Rebuildable recommendations?

[Tom Fuller]

I am considering taking the plunge into rebuilding and want a topper with the least amount of fuss and tinkering. My hands are a touch big to try and rebuild these nautilus heads.


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[edyle]

I am considering taking the plunge into rebuilding and want a topper with the least amount of fuss and tinkering. My hands are a touch big to try and rebuild these nautilus heads.


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The kayfun style seems to be the popular type.


other bottom coils are taifun, russian, fogger, aqua

 

[Tom Fuller]

The kayfun style seems to be the popular type.


other bottom coils are taifun, russian, fogger, aqua

Of these which one and what should I be looking for in a rebuildable. In other words what features are worth spending money on?


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[beckdg]

looking for a tank or dripper?

tank would be more difficult to build
dripper necessitates carrying a bottle and dripping all day

 

[edyle]

Of these which one and what should I be looking for in a rebuildable. In other words what features are worth spending money on?


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Which one: Kayfun: lots of people here have experience with them.
(but I like the something about the quality of the Aqua)

What to look for: Bottom coil.
There are basically two types of RBA:
1: the genesis type: topcoil types meant to use steel mesh wick;
2: the kayfun type: bottomcoil types where you can use cotton wick.
Much easier for a first timer to put together a kayfun type.

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what kinds of things I look for:
1: Screws/nuts: if screws then phillip head screw; better yet for nuts because then you don't need a screwdriver to recoil.
2: how to refill/empty; often it's not obvious; sometimes more than one way; often intended to refill by syringe.
3: standard 510 mouthpience/driptip - which is why I ordered a fogger not a kayfun
4: Oh! Almost forgot: GLASS TANK; another reason I chose the fogger.
5: No paint: my first rba was an i-atty; it was black; didn't care for having paint inside the topcap where the hot coil was.
6: spare parts available : there's lots of kayfuns out there you can get parts.
7: center pin contact at the bottom

I look for eGo threading to but I can't list that because so far, there are no eGo threaded RBA's!

 

[Tom Fuller]

Thanks exactly what I wanted.


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[jwag1973]

I have a ehpro Kayfun and have had good results. It's easy to build, providing good flavor and vapor production. The build quality is IMO, very good.

I also have several Prometheus and Kraken clones as well. They too are easy to build, and work flawlessly. They both provide great flavor and vapor production. They may leak if full and laid on their side for extended periods of time.

The drippers I have include the Patriot, Trident, Trident-V2 and the Spirit. They are easy to build and work great. The build quality on mine are all good. All except the the Spirit are clones if that matters.

 

[edyle]

oh yeah as beck said consider a dripper;
because you can get one CHEAP; it's a simple device; basically an RBA without a tank.

Easy to practice with and taste test.

RDA rebuildable dripping atomizer
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[Jugband]

I vote for the Kayfun also. Before I ordered mine all I did was watch a bunch of youtube videos, when it came I had it up and running in no time. I've worked on several other RBA's nothing compares with the ease of the kayfun!

 

[ScottP]

For easy to build, Igo-L is a good first dripper, and I personally like the Squape for a tank. The Squape is a similar design to the Kayfun but unlike the Kayfun you can disassemble it and work on it without draining it first. It also has a non-conductive build deck to help prevent shorts.

 

[CalamityJess]

I dove into rebuildables with an impulse purchase Taifun GT. Built my very first coil on it, and now I have two. There was plenty of room to work attaching the coil and wicking (cotton for me). it was just that simple to do even for a complete newb.

 

[edyle]

The trouble with the kayfuns is there's actually so many of them.

Theres the kayfun, the kayfun 3.1, kayfun lite, kayfun lite plus
then there are the SvoeM kayfuns, the Hcigar kayfuns, the ephro kayfuns, and I suppose there are tobeco kayfuns too.

 

[edyle]

Aqua: see the airholes on the sides?

One of the big problems with most tanks, whether rebuildable or not, it the 510 thread has to do airflow as well as electrical as well as mechanically hold the tank; well the aqua has the airflow on the sides so that's one less problem to worry about on the 510 thread.

So now since the air doesn't have to come up from the 510 thread, it means a flooded coil can't leak down onto your battery!
Again, that's not peculiar to rebuildables.

Note how the center pin protrudes out the bottom of the 510 male threading; what I can't tell is whether it is adjustable or not. Having a protruding center pin and especially an adjustable one can help to reduce center pin non-contact problems on 510 connectors so long as you don't over tighten.
Again, that's not something peculiar to rebuildables.

 

[chrisj3982]

I have a taifun gt, it was pretty easy to build, just I'm not a huge fan of the nichrome wire that came with it. Going to redo the coil when it's empty an use kanthal this time


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