First impressions
I purchased these atties sight unseen to conduct a review. My comments can be found in the BETA thread. Although previously commented on, since the intent was to conduct a review here we go. I purchased 5 LRs and 5 HV. They metered as follows:
Yuck!
Cons
The same taste others have referred to as "soapy" / "perfumy" to me a faint taste of what a moth ball would taste like from the smell, although the atty doesn't smell. This is surprising as normally I do not have to blow out primer or anything. All my atties have always performed well fresh out of the box.
So I blew the atty out after having dripped about 8-10 drops in it. I let it saturate and blew it out. Added to more drops and took another drag. Better but still present. I dropped straight VG on it, allowed it to soak in and blew that out. Tried vaping a couple of drops of VG, the taste is dissipating but it is still there. Long and short, it took a good 8 hrs to get rid of the soapy taste. This is what folks may say it takes a day or so to properly break in. It may be the case with this particular atty, but it is definitely not the norm.
As expected they are juice hogs
The drip tip's hole does cause liquid to hang up, my solution was to taper the hole with a #2 tapered reamer. Nothing hangs any more. For those who do not have a tapered reamer drilling the hole larger will do the same job.
The atty can not be vaped on an eGo with cone unless you modify the cone.
Pros
Outside of the yucky taste, this atty perform quite well, delivering plumes of vapour and a decent throat it. The vapour is definitely cooler than a std 306, but that is fine with me.
This atty has brought my P18 out of a 6 month retirement
This puppy runs relatively cool for the vapour it produces. The length of the DT places the lips at the proper distance from the coil IMO.
This atty runs great on the 7mm Rem. Mag. That is why I ordered them. AAMOF it runs better than the 1.5 JoyE LR presently fitted on the unit, fired by an AW IMR 14500 batt.
I have had no leaks to date.
The flavour is still developing but to date not as crisp as a std 306.
Conclusion
I was in a video conference with Isaac when he received these and just knew I had to have 'em (re my purchase). I had a plan for them and have not been dis-appointed with my purchase. I wanted the 7mm to be special and it will be. Fret not, I am designing the 7mm around the 510 atty but will make drip tips available for purchase to folks willing to vape the IO6.
Outside of the foul taste, this atty is a winner in my books. The primer if used should be discontinued and if no primer is used than the source of the soapy taste should be investigated and subsequently rectified.
For some unknown reason, it doesn't vape well on Atavanhalen's P16. This could be an isolated incident as they all have an extremely smooth draw on my unit. Hence why I decided to bring the unit out of retirement for these tests. We are both perplexed over this because the P in P16 & 18 stands for Precise.
I will post more in days to come but for the time being 1 thumb, get rid of the yucky taste =
Follow up
A week in and both continue to perform as expected. Outside of the reported leak from the BBQ, the HV has not leaked since. I believe the relative humidity, my state of slight inebriation and over dripping culminated with the results found the following day. These atties do get warm and vaping them with a cone although extremely pleasurable, lead to moisture accumulation between the cone and the atty. The latter is magnified with high relative humidity.
Outside of the "taste" (when new) that some taste and others do not, I love this atty. It makes me believe that folks that have not experienced the "taste" might be vaping liquid that masks it. Having tried several concoctions in mine (outside of menthol) I could taste it until it wore off. IMO it is even better than the 801 shorty which is saying allot. I am not sure what Isaac was trying to achieve when he developed this through his engineers but he nailed it.
Both atties (LR & HV) require but 3 drops to prime, and is topped off with 3 drops as required. Considering that I am getting 18-20 pulls (YMMV) before refreshing, this atty is a pleasure to vape and mimics smoking to a T. When the sessions comes to an end (requires refreshing) you simply let it cool off and re-drip. Your PV is now ready for the next session. Although I do not endorse dripping and driving, this atty can work well while traveling about the city.
