... it's that accursed TOBH deck.
Looks like they just slightly revamped the PONTUS.
Pass.
Looks like they just slightly revamped the PONTUS.
Pass.
Revel RDTA
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I received mine yesterday. Doing a dual 28g build at .6 ohms. The flavor was way muted until I put the right drip tip on there. Using a drip tip from an old iclear X.1 that I never really liked but the drip tip is great. Getting a real wet and tasty flavor out of it now. Real easy build. Quality is rock solid. It's heavy and very clean.
To the guy who wanted to run .2 ohm builds and wondered about heat. It does have cooling fins but I think having all that thick steel combined with the tank on top holds that heat in a bit. Doesn't bother me too much unless I go psycho chaining, but it really may be a factor for your low ohm super high watt builds.
All said and done, I love this thing. If you get one, ditch that drip tip and find a better one. Only downside I can really think of after a day. Subscribed and will report with anything else I find.
To the guy who wanted to run .2 ohm builds and wondered about heat. It does have cooling fins but I think having all that thick steel combined with the tank on top holds that heat in a bit. Doesn't bother me too much unless I go psycho chaining, but it really may be a factor for your low ohm super high watt builds.
All said and done, I love this thing. If you get one, ditch that drip tip and find a better one. Only downside I can really think of after a day. Subscribed and will report with anything else I find.
How is the dripping going ? Have read about some leaking through without people pushing down on the top.
Is there a kind of juice well that the wicks draw from ?
It's not as deep as the pontus seems to be, I don't own a pontus and have only seen the videos, but there is a juice well. If it starts to vape dry then no more than 3 pumps and it's good for another 8-10 vapes or so. I'm not having any problems yet with it auto dripping. I don't anticipate that being an issue for me as I usually vape an 80/20 vg/pg or max vg juice. The juice I have in there now is a bit thinner though still thicker than 50/50 and it's fine.
I've had mine for over a week and I love it. I also changed out the drip tip for better flavor. The plunger action is very smooth and I haven't had any leakage at all, even when laying it down on its side. The airflow ranges from tight to very airy with 4 sets of holes. I've found that it works better than the Pontus, even though I like that one, too. The plunger is easier to push and it doesn't auto drip like the Pontus sometimes does with lower VG juices. I think maybe the position of the cooling fins helps with that issue.
The deck has a small well that allows your wick to draw the juice that you drip. You can position the drip hole to drip the juice pretty much right on your coil if you choose. It's a nice looking solid tank that works very well. You have the taste of dripping with the convenience of a tank for the best of both worlds. I highly recommend it.
The deck has a small well that allows your wick to draw the juice that you drip. You can position the drip hole to drip the juice pretty much right on your coil if you choose. It's a nice looking solid tank that works very well. You have the taste of dripping with the convenience of a tank for the best of both worlds. I highly recommend it.
Just sitting here looking at it and I felt compelled to add, it's really a nice looking device...
So I've been playing with mine for a week now... It's very nice but not a big dripper killer... I do like the drip screws and the glass tank but the airflow configuration is not that great and the BD has a reduced chamber
Since I'm coming from using tanks instead of drippers the flavor seems better than what I've been used to. If you're coming from using drippers it's probably not as flavorful compared to what you're used to.
Ok... now I am convinced that I want to try it for myself... which was the point of starting the thread. Now, I just hope this can stay alive as a place to discuss the atty and such, share tips and yes, even discuss the issues we run in to and how we think they should be fixed... I know once I have one in hand, I'll probably be talking about/showing modifications I have made.
I have one of these on the way. I also have a Big Dripper clone and the original Pontus (I wish every dripper had a dripping tank option). Interested in seeing the difference between this and the Pontus..
I look forward to hearing your thoughts. especially the Big Dripper vs the Revel
love my BD but, can always use more toppers I look forward to hearing your thoughts. especially the Big Dripper vs the Revel
It came in a few minutes after I made that post so I drove home and picked it up. So far, I have mixed feelings. What I liked most about the Pontus was how easy it was to refill -- just remove the glass section and poor your juice in like a Taifun GT or a ProTank. No more. They redesigned it so after you remove the glass section, you have to remove a fill screw as well. I HATE fill screws. While I am not sure if I will need to fill it with a needle yet, it will definitely take longer to fill and be more messy.
They reduced the size of the juice well. Since I haven't used it yet, I don't know how much of an issue this will be, but it's definitely smaller. On top of that, I think the top cap is a little further away from the coils than the Pontus is.
