Nectar Micro Impressions:
So I've had this thing for a few days and wanted to report my experiences.
Machining:
The overall quality is very nice. It's not amazing like the NarDA, Snapdragon or Origen v3 but it certainly feels like it's very well made and is worth the money. No scratches, dings or anything like that (as expected). Also, no machine oil whatsoever; if I wasn't so ...., I would've vaped it without even rinsing.
8.5/10
Ease of Build:
This thing is stupid easy to build. It only does single coils (I cannot find a way to put duals in here and if I could, I wouldn't because it would most likely be way too hot) so that's one point that makes it easy to build. The two screws you trap your leads under aren't bad, not as nice as the NarDA but still very easy to trap 26g wire. I've been told it's just like building a Kayfun but since I don't own one, I can't compare. I can say that is significantly easier than rebuilding a Kanger Sub-tank.
One thing to note is that wicking is super critical here; you don't want your wick to be too fat so that it chokes when dipping the wick into the well. You should be able to see a little bit of room around the edges after the wick is in the well; trust me, the juice will not pour from those spaces around the wick tails.
I want to put mesh in here but I feel that building a u-wick will make it very difficult to get the proper coil placement due to how rigid SS mesh is. I don't really feel that mesh is necessary (at least for it's wicking properties) because cotton wicks very well in here if you wick it just right.
9/10
Draw:
The draw is something like a single 1.8mm air hole (I don't own calipers, that's just an estimate after comparing it to a bunch of other atties). For me, I like it quite a bit. It still allows for restricted lung hits and mouth to lung hits are definitely a possibility too. It also feels very smooth. Something about it feels just right for the way it's designed.
8/10
Juice Well:
The well holds more juice than it may appear; the specs say 30-40 drops and I would say that is pretty accurate. If you mainly drip, 1.4 mL seems less than it is. I was actually getting irritated that there was still so much juice left in my well because I wanted to try out other flavors in it. As someone who changes flavors multiple times a day, the juice well is the perfect size; just enough to vape for an hour drive but not so much that you get tired of the flavor you're vaping.
Leaking is also not a problem surprisingly; I can hold it upside down for about 8 seconds before anything starts coming out of the drip tip and that's only when the juice well is nearly full; definitely a good pocket atomizer.
9.5/10
Performance:
I was trying to hold off as long as possible for this section because this where the magic happens. Please don't shoot me after saying this: the flavor on this thing beats the NarDA! It's cleanest, purest, most intense flavor I've ever experienced. The flavor is so strong it will stick in the back of your throat. It's like almost like your sucking on a throat lozenge of your juice! I believe the flavor has to do with the size of the chamber and no pictures I've seen really show the chamber size that well: the top cap has a reduced height around the edges so when you put it on, there is an extremely small space for the coil. This has the smallest chamber I've ever seen so far, even smaller than Le Magister.
My first build was a single 26g Kanthal A1, 9/10 wrap, 2mm ID that came to 1.05 ohms. I have never been so satisfied vaping at 14 watts in my life. This build is so good I cannot bring myself to take it out. The coil is so close the air holes it almost shorts out.
With that said, I still prefer the NarDA at this moment. For me, I like a warm, dense vape that hits hard; this is more of luke warm, moderately dense vape that seems better for 'sipping' than filling your lungs up with dense vapor. The flavor is better but for someone who came from mech mods and usually builds below 0.7 ohms, this may take some time to get used to.
10/10
Overall:
Once again, a clone that performed well enough to make me fork out $110 has once again been beat by the authentic. Obviously the authentic has WAY better machining but in my experiences, the vape is usually very very similar. Not here; the authentic vapes so much better than my clone it's ridiculous.
I was extremely impressed with this atty and if I lost this today, I would be on every site I know of trying to find another.
Recommended For:
If you are flavor chaser who likes tight draws, buy this
If you want see what your juice REALLY tastes like, buy this
If you love drippers, hate tanks and want something with more juice capacity, buy this
If you like taking 5-10 second drags, buy this
If your username on ECF is @jhhollier, you will most like love this
If you like a more open draw, do not buy this
If you want hot, dense vapor, do not buy this
If you want something that hits hard, do not buy this
If you like taking 1-4 second drags, do not buy this
One of these less stressful weeks, I will force myself to use this exclusively to see if I can get used to this style of vape. I love this so much I just bought an In'Ax dripper; whether you consider this a tiny genny or a dripper with a tank, I now have an ever growing interest in gennys.
Looks like 2016 may be the year of gennys for me....
