Newbie here my Zeus RTA is stuck

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Try to reassemble the top and maybe you can get a couple threads to catch which would give a bit of leverage. buy a cheap backup rda or rta as soon as budget allows as well.

I got a peerless RDA which i'm using now. I like the tank thou i'm too lazy to keep on dripping. Reason i have a RDA cause when i went to the store they had the mod i wanted but no tank so i got the RDA. Impulse buy, what can you say.
 
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i think i saw a kylin RTA on a store close by. it the one that has a option if you want a tall glass or a small glass. is that the same one your using?

Kylin Mini is completely different than the Kylin. It's supposedly hands down the best single coil deck for flavour, but it also requires perfect building and wicking.

Left Kylin Mini, right Kylin.

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You can see the old one here had 4 big air holes. It also was dual coil:

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The new one is single coil only, might tighter and airflow wrapping around the coil perfectly.

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You could do single in the original Kylin, but you can see airflow would not be optimal:

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The peerless can hold a good amount of juice though. Lasts me for longer than a standard cigarette break without dripping again.

Well that's everybody told me but i still get dry hits. I think i vape too much. like for the zues i can do like 10 tank loads a day. maybe because i cant really tell the difference with the flavor and try to puff a lot but that's another thread
 
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Kylin Mini is completely different than the Kylin. It's supposedly hands down the best single coil deck for flavour, but it also requires perfect building and wicking.

Left Kylin Mini, right Kylin.

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You can see the old one here had 4 big air holes. It also was dual coil:

VandyVape_Kylin_RTA_21_1024x1024.jpg


The new one is single coil only, might tighter and airflow wrapping around the coil perfectly.

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that's looks nice. ill try to see if i can find one, i just thought of another option, may be i should just buy squonker. It holds more juice than a RTA and my peerless come with a squonk needle and just sell my old mod and RTA. I sound like a kid in a candy store. I don't know what i want. All i want is a working vape with great taste to keep me off my camels.
 
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Maybe you need something like this then
FEV dD Style MTL 316SS Rebuildable Atomizer by SER - Silver
19.5ml should be plenty. If you don't use the reduction screw it can do DL as well.
Wicks the liquid through mesh rolls onto a cotton cloud.

Or, you know, get a squonk mod for your peerless.

same thought exactly, that's what i was typing before i read this. whats a good one? hopefully not a mech one, they say it blows up and i'm that kind of guy who experiments a lot so there is that chance with me. lol
 
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that's looks nice. ill try to see if i can find one, i just thought of another option, may be i should just buy squonker. It holds more juice than a RTA and my peerless come with a squonk needle and just sell my old mod and RTA. I sound like a kid in a candy store. I don't know what i want. All i want is a working vape with great taste to keep me off my camels.

There's a phenomenon that happens a lot with vaping.

Let me give you an example:

Someone is using a subtank mini. They love it, they've had it for 2 years. They suddenly buy a Serpent SMM and get blown away by the flavour. They'll swear that it's the best tank in the World and try to recommend it to everyone online.

The problem is they aren't comparing it against its peers. Is it really that better than an OBS Nano, Kylin Mini, Pharaoh Mini?

A lot of people love squonking. They swear by it. But if you try a modern RTA that is built really well, it isn't all that different. Mechanically a squonk's wicks will suck up juice from the bottom of the juice well. You fill it by squeezing the bottle. It's unlike dripping because the juice is fed from the bottom, up the wick, onto the coil.

If you get a tank that wicks really well (like the reload or the wake), the same process is happening. Juice is pulled up from the bottom of the wick and into the coil.

I like squonking. It tastes good. But is it really better than a tank using the same coils? In my experience no.

A lot of people will disagree. Some will have valid reasons. A ton of others will just be experiencing the phenomenon above.

It's like the people who recommend 20W mods and say supraohming is just as good as subohming. Yeah, maybe it works for them. But when was the last time they tried a late 2017 dual coil RTA with a triple cored clapton?
 
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problem is there is nothing to hold on to. see that small line that the other half.

I have Zeus tanks, and have run into the problem you are having. Sometimes I can't even remove it from a mod easily. The grippers I suggested don't need anything to grip onto. They will just make it easier to turn the moving parts. The porcelain tweezer with the gripper works very well if the Zeus is screwed down onto the mod too tightly. I just push the gripper part down over the tank and squeeze. If you have something like that, give it a try. As long as there is no juice on the deck, the gripper will work.

