gpjoe, don't worry about spending money on an RM2. IMO its the bottom feed industry standard, the one I compare others against. REO + RM2 is a really good combo and money well spent, can't go wrong making that choice. The plating is good, there are no known issues with the RM2, and it has a really good rep for a top vape and easy maintenance.
ETA - If you like dual coils, the RM2 is not such a good choice, a Cyclone afc might be a better choice. The Cyclone without afc is on par with RM2, some like it maybe a little bit better, I got one recently and yeah its pretty good, slightly different flavour to the RM2 but not a lot in it. If I could only ever have one rda it would be an RM2.
Thank you.
I'm much more comfortable with the RM2 after the assurances from you guys. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't some "mystery metal" under the plating.
I'll probably be fine with single coil builds, which is what I do now - I'm not into youtube vapor clouds. Not that there's anything wrong with that.