I'm really scratching my head on this next issue. There are four sets of air holes now. All of them open and close together. This makes no sense to me. Why do I want air entering the chamber on the opposite side of the coil? I'm not an engineer so perhaps it will work out, but my initial thought is this is a bizarre design for air flow. I was really hoping I could do a single coil build on it, but I don't think that will work so well now.
Again, this is just my initial impressions on an RBA I have not used yet so perhaps it will all work out.
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I agree on the filling part. The Pontus is so easy to fill without using the fill screw. The Revel can only be filled using the fill screw because the air tube is attached to the bottom rather than the top like in the Pontus.
The juice well is a little bit smaller, but I haven't noticed a problem with that. Perhaps it might require dripping a bit sooner, but the pump action one the Revel is so much smoother it really doesn't matter. I measured them both and they are exactly the same height, and the air holes are the same distance from the top on both. I think it looks like they're farther away in the Revel because the tank is smaller. Kind of an optical illusion.
The way the air holes work indicates it's intended to be used as dual coil, but it's the same way in the Pontus with air holes on both sides. I use them both in single coil mode and it works just fine for me. YMMV.
Heck if I know. I can only guess that they're there to provide an airy draw (if that's what you want) that flows through the whole deck and provides air to all sides of the coil(s).
All I know is that it works for me and I only use single coils.So I just put this thing together with a .43 ohm dual coil build (26 gauge, 6 wraps on the equivalent of a 3/32 drill bit). The coils sit about half way up the air holes. I'm using orange tic-tac from Open Source Vapor. The Big Dripper clone I have is biased towards the mint flavor but weak with the orange. This is the opposite -- heavy orange flavor but a bit weak with the mint. Keep in mind this is my first build with it so I haven't played around with coil placement yet, but my first impression is flavor is stronger in the Revel than it is with the Pontus (V1). It also has a very strong hit when you close down the air holes (I've been coughing like crazy on 100% VG with this build). Still, EHPro completely screwed up the filling method on this device. The glass drippers from the Open Source Vapor bottles do work, but it's a slow process and I'm really not happy about that. It's also too airy for me.
How's the Revel working out for you? I really like mine. If only they would make the Revel fill the same way the Pontus does it would be fantastic. Since using these new RDTAs I've switched from a mouth to lung inhale to a straight lung inhale because of the airiness. It's easier to do using high VG juices.
It's ok. I'm not a fan of lung inhales and still don't like how airy it is or the extra air holes that aren't near any coils on a dual coil setup. I don't like the drip tip either (too long and too wide). Also, I don't like how the base the posts are attached to needs to be screwed in since coil alignment can sometimes be an issue as a result. It also sometimes leaks juice (and I use thick juice). And, as mentioned, filling it went from a strength on the Pontus to a weakness on the Revel.
Still, I've been using it and will continue to do so until something better comes along. I don't understand why there aren't many more RDTA options on the market. I thought seriously about getting the Tatroe T2 RDTA, but if the company won't e-mail me back on a simple question there is no way I'm ordering a product from them.
Still, I've been using it and will continue to do so until something better comes along. I don't understand why there aren't many more RDTA options on the market. I thought seriously about getting the Tatroe T2 RDTA, but if the company won't e-mail me back on a simple question there is no way I'm ordering a product from them.
I changed the drip tip almost immediately. I didn't like it either. I was never a fan of lung inhales either because they burned my throat. I only do short lung inhales on the RDTAs and don't have a problem with that. I've actually graduated from having the airflow half open to fully open. I forgot the post base even unscrewed. I've been using mine the way it came and the alignment seems okay.
I have not had any leakage whatsoever on the Revel and only occasionally on the Pontus when the wick becomes over saturated partially due to some auto dripping. I use rayon for wicking and it seems to suit the RDTAs well. I much prefer the plunger on the Revel since it's much easier and smoother to press. I just wish I could fill it like the Pontus.
I hadn't seen the Tatroe T2 before but it sure is pricey. Have you considered the Big Dripper? I heard a lot of rave reviews about that one but I prefer to be able to see my juice levels. I am also surprised there aren't many more models of RTDAs to choose from. It seems like the way to go.
I have not had any leakage whatsoever on the Revel and only occasionally on the Pontus when the wick becomes over saturated partially due to some auto dripping. I use rayon for wicking and it seems to suit the RDTAs well. I much prefer the plunger on the Revel since it's much easier and smoother to press. I just wish I could fill it like the Pontus.
I hadn't seen the Tatroe T2 before but it sure is pricey. Have you considered the Big Dripper? I heard a lot of rave reviews about that one but I prefer to be able to see my juice levels. I am also surprised there aren't many more models of RTDAs to choose from. It seems like the way to go.
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