Introducing the Precise Strata RDA
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and honestly, if you want to set it up for just tasting flavors, just use a small piece of wick. 
Today's menu has me using a single 6 wrap 29 gauge (should be a little less than 1.5 ohm) hand wrapped wire on a 3mm silica wick with 1/2" tails stuffed into the well, no packing. Using vaptamist's P gauge I have my cap opened a little less than a full turn, one air inlet directly in front of the coil. No plugs.
What a fantastic vape. Huge vapor for my 70/30 juice. Huge flavor. Mild heat, throat hit completely from my heavy duty juice.
What a fantastic vape. Huge vapor for my 70/30 juice. Huge flavor. Mild heat, throat hit completely from my heavy duty juice.
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Didn't mean to blow you off? Just having conversation. It was not a personal attack and apologize if it was insensitive to offer an option, not my intention. I am also here on the same thread as everyone else and on "the same team" so to speak and supporting Super T.
I figured you would just have juice that you knew to enjoy in an atty you enjoy, instead of cleaning it as a testing device.
Meant no harm or offense to your vaping style or you.
I get that, I was just stating why I went with super T in the first place...the whole oh just get a nimbus if you want to taste juices came across as just a bit condescending is all...not that I taste a bunch of juices all the time anyway...but when you're set on one device, carrying another RDA is one thing...but since this replaces the top cap so then you'd have to carry that too (And worry about misplacing)...unless you just carry a whole other device....and eventually it just becomes a PITA and a completely different vape experience...(PS I actually have a nimbus (picked it up the day I preorderd the strata to practice building coils and getting different resistances))
Like I said it was just a thought I had while looking at the pictures. honestly, It's not something I'm championing the idea of either way, just asking if it was possible (as in achievable without being a huge pain)...was just thinking at the time that it might be an idea for someone that might want to shallow up the well for whatever reason that might be and or conserve wick...and maintain the same coil build on the same device....
Mind you this thought came after costing the local vape shop (to pick up the nimbus for practice)...and their tendency to try and make you use their ego battery and ready filled evod when you want to taste something ...takes finagling for them to say OK and give you the bottle when you have your own drip Atty...I was just imagining the fit they were going to give me when they caught site of such a deep well....
Vaptamist says that it functions Well as a dripper so I'll take that...but up to that point it was being promoted as "not quite a dripper, not quite a tank"
In other words we're all good...I was just explaining my thought process and where I was coming from...
PS....the nimbus sucks, and I can't wait for some super T strata love...
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I get it D, as complacency breeds retrospective thought, and as mentioned originally I appreciated your forward thought.
No doubt the Nimbus is not in the same league(not close), I had one for a week 4 months ago. In fact, there are few drippers I have not owned including the high end, some only for a couple days. I gave up on them out of heat, flavor, set up and other issues.
Although I am not a dripper 24/7 by nature as some, the Origen I do enjoy. Wells are deep, flavor is rich, vapor is good and Norbert is a caring individual that is loyal to his fans.
If the Strata performs as I expect, the Origen will hit the classies.
Thanks for the reply.
No doubt the Nimbus is not in the same league(not close), I had one for a week 4 months ago. In fact, there are few drippers I have not owned including the high end, some only for a couple days. I gave up on them out of heat, flavor, set up and other issues.
Although I am not a dripper 24/7 by nature as some, the Origen I do enjoy. Wells are deep, flavor is rich, vapor is good and Norbert is a caring individual that is loyal to his fans.
If the Strata performs as I expect, the Origen will hit the classies.
Thanks for the reply.
Coiled - 7 wrap 28 gauge Nichrome @ 1/16" inner diameter for .9 ohms:
Wicked - cotton
Installed - satin P+ 500, satin Strata (sadly, the finishes don't really match)
Really I just threw in what for me is a 'normal' coil and didn't bother too much with positioning et al. The build was easy. Flavor and throat hit are off the charts. Vapor is a bit anemic, mostly I'm sure to do with my build...
However, my immediate issue is that I can't find a good combination of o-rings and washers. Normally for an 18490 I use one thick and one thin o-ring, with 3 washers. With the Strata, an 18490 rattles unless I go to one thick and 2 thin o-rings, which necessitates 4(!) washers - but doing so caused shorts. I tried repositioning the coil several times to get rid of the short until I realized it wasn't coming from the coil.
Did any of you testers use a P+500 w/18490, and what combination did you use? Thanks!
Wicked - cotton
Installed - satin P+ 500, satin Strata (sadly, the finishes don't really match)
Really I just threw in what for me is a 'normal' coil and didn't bother too much with positioning et al. The build was easy. Flavor and throat hit are off the charts. Vapor is a bit anemic, mostly I'm sure to do with my build...
