Questions on chain vaping bottom feeders?

[HgA1C]

What is it like to chain vape a bottom feeder?
How often do you need to squank?
Is the FLAVOR worth the squank factor?
How often do you have to squank when chain vaping?
Is it very messy to use out and about?
Overall, is a bottom feeder preferred to RTA's for your chain vaping?

(ramblings)
I am looking for personal opinions on these questions. I am interested in high quality, priced right, American Mod's. Bottom feeders have an appeal to me due to the simplistic handling of e-liquid. I love the design of Gdeal's, I just wish the outer case came in a different material than plastic Overall, I think bottom feeders may be the solution in my vaping quest.

Ok, so I have finally started my journey of being analog free. Currently I am using an authentic DNA30 mod and Kayfun lite clones. I am seriously interested in getting a bottom feeder. Possibly a Redsky or REOS, I prefer regulated for a consistent vape experience and would probably buy both, once REOS comes out with a kickable 18650 Lp Grand, preferably with a side button. They then would commingle and of course have offspring/siblings over the years.

 

[six]

How often you need to squonk depends on your atomizer and wick - and how long of a drag you take - and what resistance your coils is.

I build my RM2 with very short wicks and run about 1.1 ohm. I get about 3 drags between squonks. - My RM3 has a different shaped deck with a little bit of a well. I make slightly longer wicks. I run two 1 ohm coils in that for .5 ohm net. I get about 5 or 6 drags between squonks.

When I used to run 1.5 ohm 306s, i06s, and cisco aeros, they all seemed to go about 5 or 6 drags or so between squonks.

There is no mess. I use Reomizers (RM2s, RM3s) on a REO Grand, a REO 14500 mini, and a REO VV Woodville. There is no mess. Even without the O-ring installed on the 510, there's never a drop of liquid where it doesn't belong.

Yes. The flavor is worth it... but more so, the zero hassle is worth it. Having enough juice and battery in the device to go all day is the superior vaping experience compared to any other method.

 

[Rat2chat2]

Honest to goodness, it just gets to a point (real quickly) where you do it without even thinking about it. Same thing with when you just know your battery has got down to 3.7 and needs to be replaced. It just happens. Just like breathing.

The quality of this mod is exceptional. I'm pretty sure I couldn't even break it. Durable and dependable. I can't imagine using anything else (which is apparent if you look at all the stuff I refuse to use now). You just can't go wrong as far as I am concerned. I've only been using the reos for 5 months but I felt this way the first day I used it. Good luck to you and I look forward to your move to reoville.

 

[super_X_drifter]

This should answer some of your questions

http://youtu.be/1zKJFfP-2ws

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Bottom feeding, more specifically the reo, changes the vaping paradigm. For many of us, it's the end state after a lot of devices and toppers. Feed as you need with no leaking - the flavour and vapor of dripping without the hassle.

In answer to your specific questions.....

It's awesome to chain vape on a reo.
Squonking, per above, varies with wick, build, draw style and the juice - figure on between 3 and 6 good draws after a good squonk.
The flavour cannot be beaten, and squonking is not a hassle (becomes second nature within, like, an hour).
It's not messy at all - perfectly suited for out and about vaping.
I prefer bf vaping to all other forms - it's easy to do, convenient, simple, efficient, cost effective, provides the best vape, and is sustainable after a vapocolypse.

If you bought a reo, the best case is that you'll get 5 more (sounds cray cray, I know, but it happens a lot), the worst case is that you hate it and sell it in the classies for about what you paid for it in under an hour (even 2 years later).

 

[HgA1C]

So is there any word on when a kickable REO will be released?

 

[Katya]

So is there any word on when a kickable REO will be released?

Have you visited our Reo Subforum? If not, I recommend you do so--they will be happy to answer all your questions. They are really nice, BTW.

Reos Mods

 

[TyCreek]

I put the kick 2 in a REO grand and it worked great!

Once you figure out "your" preferred coil at battery voltage, being mechanical isn't much of an issue ... that said ... a regulated BF MOD sure would be nice

 

[HgA1C]

Thanks everyone for the replies. After doing some more research I think I may just go with a LP Grand REO and get the Redskymods Cutlass for the VW. Since evolve is suppose to be coming out with a new board I may wait to get a redskymod and pick up an REO in the meantime. Now I just need to make the decision to pull the trigger.

I really like the VW for battery life and consistent vape, and I am still not sure if I am comfortable with the vape changing as voltage drops. Is it very noticeable in flavor? I guess my dream would be if someone would release a good metal box for the evolv chips for the DIY bottom feed community. Does anyone know of such a creature? I already know of the Gdeal plastic body and assembly rig. I just wish the outer casing was in metal for durability, especially at close to $100 for the whole box assembly.

 

[six]

I really like the VW for battery life and consistent vape, and I am still not sure if I am comfortable with the vape changing as voltage drops. Is it very noticeable in flavor?

I have a VV REO Woodville... and I have owned a number of other regulated devices. - Comparing the regulated Woodville to the Mechanical Grand... Well, the experience isn't much different, really. The VV Woodville gives me some room to use higher ohm coils if I want to... and after making the change to Reomizers from commercial attys, I have a lot of flexibility to match my own coils to my batteries for the Grand.

The way most folks deal with the "lack of regulation" with any mechanical mod is to change batteries when they drain to a certain level. For some, that might be 3.5v, for others, it might be 3.8v... Here's what I can say from experience: Choosing batteries that can do what you want them to is important. My 2600 mah Sony VTC5 batts can vaporize pretty close to 5ml before they get down to 3.6v using an RM3 with a pair of 1 ohm coils for a .5 ohm net. -- I'm personally comfortable vaping that set up with the batts even a little lower than that before I feel like I'm losing too much performance and can pretty much drain my 6ml bottle without swapping ... other folks feel differently and swap their batt sooner. -- My 1600 mah AW batts are down to 3.6v in about ~4ml with the same atty set up. And, I'm pretty likely to swap the AW long before the bottle goes dry. - Without getting in to a whole lot of detail and typing two more paragraphs, I'll say that my preferred battery for a 1.2 ohm single coil set up in one of my RM2s on the grand is a 2000 mah AW. It drops off from 4.2 to ~3.9v faster than my other batts, but holds on to the ~3.9 to 3.5v range for a really long time.... With the regulated VV Woodville, it doesn't matter much to me if I have a 1.2, 1.4, 1.8, or even a 2.0 ohm coil installed. I turn the wheel to get what I want out of it.

 

[eratikmind]

After the first couple of days with my first Reo, I automatically squonked before and after each pull, without giving it much thought.

Gotta love the BF atties. Squonk and the wicks are charged with juice. The remaining juice simply retreats back from where it came.