My EDC grew by one today.
ROTA
The Vladdin RE is pretty sweet and is my favorite. Near perfect drag to me. The Vape Ants E8 is a bit tighter and was providing a stronger amount of vape while boiling in the mid day summer heat and humidity. See, it seems the temperature changes the viscocity of my 70% vg in the RE so it provides a seemingly weaker vape, throat hit-wise. The E8 is a bit tight for me but ok.
I had won a Voopoo ROTA some time back and enjoyed the vape from it no doubt. Think Sourin Aire. I wondered if those crazy kids in lab coats at Voopoo disected an Aire or Drop and built one around a fidget spinner. Being it was a promo it sat on a shelf mostly. Well now those ROTA vapes are on clearance so I bought a couple and a dozen pod cartridges.
Like RE and E8 it has no on/off switch or changing color indicator. It is rated at 6-10 watts, which tells me at full charge it is likely 10 and declines to 6 as the 340mAh battery zaps the 1.5 ohm coil to cook your favorite juice wicked by organic cotton. So flavor is noteably better than through a ceramic wick, but for how long? I'll know in a few days……
The ROTA was a gimmick pod that flopped sales-wise. But the drag is somewhere between the RE and E8. Like the Sourin Aire, after setting a bit it needs a primer puff and occasionaly makes a fairly loud crackle or pop for just enough noise to not be a great stealth vaper. But I bought it for outdoor use where stealth is not a requirement.
Best pod system?
Well for half the price of a Valaddin, the ROTA vapes pretty good. It holds 2 whole ml of juice. Pods run about $2.50 a pop and come in a package of 4. I got full flavor after soaking it for 30 minutes and about 5 initial puffs.
E8 pods are about $3 a pop but last a long time. I'm on refill #8 and it tastes nearly as yummy as a new pod, still…
I finally decided to switch to a new pod for the RE after half way through refill #6 using a fairly tart juice at 70vg. The original was far from done production-wise and a new one needs a dozen or more drags before full flavor kicks in.
Those 3 would be my vote for best including good throat hit. A Zero is just so smooth it leaves one longing for better throat hit unless using strong nic salt(s).
