Rda, rta or genesis
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That's like asking what's the best cookware. Flavor is just as much about what you are used to as anything else. Even if you convinced me a particular device had the best flavor I might not be interested because that's not the only consideration. I use rda's exclusively because they are small, cheap, rugged, easy to rebuild and the taste is good enough for me. (Temp control makes rda's a lot easier to live with.)
Drippers win for me hands down, but there are some tanks that come close.(I'm on the Goblin Mini bandwagon at this point)
heres something to think about... I use all 3 types you listed and I get the same flavor out of all 3
Magma RDA
AquaV2 RTA
RSST gennie
Magma RDA
AquaV2 RTA
RSST gennie
Pretty much sums it up. Although I'd say gennys can get pretty close to RDAs and likely beat a good amount of the less flavor focused drippers out there.
RDA with mesh
Gennies with mesh
(Other) RTA with mesh
... in no particular order.
It's more about finding your favorite wicking material and an atty that suits your preferences.
Forget about what is RDA and RTA and gennie. Look at chamber size and air flow. That is what makes the difference - not the name of the product category. There are just as many differences and similarities inside of a category as there is between them. (Not literally... I haven't actually counted.)
Gennies with mesh
(Other) RTA with mesh
... in no particular order.
It's more about finding your favorite wicking material and an atty that suits your preferences.
Forget about what is RDA and RTA and gennie. Look at chamber size and air flow. That is what makes the difference - not the name of the product category. There are just as many differences and similarities inside of a category as there is between them. (Not literally... I haven't actually counted.)
Just in my limited experience, a properly setup Genny will equal or surpass a properly setup RDA, followed by an RTA, depending on design.
So that's kind of a non-answer.
A LOT of it has to do with your build, the air flow, power settings, and chamber size. For example, I own a Lemo and a Lemo Drop. With the same exact build, same power, same air flow, I get the same flavor experience because it's got a small chamber.
Not necessarily. Think of it, in a roundabout way, as an air/fuel mixture in a car. The flavor is the gasoline, the air is... well, the air.
If you add more air, in order to get the same percentage of flavor, you'll need to produce more vapor to compensate.
Or, another way, it's like mixing a batch of lemonade. If you add more water, it will dilute the flavor, so you'll need more lemons and sugar to compensate.
So that's kind of a non-answer.
A LOT of it has to do with your build, the air flow, power settings, and chamber size. For example, I own a Lemo and a Lemo Drop. With the same exact build, same power, same air flow, I get the same flavor experience because it's got a small chamber.
Not necessarily. Think of it, in a roundabout way, as an air/fuel mixture in a car. The flavor is the gasoline, the air is... well, the air.
If you add more air, in order to get the same percentage of flavor, you'll need to produce more vapor to compensate.
Or, another way, it's like mixing a batch of lemonade. If you add more water, it will dilute the flavor, so you'll need more lemons and sugar to compensate.
The way you build any atty can completely change the way it performs. You can get flavor out of any tank if you understand how it works and build it accordingly. Airflow makes clouds more so than flavor, but again, it depends on your build. Personal experience tells me that the thicker the cloud, the more flavorful it is. If you get a huge, but thin cloud out of an atty, close off the airflow just a lil and see what happens. The cloud will get thicker, maybe slightly smaller, but will have more flavor to it.
Conceptually, what separates a gennie from an RDA is a hole in the build deck and a tank - and how liquid gets to the coil. Bottom fed RDAs blur the lines even more. Things like chamber size and air intake varies greatly between various atties within the same category.
Most of our setups have more in common than not. Wick and a coil and a chamber that mixes air from a hole (or more) somewhere. Those are the variables. How liquid (if sufficiently provided) gets to the coil is less important than the rest of the design. Whether liquid is dropped through a hole in the top, wicked from the bottom, sucked through holes in the side or squonked through a center pin or the like. Doesn't really matter, I believe.
As for air flow? Adjustable air flow is great for finding ones sweet spot. Don't think there are any set rules. Some prefer tiny little chambers and tight air flow and think that's where best flavor is found. Some prefer more air flow and bigger chambers to allow the vapor to mix a little more before leaving the atty. Some prefer things I haven't even thought of.
Like a few people have already said, a lot depends on how you design the coils, what wick material you chose and atty design (air flow and chamber size/shape).
Originally Genisis RDAs used SS wicks, but you can also use wire rope, cotton, rayon or some combination of them. I've never found a wick material that gave me cleaner taste than SS mesh, but SS mesh is harder to work with than non-conductive materials so you have to take that into consideration. If you use anything other than SS mesh you lose the flavor advantage. IMO it's not worth it anymore, there are better options out there now.
I vape at around 40 watts. I've tried a few Kayfun style tanks (Lemo, Aqua, Billow) and and an Atlantis with stock heads and none of them match the flavor I get from RDAs. RDAs are also less complex in that you don't rely on the wick pulling juice from a tank to keep your coils wet just right. Of course, the down side is that you have to either drip manually or get a bottom feeder and squonk.
Then there are the new high power RTAs which handle 50-150 watts. People say they get great flavor from them. I haven't tried one and probably won't. For the few times I feel like vaping above 50 watts I can use one of my RDAs and not feel like I'm missing out on anything
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