Do you guys use the Axial single or dual coil? A friend gave it to me... have not tried it yet.
Honest answer? I prefer neither one of both options. It's one of those lopsided airflow RDAs that doesn't offer any particular way to work around the problem of airflow being not laterally lined up with the coils, hence the description of "lopsided airflow", which is a typical design flaw excepting only maybe if there exists some way to get the airflow to be redirected adequately to still be able to make it work. For example, some lopsided airflow RDAs are designed such a way that they may add a little bit of a vortex wheel kind of effect (the purpose of which is to eliminate undesirable characteristics of turbulence that can tend to occur with some, or a lot of, typical side airflow RDAs), but the Axial RDA doesn't let you rotate the barrel in order to make that possible. That is, with the Axial only the chuff can be rotated, the barrel can not, while at the same time also there is no insert piece that you need to put in there to deflect airflow more toward the center of the coils. Also, there's no easy tweak to get the airflow style to be vortex-like, and, in addition to this, there's not enough room in there to adjust the positioning of your coils to line them up with the airflow enough for it to be able to cancel the need to line the airflow up with them. So, no matter how you look at this RDA, the airflow will always be maligned excepting only if you prefer to have the airflow wide open, in which case I can't see why they made the airflow adjustable in the first place. For this reason alone, I had decided not to buy this RDA.
Maybe the Axial is for those who can't/won't appreciate flavor performance as much as I do, or for those who simply don't notice any difference. If you look at the Pulse V2 RDA, for example, you can see that it does have an (ultem) insert piece to direct airflow, BUT... that one still doesn't line the airflow up with your coils either, so... just something to be aware of when you choose to buy another RDA. There's plenty of decent performing RDAs out there, if you know where to search for them. And, before anyone should jump, no, they don't necessarily always have to be mightily expensive to be good. Take the Bonza 1.5 RDA as one example to prove this fact. Another nice one is the Asgard Mini RDA. The list goes on... But there certainly is a lot of useless crap out there, complete with a hefty overdose of bias from all the various reviewers, the vast majority of whom are just shills. It happens a lot on YouTube, and it happens a lot elsewhere too, in fact the whole vaping community has been fraught with biased folks for as long as I can remember so, don't say I never warned you. It happens a lot here on the VU forum too, which is one of primary reasons why so many people here either have left or have stopped bothering to give help. Sorry if that came off a little too negative, but... it is what it is, and, it isn't exactly getting better.
Do you guys use the Axial single or dual coil? A friend gave it to me... have not tried it yet.
I use it only as single coil, because I'm mostly a single coil user. No matter how I wick that 1 coil, I don't feel or taste like the air flow is disruptive.Do you guys use the Axial single or dual coil? A friend gave it to me... have not tried it yet.
In single coil mode the Axial underperforms flavor wise, as the distance between the coil and airflow holes is an important factor to this, and that cannot be adjusted with this RDA excepting only by changing the (outer) diameter size of the coil in question. Stuffing the build deck with extra cotton like @Vape Fan has shown in his pic is a valid solution to eliminate the undesirable effect of airflow getting too significantly spread out across the particular region that is now filled with cotton, BUT... as (some of) the air travels in a laminar fashion across this specific part of the cotton that now effectively guides this specific part of the airflow more in the general direction of the coil's surface, this airflow still interacts with the part of the air that is located in the region directly above it, causing it to be still spread out toward that region, fairly significantly.I appreciate the responses (and no need to argue with each other... that doesn't help me at all)
Actually, I am aware of the airflow "flaw" (for dual coils) In fact, a review I watched mentioned that as an issue (offset airflow, especially if trying to close it down at all) It is a valid point (but someone one may have overstated that) Whatever... let's move on. The same review pointed out this doesn't really matter with single coil because of the distance from airflow to coil. They also mentioned you can easily use a coil larger than 3mm (my standard ID) as a single coil (and I plan on trying that) There seem to be many RDAs with the "offset airflow" issue so it was worth mentioning. My actual question was "do you use it single or dual coil?" (on another forum, everyone seems to use it single coil)
@Vape Fan , interesting "split wick" idea (and yes, I think you overdid that but I am still learning so what do I know) It does seem important to make sure air can get around the coil so I will use less (but will try your method) The guy that gave me this, included two fancy coils (already mounted but I know he has medical issues and can barely build)... really sloppy mounting job but they are big coils so I am going to remove them and try one as single coil. Thanks for the input.
I think those pics were the 1st time I built it and don't have any others. As mentioned it doesn't need that much wick. For what its worth, I've seen some turn the single coil so its not straight cross the posts like mine.@Vape Fan , interesting "split wick" idea (and yes, I think you overdid that but I am still learning so what do I know) It does seem important to make sure air can get around the coil so I will use less (but will try your method). A friend gave it to me... have not tried it yet.
I use mine dual coil. Really for no other reason than I gravitate toward that over single. I like it fine. Not like a top of the lister, but preforms well and pretty decent flavor, imho. I actually have never tried it single, and may just do so now.I appreciate the responses (and no need to argue with each other... that doesn't help me at all)
Actually, I am aware of the airflow "flaw" (for dual coils) In fact, a review I watched mentioned that as an issue (offset airflow, especially if trying to close it down at all) It is a valid point (but someone one may have overstated that) Whatever... let's move on. The same review pointed out this doesn't really matter with single coil because of the distance from airflow to coil. They also mentioned you can easily use a coil larger than 3mm (my standard ID) as a single coil (and I plan on trying that) There seem to be many RDAs with the "offset airflow" issue so it was worth mentioning. My actual question was "do you use it single or dual coil?" (on another forum, everyone seems to use it single coil)
@Vape Fan , interesting "split wick" idea (and yes, I think you overdid that but I am still learning so what do I know) It does seem important to make sure air can get around the coil so I will use less (but will try your method) The guy that gave me this, included two fancy coils (already mounted but I know he has medical issues and can barely build)... really sloppy mounting job but they are big coils so I am going to remove them and try one as single coil. Thanks for the input.
How big of coil? My go to is 3mm ID but a reviewer mentioned using as high as 4mm ID for the Axial (single coil)I use mine single coil with a split wick also.
How big of coil? My go to is 3mm ID but a reviewer mentioned using as high as 4mm ID for the Axial (single coil)
Good advice!Single and the flavor is FANTASTIC!! I use rayon and thin out slightly then loosely tuck each end along the sides of the coil. I think someone above just posted a picture.
the best thing I ever did and continue to do is watch a couple of YouTube videos on that particular coil and how it’s built.
But remember everyone has different vaping preferences so I make sure the guys I watch have similar vaping styles as I do.
it practically eliminates any and all building problems.
enjoy it!!