I have an issue where I keep getting dry hits with my nautilus mini due to not wicking my 100vg juice so well. Adding a drop of distilled water helps but reduces vape quality by a lot. Right now I'm looking to find a thinner 100vg juice that wicks fine with the nautilus. I wonder if moving to RBAs would fix the problem?
Should I go for RBAs?
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Rtas if you like tanks
Rda if you want to drip
Rbas are generally little decks for tanks
Defending try it you won't look back
RBA just means "ReBuildable Atomizer" and is a blanket term that covers all of them.
Tanks won't but the way the system In Tank would a griffin would handle a 100vg if I'm picking you up wrong apologies
Better explanation indeed
Before rta tanks were as big I referred rba as a little deck I.e sub tanks version for instance
I suppose it also depends on what the other people in your circles are calling things. Language is a living entity, after all.
When I first started learning the terms, I heard "RDA" for drippers and "RBA" for rebuildable tanks. I understood that not all rebuildable were drippers, but didn't see why they should be mutually exclusive. After all, some (and indeed, most of what I had seen at the time) of the rebuildable atomizers I had seen were indeed dripping atomizers as well. So it didn't make any sense to exclude drippers from the realm of "rebuildable atomizers," but it was what it was. Then people started using RTA for tanks and RBA to mean any of them. This makes a lot more sense, logically, and so is what I continue to use, to this day.
This was all before Kanger came out with their Subtank and its "rebuildable section" or "RBA deck" or "head" or "unit" or whatever you want to call it. The way I see it, that rebuildable section makes an "RTA" out of what is otherwise a glorified clearomizer (an all-in-one tank and atomizer system, with see-through outer walls or windows, and a disposable, replaceable coil unit.) On the other hand, if you use some other terminology, and people understand what you mean, then the language is doing its job. I don't necessarily have to agree with it, but I do acknowledge that it happens. Just don't say crap like "supposably" or "could of" around me, and we'll be alright
Could ofI suppose it also depends on what the other people in your circles are calling things. Language is a living entity, after all.
When I first started learning the terms, I heard "RDA" for drippers and "RBA" for rebuildable tanks. I understood that not all rebuildable were drippers, but didn't see why they should be mutually exclusive. After all, some (and indeed, most of what I had seen at the time) of the rebuildable atomizers I had seen were indeed dripping atomizers as well. So it didn't make any sense to exclude drippers from the realm of "rebuildable atomizers," but it was what it was. Then people started using RTA for tanks and RBA to mean any of them. This makes a lot more sense, logically, and so is what I continue to use, to this day.
This was all before Kanger came out with their Subtank and its "rebuildable section" or "RBA deck" or "head" or "unit" or whatever you want to call it. The way I see it, that rebuildable section makes an "RTA" out of what is otherwise a glorified clearomizer (an all-in-one tank and atomizer system, with see-through outer walls or windows, and a disposable, replaceable coil unit.) On the other hand, if you use some other terminology, and people understand what you mean, then the language is doing its job. I don't necessarily have to agree with it, but I do acknowledge that it happens. Just don't say crap like "supposably" or "could of" around me, and we'll be alright
Not have said it better
Err...back on topic: yeah a rebuildable (specifically an RDA or dripper) would probably be a good call with 100%VG. It's really all about the wicking; VG is thicker than PG and the tiny wick holes/channels in the Nautilus coil heads just aren't big enough for it to flow through easily, and so not enough juice is wicking to the coils fast enough to keep up, and you get the dry/burnt hits. With an RDA you drip your juice onto the wick directly, and so saturation is never an issue (when the wick dries out, you pop the top and add more juice.) There are also plenty of tanks (both rebuildables and "clearomizers" with the disposable coil units) that have larger wick holes/channels and can handle the higher VG juices, but most of those are designed as "sub-ohm" (read: high wattage) tanks and have massive airflow that you might not find appealing if you're used to the more restricted draw of the Nautilus tank.
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Wouldn't RDAs be suitable only for places like home since you have to keep dripping? Do you think the wicking/dry hit problem gets fixed if I use an RBA or does it make no difference?
With the ability to adjust your 3mm juiceflow holes and massive airflow on the newer RTA's, it would be night and day coming from a nauti mini ............... but ........... they also gulp twice the amount of juice
if not more ............... and would mean you would have to buy pre built coils or make your own and know how to install / check for shorts ..............
rta for sure:
steamcrave aromamizer rdta v2
steamcrave aromamizer supreme rdta
^highly recommended, the money you save on coils u can buy both of these
steamcrave aromamizer rdta v2
steamcrave aromamizer supreme rdta
^highly recommended, the money you save on coils u can buy both of these
RBA mean "rebuildable atomizer".
Any atomizer with a rebuildable deck.
RTA "rebuildable tank atomizer"
RDA "rebuildable dripping atomizer"
OP: yes. With a rebuildable atomizer deck you can have much better control over wicking and coil performance.
You basically need something with bigger juice holes for more juice to flow to the coil.
Most rta's will give you that.
But I always recommend anybody who is interested in using an rta to get an rda first, or as well. With an rda you have instant access to your coil deck and you can make adjustments and work out what kind of coil you prefer. Once you settle into a particular coil setup that you are happy with you then wrap that same coil on your rta.
nautilus mini...100% vg? is there a reason your on 100vg? an RBA is only as good (wicking wise) as the juice flow holes. an RBA itself wont fix the wicking issue your having...but the right one will. Ive known people to drill out juice flow holes before not sure that would work in your case but it might get you to thinking.
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