So I was never in to boro devices before. I was very content with a squonker and a good RDA. But when my third LostVape Centaurus Quest died I learned to my horror that they are now gone for good. Landed on the Damn Vape 21700 squonk. I’m not a fan of it.

BUT… also got a Nitrous Zaion. Caught my eye when I was placing my order. I had no idea RDTA style boros were a thing. And thus I have been lured down this rabbit hole.

That was the beginning of this month. Since then I’ve also acquired the Veepon Tita X, which completely and utterly dusts the Zaion/Atemporal RDTA (from what I can tell the only difference is the flourish of design below the AFC). Atemporal/Zaion is good don’t get me wrong. But the Tita x… L O V E

And I grabbed a MAG RBA, too. Just to see if my feelings about RTAs have changed. They haven’t. They’re fine. But I like my vape warm and thick and airy and RTAs just can’t do what an RDA/RDTA can do. Never can never will. It’s decent. I use it now and again to mix things up.

I bought my wife a pulse vessel - she like sub ohm tanks. Came with the RBA, too - which is one of the worst things I’ve ever vaped in my life. God Awful. RTAS that feed the wicks from overhead should not be allowed to exist. Gurgles and pops and just garbage.

But what else is out there?

I’ve ordered a Ghost clone from shareavape - lord knows when that will get here. Contemplating buying the authentic if I like it - $200 after shipping is a tough pill to swallow when everyone seems to really like the clone tho.

I found a Boxxer v2 on bigvape and pulled the trigger - even though the $40 shipping hurt like hell, let alone the price tag. Friendly Flipper edition, tho - so that’s kinda cool I guess. Buy once cry once. I’ve heard the glass is delicate but planning to cut up a CD case as I saw sometime posted they had success with - ingenious. And planning to feed the wicks with mesh.

I tried to get a BD Vape Droid from some site in Portugal, but I guess they don’t want my money enough to answer my emails about how to go about submitting payment.

I ordered three more Nitrous Zaion mods (I like to have backups and two are for my wife) - damnvape sent me another Zaion RDA as a gift which I thought was really cool of them btw… and two more Tita X RDAs (and backups of my backups)

So on to my questions…

I’ve learned of a few more similar Boro RDTAs

Tallboy - comes with the stubby and only works in the stubby - why hasn’t anyone made other devices that can accommodate these tanks?

Ponte (and Ponte xl) - unobtanium… why is this the only other tank that made an attempt at a tank for the stubby? I get that there is the tech tank that can accommodate regular boros, but still…) this is what keeps me from buying the stubby honestly. I have limited interest in RTA style boros and only two tanks that take advantage of the large tank capability and one cannot be found anywhere.

SKNKWRX B-01 v2 - unobtanium (was there ever a v1?)

NYX RBA - unobtanium (was it ever actually released?)

Pylon - indonesian, atemporal similar… I can get it but have to order from tokopedia and use this indo4ward service… haven’t decided if it’s worth it yet, but they also have some accessories for the Zaion - panels and buttons, so I’ll probably pull the trigger eventually

Anyone know of anywhere I can acquire any of these?

Anyone know of any other RDTA style boros worth my time? And where to find them?

I’ve stepped away from vaping social media and news for the past ten years or so. I found an rda I liked and a squonk mod I liked which was eventually discontinued - after I went through about five or six of them (I’m clumsy as hell)… and then another squonker I liked - went through three of those (not my fault, the chip just really sucked).

So what did I miss?

Boro devices seem to have blown up. And disposables have blown up. Squonkers have just died off almost completely. Mesh wicks saw a resurgence it seems.

From what I can see things don’t stay on the shelves for long either. It’s really hard to find things - in general.

There’s like three or four US based vape shops that sell hardware. Where did they all go?

Nothing is in stock!

By the second page of vape devices all I see are bongs and glass pipes. WTH!?

What the heck happened? I step away for a few years because I’m content with my setup and the whole industry goes to hell.

Anyone have any insight?

first time posting here… long time lurker (like 15 years or so?)

For ten years or so now I’ve been using the same rda and a squonker. And have just discovered the boro rabbit hole… but I’ll get into all that in another post.

This is just to say hi!

DNA 60c, 21700, 3d printed,like new, 160$ delivered to your USA address PP please