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Back in January, I saw a post from minECIG about the Mini and MicroDrip RDAs. I was particularly struck by the low price for an authentic original design, so I ordered a MicroDrip which the idea of using it on my Pre use Simplicity 14500s... The total cost $25 including shipping from Israel...
There were a number of delays, which miniECIG very honestly admitted were due to quality issues and they were delaying shipping until they were happy. In the end my MicroDrip arrived on the 7th April, narrowly avoiding miniECIG winning the "Prof beard Super Dave award for the maximum order to delivery time" which is still held by David at Super T for the wait I had in late 2009/early 2010 for my Super Six
The MicroDrip
No fancy packaging here, just bubble wrap around a zip bar containing a spare o-ring and the MicroDrip (please note it is not fully tightened up in this shot):
Here is the connector:
and the drip tip end:
Here is the deck. Airflow enters via the hole in the side of the deck's base and flows over the coil from the central airflow "tube":
The positive and negative posts are either side of the airflow tube (you can see the insulator on the positive side) and there are nice deep juice wells:
The top cap unscrews from the barrel (the threading on the top cap is fairly coarse and care is needed when replacing it - it is a "multistart" thread designed for quick removal but doesn't seem to aid quick replacement):
The threading for attaching the barrel to the deck is much finer and works well:
The post screws are sensibly sized Phillips screws and provide adequate connection for the sizes of wire likely to be used on this type of atomiser:
I built this coil using 0.2mm machined twisted Kanthal:
It measured out at a conservative 0.9ohms:
I then wicked the MicroDrip with Japanese cotton tailing down to, and filling, the juice wells:
In Use
Since ordering, I have acquired a GP Piccolo, so I put the Micro Drip on that and applied a liberal quantity of 24mg Puros Naturales from House of Liquid:
The MicroDrip takes a very good quantity of juice and appears to be leak free. This unusual design, with the large amount of cotton it will take, is almost an "upside down Spheroid" and provides a similar sort of vape - good flavour and decent vapour for the mouth to lung vaper. Airflow is probably a bit too tight (looser than a Spheroid though) for the lung inhaler. Wicking appears very good...
As value for money in an original (and different) device this is a remarkable bit of kit
Back in January, I saw a post from minECIG about the Mini and MicroDrip RDAs. I was particularly struck by the low price for an authentic original design, so I ordered a MicroDrip which the idea of using it on my Pre use Simplicity 14500s... The total cost $25 including shipping from Israel...
There were a number of delays, which miniECIG very honestly admitted were due to quality issues and they were delaying shipping until they were happy. In the end my MicroDrip arrived on the 7th April, narrowly avoiding miniECIG winning the "Prof beard Super Dave award for the maximum order to delivery time" which is still held by David at Super T for the wait I had in late 2009/early 2010 for my Super Six
The MicroDrip
No fancy packaging here, just bubble wrap around a zip bar containing a spare o-ring and the MicroDrip (please note it is not fully tightened up in this shot):
Here is the connector:
and the drip tip end:
Here is the deck. Airflow enters via the hole in the side of the deck's base and flows over the coil from the central airflow "tube":
The positive and negative posts are either side of the airflow tube (you can see the insulator on the positive side) and there are nice deep juice wells:
The top cap unscrews from the barrel (the threading on the top cap is fairly coarse and care is needed when replacing it - it is a "multistart" thread designed for quick removal but doesn't seem to aid quick replacement):
The threading for attaching the barrel to the deck is much finer and works well:
The post screws are sensibly sized Phillips screws and provide adequate connection for the sizes of wire likely to be used on this type of atomiser:
I built this coil using 0.2mm machined twisted Kanthal:
It measured out at a conservative 0.9ohms:
I then wicked the MicroDrip with Japanese cotton tailing down to, and filling, the juice wells:
In Use
Since ordering, I have acquired a GP Piccolo, so I put the Micro Drip on that and applied a liberal quantity of 24mg Puros Naturales from House of Liquid:
The MicroDrip takes a very good quantity of juice and appears to be leak free. This unusual design, with the large amount of cotton it will take, is almost an "upside down Spheroid" and provides a similar sort of vape - good flavour and decent vapour for the mouth to lung vaper. Airflow is probably a bit too tight (looser than a Spheroid though) for the lung inhaler. Wicking appears very good...
As value for money in an original (and different) device this is a remarkable bit of kit
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