I just want to say first that theres nothing wrong with this clone or any clone unless it doesnt work or its harmful for you in some way(see info under first picture i posted below). This RBA works great and it looks good also. I know some of you will say that if you have to tinker with it then its no good but i see it way different. If i can buy a product (clone) that looks and performs just like another product (the original) and I can buy it for alot cheaper.. (26 bucks vs. over 100 dollars from when it first came out) and all i have to do is modify a couple of things here and there, then pffffffffttt!!! its well worth the minimal struggle. And i dont have a problem asking around for help either so im good.
HERE IS THE FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME ON MY ODY CLONE..
First (and i dont think this has anything to do with the problem but...) i took off two small oring that were around the base of the mouth piece.. why? i dont know i just dont like it there, i believe its there for the top cap of the tank so that it fits nice and snug.
yes, this clear window tank is poly. and most of the ones you will find online (vaporfreak.de, gr-modders.com, rampagevapor.net) also look great but they are poly also. So if your worried about cracking your tank cause of your juice or if your worried about possibly vaping plastic then just use the RBA with the metal tank that it comes with in the value pack for 56 bucks. (you will be getting a 100 ft. of wick and wire ..plus 5 ft. of NR wire also.. cant beat it).
So this is where the actual problem was at. I couldnt get this center pin to stick out enough to allow the airflow when sitting it on my provari. This picture below shows you how it looks after i fixed the problem, before this pic it was way too far inside the tube where the center pin sticks out of and it was making a connection fine, but i had no airflow.
So then i went ahead and grabbed two rubber pieces that came with one of my genesis (AGA -T+) atty's and cut one of them in half. These rubber pieces are meant to go on the center pin of the genesis RBA.
obviously the one to the left is the one i cut in half and the one to the right is the way it looks normally.
Now, i then took off the original (tiny black) o-ring from the center pin on the ody clone that sits right on top of the nut that connects the positive wire and replaced it with the rubber piece of the genesis that i cut in half.
I went ahead and built my coil (which i finally got right the third time i took a wak at it) and booooya! it was working great... with nice airflow and everythanngngggg.. lol
i got it running on the provari with a nice airflow, i got it running a 1.6ohm coil and its vaping like a choochoo train.. i love this thing. im using 3mm silica and 30g kanthal wire. with silver NR wire. just in case some of you wanted to know.
NOW, i say i got it right the third time around because the first time i got it up and running after the fix, it tasted like complete crap!, why? because i forgot to burn the ceramic a little bit. Please, make sure you remove the ceramic from its metal housing and put a wire through it so you can dangle it while you torch it a little. do it evenly so the heat gets distributed around the whole ceramic piece. you will see a little smelly smoke come off of it and that will indicate that all the crap from the factory is burnt off and its good to go.. no more bad flavor lol.
