RDA Pontus Dripping Tank
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Well, I don't use cotton, Ramie Fiber is my wick of choice, high heat tolerance, and absorbs so much juice one gets several pre dry hit warnings before the somewhat nasty ones arrive, but with ramie there is none of the cotton, crap, I'm seriously, hack, hack, hack, out of juice.
And it's easy to tell when it's out of juice, when you push on the tip, and no juice is added to the drip chamber, there's no vapor coming out the air vents form juice hitting the warm coil, and there's is no improvement on the vape.
So, my question is, since you can't see the juice in the drip well, but could see it in the tank, how do you know that juice was actually pushed into the chamber when primed???? Doesn't that worry you?? Hmmm?? How do you know the juice holes aren't clogged if you can't actually see the juice inside the drip well???? Just Saying
That is hilarious.
I'm going to laughing about this for days now. Well at least there were no dry hits
You can tell the juice enters the well by... just watching it lol. you can see the level decrease and see bubbles come up through the hole through the juice. You can literally see how much was "dripped" as you watch the level drop. MUCH nicer design than the BD (. Plus... you have to build and vape on that BD deck, oh i feel sorry for you guys! The Pontus uses a 1:1 Tobh deck... i can take my Pontus top section and tank and slap it on any of my other Tobh or Tobh-sized decks that already have builds on them and leave the house with whatever atty i want so there...
But seriously... two great designs hopefully a signal of good things to come for us drippers on the move!
Where do you get your Rammie? Besides heat tolerance, how does it compare to cotton?
BTW, I prefer glass.
the progression goes, cotton wicks good, hemp wicks better, and ramie and rayon wick even better. Plus is much more durable. I purchased my ramie fiber at the
Woolery online. Plain cotton is just so last year.
Woolery online. Plain cotton is just so last year.
the progression goes, cotton wicks good, hemp wicks better, and ramie and rayon wick even better. Plus is much more durable. I purchased my ramie fiber at the
Woolery online. Plain cotton is just so last year.
I had some kind of allergy to the rayon so I will give ramie a go. Still have 499 feet of cellucotton rayon that I have no idea what I'm going to use it for.
Thanks for the heads up.
I bought my ramie at the Woolery . Hemp is also excellent fiber, and wicks damn fine. There is also a ramie seaweed fiber blend that was reading about over in the Just Hemp thread. Which is where I first saw ramie, and once figured it out started the Just Ramie thread. Ramie is a more advanced user fiber than cotton, but in a dripper, there's no special concern. Drippers are easy to wick, where closed tanked systems often are a bit more challenging. Or something like that.
Got my v1.5 today. Not sure if mine is defective or I'm not doing something right, but every time I press the tip to drip it, only one of the drip holes lets anything out. Oversaturates one coil and doesn't touch the other. I notice that if I watch the plunger inside the tube, one side looks like it goes down a little further than the other. Somewhat disappointed so far. Also, the airflow on this thing is not as airy as I like it.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
Did you clean it? I took mine apart (including the plunger assembly), soaked it in warm/hot soapy water, scrubbed it with a soapy paper towel and rinsed it off. The o-ring around the center post for the plunger assembly can take a bit to break in on V1.
Are your coils or wick blocking the air flow? You don't have a lot of space so its it's easy to block air flow with your build.
Ok, my unit does auto drip when its 90 plus degrees outside and I'm chain vaping. Inside and in cooler weather, it seems to handle thinnish juice well.
Yes, pulled it completely apart and cleaned everything. I do that with every new RDA I buy. Only took me one time of buying a dripper and not doing it and getting machine oil taste in my mouth lol.
I thought it might have been blocked airflow as well, so i put it on my modified tobh deck with no tabs and its still the same. My guess is that because I love my mutation x wide open for airy draws, i was assuming this would be somewhat looser than it is. Its about on par with my fogger for airflow.
As a bandaid for now to get the damn thing to drip at all, I took out the fill screw. One pump and shes FULLY primed lol.
And here I am with my Pontus air flow 3/4 of the way closed. With it fully open, I have a hard time NOT doing a lung hit.
You must like an incredibly airy draw.
When you push down the plunger it releases juice due to pressure. When the the plunger returns it creates a vacuum causing air to enter the tank, hence the bubbles emitted after dripping. Once the air enters the tank the vacuum is gone. If the tank doesn't auto drip, it's due to the surface tension of the juice not vacuum.
once you are accustomed to it its hard to go back to mouth to lung.
That said, I am not much of a cloud chaser but do lung hit. I find the stock airflow to be acceptable but like the TOBH, I HATE those stupid tabs
I've been lung hitting for a year since getting into rda's and thought the same. A venture into gennies and higher end drippers with tight draws now has me preferring mouth to lung. I even started rebuilding my kayfuns I haven't touched in a while. One thing that lacks a bit on a lung hit is the flavor on the inhale. However you do get a denser vapor on the exhale.