The best single coil tank that no one is talking about is the Asmodeus Zesthia. All of the tank recommendations you have gotten are good ones. The Zesthia is my favorite.
 
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There's a phenomenon that happens a lot with vaping.

Let me give you an example:

Someone is using a subtank mini. They love it, they've had it for 2 years. They suddenly buy a Serpent SMM and get blown away by the flavour. They'll swear that it's the best tank in the World and try to recommend it to everyone online.

The problem is they aren't comparing it against it's peers. Is it really that better than an OBS Nano, Kylin Mini, Pharaoh Mini?

A lot of people love squonking. They swear by it. But if you try a modern RTA that is built really well, it isn't all that different. Mechanically a squonk's wicks will suck up juice from the bottom of the juice well. You fill it by squeezing the bottle. It's unlike dripping because the juice is fed from the bottom, up the wick, onto the coil.

If you get a tank that wicks really well (like the reload or the wake), the same process is happening. Juice is pulled up from the bottom of the wick and into the coil.

I like squonking. It tastes good. But is it really better than a tank using the coils? In my experience no.

A lot of people will disagree. Some will have valid reasons. A ton of others will just be experiencing the phenomenon above.

It's like the people who recommend 20W mods and say supraohming is just as good as subohming. Yeah, maybe it works for them. But when was the last time they tried a late 2017 dual coil RTA with a triple cored clapton?

that is true, its so hard. the reason how i bought my stuff was based on what they can do but for different reasons entirely, i got a aegis mod since its kinda shock proof and i drop my stuff a lot, the zeus because its spill proof. well it was good while it was working. god i miss using my juul. it was simple and working, only problem is i ran out of pods and they don't sell it here in my country. also its cheaper to have a mod here since juice is so cheap
 
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I have Zeus tanks, and have run into the problem you are having. Sometimes I can't even remove it from a mod easily. The grippers I suggested don't need anything to grip onto. They will just make it easier to turn the moving parts. The porcelain tweezer with the gripper works very well if the Zeus is screwed down onto the mod too tightly. I just push the gripper part down over the tank and squeeze. If you have something like that, give it a try. As long as there is no juice on the deck, the gripper will work.

The best single coil tank that no one is talking about is the Asmodeus Zesthia. All of the tank recommendations you have gotten are good ones. The Zesthia is my favorite.


im not sure we have that here
 
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Kylin Mini is completely different than the Kylin. It's supposedly hands down the best single coil deck for flavour, but it also requires perfect building and wicking.

Left Kylin Mini, right Kylin.

View attachment 720467

You can see the old one here had 4 big air holes. It also was dual coil:

VandyVape_Kylin_RTA_21_1024x1024.jpg


The new one is single coil only, might tighter and airflow wrapping around the coil perfectly.

maxresdefault.jpg


You could do single in the original Kylin, but you can see airflow would not be optimal:

VNV-KYL10-7.jpg

is spilling a issue with this tank? btw this is the one thats available here
 

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is spilling a issue with this tank? btw this is the one thats available here

That's the old one. I never tried it.

I do know that the first batches leaked. There was an issue with the 510 connector and juices flowing through it. It has been fixed.

If I were to get a dual coil tank, I would pick the Kensei over this. Or the Reload. Or the Wake.

The Wake in particular, as far as I can tell, is absolutely leak proof. All the other tanks i've ever used, even with premade coil heads, have at least some condensation that forms around the bottom. Or pressure changes in the tank cause it to leak.

My Wake RTA has never ever condensed, let alone leak. It's been bone dry 100% of the time i've used it.

Sanity test. I have 3 tanks I've been using today. None of them have leaked. I unscrewed the tops and took a picture of the connector.

The results:

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Bone dry.
 
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That's the old one. I never tried it.

I do know that the first batches leaked. There was an issue with the 510 connector and juices flowing through it. It has been fixed.

If I were to get a dual coil tank, I would pick the Kensei over this. Or the Reload. Or the Wake.

The Wake in particular, as far as I can tell, is absolutely leak proof. All the other tanks i've ever used, even with premade coil heads, have at least some condensation that forms around the bottom. Or pressure changes in the tank cause it to leak.

My Wake RTA has never ever condensed, let alone leak. It's been bone dry 100% of the time i've used it.

Sanity test. I have 3 tanks I've been using today. None of them have leaked. I unscrewed the tops and took a picture of the connector.

The results:

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Bone dry.

nice! i even like the colors. ill look into that, nice kb corsair?
 
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