just bought a cobra (clone) from fast tech, did i make mistake?

[E_DeCastro]

I was originally looking for an AGA t2 but stumbled apon this $11.86 Cobra Electronic Cigarette Round Mouth Atomizer at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping I jumped on it because of all the good reviews I hear from fast tech. but this particular rba gets hit or miss (after the fact of paying for it already.


did I waste my 12 bucks? or is there a way to make this thing work? I have 32g kanthal and 1mm silica wick on the way too.

 

[Rule62]

I have had a couple of those. In fact, I still use one as a 'beater', when I'm playing golf, or at one of our parks. It has a screw on top cap, which can be good or bad, depending how lucky you are at getting one where the air hole and wick hole actually line up. It's something the Chinese haven't seemed to be able to get right, consistently. If yours is off, you can fix it by either sanding a bit off the bottom of the top cap, or, if it's only off a little to the left, pulling up a bit on the clear tank tube. I've also found the draw a bit tight, and have drilled out the air hole to 1.2mm. Once these mods are done, it sets up and works well.

 

[Low Budget]

I have one that is similar but has a pull off top cap. I drilled the air hole to 1/16 and the wick hole to 3/32 and it works much better

 

[Kemosabe]

ive got that atomizer too. i like it. although the wick hole is small, 500 mesh is doing me right. the air hole is small too but i dont mind that. im not too big on large air holes as i can never seem to draw slow enough to get the right amount of vapor.

oh and my top cap lines up perfectly for my tastes. the air hole lines up about 2mm to the right of the wick for a bit of extra TH.

 

[E_DeCastro]

where did you buy the mesh? I only bought silica wick and it looks like tht won't wok correct?

 

[E_DeCastro]

just ordered some 400 ss mesh already oxidized. this will work in this tank right?

 

[Low Budget]

Yes it will. Might be a bit big only because the wick hole on the Cobra is so small

 

[grainey1968]

I have one of these clowns (ok - clones). It most certainly is NOT even close to the original Siams mod Cobra.
It can be a bit of a fiddle to get the setup right, but If you do, I will perform not bad.
The screws (allen head) are small and the positive screws are also tiny. The wick hole is small and I don't think there is much room to drill. I got some wire (I think it was 32g or finer) and ss mesh wicks (pre-oxidized maybe 325) with my package, but they were not good quality.
I was ok to used when travelling when I didn't mind basking or bumping this RBA. You get what you pay for - in this case!

 

[Kemosabe]

I have one of these clowns (ok - clones). It most certainly is NOT even close to the original Siams mod Cobra.
It can be a bit of a fiddle to get the setup right, but If you do, I will perform not bad.
The screws (allen head) are small and the positive screws are also tiny. The wick hole is small and I don't think there is much room to drill. I got some wire (I think it was 32g or finer) and ss mesh wicks (pre-oxidized maybe 325) with my package, but they were not good quality.
I was ok to used when travelling when I didn't mind basking or bumping this RBA. You get what you pay for - in this case!

agreed. the neg screw is small and its hard to tuck 28g under there. i replaced it with a slightly larger headed screw but its still a semi fail.
what do you mean by basking/bumping?

 

[Kevin Brown]

its a great unit, its always in my hand with other units to choose from

it takes a lot to set-up pro but when you master it, then, aha-- you will love it

the negative screw needs a better allen key, the allen key it comes with is horrible

28ga etc. if you make an eye-hole and use that wire back on itself to shorten the negative distance to wick length. same for the shortening the positive post
I use tweezers for all my coils -- carefully! no pinching or the wire will kink
I cannot do a micro really well without big light, tweezers, and a locking flame/candle.
but after so many i can now without any of that haha
3 mins or less; wick, coil, perfect vape..

the best and easiest coiling for this unit is to remove all thumbscrews, push the positive post down off deck, then coil away..
pull up the positive post and lock down your coil

the unit makes for making a micro or any coil simplistic

 

[Rule62]

My beater set up is the Cobra clone on a Vamo. I set it up with 30ga K on a 3/32 dia. wick. It bounces around in the cup holder in a golf cart, or in my pocket when out and about, with no problems.

 

[grainey1968]

agreed. the neg screw is small and its hard to tuck 28g under there. i replaced it with a slightly larger headed screw but its still a semi fail.
what do you mean by basking/bumping?

Sorry dude - should have been basHing & bumping from driving around or bad handling. When I am out I usually have a bolt and a clone, so if I drop it or loose it, I will not be too worried!