here comes one of only 2 cons i have for this and it's the sleeve is fixed and can't be moved, the glass can be moved easy enough by just using the slotted screwdriver through one of the top honeycomb cut-outs and pushing down and it press fits back into place no hassles but far from ideal for cleaning purposes as much as anything else!
Up top the pre-installed Delrin drip tip can be replaced with the two piece longer drip tip which has a 510 fitting stepped Stainless Steel base section and then a long Delrin MTL style top section which screws into the Stainless Steel base, of course if you prefer you can use one of your own which is always a great option to have.
I prefer bayonet fitting top-caps as threaded can take a good few turns to remove but here we have a short threaded top-cap which is less than 2 full turns to remove or secure, the smoothness of the threading just oozes quality! Once off we have deep sitting large fill ports, absolutely no issues at all. The fill plate is attached to the sleeve that protects the glass as already described. Removing the base section again shows off the superb threading and also reveals a very clean looking raised GTA style build deck with showerhead bottom airflow!
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The Airflow
The Tauren MTL RTA has a unique airflow system which isn't going to be that easy to describe but luckily enough there are pictures from their website i have included that are self explanatory so gets me out of jail on this one but i will do my best!
The air enters via 6 small airflow holes on the side of the base and is directed up a curved inlet channel before entering the deck through a showerhead style outlet directly below where your coil will be installed. This circular airflow showerhead outlet consists of a total of 61 0.35mm honeycomb airflow holes which appear to the naked eye as almost small pin holes!
As well as the 2 rows of three airflow holes on the side of the base these holes are at the end of a recessed channel that travels around almost the entire perimeter of the base very gradually becoming narrower the further away from the airflow holes you get!
The rectangular cut-out on the airflow control ring can be lined up with the 6 airflow holes for full airflow or it can be turned to have 4 or 2 holes wide open! This is where this design gets clever as the airflow positions i have described so far are for your RDL and loose MTL draws. You can carry on turning the rectangular slot on the AFC but now you are feeding the airflow holes via the recessed channel which the further away from the airflow holes you get the narrower the channel gets so the tighter the draw! Full marks for innovation! As the chamber along with airflow are two factors influencing flavour i need to also mention we have quite a domed interior to the chamber which is smoothly machined!
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Review Continued Below:
http://thunderheadcreations.com/atomizer...6/160.html
Introduction
Thunderhead Creations seem to continuously release quality products with most of their popular products carrying the Tauren name. They are best known though for DL atomizers and mechanical devices so a MTL RTA is a bit off tangent compared to their usual releases. The Tauren MTL RTA offers a unique airflow, easy to build raised GTA style single coil build deck, outstanding build quality and a short thread convenient top-fill design. Being as i said a bit off tangent for Thunderhead Creations will it fall flat or leave me Thunderstruck!!!!
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In The Box
Contents:
1 x Tauren MTL RTA
1 x Metal Case
1 x Long Drip Tip
1 x Spare Glass
2 x Spare Hex Screws
3 x Spare Slot Screws
1 x Allen Key
1 x Slot Screwdriver
1 x Organic Premium Cotton
2 x MTL Fused Clapton Coils
Spare O-rings
1 x User Manual
1 x QC Card
1 x Warranty Card
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Aesthetics
THC products always come packaged nicely and being an RTA it comes in their usual Stainless Steel canister placed along with all the accessories in a tagged pouch, very nice as usual!!! I received both the Stainless Steel and Silver Black options, the colour choices are Black, Stainless Steel, Silver Black or Gunmetal. The lid of the Stainless Steel cannister (or base depending how you view it) also doubles up has an atomizer stand with 510 threading which is a nice touch!
On the bottom we have the airflow control ring which with a rectangular cut-out for airflow control, central groove and heavy knurling above and below the groove reminds me of a belt with the airflow opening being the buckle. The top-cap has the same central groove with knurling for grip both above and below but is much narrower before stepping to a 510 drip-tip fitment. This stepping is even more emphasised when installing the included long drip tip which has a stepped Stainless Steel base section, the pre-installed 510 is a nipple style MTL.
