Okay - new personal record for setting up a coil after getting an atty in my hot little hands. I'd twisted one up this morning in anticipation, was going to boil/clean the atty before using it, but I just couldn't wait for a first vape.
So, first impressions......
* Very, very well made atty. Threads are butter smooth, pieces all fit snug, posts even feel quality (they're wrap-around style, not drilled, and are actually posts with threads and caps that screw on them), nice big fill/drain hole right in the middle of the deck.
* Posts are offset (like the RM2), so builds are pretty straight forward (and 'standard' orientation, as opposed to 'Z' coils). Some who insist on duals or really fat wire (or MM) might struggle a bit - its a small build platform and the post caps don't look like they'd handle more than a single coil of up to, say, 26 gauge (small heads). Parallel coils of 30 gauge should work fine.
* The chamber is itty bitty - smaller on the inside than it looks on the outside. It's really only open up to a level even with the top of the "h" on the "Chalice III" engraving.
* It seats on my Reo grands with no problem and leaves a slight gap between it and the 510 connector, so care should be taken not to overtighten it and risk squishing the 510 pin gasket. This might just be an aspect of my grands' connectors, but I see this on several units I have.
*The afc takes a little getting used to. The afc collar is a little hard to line up with the chamber air holes to your desired setting. Slick design, but there are no markings (that I could see) on the chamber piece to know where the holes are in that piece in order to line up the orientation. I found a way to get the result I wanted by holding the afc collar in place and screwing the cap it's attached to in around it (that won't make sense to many of you - it will once you have the unit in hand. Basically, hold the afc collar where you want it while you screw the top piece in).
* The vape is absolutely incredible. For flavour junkies, this will make you weep the tears of the enlightened. That small chamber (IMHO) is the key. I have the afc wide open and, with a .8 ohm 1/16" 28 gauge micro, it has no problem keeping up to the draw. It doesn't throw the biggest vapor, but then that's not what this little beauty is for. It's a smooth, rich, tasty vape machine. I've got JPN cotton in it right now, no doubt FB will give us his RxW impressions.
In all - stellar atty! I don't feel it's over-hyped. Lack of abundant availability often colours our perception of things - the so-called 'unicorn' effect. This, however, would be ranked very highly and loved by all even if they were a dime a dozen.
Mark, I tip my cap to you, sir.
Bloody good vape, this.
I'm an idiot. My afc ring was really tight and I thought it didn't turn once the cap was screwed in place. I pulled my initial build apart and cleaned the atty, and now the afc ring rotates when the whole thing is assembled - easy, peasy.
