I started vaping years ago with the Ego-C, I soon upgraded to the Ego-C Twist, then to the iTaste MVP 2.0. After a while my Egos died and I replaced them with iTaste VVs. I upgraded my clearomizers to the Kanger T3Ds and used them for over a year. I had a friend get a sub ohm setup and decided I had to have one.
I did a fair amount of research, and ended up getting throughly confused and a bit frustrated. I understood the basics of mech versus regulated but I couldnt understand why some of these mods were over $100. I was wondering how could a mech mod cost $80 and not even come with a battery, how could an RDA cost over $100 while other cost less than $10, I bought my itaste VV for around $30 and my Kanger T3D for around $7. I decided to go to my local B&M and ask them. They immediately try to pressure me into buying a $150 mod, four $20 batteries, a $80 RDA, a $30 quad 18650 charger, 100 ft of 28ga Kanthal for $30, 20 organic cotton swatches for $1 each. With the price quickly breaking the $350 mark I bailed out. There was no way I would get into dripping if it was going to cost more than a car payment.
I ended up sitting back for nearly 3 months before running out of juice I normally ordered it online, but I didn't have enough to last until the next shipment arrived. I went down to the only other B&M in town and found that they had RDAs as well. I decided to start talking to him about the RDAs again and he suggested an inexpensive setup that would work great. He ended up selling me an istick 30w with a Stillare RDA, and 30ML of juice for $100 he threw in 10ft of 28 gauge kanthal, a bag of organic cotton for free.
In the following few weeks I rolled about 100 coils before getting one that worked right. I started doing a ton of research on RDAs, everything from how to build complex coils to how to wick properly. I soon discovered that the Stillare RDA is a $90+ RDA and I was sold a clone. Being new to RDAs I didn't know any better when I bought it, but it does bother me that it wasn't disclosed that it was a knock off, but there's nothing I can do about it now.
I have been dripping for about 2 months now, I've learned so much more about it and feel quite a bit more knowledgable. I am very interested in upgrading my setup. A new person I work with has a Sigelei 150W with a Mutation V2. I really like the setup but its far too big for me, and I do not like the fact that it does not have a pass through. He also said the 150W is way over kill and he vapes around 60-70W. I really want a smaller 50-80W mod with a single swappable 18650. I would prefer to have a pass through charger and I do not want unregulated. It has to be built to last, I deploy for 60 days at a time and cannot afford to have it break while on deployment.
I am looking for my best option. I have found the Sigelei Mini V2 50W, the Smok M50, M65, M60, IPV2 Mini. Are there another other options that I am missing?
I did a fair amount of research, and ended up getting throughly confused and a bit frustrated. I understood the basics of mech versus regulated but I couldnt understand why some of these mods were over $100. I was wondering how could a mech mod cost $80 and not even come with a battery, how could an RDA cost over $100 while other cost less than $10, I bought my itaste VV for around $30 and my Kanger T3D for around $7. I decided to go to my local B&M and ask them. They immediately try to pressure me into buying a $150 mod, four $20 batteries, a $80 RDA, a $30 quad 18650 charger, 100 ft of 28ga Kanthal for $30, 20 organic cotton swatches for $1 each. With the price quickly breaking the $350 mark I bailed out. There was no way I would get into dripping if it was going to cost more than a car payment.
I ended up sitting back for nearly 3 months before running out of juice I normally ordered it online, but I didn't have enough to last until the next shipment arrived. I went down to the only other B&M in town and found that they had RDAs as well. I decided to start talking to him about the RDAs again and he suggested an inexpensive setup that would work great. He ended up selling me an istick 30w with a Stillare RDA, and 30ML of juice for $100 he threw in 10ft of 28 gauge kanthal, a bag of organic cotton for free.
In the following few weeks I rolled about 100 coils before getting one that worked right. I started doing a ton of research on RDAs, everything from how to build complex coils to how to wick properly. I soon discovered that the Stillare RDA is a $90+ RDA and I was sold a clone. Being new to RDAs I didn't know any better when I bought it, but it does bother me that it wasn't disclosed that it was a knock off, but there's nothing I can do about it now.
I have been dripping for about 2 months now, I've learned so much more about it and feel quite a bit more knowledgable. I am very interested in upgrading my setup. A new person I work with has a Sigelei 150W with a Mutation V2. I really like the setup but its far too big for me, and I do not like the fact that it does not have a pass through. He also said the 150W is way over kill and he vapes around 60-70W. I really want a smaller 50-80W mod with a single swappable 18650. I would prefer to have a pass through charger and I do not want unregulated. It has to be built to last, I deploy for 60 days at a time and cannot afford to have it break while on deployment.
I am looking for my best option. I have found the Sigelei Mini V2 50W, the Smok M50, M65, M60, IPV2 Mini. Are there another other options that I am missing?