For my friend Mr Mustache, I believe the HV will suit him just fine This atty ain't salad
I purchased these atties sight unseen to conduct a review. My comments can be found in the BETA thread. Although previously commented on, since the intent was to conduct a review here we go. I purchased 5 LRs and 5 HV. They metered as follows:
- 2 x 1.8;
- 2 x 2;
- 1 x 1.9;
- 3 x 3.7; and
- 2 x 3.6
Yuck!
Cons
The same taste others have referred to as "soapy" / "perfumy" to me a faint taste of what a moth ball would taste like from the smell, although the atty doesn't smell. This is surprising as normally I do not have to blow out primer or anything. All my atties have always performed well fresh out of the box.
So I blew the atty out after having dripped about 8-10 drops in it. I let it saturate and blew it out. Added to more drops and took another drag. Better but still present. I dropped straight VG on it, allowed it to soak in and blew that out. Tried vaping a couple of drops of VG, the taste is dissipating but it is still there. Long and short, it took a good 8 hrs to get rid of the soapy taste. This is what folks may say it takes a day or so to properly break in. It may be the case with this particular atty, but it is definitely not the norm.
As expected they are juice hogs
The drip tip's hole does cause liquid to hang up, my solution was to taper the hole with a #2 tapered reamer. Nothing hangs any more. For those who do not have a tapered reamer drilling the hole larger will do the same job.
The atty can not be vaped on an eGo with cone unless you modify the cone.
Pros
Outside of the yucky taste, this atty perform quite well, delivering plumes of vapour and a decent throat it. The vapour is definitely cooler than a std 306, but that is fine with me.
This atty has brought my P18 out of a 6 month retirement
This puppy runs relatively cool for the vapour it produces. The length of the DT places the lips at the proper distance from the coil IMO.
This atty runs great on the 7mm Rem. Mag. That is why I ordered them. AAMOF it runs better than the 1.5 JoyE LR presently fitted on the unit, fired by an AW IMR 14500 batt.
I have had no leaks to date.
The flavour is still developing but to date not as crisp as a std 306.
Conclusion
I was in a video conference with Isaac when he received these and just knew I had to have 'em (re my purchase). I had a plan for them and have not been dis-appointed with my purchase. I wanted the 7mm to be special and it will be. Fret not, I am designing the 7mm around the 510 atty but will make drip tips available for purchase to folks willing to vape the IO6.
Outside of the foul taste, this atty is a winner in my books. The primer if used should be discontinued and if no primer is used than the source of the soapy taste should be investigated and subsequently rectified.
For some unknown reason, it doesn't vape well on Atavanhalen's P16. This could be an isolated incident as they all have an extremely smooth draw on my unit. Hence why I decided to bring the unit out of retirement for these tests. We are both perplexed over this because the P in P16 & 18 stands for Precise.
I will post more in days to come but for the time being 1 thumb, get rid of the yucky taste =
Follow up
A week in and both continue to perform as expected. Outside of the reported leak from the BBQ, the HV has not leaked since. I believe the relative humidity, my state of slight inebriation and over dripping culminated with the results found the following day. These atties do get warm and vaping them with a cone although extremely pleasurable, lead to moisture accumulation between the cone and the atty. The latter is magnified with high relative humidity.
Outside of the "taste" (when new) that some taste and others do not, I love this atty. It makes me believe that folks that have not experienced the "taste" might be vaping liquid that masks it. Having tried several concoctions in mine (outside of menthol) I could taste it until it wore off. IMO it is even better than the 801 shorty which is saying allot. I am not sure what Isaac was trying to achieve when he developed this through his engineers but he nailed it.
Both atties (LR & HV) require but 3 drops to prime, and is topped off with 3 drops as required. Considering that I am getting 18-20 pulls (YMMV) before refreshing, this atty is a pleasure to vape and mimics smoking to a T. When the sessions comes to an end (requires refreshing) you simply let it cool off and re-drip. Your PV is now ready for the next session. Although I do not endorse dripping and driving, this atty can work well while traveling about the city.
For my friend Mr Mustache, I believe the HV will suit him just fine
This atty ain't salad
