Is RDA/RTA really that good?
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RBAs will give you more control over the type of vape you will get. You can fine tune results by altering the size of the coil, number of wraps, ie the resistance, and by Chang up the type of wire you use. The biggest advantage to building your own is the cost savings over factory coils. Once you purchase the rta or rba you want it costs pennies to build it.
Yep, that, and you can still vape when your favorite factory coil is no longer made. I do have a few "abandoned" tanks, now not much use since their coils are with the dodo.
Basic coils are easy to wrap, wicking can take some trial and error, but once you get the feel for that, pretty easy as well.
In the long term, RDA/RTA is the only thing you know you can get coil & wick for.
Subohm will sooner or later go out of production, and that also applies to the coil, regardless of which brand you choose.
I only have one subohm tank I use, everything else is rta's.
Dang, wick must be expensive over there! 
Got my box of rayon about 8 years ago, may need to restock. Say in 2030? Best $15 I ever spent on vape
Got my box of rayon about 8 years ago, may need to restock. Say in 2030? Best $15 I ever spent on vape
Dang, wick must be expensive over there!
Got my box of rayon about 8 years ago, may need to restock. Say in 2030? Best $15 I ever spent on vape
Cellucotton wick material - Rayon - 1m
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Funny you should say that. This morning I opened my second box of rayon. The first one didn't last as long as yours, around 5 years.Dang, wick must be expensive over there!
Got my box of rayon about 8 years ago, may need to restock. Say in 2030? Best $15 I ever spent on vape
I wound up with the "big" box, from a local Sally's. Maybe you got the smaller one.
When I got mine, locally, the big one was all that they had, iirc, about the $15 mentioned earlier. And I've pif'ed a bunch.
When I got mine, locally, the big one was all that they had, iirc, about the $15 mentioned earlier. And I've pif'ed a bunch.
I got the small one from Amazon. I waste a lot of it actually. The cord is thick enough for two 2.5 or 3.0 wicks from each piece. But when you tear them in half sometimes there are irregularities in the rayon so they don't tear straight and one half ends up too thin. And sometimes when you thin them out you take too much off and they end up loose in the coil.I wound up with the "big" box, from a local Sally's. Maybe you got the smaller one.
When I got mine, locally, the big one was all that they had, iirc, about the $15 mentioned earlier. And I've pif'ed a bunch.
But the stuff is so cheap that some wastage doesn't matter. Same with wire. I have some tanks that take prebuilt heads with a stash of coils, just in case my eyes or hands give out. But I would hate to be dependent on prebuilts for all the obvious reasons. So to the original question in this thread, rebuildables are absolutely the way to go.
Here it is, my new box. The little baggie has the last few pieces from the previous box.
Although we use premium cotton, rta's come out cheap in use.
I like Rayon on some juices, my stash is about 50 metre of Rayon.
I like Rayon on some juices, my stash is about 50 metre of Rayon.
Night and day especially if you’re interested in over the top flavor and nice thick wet clouds as I am. I’ll never forget how blow away I was after buying an old rda on clearance and taking the first draw. I was in heaven and hooked. Haven’t looked back at all especially the flavor and density that RDAs produce.
give it a try you won’t be sorry!!
give it a try you won’t be sorry!!
Well, here's the deal. I'm still using the first RDA that I ever bought (2012 I think) Ya just can't brake the damn things. Still working off the first batch of silica string, & first spool of A1 wire. So I haven't spent a single penny to wrap coils in about 10 years. (wonders why I use them)
Some years ago I tried a Lemo RTA and it didn't just leak - it poured the minute I turned my back on it.
It's taken me a long time to try again, but I've just bought a Brunhilde MTL and set it up yesterday ... and I'm seriously impressed with it.
That's quite a thing for an Edinburgh man to say - we really don't overdo enthusiasm!
It's taken me a long time to try again, but I've just bought a Brunhilde MTL and set it up yesterday ... and I'm seriously impressed with it.
That's quite a thing for an Edinburgh man to say - we really don't overdo enthusiasm!
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Yes ever since i got a couple rdas and rtas i havent used my sub tanks, i feel like the flavor is better also more vapor too a .15 ohm coil gives way more vapor in a rda than athe subtank even at same wattage idk why.. its also really flavorful and coil last me 3 months with subtank lasted me 3 weeks
It's nice to not have to go to the shop for a coil when you can make your own. Especially if you live in Hooterville.
Lemos take a while to figure out. It's one tank where you never want to trim the wick, keep it as bushy as possible. I still use them all the time.
I accept it was either just me or a duff tank, but I tried them long, I tried them short, I tried a Scotch Roll, I fluffed them, I didn't fluff them but as Old Kayahm said "I ever came out the same door as in I went."
Lemos worked for some and I admire those who got them to work - mine went to Vape Heaven sadly.
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