RDA Beginner: Magma or Tobh 2.5?

[jersey_emt]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Its probably gonna be a clone. Cheaper. Budget. But I'm thinking the tobh. A little leakage is fine. I'll only be Dripping at home. When I head out it will be the St mini or my nautilus. Picked the istick because of the budget atm. It'd be great to get a more powerful device but I'm tryin to upgrade alot at one time. Had my mvp for too long. I need something that I can experiment with.

I love my EHPro TOBH v2.5 clone. But for a beginner it might not be the best choice. The placement of the airflow control tabs, and the shape of the deck around the negative posts, makes positioning the coils a bit more difficult than a typical RDA.

If you just mount a coil with straight legs directly through the posts, one side of the coil will be blocked by the airflow tab, and the other side will leave only a tiny space for the wick to go down and touch the deck. So you have to position the coil so it "fits" between the negative post and the airflow control tab, while being far enough away from the negative post so there's enough room for the wick to reach the bottom of the deck.

For example, here is a dual coil build on my TOBH:

Before mounting, the coils looked like this:

I've figured out a few more ways to mount coils on my TOBH without the tabs getting in the way, and while they are simple (like the above example), they certainly aren't as simple as on a more conventional RDA.

If you don't think this will be an issue for you, then I highly recommend the TOBH.

 

[Joey Price]

I love my EHPro TOBH v2.5 clone. But for a beginner it might not be the best choice. The placement of the airflow control tabs, and the shape of the deck around the negative posts, makes positioning the coils a bit more difficult than a typical RDA.

If you just mount a coil with straight legs directly through the posts, one side of the coil will be blocked by the airflow tab, and the other side will leave only a tiny space for the wick to go down and touch the deck. So you have to position the coil so it "fits" between the negative post and the airflow control tab, while being far enough away from the negative post so there's enough room for the wick to reach the bottom of the deck.

For example, here is a dual coil build on my TOBH:

Before mounting, the coils looked like this:

I've figured out a few more ways to mount coils on my TOBH without the tabs getting in the way, and while they are simple (like the above example), they certainly aren't as simple as on a more conventional RDA.

If you don't think this will be an issue for you, then I highly recommend the TOBH.

Can I do a single coil on the tobh?

 

[noel18]

Magma has the best flavor. Not as big on clouds. Tobh has good clouds and good flavor.

 

[Hitcat44]

Another +1 to the Magma (specifically the Infinite Brand).
NEVER had a leakage issue unless I got a little too jiggy with the drippage. Course, that's on Me and not the Magma...

Even now I will occasionally dust it off, fire it up, and remember them Old Dayz.

 

[jersey_emt]

Can I do a single coil on the tobh?

Yes, but the airflow will still be coming in from both sides; there is no "single coil only" airflow option on the TOBH. Some people prefer it this way, but when I use single coil builds on my TOBH v2.5, I just cover up the airflow holes on the unused side with a small piece of tape on the outside of the sleeve. It's not a pretty solution, but it works great. I am definitely thankful that my newest RDA (a carbon fiber Freakshow) has a single-coil airflow option that fully blocks off the unused side.

 

[paulparnham]

I'm not a big rda user. I have a few but tend to prefer tanks.

I'm not a magma fan. It leaks and it's a pain to drip on. I can get better flavor out of some of my tanks too.

I do have a mutation x v4 and it's easier to build on and drip imo. Flavor is at least as good, better imo. You can also open up the sides if you want to chuck clouds.

I even preferred my helios to my magma.

are you serious.
if your getting better flavour from your tanks over the magma u must be seriously doing something wrong.

 

[paulparnham]

magma is great but draw a bit too tight for me.
try the marquis same flavour but not the same leaking issues