Octopus + side air = WIN!!

[johnny bobcat]

So I got my Smoktech Octopus (rda) today, my first ever rebuildable atty and almost immediately decided that the draw was waaaaayyy to tight. To make things worse the coil that came with it was full of hotspots and would taste awful even at like 3 volts. So i made my own coil and the burning went away, but there was still almost no vapor.
First thing I tried was opening up the stock air hole a bit, but unfortunately that had little to no effect due to the weird pathway the air goes through. Not having a drill on hand i whipped out my trusty swiss army knife (a must have vaping tool ) and used the awl to make a new hole right at coil height and boom, huge plumes of the tastiest vape i've ever had in my close to four years of vaping. So to anyone who is dissatisfied with the airflow from their octopus, try making a new hole in the top ring. I doubt you'll be dissapointed.
Has anyone else already tried this?

 

[Edson Arantes]

Thinking of getting one since my experience with the Igo L was not that great. A pic would be great Johnny

So I got my Smoktech Octopus (RDA) today, my first ever rebuildable atty and almost immediately decided that the draw was waaaaayyy to tight. To make things worse the coil that came with it was full of hotspots and would taste awful even at like 3 volts. So i made my own coil and the burning went away, but there was still almost no vapor.
First thing I tried was opening up the stock air hole a bit, but unfortunately that had little to no effect due to the weird pathway the air goes through. Not having a drill on hand i whipped out my trusty swiss army knife (a must have vaping tool ) and used the awl to make a new hole right at coil height and boom, huge plumes of the tastiest vape i've ever had in my close to four years of vaping. So to anyone who is dissatisfied with the airflow from their octopus, try making a new hole in the top ring. I doubt you'll be dissapointed.
Has anyone else already tried this?

 

[manji1]

I have mine set up the same way. 1/16 airhole on the side and it spits out huge clouds. I have a microcoil in it right now but I usually run a 3/4 of 28g and cotton yarn.

 

[BrianV]

I have three of them and drilled all of them. They are great.

 

[johnny bobcat]

Thinking of getting one since my experience with the Igo L was not that great. A pic would be great Johnny

Here you go.

(Please excuse the dirty fingernails, i just got off work. lol)

 

[Thrasher]

did the same thing but i plugged the airhole in the deck.

 

[johnny bobcat]

did the same thing but i plugged the airhole in the deck.

i just taped up the bottom ring with a strip of electrical tape. What did you plug yours with?

 

[Thrasher]

i pulled the little tube off and shoved in a fat toothpick lol

 

[xpen]

Same here, drilled a big additional hole at coil height, plus I've sealed the original hole with epoxy

Now it works great, especially with vertical coils, and it doesn't leak liquid any more ;-)

For those interested there's also a full stainless steel version (clone) of the mini octopus, which comes (without the bottom hole, and) with a pre-made side hole instead: recommended!

(...) First thing I tried was opening up the stock air hole a bit, but unfortunately that had little to no effect due to the weird pathway the air goes through. Not having a drill on hand i whipped out my trusty swiss army knife (a must have vaping tool ) and used the awl to make a new hole right at coil height and boom, huge plumes of the tastiest vape i've ever had in my close to four years of vaping. So to anyone who is dissatisfied with the airflow from their octopus, try making a new hole in the top ring. I doubt you'll be dissapointed.
Has anyone else already tried this?

 

[xpen]

I have also a couple Igo-L, which work fine for me, but the octopus being cylindrical leaves more room at the top and you can take advantage of that extra room. Especially when using vertical coils as I do.

With similar coil configuration the taller octopus gives cooler vapor, which I like better.

On the minus side, the Igo is all stainless steel while the octopus barrel is made of aluminium... Lighter but less durable.

Thinking of getting one since my experience with the Igo L was not that great. A pic would be great Johnny

 

[StarDose]

Doesn't leak very often if you build a wick the way it was designed, if you build one like you would on a side hole then it would leak allot easier. But might aswell get the side hole to begin with. Just my opinion.

 

[xpen]

I use hemp for my wicks, so it's different anyway

Doesn't leak very often if you build a wick the way it was designed, if you build one like you would on a side hole then it would leak allot easier. But might aswell get the side hole to begin with. Just my opinion.