ACHILLES RDA by Titanium Mods
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I can't count the number of mediocre POS I went through before I stumbled onto the Achilles.
This is your first try, and you hit it dead on--the best there is. And on Christmas, no less. It must be Divine Inspiration
I agree. I find the Magma fairly tolerable, but I do need to mod it a bit to see if I can get it to stop leaking, but it's a decent vape. And kayfun Lite Plus if I vaped something non-gunky, very good vape. But the Achilles.... leaves decent way way wayyy behind. Most enjoyable vape I've had, and also the easiest by far.
Andria
Ironically, that thought occurred to me too (see post #80).I doubt they are, but it would be cool if these were made from downed MiGs
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I started vaping back in '09, and a lot of crazy modding was going on using everything from tea bags to flashlights to aquarium filters to toy grenades, but dripping was the only way to go: a 510 atomizer, four or five drops (keep a Kleenex handy), take a few draws, then drip again.
Now, after all the innovations and breakthroughs that have come along since, the best vape still comes down to the bare fundamentals: liquid, coil and current. The very best of everything else is still a give-up-flavor-for-convenience trade off.
When I first saw the layout of a Magma deck, I felt in an intuitive instant I'd discovered the first meaningful advance since variable voltage; when I stumbled across the Achilles, I saw the rough conceptual direction the Magma had taken honed, sanded and polished into what it had meant to be but fell just short of: the best of vaping. At the moment, the Achilles is the current state of the art.
With deeming regulations looming, it may be the last.
I feel bad for continually saying it 'cause they're unavailable... The Achilles is the best on so many levels. The clone is really only 1% behind the authentic v2 with the $100 calix rta a distant 3rd best Atty in my possession. Sometimes I take out my box of kayfuns with all the nano and full size parts and replacement kits and wonder how grim a vapeopolypse it would take for me to bother...
I agree with @PoliticallyIncorrect and @gmoney$. above...
There are a few other attys worthy of consideration. Chels Micro and MiniDrip, I have both they are excellent but availability is limited and no clones but the authentics are only 25 and 35 buxs when available. The Prometey work well, it is a nice atty. Clones are sometimes available at crazy prices, I took advantage of that. And finally the grandfather of the Achilles, the A7, not that uncommon and inexpensive.
My Achilles is on the way. Titanium Mods sends many emails, nice.
There are a few other attys worthy of consideration. Chels Micro and MiniDrip, I have both they are excellent but availability is limited and no clones but the authentics are only 25 and 35 buxs when available. The Prometey work well, it is a nice atty. Clones are sometimes available at crazy prices, I took advantage of that. And finally the grandfather of the Achilles, the A7, not that uncommon and inexpensive.
My Achilles is on the way.
Titanium Mods sends many emails, nice.
So, I have the Achilles (and Ataman) on order, and in the translated description it mentions a vicious throat hit and the need to drop your nic levels. Did you guys have to get lower nic eliquid when you started vaping on these? I ask because I currently vape 12mg through Nautilus coils. I plan on trying to build 1.5 ohm coils to run on a Provari 2.5
In any event, you were right. I can just picture the guy amid bomb blasts, pounding swords into plow shares and MIG-29 tail sections into RBAs [emoji6]Yeah, I thought I read that somewhere in this thread, I just couldn't find it to quote it
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It would definitely add a "cool factor" that you couldn't get from a Kennedy or a Kayfun!
I'd email him and ask, but won't because scared.
I personally think the nic reduction thing to be an overstatement (I read the same thing in the website).
I'm old school and vape 18-24mg liquid; I made no reduction for the Achilles and felt no ill-effects, just a highly saturated flavor very dense vapor.
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You might want to aim a little higher than 1.5 ohms on a P2.5. That's the lower limit that they'll fire, and I've gone through a little heartache trying to do the same thing. 1.8 ohms gives me a little buffer when using a 2.5.
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Yes. With the KFL+ I was using before the Achilles, I vaped 10mg, at 10w. As soon as I got the Achilles, I immediately had to drop to 9mg, at no more than 9w; often I stay around 8.5w. I used the same coils in the Achilles that I was using in my KFL+'s, around 1.7Ω, but had to drop both nic level and wattage if I wanted to keep from coughing with every hit.
For xmas, I got an iPV Mini, which won't step down; to get a vape around the 9w mark, I've had to start building 2Ω coils; with those, I can set the iPV Mini at 8.8-9.5w, and get a vape similar to what I got with a 1.7Ω coil at 8.5w-9w.
Andria
I kept the same nic level. Made no difference to me.
As for the P2.5 limit....a 1.5 ohm build should work just fine unless you exceed the amp limit of the P2.5. I believe the amp limit on the P2.5 is 3.5a. So as long as you keep your voltage at 5.2v or less you should be OK. BTW, that's 18+ watts.
As for the P2.5 limit....a 1.5 ohm build should work just fine unless you exceed the amp limit of the P2.5. I believe the amp limit on the P2.5 is 3.5a. So as long as you keep your voltage at 5.2v or less you should be OK. BTW, that's 18+ watts.
The Prometey has the same comment, can't say as I noticed it. I am not a fan of throat hit at all. My coils are very close to the inlet for minimum throat hit.
I've started lowering mine from the height I used at first, as my tolerance for TH has declined. It's like my body is gradually shedding ALL of the cigarette addiction, without my intention or direction or will, beyond the fact that I really don't ever want to smoke again. The cumulative effect of all the changes of my taste would make an actual cigarette seem so foul to me, it doesn't even bear considering.
Andria
I've started lowering mine from the height I used at first, as my tolerance for TH has declined. It's like my body is gradually shedding ALL of the cigarette addiction, without my intention or direction or will, beyond the fact that I really don't ever want to smoke again. The cumulative effect of all the changes of my taste would make an actual cigarette seem so foul to me, it doesn't even bear considering.
Andria
You are such a quitter!
You are such a quitter!
Yep, I am... drugs, booze, now cigarettes too. The great thing about vaping is that it actually allowed me to quit without turning into Medusa in the process. Or one of the Harpies either.
Andria
That depends on which P2.5 you're talking about. The limit on a V1 is 2.5A (9.38W@ 1.5V). The problem I have running that close to the limits is that coil resistances have a way of migrating on me. The meter will swear up and down that I'm at 1.7, but the device will report 1.6; over a period of time it'll wander away from that.
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