RDA Does anyone else hate the Marquis?

[Zabolee]

I've been using a Marquis clone for about 2 months, and I can't stress how much I hate building on it. I started with the Veritas, and that was a challenge to get use to. But the marquis feels terrible. Those little posts you are supposed to wrap you coils around are too small for me to get my wraps even, so both coils look nothing like the other. Not only that, but they don't sit evenly in front of the air flow holes. And the positive pin spins very easily, making my resistance jump around. And it leaks like crazy when you tilt it. It doesn't leak as much as other rda's, but t's no where near as leak-proof as the Veritas.

I was able to get a good build once, but it ended up taking 3-4 feet of wire in trials. But I can't stress how much I am disappointed in this RDA. Has anyone else had such bad experiences? Or is this device just not meant for people with big hands?

 

[inswva]

I don't have small hands and never had a problem building my Marquis. In fact, I thought it was very easy to build on. I did wrap my coils with a Coilmaster though and then placed them on the Marquis rods. I just didn't care for how it vaped. This is how the coils turned out using the Coilmaster.

 

[67Tele]

I have two authentic Marquis(es). One of the easiest RDAs for me to build. I really dig the little tabs on the positive post. Like inswva using the rods helps a great deal.

 

[Zabolee]

I love the theory behind the Marquis. Especially those tabs on the positive pin, too. Maybe I'll try wrapping my coils around something else first. That is my biggest annoyance. And maybe I just got a dud, because no matter how tight I screw down the center post, it still unscrews really easily. Any thoughts oh how to keep that pin tight?

 

[67Tele]

Unlike most I have trouble with the Coilmaster. Sometimes they come out great and other times they wrap on top of each other. If you don't like wrapping on the Marquis rods you could pick up a cheap drill bit set and use those to wind and then slip the coils on the Marquis rods to mount.

I've never had a spinning post problem with mine so I can't help you there.

 

[Zabolee]

I normally wrap my coils around a screwdriver, but the one I use isn't the same size as the dowel that came with it, so I can't use that right now. I have toyed with the idea of getting a coil jig, but haven't decided on a specific one yet

 

[67Tele]

The screwdriver doesn't necessarily need to be the same ID as the dowels. For me, the dowels just help the coil sit vertically until I get the leads attached and then to straighten the coils when adjusting. I got a set similar to this one: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-Black-Oxide-Drill-Bit-Set-7-Piece-A10D07G/206264362

 

[kformeck]

I had a tobeco marquis clone once; the quality of it was pretty incredible for $30. I got pretty good flavor and found it quite easy to build. I used it enough to get the authentic. When I received the authentic and compared the machining, they were both pretty close, the only difference I noticed was the authentic used better metals.

Now to the point,

My authentic has so much more flavor than my clone I couldn't believe it. I liked my clone, enough to buy an authentic so I was not really expecting too much of a difference. I literally did the exact same coil on my authentic that I had on my clone at the time and all I can say is wow! The draw was a lot smoother, the vape was denser, juicier and all around more flavorful.

The marquis cannot be cloned.

For those with authentics, I've found you get the best flavor with 2.4mm ID and lower. Also, don't leave your coils where the rods will put them. Use the rods to get everything lined up but before you starting pulsing, move those coils even closer to the air hole; this will smoothen out the draw quite a bit. I noticed this on the veritas too; I think it's because that air flow path is so long that if the coil isn't right at the exit you'll get a more turbulent draw. Same thing with the inner diameter; anything wider than 2.4mm will disrupt the airflow too much; you wan't the air to be able to smoothly wrap around the entire coil.

 

[Zabolee]

I just gave it another try with dual 25g Kanthal, at 7 wraps each. Came out to .49 ohms. I did this build with a screwdriver first and then used the dowels to set the coils in place. I worked out well, but is taking forever to heat up, and the whole RDA gets burning hot really fast. I don't normally use wire that thick. Is it normal for thicker wire to heat slower? Or could it be the dual build? And any reason the whole RDA would get so hot?

 

[sig-cmt]

I hate the Marquis. I also hate the Origen Genesis V2 MKII collecting dust in the drawer next to me for the same reason: They take too much time to rebuild. If they were only 28mm...

 

[Zabolee]

It's not so much the size for me, as it is how compact it is. Even if it was bigger, the 2 posts sticking out of it make it difficult to get the leads to stay where I need them to.
The most annoying thing about it is that the positive post keeps spinning on me. It wouldn't be such a big deal if it didn't make one of the leads just a hair longer, throwing off the resistance