New Youde RTA the Bellus

[Petabread]

I just got the Bellus last night. I just wanted to make sure people thinking about buying this tank know that this RTA has pretty tight draw. The Bellus is not like Crius or the Cthulhu v2 or the Aromamizer with a nice open draw. I drilled it out so the air holes are double what they used to be and it still has a much stiffer draw than the tanks mentioned above. The only way to get the draw to be wide open is if you put in 2mm coils in it after drillling it out. BTW I am not really into super airy draws....for example I vape the Cthulhu v2 with the air holes half way closed. The problem with the Bellus is that the if you place the coils in front of the air holes it severely restricts the airflow. But if you raise the coil it either shorts out or the flavor diminishes big time.

If you like a stiffer draw this is a great RTA. It has great flavor and produces very tick vapor. I wanted it for its single coil option. But for me the draw is way too stiff.

There's many things you can do with this to open the airflow and still retain the flavor and vapor.

Using less cotton being one of them. Cutting back the thickness of my cotton helped a ton (just removing the top and bottom layers of my Japanese cotton.)

You can also raise your coils just enough so that you can see the bottom half of your coils thru the airholes. This should not decrease flavor, for me it's actually increased the flavor. The tanks/RDAs with best flavor usually have airflow hitting the bottom of the coils anyway.

I have a dual 24g 2.5mm ID build coming in at .29ohms. Bottom half of my coils can been seen in the airholes. It feels slightly tighter than breathing in normally.

To be fair, I've been using an early review version for about 3 months or so, so they might have closed the airflow a bit in the production model. Hope that helps.

 

[Petabread]

The whole country or a particular vendor?

I don't know why but this made me laugh out loud. Made my poop come out faster.

 

[roxynoodle]

I don't know why but this made me laugh out loud. Made my poop come out faster.

I meant it to be amusing, but I'm not sure I'm happy to be a laxitive I'll need to think about that.

 

[hobbes4]

The whole country or a particular vendor?

Not the whole country, just downtown

 

[roxynoodle]

Not the whole country, just downtown

There's a downtown China? And here I thought it might have more than one city.

 

[roxynoodle]

For the moment:

 

[skyboxer1968]

My black Bellus missed it's delivery date today. USPS 3 day priority sent it from New Jersey to Illinois via California

 

[MMW]

@roxynoodle I got mine from Origin for $27
and it came in two days.

 

[EDO]

There's many things you can do with this to open the airflow and still retain the flavor and vapor.

Using less cotton being one of them. Cutting back the thickness of my cotton helped a ton (just removing the top and bottom layers of my Japanese cotton.)

You can also raise your coils just enough so that you can see the bottom half of your coils thru the airholes. This should not decrease flavor, for me it's actually increased the flavor. The tanks/RDAs with best flavor usually have airflow hitting the bottom of the coils anyway.

I have a dual 24g 2.5mm ID build coming in at .29ohms. Bottom half of my coils can been seen in the airholes. It feels slightly tighter than breathing in normally.

To be fair, I've been using an early review version for about 3 months or so, so they might have closed the airflow a bit in the production model. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the hints.....ill try them out.

 

[ashtrayogdc]

For the moment:

It's a classic but this ones groovier.

 

[MMW]

Afternoon all! I got around to taking a few pics of how I am building. It works well for me with no leaks and no dry hits. I don't like the lack of space of the chamber barrel when putting in the deck. Not a lot of space between the walls and coils when the deck is inserted.

 

[MMW]

Dual 26g 2.8id coming in around .51 resistance.

Trimmed wicks to top shelf of the channel cup.

 

[skyboxer1968]

Looks good on the VTC.

 

[Btsmokincat]

Looks good on the VTC.

Yes it does!

 

[MMW]

As well as the D2! I love this RTA and will be grabbing another. The flavor is great. I also tried single coil and while the air was restricted, it was a nice tasty vape.

 

[MMW]

 

[shatteredsoul76]

I figured mine needed a re-build so I took it apart to clean and while I was at it I used a dremel to enlarge the airflow holes. I re-built it using dual 26ga 2.5mm kanthal coils coming in at .4 and at 36 watts its a bit too much for me vaping 6mg Jerry Juice. Shes definately putting out some vapor now,wowzer!

 

[jefsview]

Okay, I got all three of mine built. And with any new piece of equipment, there is a learning curve. I had trouble with 28 gauge and the screws snapping the leads, so hit the 27 gauge, which worked much better. I am a single coil guy, like spaced coils these days and found the 2.5 diameter nearly too large. As MMW said, there isn't a lot of room and I was shorting out on 2 builds and had to go back and readjust the coils on 2 decks.

No issues with wicking, and only had one of three tanks leak a bit after initial filling which was caused by me squeezing too hard on the bottle and filling too quickly. After clearing the gurgling, I even laid it on its side to test for additional leaking, and there was none.

The flavor is exceptional! Really enjoying the fullness of tantalizing tastes. Even with most of the airflow turned off for MTL, I'm still getting enough cloud-age and throat hit to satisfy my needs.

So far, the first day using the Bellus has been frustrating, but rewarding. The next build session will be easier.

 

[MMW]

@jefsview a little PB&J?

 

[sos2001]

My black Bellus missed it's delivery date today. USPS 3 day priority sent it from New Jersey to Illinois via California

Sounds about normal.....