I have a RM2 and like it
I see a lot of talk about the Cyclone so I was curious
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I see a lot of talk about the Cyclone so I was curious
Thanks
How does the Cyclone compare with the RM2 ?
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The Cyclone, is all SS, the posts are closer together. The RM2 is easier to build on and more forgiving with the ceramic deck, plus it's almost 27 bucks cheaper. I own 2 Cyclones but also have the AFC tops so I run them in dual coil mode. For single coil I like the Divo better and if you don't already have one the Igo-s Rob sells is also a great little rba.
The single best thing I've found about the Cyclone is that it doesn't leak. With the RM2, it leaked all the time at the cap threads, and at the airhole especially when I opened it up to 1/16". The Cyclone's two o-rings prevent any leaking from the cap, and I don't know if it's the concave shape of the cap or what but I have yet to be able to get it to leak through the airhole either. Also, I'm completely unable to flood the Cyclone, whereas I could flood the RM2 just by looking at it. I suspect that's due to the angle of the deck, making it easier for juice to flow back into the hole, but the upside is that I can squonk without worry and thus never have to worry about burning my wick because I was too afraid to squonk.
For the Divo, I'm a little confused. Indy Vapor Shop lists it as 22mm, but that and myvape both show pictures of it on what looks like a non-LP Reo. Neither site seems to have it available in BF format. Is it naturally BF by design, or is there really a difference between top-feed and bottom-feed? The picture at Indy Vapor Shop does show a bottom hole in the positive post, but if there are two versions that could be from the BF version and the TF one wouldn't have the hole?
Not that I need yet another atomizer, but maybe I need another atomizer ...
For the Divo, I'm a little confused. Indy Vapor Shop lists it as 22mm, but that and myvape both show pictures of it on what looks like a non-LP Reo. Neither site seems to have it available in BF format. Is it naturally BF by design, or is there really a difference between top-feed and bottom-feed? The picture at Indy Vapor Shop does show a bottom hole in the positive post, but if there are two versions that could be from the BF version and the TF one wouldn't have the hole?
Not that I need yet another atomizer, but maybe I need another atomizer ...
I have the Diver, and I haven't measured it exactly, but I know it's much smaller than 22mm. The base is about the same as the reomizer, and the top cap is even smaller, which is why I got one in the first in the first place. It's a great atty! Hasn't come off my grand since I put it on about a month ago.
Yeah Indy vapor is wrong it's 14mm and no they sell both versions, when I bought it, Indy had a drop down that let you choose BF for 5 bucks more.
Yeah, they don't have the BF for it listed anymore (same for the Cyclone), and according to the other thread it sounds like they're not going to restock with BFs. It doesn't help the confusion that Mountain Oak Vapors sells the Cyclone but doesn't list it as BF (it is), but they don't carry the Divo.
The Cyclone the Mountain Oak carries is in fact a bottom feeder!! If you read the description it tells you that, I just got one last week from them and it is bottom feed, they don't even offer the top feed version there
So!...what other RBA that will fit a REO Grand that is worth a try! I have an RM2 and I have no complaints
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I purchased mine from mountain oaks, their about a 15 minute drive =]
Same results, it never floods up, it sucks the excess back into the tube. It never leaks it's got great everyday use out of it. I'm not scared to sit for periods with it sideways in my pocket
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Same results, it never floods up, it sucks the excess back into the tube. It never leaks it's got great everyday use out of it. I'm not scared to sit for periods with it sideways in my pocket
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I'm very curious about your RM2 leaking all the time. I use 4 of them and have not had any leaking problems. I can't even imagine them leaking unless after severely over squonking they leak, but I don't over squonk so I don't know.
Yeah, I don't know why my RM2 leaks so much, but it does. Possibly it's because I was using a thinner 70pg/30vg juice, but I would constantly get a small amount leaking out through the threads, and occasionally a larger amount out through the airhole though that only happened with severe over-squonking. Overall, the Cyclone just seems more forgiving in that respect.
70/30 is very thin juice. You might want to try getting a large oring and put it at base of threads then screw on cap. I put an oring on mine because the airhole did not line up with the coil so it gave me some leeway on how tight I could screw the top on and it works great. Never had leakage before but you might give it a shot. Can't hurt. You can get a box of assorted orings at Home depot and find a size that stretches over the base of the threads.
I may have just scored the very last Cyclone AFC cap available in the US just now. I'm so excited. I'm going to send my TRA Grand to Rob tomorrow to have it milled down to an LP.
I use 80/20 eliquid & generally my RM2 doesn't leak at all. It will leak if the wick is at all blocking the quonk hole so that the liquid can't drain back down. It has leaked through the airhole before but only when I've tipped it just after squonking or done something weird.
It did leak a lot when I first got it before I put the oring around the connection where you screw the RM in. But I think you need that oring no matter which atty you use. It leaked with the Igo S before I put that oring on too.
It did leak a lot when I first got it before I put the oring around the connection where you screw the RM in. But I think you need that oring no matter which atty you use. It leaked with the Igo S before I put that oring on too.
The fact they are colored is obvious. The black will look badass on my black wrinkle REO.
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I ordered a black one from here about a week ago - still havenet received and still havent had an answer to my emails to them. Starting to get a bit worried .
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