i received the first prototype yesterday and wanted to let you all know.
first, when looking at the pics, remember its a prototype and a beta unit. ripp is still looking at some design changes, and of course finish choices.
the surge
tank. a tube-type bottom feeder. takes a 6ml bottle and is native 510 (for now) on both ends. the surge, as-is, adds approximately 0.02 ohms to your resistance. that will decrease when some aluminum parts are exchanged (primarily the positive post).
atty/carts i've used on here so far:
bauway 306, cisco 306, cisco 510, boge carto, ce2 (these obviously don't feed), hh357, joye 510, em 510. all
threaded, fed, and fired.
here's a size comparison to an ego
the surge tank with a 306 and cannon tip
it has two parts - the housing and the bottom cap.
the bottom cap is well insulated between pos/ground
the bottle sits around a ss feeder tube, which of course goes to the atty. at the top of the tube, there is an o-ring that the bottle seats to
where the atty sits, there is a nice, large well. as with other wells, you can draw juice from here
function: like most other feeders, a squeeze to the bottle sends the juice up to your coil. no need for tilt/shoot. the deep well is excellent for feeding from, and being so deep eliminates spillage from less than vertical angles. ripp is considering beveling the bottom so the juice flows to the center more easily.
being aluminum, it is very lightweight (much lighter than say the iatty). it is a little large in diameter, but fits very nicely on a silver bullet size tube.
on the buzzpro:
on the provari:
on an ego

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obviously, a great benefit to this tank is that is makes a feeder out of your tube mods, without something dangling off the side. it does add some girth and height, but again being lightweight i didn't find this to be an issue.
my overall impressions: i like it. it works like a feeder should, nothing to fangle up, and eliminates having to bring bottles for dripping, or refill cartos when using a tube mod. i've not had any leaks from the bottle, at any angle.
with a few design changes, and some nice finishes, this is a winner!!
ripp has plans for a 3ml surge tank, which of course would be smaller.
if you want to see it in action, check out vpingmonkey's show on elixirtv tonight, 7pm pacific (with
my silver bullet).
i believe ripp will be sending out one or a few of these prototypes to others for beta/feedback before he finalizes the finished product.
since ripp is an avid comp shooter, one possible finish is a camo ceramikote.
the wait is almost over!!