Evil Eye RTA anyone else in love with this one?
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Any owners here who would care to share some builds and wicking methods chime in ! I'm running both mine with .2 dual sub builds and wicking with a long bow tie style with the ends tucked back towards the posts at about 30-35 watts, great flavor and airflow with the air screws open all the way, I am getting some minor weeping from the air flow holes so may try a orchid wick that works for me with some cotton in the juice channels......what is everyone else's go to build on this dude ?!?!
I've got a .4 build with 26g kanthal in mine. I'm using rayon and this is the third wick for me. My first wicking I packed the channels a bit more and had zero issues with leaks, my last two I've kept the channels pretty much clear to use max vg juice and have had some leaking through the air flow.
Another thing to consider is how much you tighten the top cap, the more you tighten it the more the vacuum inside the tank is going to force juice into the deck, eventually flooding and leaking, that thing will really squeeze down - much more than is necessary.
Another thing to consider is how much you tighten the top cap, the more you tighten it the more the vacuum inside the tank is going to force juice into the deck, eventually flooding and leaking, that thing will really squeeze down - much more than is necessary.
I am getting the best flavor with the bowtie wicks tucked under, filling the channels cuts down on any weeping but anymore than a small amount gets dry hits 
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Well this last rewick I used all night, left it on it's side while I slept and took it out and about with me and have had zero leaks still. What I've done is made a nice puff of rayon that blocks any entrance to the air flow (without smothering the air hole itself), and pulled just a few very small strands of the rayon about 1/3rd of the way down into the channels. I also have my top cap backed off a full turn or so from being completely tightened. Excellent flavor and no leaks. A dry hit might indicate your juice channels are blocked but it sounds like that's not the case so maybe your top cap should be tightened, experiment with it a little more, like any tank it's just a matter of dialing it in.
Thank You !! I will try it tonite after work, i have Japanese cotton to work with but assume i can get the same results, ill snap a pic and if successful ill post it up, i really like these tanks, the flavor, airflow & capacity are a slam dunk so far, just get these pesky drips solved
I don't understand what you mean by this.
I haven't got an Evil Eye, have got a Goblin - the Evil Eye looks like a large Goblin deck with raised air holes - a good thing to my mind cos the Goblin deck is tiny and I reckon that the air holes being flush with the juice channels encourages leaking. So I'm interested in Evil Eye but can't visualise what you are saying in the above quote. Could you rephrase it in idiot proof language please?
Yeah well I think there's more to it than just the air holes being raise, the Goblin is very good against leaks as long as you don't mess up the wicking. Any who, it's very simple, common sense really, just arrange your wick in a way that gives the juice nowhere else to go - but at the same time don't clog the channels or smother the airholes,
After work tonite I went back to basics, I left my 26g .2 duals in place but went with some regular rolled cotton from wizard wicks, I fluffed the heck out of the ends pulled them straight up and slid the chimney down and then trimmed them a hair above the chimney and then tucked the tails down mindful of the air holes and juice channels , happy to report with a few ml of SS guppy the past couple hours Vaping that I have zero leaks I'll top it off in the morning before I leave for work and give it a go with all 8ml & if it's successful my other Evil with be wicked the same, I'll check in tomorrow nite its late lol
I'll top it off in the morning before I leave for work and give it a go with all 8ml & if it's successful my other Evil with be wicked the same, I'll check in tomorrow nite its late lol
Sounds like he builds some kind of dam around the air hole.
I've already perfected the Orchid as far as I'm concerned and never had to do anything weird like that. I could see in two seconds that this atty won't be any different.
Sounds like he builds some kind of dam around the air hole.
I've already perfected the Orchid as far as I'm concerned and never had to do anything weird like that. I could see in two seconds that this atty won't be any different.
Well, there's nothing really special about it, I dunno how else to describe it lol. What's your method with the orchid? I'm not getting any leaks on this build, but with my vg juice I'm only getting a few pulls before it starts to get dry and needs a short rest.
Not judging, just amused.
Nothing special here either.... I just try to form pointy rat-tails and have them extend into the juice channels about 1/16". My juices are typically 60vg max though. I don't enjoy the thick stuff anyway even in a dripper.
Nothing special here either.... I just try to form pointy rat-tails and have them extend into the juice channels about 1/16". My juices are typically 60vg max though. I don't enjoy the thick stuff anyway even in a dripper.
Ah, half the juice I have right now is 80-90% vg 
What gets me is the first build I did in it I vaped a whole tank of 80% vg no problem and I just can't seem to reproduce that, though the 50/50 I have in there now chain vapes with no issues.
What gets me is the first build I did in it I vaped a whole tank of 80% vg no problem and I just can't seem to reproduce that, though the 50/50 I have in there now chain vapes with no issues.
Sadly I'm still having a hell of a time getting the wicking in this rta right. I've tried rayon and ... cotton in every configuration I can imagine and it either leaks or dry hits, the only wicking that worked well for me was my first one. The Goblin is so much easier, I've spent countless hours at this point and lost a lot of juice with the Evil Eye and I'm at a loss as to what else there is to do...
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After going back to the fluff method on mine i am running max vg epiclouds no problem, fluff the hell out of the ends especially right next to your coil and pull them straight up like a troll doll and slide the bottom of the chimney down and trim a 1/16 or so above it, take a tooth pick etc and push them straight down and you should be good to go. Sunce using that method i have been 98% leak free and loving these tanks
Thanks Todd, I tried that one too, but got massive flooding, guess I missed a juice channel. When I took it apart I went to adjust one of my coils and broke the leg off and had a minor "ragequit" moment, I'll give it the old school approach again when I have time to make more coils because I love the tank, just need to get a routine for setting it up down.
It frustrated me for a few days and then a fresh approach put me in buisness, the two of mine have been running strong for a couple weeks, my orchids just sit, i may pick up a couple more for spares down the road
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