The glass has a Stainless Steel sleeve for protection which people will tend to love or hate, i love it with the nicely engraved Tauren logo on the front and honeycomb cut-out design which also allows the viewing of your e-liquid but of course some prefer a more plain look! Moving to the base we have etched branding and safety marks and the Gold plated 510 protrudes enough to be fine on a mechanical device.
The Tauren MTL RTA follows the recent trend of quite large MTL RTA's and with the long drip tip installed looks quite a beast, the build quality, machining, threading and tolerances are spot on, it's a solid, well made RTA!
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Tauren MTL RTA Specs and Features:
Diameter: 24mm
Height: 50mm
Material: Stainless Steel
Capacity: 2ml
Drip Tip: 510
Deck: Single Coil
Fill Type: Top-fill
Airflow: MTL/RDL
Innovative 360°Infinitely Variable Airflow Control System
61pcs Micro Honeycomb bottom airflow outlet
Optimized curved inner airflow channel design
Two post build deck is easy to build
Convenient short threaded top-fill design
Long 510 drip tip included
Thread: 510
Colours: Black, Stainless Steel, Silver Black, Gunmetal
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What You Receive?
Answer, loads; very impressed! As well as the Tauren MTL RTA with pre-installed nipple style drip-tip you also receive a longer drip-tip and spare glass. In the pouch is also a slotted quality screwdriver and a bag of accessories.
The bag contains all the paperwork and a smaller bag containing cotton and 2 spaced MTL fused claptons with full specs (30ga*2+38ga Ni80 2.5mmID 0.6ohm). Also in the bag is an Allen wrench, both hex and slotted spare grub screws and spare O-rings.
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It's Various Parts
The Tauren MTL RTA can be stripped down into it's various parts and reassembled very easily but here comes one of only 2 cons i have for this and it's the sleeve is fixed and can't be moved, the glass can be moved easy enough by just using the slotted screwdriver through one of the top honeycomb cut-outs and pushing down and it press fits back into place no hassles but far from ideal for cleaning purposes as much as anything else!
Up top the pre-installed Delrin drip tip can be replaced with the two piece longer drip tip which has a 510 fitting stepped Stainless Steel base section and then a long Delrin MTL style top section which screws into the Stainless Steel base, of course if you prefer you can use one of your own which is always a great option to have.
I prefer bayonet fitting top-caps as threaded can take a good few turns to remove but here we have a short threaded top-cap which is less than 2 full turns to remove or secure, the smoothness of the threading just oozes quality! Once off we have deep sitting large fill ports, absolutely no issues at all. The fill plate is attached to the sleeve that protects the glass as already described. Removing the base section again shows off the superb threading and also reveals a very clean looking raised GTA style build deck with showerhead bottom airflow!
___________________________________________________________________
The Airflow
The Tauren MTL RTA has a unique airflow system which isn't going to be that easy to describe but luckily enough there are pictures from their website i have included that are self explanatory so gets me out of jail on this one but i will do my best!
The air enters via 6 small airflow holes on the side of the base and is directed up a curved inlet channel before entering the deck through a showerhead style outlet directly below where your coil will be installed. This circular airflow showerhead outlet consists of a total of 61 0.35mm honeycomb airflow holes which appear to the naked eye as almost small pin holes!
As well as the 2 rows of three airflow holes on the side of the base these holes are at the end of a recessed channel that travels around almost the entire perimeter of the base very gradually becoming narrower the further away from the airflow holes you get!
The rectangular cut-out on the airflow control ring can be lined up with the 6 airflow holes for full airflow or it can be turned to have 4 or 2 holes wide open! This is where this design gets clever as the airflow positions i have described so far are for your RDL and loose MTL draws. You can carry on turning the rectangular slot on the AFC but now you are feeding the airflow holes via the recessed channel which the further away from the airflow holes you get the narrower the channel gets so the tighter the draw! Full marks for innovation! As the chamber along with airflow are two factors influencing flavour i need to also mention we have quite a domed interior to the chamber which is smoothly machined!
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