RDA Is the Authentic Goon worth it?

[TarekElsakka]

Hello there

I have never had a dripper before but someone I know is offering an Authentic Goon rda (528 Customs, Copper color) for a good price and I am thinking of buying it from him. Is it really worth the price tag or should I just go for a clone?

Thanks!

 

[budd77]

What's the price?

 

[TarekElsakka]

@budd77 Things over here work differently, but it'll cost me 58 USD. I am aware that I can buy a brand new one for 60 USD from the States, but as I said, the market price here is drastically different especially when it comes to authentic products like the Goon. It normally sells for 70 - 75 USD locally.

 

[gpjoe]

What's the price?

That's exactly what I was going to ask.

Second question is what is your vaping style? Do you want to build exotic wire coils and blow huge clouds? That is sort of the Goon audience with a massive deck, wire clamps, and big airflow. Not that you can't tame it with regular single strand kanthal coils, but it excels at cloud chasing.

 

[Ben85]

It depends on what you want. The clone will produce the same vape, but it's not the collectors piece that you may want. Fwiw, I went the clone route.

 

[OldIronCheeks]

To put it simply, you could get away with the clone Goon RDA and get the same vape experience. However, you have to ask yourself a few things since the Goon RDA has somewhat of a target audience:

gpjoe already asked two pretty important question - what vaping style are you looking for and what kind of builds are you using? From personal experience, I can say that if you are looking for cloud-chasing, this RDA is for you - huge building deck for exotic and large coils, clamp posts, and very wide airflow.

If you are planning to use simple single-wire coils or flavor chasing , I would not use this RDA since airflow is just too wide and the chamber is way too big for regular coils. When I had the Goon, I almost always used two airholes because having it wide open would produce no flavor with little to no vapor on the inhale.

 

[yvaiwhy]

I have the authentic Goon 528 and a Goon LP clone. Pretty much the same vape is produced (flavor and cloud) the beauty of goon rdas is that it will take almost any build you throw at it (except the LP, it's a ..... to build on). The airflow is adjustable quite a bit so it should work. It all comes down to do you want to buy a used goon at that price, get a brand new for a couple more bucks or get an almost similar experience from a clone which comes quite cheap. Ur call [emoji121]️


2+2=5 [emoji102]

 

[Hendog24]

I have been going back and forth with this very question. Do I pay $60 for a real Goon or get a clone for $9?

If I knew the clone wouldn't leak I would get it. I have 2 Velocity clones and both leak slightly from the bottom when hot.

 

[yvaiwhy]

I have been going back and forth with this very question. Do I pay $60 for a real Goon or get a clone for $9?

If I knew the clone wouldn't leak I would get it. I have 2 Velocity clones and both leak slightly from the bottom when hot.

Leak? [emoji102] I've never heard of that issue on a dripper. On a goon there is nowhere it can leak unless you tip the whole atty with a lot of juice in it. If it leaks from the bottom pin just throw it away! The insulator is faulty there is no other way it can leak huh?


2+2=5 [emoji102]

 

[OldIronCheeks]

I have been going back and forth with this very question. Do I pay $60 for a real Goon or get a clone for $9?

If I knew the clone wouldn't leak I would get it. I have 2 Velocity clones and both leak slightly from the bottom when hot.

The authentic Goon will most likely not leak compared to the clone since the machining is more proper and they have better quality control. At that point, I would rather go with higher quality hardware. You know, "buy nice, and cry once; buy cheap, you weap."

 

[Ben85]

Again, Fwiw, my clone doesn't leak.

 

[Anthony_Vapes]

i have a clone. doesn't leak.
I normally get flak for saying this, but i feel the goon is overrated personally. it's a good RDA just not the end all be all people say. With that said you can buy a clone for less then 10 bucks. I'd suggest doing that then if you really love it and don't mind spending the money get an authentic.

 

[Darth Omerta]

I went for the clone. Its in the mail. Looking forward to trying this atty out.

 

[Hendog24]

I should clarify what I mean by "leak". It obviously doesn't run down the mod. It's a dripper. But on my nice mods, I don't like using attys that get juice buildup underneath.


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[Hendog24]

Leak? [emoji102] I've never heard of that issue on a dripper. On a goon there is nowhere it can leak unless you tip the whole atty with a lot of juice in it. If it leaks from the bottom pin just throw it away! The insulator is faulty there is no other way it can leak huh?


2+2=5 [emoji102]

Not real helpful.


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[Chrome]

I would of bought the goon if it were a black one

 

[yvaiwhy]

Not real helpful.


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I'm sorry but I don't see how a leaking atty is anyway safe to use. The only way a leak will can come will be between the insulator which means it's shot. Also it helps IF you read the whole thread.

I already gave quite a decent insight and that post was after the OP mentioned leaking from the bottom of the Atty.



2+2=5 [emoji102]

 

[daviedog]

Buy the clone,, at Fasttech there are several versions. Buy the one with the beveled plate (there is only one). About 13usd. 24mm version.
Being impressed, i then bought an authentic. Can't see a difference.
I use with Kanthal 1.3ohm twisted coil. Close off the opposite A/F & use 1 and a half of the air holes. Not airy at all.
Used mostly on a Noisy Cricket..

 

[TarekElsakka]

I did not buy a dripper yet. Unfortunately, the authentic Goon I was going to buy has a bit of a bump on it which really kills the overall appeal. The clone version goes for around 29 bucks over here which isn't cheap either, and I am not a wide airflow person at all so I am probably going to go for another dripper. I am looking for a single coil RDA that produces a lot of flavor rather than clouds, so would the Velocity RDA be a better option in this case? There are also some other drippers widely available like the Pharaoh, Twisted Messes, Troll, Kennedy, etc.

 

[Darth Omerta]

I don't own any of those RDAs but I have a Kennedy(clone) in the mail. From what I've heard the Kennedy can run in single coil but it's still quite "airy" and cloud oriented. I could be wrong though so I'd wait for someone else to chime in that actually owns one. The velocity again appears to be more of a dual coil deck but don't take my word for it. I've heard really good things about the Hadaly for a single coil RDA

I'd suggest asking @Sed8op8 good reviewer (IMO) and very thorough. She would have good recommendations for your needs

Edit: autocorrect made my post not make sense.