RDA Best RDA for Mouth to Lung?

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I'm loving my 454 Big Block, but I sometimes find myself missing the Mouth to Lung style draw that I used to get from Old School dripping atties, such as the Cisco Spec Bridgeless Atomizers, the hh.357, or the cheaper generic bridgeless dripping atties. So, is there a Rebuildable that produces the same experience as those 'regular' dripping atties?

I'm considering the Magma or the eBaron Dripper Pro, but I'm a little leery after having a terrible experience with a kayfun Lite V2, which had almost no airflow. I'd like to get a Mouth to Lung atty to live on my Provari or Altoids mods, since my Big Block lives on my Stingray X.

I get nothing but bad results when I partially close off the airflow and lower the watts on an average rda and try to Mouth to Lung it, just horrible. I think I need something with a smaller chamber. I know it'd be a pain to build, but I wish there was a rda version of a hh.357.

Come on you Mouth to Lungers, help me spend some money! Magma? eBaron Dripper Pro? Something else?
 
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The Magma has a decent range of adjustable airflow.

A Kayfun is too tight though? I pretty much only mouth to lung RDAs and my favourite is the Igo W, but it has tiny little air holes, and is very tight. Another small atty with adjustable airflow is the Atomic. I was just using mine tonight. Goes from a little tight to pretty wide open, double or single coil.

What is your ideal airflow level? I know that's hard to describe, lol.


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Well for a normal RDA like my Big Block, only wide open airflow and lung hits work for me. But I'm missing the Mouth to Lung experience of the old school bridgeless drippers, which had medium to slightly tight airflow. My Kayfun is a 1:1 clone, but maybe they didn't get the airflow right, cuz it was just the tiniest trickle of air even with the screw removed.

I'm looking for a RDA that 1) has a really small chamber 2) has airflow from below the coil 3) has a mediumish type airflow or is adjustable.

There may be other qualities it should have that I'm not aware of. I'm leaning towards the Magma or ebaron Dripper Pro at the moment, but the magma seems to have a chamber that's kinda big like most modern RDAs, and the ebaron Dripper Pro seems like it might be really hard to get my hands on.

Hmm, I feel like it should not be so hard for me to find something, maybe I'm just missing something or overthinking it.

I'll look into the Atomic and Igo W. The Igo would be so easy on the wallet that I should probly just get one now...
 
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Well for a normal RDA like my Big Block, only wide open airflow and lung hits work for me. But I'm missing the Mouth to Lung experience of the old school bridgeless drippers, which had medium to slightly tight airflow. My Kayfun is a 1:1 clone, but maybe they didn't get the airflow right, cuz it was just the tiniest trickle of air even with the screw removed.

I'm looking for a RDA that 1) has a really small chamber 2) has airflow from below the coil 3) has a mediumish type airflow or is adjustable.

There may be other qualities it should have that I'm not aware of. I'm leaning towards the Magma or ebaron Dripper Pro at the moment, but the magma seems to have a chamber that's kinda big like most modern RDAs, and the ebaron Dripper Pro seems like it might be really hard to get my hands on.

Hmm, I feel like it should not be so hard for me to find something, maybe I'm just missing something or overthinking it.

I'll look into the Atomic and Igo W. The Igo would be so easy on the wallet that I should probly just get one now...

Typically people end up drilling out the Igo W. Something you could consider if you're handy. For the price they are hard to beat. I got one at my local B&M for something like $17, and also got one from Fasttech for like half that. Just look carefully if you go the Fasttech route, some of them have one airhole and some of them don't have post holes.


Edit; I just re-read above, airflow from below the coil might be hard to find outside of what you've already mentioned.
 
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Erlkonigin sounds like it would fit your needs. It's a wet vape with dense flavor, airflow comes from beneath, has very adjustable airflow, and has a very small chamber.

Authentic will run you $160, the clones are about $15-40.

Edit: just realized you were looking for a dripper. You probably won't want to look at the ErlK then. Check out the Magma instead.
 
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I'm strictly a mouth to lung hitter. I have both a magma and kayfun lite and like them both. I run my kayfun wide open with the afc screw completely removed and the magma in single coil mode on the smaller setting. The draw on them is about the same setup like that.

I have heard that the v2 ehpro clone of the kayfun has dual air holes for improved airflow.

