Good dripper for 30-40 $ price range?

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jp248782

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Tired of buying crappy clones of good rda's like the Trident, or Omega on eBay. I have ordered three so far for around 20 dollars shipped. All arrived soaked in Machining oil... The Ehpro Omega had a post that was stripped out and would completely fall of the deck. The Trident was not even as show in the pictures so it was not 1:1 and had 3 air holes of the same size... Talk about "Adjustable Airflow" and i also had a Patriot clone that had one of the posts stripped out same as the Omega... I have an Igo-w that is "Usable" but in general they are kind of cheap and i am looking to step up to something that has more capability. Something that has decent cloud capability along with good flavor. Adjustable airflow would be nice as well but most of all.. I JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT WORKS lol. Not really sure if this is the right section im sorry if any admins are viewing it that can move it to the right section i apologies and i appreciate your understanding. As to everyone else any help would be much appreciated im at a loss here :confused:
 

vjc0628

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I have a lot of dripers
I find the Igo-l is my go to dripper
its solid works well with the most variety of juices
its easy to rebuild and its very reliable

I do use others but they are more like toys to play with just something different
they also are more nitch

like the trident find it works best between 4.5 and 6 ohm's duel coil with biggest duel air hole
but mostly for certain juices like Nicoticket franilla for one
but I don't like some of my more complex tobacco juices on it

it produces a lot of vapor but its a toy

my Igo-l's I can put whatever I want whenever and it works great
 

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Most clones you should already anticipate machining oil. It just goes along with the mass production lol.

The second batch of origen clones are nice as suspectK mentioned. It's definitely my favorite dripper right now.

The 3D is nice too and I don't feel as bad drilling it out compared to drilling the real deal lol. They're omega is solid too. I don't think it's 1:1 but the finish is nice - it has a brushed look to it plus there's a black delrin cap.

I'm definitely looking out for reviews of the magma clone.


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My Trident clone seems to be pretty good although the hole configuration is a bit confusing. I only ever run it with the duals or the single smalled when I'm in the mood for mouth to lung so it's good. Thinking of running a really low ohm dual coil and just taking the control ring off so I'd be using all of the airholes to see how that is.

Only name brand RDA I have seen anywhere near the budget you mentioned would be the Partriot which you can often find for $50 on sites like 101vape.
 

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I'm also looking for the same as OP, narrowed it down to the following:

Atomic clone (EhPro)
Trident clone (V2)
Spirit (Empire Kings)
Origen clone (Yeshmo)

The most different out of these is the Origen due to the way the center post holds the coils. It looks difficult but a friend who owns a legit one and has another on the way swears by it. Might take me another week to narrow down to a final choice but it seems like I can't go wrong between any of them.

More suggestions always welcome, of course!
 

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Just wash out the machining oil?

Yep, its not too hard lol.

For authentic high-end RDAs below $80 the only two I can think of off the top of my head are the Cyclone and Patriot. I don't think there are any below $50.

For low end, the new IGO-W5 seems pretty sweet. May have to wash some machine oil out if it though :p

Also, why is this in the e-liquid forum???
 
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eLefAdEr

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I don't know if posting eBay links are appropriate, but if you search for it, there's a listing for an Origen Tobeco clone available (Buy It Now) at $25 with free shipping from California. Seller has 100% feedback. Looks like it'll ship quickly too, I'm excited!

edit: Already received the shipping notice with tracking number.
 
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Here you go. Even American made.

Spirit Atomizer RDA by Empire Kings

I picked this up and one of the negative posts popped off on my first build!

I don't think it was produced in the US. It doesn't say that anywhere… the company is US though. I can't see how they could sell it for that cheap if it was made in the US.

It's a great looking piece of hardware but the build quality is weak.
 
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