Footoon Aqua FX - coil-head tank and RTA; top fill; 3ml and 5ml

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rhelton

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I just won an Aqua FX in a contest that Richard Ng held last month. I sent him my details last night, so once I receive it, I intend to do a full video of it and a tutorial on how to rebuild the coils. Definitely NOT beginner friendly. . Right now, it's in the US for about $50 to $60 dollars.
Good for you :) I entered that contest too I hope it goes good for you.
 
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I'm disappointed to hear how meh this tank is. I have loved all of my Aquas and have been looking at the SE. Then I saw the FX. Usually I'm not into ready-made coil tanks— I bought quite enough ProTank coils way back in the day— but a few weeks with my friend's Zephyrus convinced me that a replaceable head tank could be very convenient when I'm running around town all day. And then, if it's made by Footoon, it's gotta be good, right?

Guess not. I'm very disappointed. The Euro's weak and I can pick up an FX for less than $50. Ah well.
 

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Been playing with mine and I agree on the flavor. A little muted, but still pretty good. Not enough to be an issue. Havent experienced leaking or flooding at all. My biggest complaint is that the 510 base wants to unscrew itself from the rest of the tank when removing it. When that happens, you've gotta use a rag or something to remove it. That base is super thin with sharp edges and nothing to grip. I sliced my thumb in my first few attempts. All in all though, I really like this tank and it is one of my favorites despite it's hiccups. Very rarely are these things perfect, this one comes close enough for me and outshines 85% of the others out there.
 
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rhelton

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So this is as I smexpected. The reviews are. From the looks it looked like a lung hitter that eschewed flavor for clouds and he airy draw and muted flavor comments support that.

Anyone have a kabuki and this ?
Kabuki takes a Nautilus coil right? They vape really nice for mtl. Have you seen the new Atmomixani Alpha tank? Looks pretty nice, but I am a Atmomixani fan. I probably misspelled that.
 

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Since I have been using mine for a couple of weeks I will chip in. It's a nice tank, looks good, doesn't leak and has a very airy draw.
Not being able to dry burn for nife48 hot leg is a major con. Building is not very hard and the flavor is muted. I use mine for menthol and works good. Tobacco flavors taste extremely muted.
 

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This muted flavor thing i heard it from some reviewers too, not trying to be a smart-... or anything since i consider myself an amateur in coil building business, but isnt the muted flavor supposed to be a wicking issue?

There are a bunch of variables which can impact to flavor. A few that come to mind are coil chamber size, coil location in relation to air intake, & tightness/looseness of draw. Wicking material can impact flavor, but if you use some good quality cotton and a couple rounds of wicking trial and error to determine whether the coil, atty &/or juice used likes to be wicked looser or tighter, once you find it, you'll wick it perfectly thereafter.

I think the issue with flavor on the Aqua is related to the airiness of draw and design, not the wicking. I built coils on it using cotton bacon which I wicked too loose initially causing it to wick too well & flood. After that I wrapped the cotton tighter and haven't had any more issues. In either case, the flavor wasn't as good as I'm used to. Personally, my only issues with it were the fact that the atty is too airy for me & the flavor doesn't come close to my squape. I haven't touched mine in weeks. I love the ease of filling it, the fact that it has 2 tank sizes and that it has a solid fixed center pin. The unique coil factor wasn't really a deterrent for me, just the airiness & "eh" flavor.
 
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So, has anyone tried using a smaller diameter coil? I believe the stock coil is 4mm id, that's pretty massive. I would imagine the flavor would increase with a 2.5-3mm coil instead.
I've got mine running with a 2.5mm 26g x 8 or 9 wraps, comes to a .9ohm build. flavor is better, warmer, but still not on par with my kayfun. Talked to Mark Todd earlier on FB and he said someone had contacted him and built a horizontal coil in it? Don't know how... would love to see a picture of it.
 
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Any chance this being an authentic?
Footoon Aqua FX tank - $39.99
39.99$ is a killer price but i am not familiar with this particular site.

I don't know if it is a "clone" or not but you can buy one from Fasttech for $21 USD.

The rumor I heard that the one that Fastech is selling is made by the same factory that makes the real item. I would be surprised it this item is the exact same as the Fasttech unit. and actually for $40 USD it may be the real thing. That is the kind of prices I have heard thrown around in some of the YouTube reviews.
 

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Any chance this being an authentic?
Footoon Aqua FX tank - $39.99
39.99$ is a killer price but i am not familiar with this particular site.
I realized the pictures on that website are indeed from alibaba. I doubt that it is the authentic imo.


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I never had so much inner struggle on whether to buy a rta or not i have always been a footoon fan after i tried the aqua v2 but i never saw so many mixed opinions on an atomizer before. I have the clone from ft in my cart since the day it showed itself but i am still reluctant to pull the trigger... Your thoughts people? Are you still using your own fx or have you sell/throw away it?
 
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