So I've had this thing for a few days and wanted to report my experiences.
Machining:
The overall quality is very nice. It's not amazing like the NarDA, Snapdragon or Origen v3 but it certainly feels like it's very well made and is worth the money. No scratches, dings or anything like that (as expected). Also, no machine oil whatsoever; if I wasn't so ...., I would've vaped it without even rinsing.
8.5/10
Ease of Build:
This thing is stupid easy to build. It only does single coils (I cannot find a way to put duals in here and if I could, I wouldn't because it would most likely be way too hot) so that's one point that makes it easy to build. The two screws you trap your leads under aren't bad, not as nice as the NarDA but still very easy to trap 26g wire. I've been told it's just like building a Kayfun but since I don't own one, I can't compare. I can say that is significantly easier than rebuilding a Kanger Sub-tank.
One thing to note is that wicking is super critical here; you don't want your wick to be too fat so that it chokes when dipping the wick into the well. You should be able to see a little bit of room around the edges after the wick is in the well; trust me, the juice will not pour from those spaces around the wick tails.
I want to put mesh in here but I feel that building a u-wick will make it very difficult to get the proper coil placement due to how rigid SS mesh is. I don't really feel that mesh is necessary (at least for it's wicking properties) because cotton wicks very well in here if you wick it just right.
9/10
Draw:
The draw is something like a single 1.8mm air hole (I don't own calipers, that's just an estimate after comparing it to a bunch of other atties). For me, I like it quite a bit. It still allows for restricted lung hits and mouth to lung hits are definitely a possibility too. It also feels very smooth. Something about it feels just right for the way it's designed.
8/10
Juice Well:
The well holds more juice than it may appear; the specs say 30-40 drops and I would say that is pretty accurate. If you mainly drip, 1.4 mL seems less than it is. I was actually getting irritated that there was still so much juice left in my well because I wanted to try out other flavors in it. As someone who changes flavors multiple times a day, the juice well is the perfect size; just enough to vape for an hour drive but not so much that you get tired of the flavor you're vaping.
Leaking is also not a problem surprisingly; I can hold it upside down for about 8 seconds before anything starts coming out of the drip tip and that's only when the juice well is nearly full; definitely a good pocket atomizer.
9.5/10
Performance:
I was trying to hold off as long as possible for this section because this where the magic happens. Please don't shoot me after saying this: the flavor on this thing beats the NarDA! It's cleanest, purest, most intense flavor I've ever experienced. The flavor is so strong it will stick in the back of your throat. It's like almost like your sucking on a throat lozenge of your juice! I believe the flavor has to do with the size of the chamber and no pictures I've seen really show the chamber size that well: the top cap has a reduced height around the edges so when you put it on, there is an extremely small space for the coil. This has the smallest chamber I've ever seen so far, even smaller than Le Magister.
My first build was a single 26g Kanthal A1, 9/10 wrap, 2mm ID that came to 1.05 ohms. I have never been so satisfied vaping at 14 watts in my life. This build is so good I cannot bring myself to take it out. The coil is so close the air holes it almost shorts out.
With that said, I still prefer the NarDA at this moment. For me, I like a warm, dense vape that hits hard; this is more of luke warm, moderately dense vape that seems better for 'sipping' than filling your lungs up with dense vapor. The flavor is better but for someone who came from mech mods and usually builds below 0.7 ohms, this may take some time to get used to.
10/10
Overall:
Once again, a clone that performed well enough to make me fork out $110 has once again been beat by the authentic. Obviously the authentic has WAY better machining but in my experiences, the vape is usually very very similar. Not here; the authentic vapes so much better than my clone it's ridiculous.
I was extremely impressed with this atty and if I lost this today, I would be on every site I know of trying to find another.
Recommended For:
If you are flavor chaser who likes tight draws, buy this
If you want see what your juice REALLY tastes like, buy this
If you love drippers, hate tanks and want something with more juice capacity, buy this
If you like taking 5-10 second drags, buy this
If your username on ECF is @jhhollier, you will most like love this
If you like a more open draw, do not buy this
If you want hot, dense vapor, do not buy this
If you want something that hits hard, do not buy this
If you like taking 1-4 second drags, do not buy this
One of these less stressful weeks, I will force myself to use this exclusively to see if I can get used to this style of vape. I love this so much I just bought an In'Ax dripper; whether you consider this a tiny genny or a dripper with a tank, I now have an ever growing interest in gennys.
Looks like 2016 may be the year of gennys for me....
