So I've been off the analogs for about 2 weeks now without a single thought of going back since I was turned onto vaping from a friend. I picked up an iTaste MVP 2 and a ProTank II so I could play around w/ how different Power/Voltage settings affect flavor, vapor production, and throat hit. Now I find myself scouring these boards to the wee hrs trying to educate myself on all the different kinds of setups others have. Lately, I've focused a lot of my searching on rba's (I'm a bit of a tinkerer). So I'm hoping in the next couple of months (and after much more research) to pick one up to pair w/ a mech mod... Any suggestions on a particular brand of rba and/or mod? Most of my research into RBA's has led me to the Ithaka as being one of the best (it seems they are pretty much unattainable unless you know someone or are willing to pick up a clone).
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The ithakas look cool but I've heard they're super hard to build cause you need to use resistance no resistance wire. If I had the money and was looking for a tank rba, kayfun lite or Russian 91
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I was planning on using Ready Wire on the build so the R/NR wire shouldn't be a problem. And I've watched a few videos of people doing the builds and it doesn't look too bad. My bigger concern is w/ the mech mod, battery, and what resistance I should shoot for.
Maybe you can start with a rebuildable dripper, they are the easiest to setup.
A microcoil with with cotton wick will give you very good flavour, th and vapor, and you won't have to deal with shorts, hotspots, dry hits. This way you can play with various wire gauges, coil resistance etc tuning them until you find what you like.
A mechanical mod will give you between 4.2 and 3.5 volts (depending how soon you'll cange the battery), so you can try to make a coil which performs best for you between these voltages.
When you master it, you can play with various wick materials, until you find your ideal setup. You'll have a good benchmark to judge your future builds and will help you find what you really like.
Hope this helps.
A microcoil with with cotton wick will give you very good flavour, th and vapor, and you won't have to deal with shorts, hotspots, dry hits. This way you can play with various wire gauges, coil resistance etc tuning them until you find what you like.
A mechanical mod will give you between 4.2 and 3.5 volts (depending how soon you'll cange the battery), so you can try to make a coil which performs best for you between these voltages.
When you master it, you can play with various wick materials, until you find your ideal setup. You'll have a good benchmark to judge your future builds and will help you find what you really like.
Hope this helps.
I went from a protank to a trident. Then RSST, AGA T2. Worked well but I couldn't deal with the leaks. Just got an Aqua and it's an expensive atty, but easy build and perfect hit.
I don't think I will need another tank for a while.
I don't think I will need another tank for a while.
Addition fatdaddyvapes. Has mechanicals that are awesome. Magnetic switch option telescopic and little loss of power. You won't spend more than $40 and he's in the states.
Tridents are cloned and all over. If you want to blow clouds this will do it.
Tridents are cloned and all over. If you want to blow clouds this will do it.
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I appreciate the suggestion. What are your thoughts of picking up an Odysseus? My understanding is you can run this as either a dripper or a tank (trying to get the most bang for my bucks).
The protank is a great starter, but not much to tinker with. And I've read many threads pertaining to leaks and I too don't think I could deal w/ them either.
If you have ready wire, Ithakas are a cinch to build. However, my favorite (and easiest to build in my opinion) is the Kayfun.
I just watched a pbusardo youtube vid of a kayfun build (I believe it was the lite). I really like the idea of being able to just pull out the wick material and just pushing in a new one w/o having to remove/rebuild the coil along w/ it.
Sorry mate, I don't have any Odysseus. I only have an Igo L and an AGI tank now, and I don't think I need anything else at the moment, if i'll buy another atty it will be only for estetic reasons 
Igo L is very cheap, not difficult to setup (drilled post would make it better, but not by much) and gives excellent result. I use it with a microcoil (28 gauge kanthal A1) on a zmax v5 and I have no reason to change it.
AGI can be used as a dripper, as a genessis and as a bottom feed dripper. It looks great (dripper mode) on a Chemesis VW from fasttech after I sanded the topcap to make it look like the mod. 28 gauge kanthal A1 around a 2mm drill bit for a 1.7ohm resistence gives me a good balance between vapor production, flavour and battery life. I go through 5-6 ml daily and at the end of the day the battery (Panasonic CGR18650CH) still has about 3.5-3.6 volts, sometimes even more. A coil lasts forever, the current one has 3 weeks and is going strong, dry burn every day when I change the wick. If I know I can't drip I took out the screw from the wick hole, attach the tank section to it and now it's a bottom feed dripper with a pretty good reserve (I think 2.5 ml)
Igo L is very cheap, not difficult to setup (drilled post would make it better, but not by much) and gives excellent result. I use it with a microcoil (28 gauge kanthal A1) on a zmax v5 and I have no reason to change it.
AGI can be used as a dripper, as a genessis and as a bottom feed dripper. It looks great (dripper mode) on a Chemesis VW from fasttech after I sanded the topcap to make it look like the mod. 28 gauge kanthal A1 around a 2mm drill bit for a 1.7ohm resistence gives me a good balance between vapor production, flavour and battery life. I go through 5-6 ml daily and at the end of the day the battery (Panasonic CGR18650CH) still has about 3.5-3.6 volts, sometimes even more. A coil lasts forever, the current one has 3 weeks and is going strong, dry burn every day when I change the wick. If I know I can't drip I took out the screw from the wick hole, attach the tank section to it and now it's a bottom feed dripper with a pretty good reserve (I think 2.5 ml)
That's a nice lookin rig!
Sorry mate, I don't have any Odysseus. I only have an Igo L and an AGI tank now, and I don't think I need anything else at the moment, if i'll buy another atty it will be only for estetic reasons
Igo L is very cheap, not difficult to setup (drilled post would make it better, but not by much) and gives excellent result. I use it with a microcoil (28 gauge kanthal A1) on a zmax v5 and I have no reason to change it.
AGI can be used as a dripper, as a genessis and as a bottom feed dripper. It looks great (dripper mode) on a Chemesis VW from fasttech after I sanded the topcap to make it look like the mod. 28 gauge kanthal A1 around a 2mm drill bit for a 1.7ohm resistence gives me a good balance between vapor production, flavour and battery life. I go through 5-6 ml daily and at the end of the day the battery (Panasonic CGR18650CH) still has about 3.5-3.6 volts, sometimes even more. A coil lasts forever, the current one has 3 weeks and is going strong, dry burn every day when I change the wick. If I know I can't drip I took out the screw from the wick hole, attach the tank section to it and now it's a bottom feed dripper with a pretty good reserve (I think 2.5 ml)
Thanks!
It's nice and cheap, almost nothing to break or go wrong and very satisfying. Very easy to maintain (dry burning and changing the wik takes a minute).
I'm sure it won't be the last hardware I buy, but gives me a standard to judge other equipemt and helped me to find what I like.
Hope you'll find your ideal combination too.
It's nice and cheap, almost nothing to break or go wrong and very satisfying. Very easy to maintain (dry burning and changing the wik takes a minute).
I'm sure it won't be the last hardware I buy, but gives me a standard to judge other equipemt and helped me to find what I like.
Hope you'll find your ideal combination too.
With the ready wires, the Ithaka clones are not bad to rebuild. Only slightly more difficult just because of all the moving parts.
Really though, the ithaka, KF, and most of the other RBAs don't give me nearly the vape I get from my Reo and reomizer combo.
Really though, the ithaka, KF, and most of the other RBAs don't give me nearly the vape I get from my Reo and reomizer combo.
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