Subtanks are great but nothing beats a dripper for me. Once you drip theres no going back. Havent touched my subtanks in a while
Shouldnt dripping be dead
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When it comes to clouds and vapor, dripping used to rule.
However, tanks have come a LONG way, and two in particular are real game changers. I would put the Sense Herakles and Freemax Starre against 95% of the dripper builds I have ever seen or tried, and the 5% that do edge them out just BARELY edge them out. These aren't your normal Kanger Subtank type tanks though, these are made for low ohm, high watt, high VG juice applications. I've got one Starre and another on the way and I can assure you that as far as clouds go it will easily keep up with any RDA out there, and the flavor is comparable to the best RDA builds you can find. And you just can't argue with that 5ml juice capacity of the Starre.
But that doesn't mean dripping is dead. There will always be people who prefer dripping, just like there will always be people who prefer classic cars no matter how awesome the new cars are.
However, tanks have come a LONG way, and two in particular are real game changers. I would put the Sense Herakles and Freemax Starre against 95% of the dripper builds I have ever seen or tried, and the 5% that do edge them out just BARELY edge them out. These aren't your normal Kanger Subtank type tanks though, these are made for low ohm, high watt, high VG juice applications. I've got one Starre and another on the way and I can assure you that as far as clouds go it will easily keep up with any RDA out there, and the flavor is comparable to the best RDA builds you can find. And you just can't argue with that 5ml juice capacity of the Starre.
But that doesn't mean dripping is dead. There will always be people who prefer dripping, just like there will always be people who prefer classic cars no matter how awesome the new cars are.
Personally, in light of current legislation efforts, I will only consider devices that I can rebuild...also only mods that have replaceable batteries. I do use the subtank mini with the rba head, but I do not buy the occ heads. Drippers are a trusted part of my arsenal.
Same here.if I get tanks,it better have a rebuildable deck or its a big fat nope.
In light of the uncertainty that is upon us,I got about 500ft of kantal and ni200,a couple mechs,a couple regulated,a dozen drippers and tanks and enough batteries and DIY to last me a couple years (limit on DYI)
In light of the uncertainty that is upon us,I got about 500ft of kantal and ni200,a couple mechs,a couple regulated,a dozen drippers and tanks and enough batteries and DIY to last me a couple years (limit on DYI)
IGO W 6 built with quad vertical coils, .2 ohms, airflow at each coil on a solid aluminum dual 18650 mechanical box mod.
There is no "Subtank" or OCC atomizer that can come close. Thick rich flavor and clouds that change the weather forecast.
Totally different experience from a prebuilt coil in a Subtank.
There is no "Subtank" or OCC atomizer that can come close. Thick rich flavor and clouds that change the weather forecast.
Totally different experience from a prebuilt coil in a Subtank.
Should dripping be dead...
Well, I guess its like a manual transmission (Stick shift). With automatic transmissions why do we still have stick shifts? It all depends on your set-up, what moves you. People who drive two door, V8, duel exhaust American muscle street machines find an automatic a sacrilege. I imagine its the same with low ohm, high power mech users.
Well, I guess its like a manual transmission (Stick shift). With automatic transmissions why do we still have stick shifts? It all depends on your set-up, what moves you. People who drive two door, V8, duel exhaust American muscle street machines find an automatic a sacrilege. I imagine its the same with low ohm, high power mech users.
I have learned how to drip between gears lol
all I own are rda's most of em built at.3 or lower and I'm a girl lol
Id also go out on a limb and say most of the Subtank crew have never experienced a properly built genesis atty like the Viscous Ant Kraken.
A Kraken at .6 with dual mesh straw wicks is one of the best tank attys I've ever used. It laughs at prebuilt coils.
A Kraken at .6 with dual mesh straw wicks is one of the best tank attys I've ever used. It laughs at prebuilt coils.
dripping can be a hassle, drip a few drops, vape 4 or 5 puffs, and redrip. I love my RTA Lemo 2, Kayfun V4 for flavor, same with dripping it's all about the flavor. Cloud chasing isn't for me, never was.
That and I don't like buying a blister pack of pre-build heads, and have 2 out of the 5 work. Don't want the hassle of trying to rebuild them either.
But some wire, learn to build, there are some crazy builds out there all about flavor
That and I don't like buying a blister pack of pre-build heads, and have 2 out of the 5 work. Don't want the hassle of trying to rebuild them either.
