Is there any benefit to RDA's where you have to wrap the coil around the posts?

[dekku]

I haven't tried building on it yet and I am wanting to throw some new coils on there but when I bought it I did not realize the posts weren't the standard that I've seen more commonly on rdas.

It doesn't have any holes in the posts, you have to wrap the wire under the screw to set the coils into the rda.

Is there any benefit to this? I've heard it's a ..... to build on so I'm not looking forward to that but is there any reason why it would come with these wrap around style posts over the standard 3 holes?

 

[CloudyWithChanceOfVape]

Just harder to sink down sometimes. Alot more painful when removing them. It will deter any broken leads if the screws are too long... Lol, personally I wouldn't be able to handle it, I wouldn't have the patience. Line up the hole, stick it through, sink it down, done.

 

[dekku]

Just harder to sink down sometimes. Alot more painful when removing them. It will deter any broken leads if the screws are too long... Lol, personally I wouldn't be able to handle it, I wouldn't have the patience. Line up the hole, stick it through, sink it down, done.

yeah it feels better than most other rdas ive tried that's what sold me on it but I am worried about the difficulty of building on it. Any idea what the official name is of the wrap around style posts so I can look up some videos/tips on how to do it?

 

[CloudyWithChanceOfVape]

Hmm not really. You can search YouTube for the particular RDA you are talking about. What's it called?

 

[dekku]

Hmm not really. You can search YouTube for the particular RDA you are talking about. What's it called?

It's the H cigar Omega clone but looking farther into it it's looking like it wasn't worth the money. Was not aware it was a clone when I bought it, I'll probably end up taking it back and buying a different rda

 

[CloudyWithChanceOfVape]

Hope you have a place that does refunds. Most places dont. Can I suggest a Dark Horse RDA clone?

 

[CloudyWithChanceOfVape]

Try VapeNW, they have a twisted messes RDA for under $20. Great starter RDA imo.

 

[K_Tech]

I haven't tried building on it yet and I am wanting to throw some new coils on there but when I bought it I did not realize the posts weren't the standard that I've seen more commonly on rdas.

It doesn't have any holes in the posts, you have to wrap the wire under the screw to set the coils into the rda.

Is there any benefit to this? I've heard it's a ..... to build on so I'm not looking forward to that but is there any reason why it would come with these wrap around style posts over the standard 3 holes?

The only benefit I could see would be it's less expensive to manufacture. 2 holes x thousands of clones saves hours of production time.
Yes, they can be a little more fiddly to work with than an RDA with post holes, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes second nature.

 

[Pushbutton]

The Omega is an older design that just didn't have any postholes. Not an overly build-friendly RDA either. As to why it doesn't have any postholes, anyones guess is as good as mine.

 

[IMFire3605]

:/, odd, must be a newer batch of Omega clones, my HCigar Omegas both have post holes in them, and I generally build the coil elevated above the posts as it is a pain in the tail to align the coils just right in front of the airflow holes in the deck there and that config forces an offset coil alignment I don't like. As far as wrapping around the post screws, you can try going to Ace hardware or Home Depot, even probably Lowes here in the US, get some miniature flat washers just big enough to sit flush under the head of the screw, 2X washers each per screw, then trap the wires sandwiched between the washers of a certain screw, and wrap the wire clockwise, when you tighten the screw it will pull the wire tight instead of loosening it. Another place to look for small washers like that would be an electronics store like Radio Shack if you can find one, if not a local RC Car/Vehicle or such hobby store, they'd have such miscelanious washers and such. Or worst case scenario, go old school as we used to have to do with older RDAs like the IGO W V1, Dremel with a fine grinding bit and make your own post holes, just make sure to figure out how deep your post screws go down and try to align the hole bottom just above where the end of the screw will seat when fully down.

 

[Kaezziel]

:/, odd, must be a newer batch of Omega clones, my HCigar Omegas both have post holes in them, and I generally build the coil elevated above the posts as it is a pain in the tail to align the coils just right in front of the airflow holes in the deck there and that config forces an offset coil alignment I don't like. As far as wrapping around the post screws, you can try going to Ace hardware or Home Depot, even probably Lowes here in the US, get some miniature flat washers just big enough to sit flush under the head of the screw, 2X washers each per screw, then trap the wires sandwiched between the washers of a certain screw, and wrap the wire clockwise, when you tighten the screw it will pull the wire tight instead of loosening it. Another place to look for small washers like that would be an electronics store like Radio Shack if you can find one, if not a local RC Car/Vehicle or such hobby store, they'd have such miscelanious washers and such. Or worst case scenario, go old school as we used to have to do with older RDAs like the IGO W V1, Dremel with a fine grinding bit and make your own post holes, just make sure to figure out how deep your post screws go down and try to align the hole bottom just above where the end of the screw will seat when fully down.

Sweet! You actually covered every single suggestion I was going to make with one epic post! Nicely Done, IMFire!

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Don't forget to run the wire around clockwise. As you tighten down the screw it will grip a little better.

 

[Muru]

I hate postholes. Sometimes they're too big for the wire you want to use, or they are so small it's impossible to get your wire through. So I like trapping my wires underneath the screws, even if there are postholes.

 

[edyle]

When I started getting interested in rda's a year or 2 ago, alot of rda's didn't have post holes.
It was one of the criteria I would look at when comparing different rda's.

One benefit of the ones that don't have post holes is they usually work with regular phillip head screws, whereas the ones that use the post holes need an allen key to screw/unscrew. With the phillip head screws, a small phillip head screwdriver will be fine, you don't need an exact size, but with allen key's you have to have the exact size.


thinking about it a bit more, I think most of mine are square crossection allen keys, not the hexagonal allen key..
would be really annoying if you need to recoil and you can't find the right key.

 

[Grimwald]

Six of one, half dozen of the other. It is easier to deal with post holes, however I have a couple that cut the wire when I tighten the screws down. I actually prefer just to wrap them around the screw heads as that always works and it tends to keep the coils elevated.

 

[Kaezziel]

Whenever I run across an RDA with post holes and the screw cuts the wires, I just pull the screws and smooth out the bottoms on a diamond stone that I use for sharpening knives. If the bottoms are smooth and slightly rounded, they have less of a tendency to shear the coil leads.