And yes, those tobh tabs are such a pain. Wicking is so much better on center post builds. With my tobh I liked using vertical builds.
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Well, must say, am disappointed with the Pontus. Yeah it easier to fill then the Big D, But the tolerances on the drip cap suck, way to easy to pull the tank off, and the injection juice hole is much to close to the stem hole, causing juice to hang on the edge of the hole and producing a much irritating gurgling vape. Also the damn fill screw, which hey, don't need no damn fill hole, tis easy to fill by unscrewing the drip base cap and bottom fill, juice clings to the damn screw head also adding to the gurgle through the stem.
While the vape is ok, the Big D just vapes so much better. Also a much tighter and secure snug fit on the drip cap to the base. Never have to worry about how you pic up the mod. Also feel the Big D's plunger system is of a much simpler and better design, even though the spring loaded tank can be a tad, umm, fun to figure out and fill properly. Just a better product, overall.
Do have the Version 1 Pontus, and being Ehpro, may have just gotten bad quality control, and maybe the V2 works better, but yeah, should of passed on this one, too many issues and the performance just ain't there. Just glad both my Buddha's were up to spec.
So out of my Ehpro purchases, 2 great one's, and three not satisfactories, as in, won't be used very often to not at all. Likely to be gifted to someone or used for spare parts
Hmm, well will have to think on that. Maybe able to fix the gurgle problem with a wick tail butting against the juice hole, or solder a drip wire guide so the juice is directed down instead of clinging to the top dome due to surface tension. There may be hope, but just have much better gear to choose from.
While the vape is ok, the Big D just vapes so much better. Also a much tighter and secure snug fit on the drip cap to the base. Never have to worry about how you pic up the mod. Also feel the Big D's plunger system is of a much simpler and better design, even though the spring loaded tank can be a tad, umm, fun to figure out and fill properly. Just a better product, overall.
Do have the Version 1 Pontus, and being Ehpro, may have just gotten bad quality control, and maybe the V2 works better, but yeah, should of passed on this one, too many issues and the performance just ain't there. Just glad both my Buddha's were up to spec.
So out of my Ehpro purchases, 2 great one's, and three not satisfactories, as in, won't be used very often to not at all. Likely to be gifted to someone or used for spare parts
Hmm, well will have to think on that. Maybe able to fix the gurgle problem with a wick tail butting against the juice hole, or solder a drip wire guide so the juice is directed down instead of clinging to the top dome due to surface tension. There may be hope, but just have much better gear to choose from.
I am also highly disappointed in the "juice catcher" underneath the drip tip. Literally every 2-3 hits I have to blow the juice back in. Either I'm going to sell this thing off at a loss, or take some extreme measure to modify it to my liking. I got this to replace my fogger v4 as my on the go, but the only thing it has over the fogger is the ease to build on a 3 post deck. Maybe I'll have to pick up the BD and try my hand there, or wait a few versions until ehpro gets this thing right lol.
Well, must say, the Big D. is vaping close to the same level as my tri-coiled Estia 510 and almost up there with the Magma. Also the Big Dripper Clone at vape95, is on it's 3rd batch. Should be receiving mine this week. Will let you know how the clone stacks up against the Authentic.
But yeah, really a let down. Guess my lucky streak of obtaining excellent gear just hit the dumper, or something like that, with the Duffus Pontus. Erlkonigin, 2 big Buddha's, Big D., Estia 510, Rose2, Flashi V2, Russian, Magma, all great scores. Was bound to hit a bump in the road sooner or later.
But yeah, really a let down. Guess my lucky streak of obtaining excellent gear just hit the dumper, or something like that, with the Duffus Pontus.
Erlkonigin, 2 big Buddha's, Big D., Estia 510, Rose2, Flashi V2, Russian, Magma, all great scores. Was bound to hit a bump in the road sooner or later.I have no issues with with the tank coming off easily. If anything, it's too tight (it's hard to turn to set the air flow) but I'm assuming it will break in eventually and become easier. I do get occasional gurgling, but the occurrence is fairly rare. I have thicker juice on the way so we'll see what happens when I start using it. This is easily my favorite atty and i couldn't imagine going back to my Fogger V4 with the melted insulator.
The Big Dripper looks interesting, but I prefer a glass window. I guess we all have our own preferences.
The Big Dripper looks interesting, but I prefer a glass window. I guess we all have our own preferences.
Well, must say, the Big D. is vaping close to the same level as my tri-coiled Estia 510 and almost up there with the Magma. Also the Big Dripper Clone at vape95, is on it's 3rd batch. Should be receiving mine this week. Will let you know how the clone stacks up against the Authentic.
But yeah, really a let down. Guess my lucky streak of obtaining excellent gear just hit the dumper, or something like that, with the Duffus Pontus.
You lucky ^#*£%#. I still a bit of a wait for my BD.
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