Not too restrictive and not so wide open that I can't do a mouth to lung hit.
 
Erlkonigin sounds like it would fit your needs. It's a wet vape with dense flavor, airflow comes from beneath, has very adjustable airflow, and has a very small chamber.

Authentic will run you $160, the clones are about $15-40.

Edit: just realized you were looking for a dripper. You probably won't want to look at the ErlK then. Check out the Magma instead.

Was going to recommend the Magma but I do not own one but from what I hear its good for Mouth to Lung folks... like you and me :smokie:
 

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Allow me to save you some money.

You can get as tight of a draw as you want with the 454.
Just partially cover the airhole(s) until you get what you want.

There is no reason the holes have to match up perfectly

I thought I would be able to do that. But I've tried it in single, double, and quad coil mode with the air holes partially closed, and at a wide range of watts, and I've had nothing but terrible results... I get nothing but very "angry vapor," you know, the kind of vapor that's thin and weak in volume and hurts my throat and chest really bad. I would get angry vapor on my old school 510 dripping atties if I put too many drops in. Maybe I'll experiment some more with the 454 with dampened down airflow, but honestly I'm a little scared. I don't see why it shouldn't work though.
 

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Love the magma for mouth to lung as that's all I do. The draw with just the single smallest hole with a single coil setup is perfect for me. I don't have many leaking issues, closest is light gurgling if I don't take a extra draw of the remaining vapor in the chamber.

Ok cool. I think I'm going to get an Infinite Magma clone. What type of coil do you build? Like a standard 28g kanthal micro coil, or something else?
 
I thought I would be able to do that. But I've tried it in single, double, and quad coil mode with the air holes partially closed, and at a wide range of watts, and I've had nothing but terrible results... I get nothing but very "angry vapor," you know, the kind of vapor that's thin and weak in volume and hurts my throat and chest really bad. I would get angry vapor on my old school 510 dripping atties if I put too many drops in. Maybe I'll experiment some more with the 454 with dampened down airflow, but honestly I'm a little scared. I don't see why it shouldn't work though.
You have to use something with a smaller chamber. Everyone else is saying magma, I'm in agreement. Tho if you're trying to do it on a 454, you can't be sub ohming it.
 

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I'm loving my 454 Big Block, but I sometimes find myself missing the Mouth to Lung style draw that I used to get from Old School dripping atties, such as the Cisco Spec Bridgeless Atomizers, the hh.357, or the cheaper generic bridgeless dripping atties. So, is there a Rebuildable that produces the same experience as those 'regular' dripping atties?

I'm considering the Magma or the eBaron Dripper Pro, but I'm a little leery after having a terrible experience with a Kayfun Lite V2, which had almost no airflow. I'd like to get a Mouth to Lung atty to live on my Provari or Altoids mods, since my Big Block lives on my Stingray X.

I get nothing but bad results when I partially close off the airflow and lower the watts on an average RDA and try to Mouth to Lung it, just horrible. I think I need something with a smaller chamber. I know it'd be a pain to build, but I wish there was a RDA version of a hh.357.

Come on you Mouth to Lungers, help me spend some money! Magma? eBaron Dripper Pro? Something else?

I have the ultimate suggestion for you brother: THE IMMORTALIZER :D.

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I don't mouth to lung anymore, and I was a little disappointed that the immortalizers airflow was that small, but the first thing I thought was "wow, this is the best mouth to lung device I've ever used!"

I can easily say it had the smoothest vape flavor/texture I've had, it gives this warm flavor, and has the perfect resistance for mouth to lung inhales. I'd compare it to those oldschool cartomizers that's been drilled just a tad larger, it's not "easy" to pull the air through, but it's that nice middle-ground where you can pull slow or pretty fast if your itchin' too. I think the key to it's awesome quality vape is the ceramic base plate the coils sit above, it's hard to describe, but it's just a smooth, warm and rich vape.
 

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Isn't the ceramic base notorious for breaking?
The Magma is a good option, another I would recommend is the Tugboat. The thing I don't like about the Magma is that it leaks pretty bad which is not the case with the Tugboat. Another would be the Zenith.
Wha...Magma's don't leak. In fact, they were designed to prevent leakage. How the heck did you get yours to leak?
 
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