But some wire, learn to build, there are some crazy builds out there all about flavor
I think this is a fair comparison. I've driven automatics, but my current car is a manual. An automatic like a tank is easier, whereas a manual requires a bit more effort to enjoy. Manual like an RDA, needs a small amount of more effort, but the vape/drive is more enjoyable. To shift gears and need a clutch makes it worth it, but also building coils and dripping every 4-5 pulls makes it worth it as well for the experience of dripping. Like a manual is not a dying breed in the car industry, dripping isn't a dying breed for the vape industry.
For me the Subtank Mini with the RBA deck is the best of all worlds.
Dripping, while a beastly vape, was just too messy and inconvenient for me.
Different strokes for different folks.
Dripping, while a beastly vape, was just too messy and inconvenient for me.
Different strokes for different folks.
Seeing how automatic cars have become such a big hit why do people still drive manual or standard transmission cars?
Easy...they want to, just like dripping you feel more connected to the experience. You built the coils, you wicked it, you're supplying the juice to it manually, the extra effort is rewarded with second to none flavor amongst many other bonuses.
flavour is what drippers are all about and as for the Atlantis matching drippers for clouds lol my revolt RDA beats the Atlantis with only 1 airflow hole open never mind both of them. And then there is the velocity rda airflow.......
but like someone has already said I enjoy building ny own coils and it is a hobby as well as a stop smoking aid.
all my sub ohm clearo tanks are washed and put away in a box in my kitchen cupboard.
I have a rda for every occasion but your right clearos are much more convenient to use
but like someone has already said I enjoy building ny own coils and it is a hobby as well as a stop smoking aid.
all my sub ohm clearo tanks are washed and put away in a box in my kitchen cupboard.
I have a rda for every occasion but your right clearos are much more convenient to use
Infancy stages? Bottom feeding has been around since at least 2009 with the Carlos Juice Box. Well before my time into vaping, I almost want to say it came around before vapers even got the idea that they could punch holes in their cartomizers and stick them into a tank. I could be wrong, but I'm trying to remember seeing any videos or recalling stories from longer time veteran vapers, and I am drawing a blank.
Tanks are convenient. But some of us stumbled upon this bottom feeding thing quite some time ago. It's hardly in it's infancy.
I would never switch over to an auto-fed tank. I don't care how many people say theirs doesn't leak or dry hit; you're going to get a dry hit, or a leak and gurgle, depending on any given combination of atmospheric conditions and viscosity, at some interval. Because science!
An RDA is completely dependent on manual wick saturation, which I am 100% in control of. I've exclusively used bottom feeders going on almost two years now, and all I have to do is squeeze a bottle, so even better. I never get leaks, because my wicking gets perfectly saturated, then all the excess liquid gets evacuated with every squonk leaving my deck and airholes clean and leak free.
I'd also never switch to a tank, because any given one that holds a decent amount of e-liquid, looks like a friggin science experiment protruding 70-80mm above my mod. Most of them need to be filled with tools, consist of a dozen steps, and make you look like Walter White putting together a mini drug lab setup whilst you take it apart to fill it. The bottom fed RDA's I use on top of my REOs, are no taller, and some shorter, than cartomizers were back in the day. They may be fatter, but the pocketable profile of my mod is barely over the size of a pack of cigarettes, holds 6ml of juice INSIDE THE MOD, and with the battery life of a modern high discharge 18650.
Add the cost factor into it as well. The last time I spent money on Kanthal I can't even remember... late 2013? Something around $12 bucks for a few reels of different gauges, and no where near even 10% through the supply I'd say. Cotton? Come on now... it's basically free for a lifetime supply. Maintaining an RDA comes out to some minuscule fraction of a penny a day, hell maybe even a week. Throw in DIY juice, and I'd say my vaping habit costs me damn near nothing. Compare that to the cost of sub-tank heads... having to re-ording them... not the biggest of deals, but still, certainly not cheaper or better.
And let's not forget the topper I'm using, an RDA; freshly, perfectly, and manually saturated with e-liquid, is the gold standard of vape quality and performance. You are free to experiment and customize taylor your experience within one topper's available parameters to a very, very large extent. Whether you're a cloud chaser, flavor chaser, chain mouth to lung puffing fool, or in my case, just a hardcore nicotine junky.
You can pry my RDAs from my cold, dead hands.
I had these and got rid of them asap.
its clouds for the sake of it.
the flavour of these tanks is pathetic compared to a flavour dripper
When they make a tank that produces the kind of flavor and Vapor that my rdas do on a REO, let me know.
Yes, including the Starr and Herakles....those do absolutely nothing for me. Not even in the same zip code as a properly built rda. The vape from those tanks is "completely average" at best.
Yes, including the Starr and Herakles....those do absolutely nothing for me. Not even in the same zip code as a properly built rda. The vape from those tanks is "completely average" at best.
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