However, my immediate issue is that I can't find a good combination of o-rings and washers. Normally for an 18490 I use one thick and one thin o-ring, with 3 washers. With the Strata, an 18490 rattles unless I go to one thick and 2 thin o-rings, which necessitates 4(!) washers - but doing so caused shorts. I tried repositioning the coil several times to get rid of the short until I realized it wasn't coming from the coil.
Did any of you testers use a P+500 w/18490, and what combination did you use? Thanks!
Here's my tip for cleaning out the air chambers:
Turn the cap upside down and seal the big hole at what is now the bottom with your thumb. The four holes in the chamber interior should be facing up at you. Fill the entire thing with Dawn®, covering those holes. Take your other thumb and squish down on what is now the top, sealing it and pushing the Dawn into the holes. Squish like that repeatedly until Dawn starts coming out of the holes on the sides. Leave it like that for a few minutes to fully dissolve any oils, then rinse thoroughly.
Worked for me. YMMV.
Turn the cap upside down and seal the big hole at what is now the bottom with your thumb. The four holes in the chamber interior should be facing up at you. Fill the entire thing with Dawn®, covering those holes. Take your other thumb and squish down on what is now the top, sealing it and pushing the Dawn into the holes. Squish like that repeatedly until Dawn starts coming out of the holes on the sides. Leave it like that for a few minutes to fully dissolve any oils, then rinse thoroughly.
Worked for me. YMMV.
Would someone mind showing a clean shot of the Strata from the top into the well. David or anyone can you provide a depth of the well.
Thank you and sorry if I missed this. Oh and V, I would also be interested in depth in Ferret length.
Thank you and sorry if I missed this. Oh and V, I would also be interested in depth in Ferret length.
Ah! One of my 500s has that finish.
I was going to ask you about the o-rings, what may have worked. It's an o-ring puzzle even without a Strata.
Hate to break it to you, YOU are the P+ Beta tester!
Until he gets back with measurements....he's given the volume it's capable of holding as 1.5 - 1.7 ml....
You could kinda guesstimate by doing math..strikes me as a lot of interior dimensions to account for to be too accurate a guess.. (With the displacement of the center post, the "ears"that the negative posts are on, etc)
You could kinda guesstimate by doing math..strikes me as a lot of interior dimensions to account for to be too accurate a guess.. (With the displacement of the center post, the "ears"that the negative posts are on, etc)
I'd forgotten that all the testers used Simplicity's...Three washers will work I guess, if you don't mind a really long throw. I'll try my old ICR 1500's as well, they're a touch longer so they'll probably fit better with less o-ring.
I wonder how the performance will vary from the smaller P+ and SImplicity model to the larger/ wider ELA Strata? I would imagine the diameter of the Strata from 20mm to 24mm will make for a different experience?
I filled it up with water and sucked it out with a syringe. I read a tad over 1ml.
The well is about 11mm deep and 12mm across. The "ears" are hollowed out underneath.
Can someone post a photo of their actual production Strata from the same angle? Just curious about something....
Nice catch, don't know how you did it.
This is my Beta unit. My production is all coiled and juicy. But they are identical.
Thanks Snork. I am such a pain in the .... Mine should be here this week per Angela but how about a same angle bottom of atty pic?
Thank You S
Thank You S
Hey everyone,
Just a quick question : David how come the satin finish on the P + strata seems so far off from the P+ satin finish ? I know that the only way to have a perfect finish is to have the two parts prep'd simultaneously, but honestly I was somehow expecting something very close...
don't get me wrong, but the strata was supposed to be the one and perfect match for the P+. Now I'm not so sure... and wondering if the satin finish I chose from my two tone P+ was the right choice... maybe the polished would have been a better choice in the end... I didn't get shipping notice yet is it too late for a last minute finish change ?
Just let me know !
Thanks
Just a quick question : David how come the satin finish on the P + strata seems so far off from the P+ satin finish ? I know that the only way to have a perfect finish is to have the two parts prep'd simultaneously, but honestly I was somehow expecting something very close...
don't get me wrong, but the strata was supposed to be the one and perfect match for the P+. Now I'm not so sure... and wondering if the satin finish I chose from my two tone P+ was the right choice... maybe the polished would have been a better choice in the end... I didn't get shipping notice yet is it too late for a last minute finish change ?
Just let me know !
Thanks
MmmmMmm rhodium
lctrc's P+ 18500's finish is on the lightest side. All my satins except for one are if the darker hue. Try not to fret.
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