Best RBA for a beginner

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LeftHandBlack

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The big dripper is a pain to build on because the juice well is so deep. Basicly you have to install and position coils then bend them down into the right depth. Wicking isnt to bad with a good set of tweezers. Pretty much all the kayfun style atomizers are easy to build on but more of a pain to get the wicks set up and flowing juice well.
 

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Mutation x v2 is pretty awesome. Super easy to build on and really good flavor or cloudy depending on build. and only 30ish for an authentic. The clone on eciggity by a mod is pretty sweet for only 20. Plume Veil Clone by tobeco on eciggity is also awesome. you can use reddit10 discount code on the site for yep you guessed it 10% off.

I don't have one yet but I am getting a Lemo as soon as I can afford one.
 

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Hello I was wondering what I should get. I'm looking at the Kayfun V4 and the Big Dripper. I already have everything to rebuild them including the Ohm meter. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thank you.

There are a lot of options for RTA's out there these days. Do you have building experience?

If so, you might want to consider something like an aqua V2 that can run dual and single coils. It's a little fiddly to build in single coil mode, but the flavor (for me) is better than any kayfun I own. I'd put it on a par with the orchid V4 (which is another option)

Even after what I said above, I would still recommend a kayfun lite. They are easy to rebuild and do give good flavor. Like all RTA's the trick to getting good performance from them is usually in wicking it correctly

I've heard great things about the Lemo too - I don't own one, so I can't comment, but it's the most recommended RTA that I see for beginners to start with.

Fogger V4 or 5 also get good reviews from owners.

So as you can see, there are lots of options, I could name another 10 RTA's that I have seen mentioned around here (Ruzgar, Erlkonigin, Russian, Rose V2, Squape, etc.) so you might want to search around a bit more on the forums and read what the owners of these devices are saying.
 
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Lots of recommendations and they are all great devices. Everyone has their favorite. Your vaping style will be most important in the selection process. If you are a lung hitter you will be looking at the fogger, orchid, Lemo. I know the mouth to lung folks love the kayfun style and I am sure some others. Can you tell I am a lung hitter?

I have a fogger v4 and don't care for it. Never been able to get the taste of machine oil out of it, soaked in everything you can imagine, used toothpicks and tooth brushes. needles and paper towels. denture tablets, alcohol, dishwashing soap, distilled water. Still has a funky taste. And mine has the post screws you have to wrap the leads around. What a pain. I have taken that thing apart 4 or 5 times, Still tastes nasty. Vapes pretty great but that doesn't help when it tastes like a husqvarna.
 

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It's cheap and east to build.

check mine
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what's a lung hitter? and what are the other 'types' of preferences? sorry if this is a newb question

A lung hit is where you draw directly into your lungs. Versus mouth to lung, which is pretty much like it sounds, drawing into your mouth and then inhaling part or all of the vapor.
 

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The big dripper is a pain to build on because the juice well is so deep. Basicly you have to install and position coils then bend them down into the right depth. Wicking isnt to bad with a good set of tweezers. Pretty much all the kayfun style atomizers are easy to build on but more of a pain to get the wicks set up and flowing juice well.

Thats why you put the cotton in the coils first and then bend them down :) But yeah, big juice well isnt really fun in that case, but performance of big dripper overcomes that!

I would say plume veil, magma, mutation x, vulcan... something with simple deck and 3 or 4 post design for easy coil mount.

BEST choice at the moment IMO is Aqua v2 clone. You get a superb tank atomizer and also great dripper, all in 1 :)
 
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