I picked up the Kryten rda from
Psyclone Mods Kryten RDA | RBA
with code dna10 for roughly $67 shipped which made this a viable purchase for me as the $75 plus shipping from the psyclone mods site was just too expensive. Anyways besides a few niggles I had with the Hadaly it was a great rda so I have been eagerly awaiting the Kryten which is psyclone mods second forray into atomizers.
The Kryten however is completely different animal then the Hadaly. Where the Hadaly was a single coil flavor atty the Kryten is dual coil only cloud monster (the flavor is actually very good also but more on that later) that has a clamp style deck that I can only describe as the love child of a goon and velocity. I am not a huge fan of doing something different just to be different but this actually works very well. The 2 inner clamp sections are raised and the 2 outer sections are lower as seen right here
I wish the outside clamp spot was a bit higher but it still works well. It has only one screw per post or clamp but it is working very well and over the 2 builds I have installed I have not had any resistance issues. The machining seems very well done and it has a very nice conical design in the top cap all though just like my Hadaly the Kryten had a massive amount of machine oil in it. All of the O-rings are very very tight fitting and even lubed with juice are very tight. I hope they wear in over time however I would prefer them to be overly tight other then too loose. It comes with 2 drip tips one very large chuff and one tfv8 size tip. The chuff is a bit large for me however the Kryten has an oring in its cap just like the Kennedy and the Goon and all of my goon and Kennedy caps have worked so far.
It also lists the juice well as being 7mm deep however that is very deceptive as where the airflow enters the deck there is a cutout reducing the wall of the well by 2-3 mm. On top of that the clamp posts are good size reducing the amount of juice the well can hold. It still holds a fair amount of juice.
Building on it honestly was a bit of a pain but still easy enough I have some 8 wrap 3.5mm 316l 3x30gx38g claptons in here and I must say i am getting an amazing vape. The airflow wide open is a bit much for me so I have been running the AFC about %40 closed off and it's perfect amount of air for a slightly restricted lung hit. Also for being marketed as a cloud machine the flavor I am getting off it is amazing now a lot of that is going to be build dependant and the Kryten seems to really need larger builds to perform its best.
pros there's quite a few so brace yourselves
-Decent packaging
-Very good machining and fit and finish especially since it is made in China
-Adequate sized juice well
- Very nice conical design on the inside of the top cap really helping to make flavor pop
-Comes with 2 different driptips one a chuff and the other Smok tfv8-ish as well as works with Kennedy and Goon driptips
- comes with extra o rings,extra clamp,flat head screws and most importantly a Bottom Feed pin
- Unique Build deck that after my first build I found it very easy to build on
- fits just about any build you can conceive Aliens,Framed Staples etc I added some pictures below of a fairly large build a 3.5mm ID 8 wrap 3x30gx38g fused clapton and it swallowed it up no problem and honestly could have taken a much larger build.
- Clamps have a very nice beveling which makes it very easy to install builds
Cons
- it came covered in machine oil and im not saying yours will but I recommend a thorough washing just in case
- No single coil
- this is just me nit picking but I wish the clamps on the outside were a couple mm's higher but again it's kind of a nit pick
- the price is kind of a con kind of not. I paid $67 which for this RDA I do think is worth it however there are quite a few RDAs out there for half or even a 1/3 of the price that offer similar performance.
All in all I think the Kryten is a great RDA and Psyclone Mods has another hit on there hands here. From a strictly aesthic point of view I think the Kryten is a very sharp understated yet extremely good looking RDA. There is almost no branding on the RDA which I like and just a small etching of Kryten on the bottom of the RDA. So how does it vape Ashley...? The side adjustable airflow fully open is too much for me so I run it about half open. It has very good flavor which surprised the hell out and me. As far as vapor production goes it's going to depend on your build but it is an absolute beast and really as the kids would say "Chuck's ...." add the Bottom feed pin for you sqounkers out there and it becomes quite a versatile RDA and if your looking for a nicely made authentic 24mm rda that has great flavor and vapor production I say go for it.
Here's some pics of the RDA, packaging,spares and a build I put in it for reference
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