I know this is a stupid question....... but I've been very satisfied with my rta's, they perform great.... I love the vape, I rotate between my kayfun 3.1, KFL+, Taifun GT and Aqua.... Cotton wick, 2mm coil (not sure if that qualifies as micro or macro), a good juice and I'm in vape nirvana, and I might add I find that I vape pretty much all freaking day long... way more than I ever smoked cigars (never did smoke cigarettes).
Anyway, I want to cloud chase.... I'm sure many vapers (if not all?) chase clouds at some point and time in their journey.... Its the challenge of the build and I dunno, it gives me something to want to do and briefly focus on besides worrying about life's bills, and other depressing moments
at least for a little while.
ANYWAY, I've got 2 dripper clones right now, a nimbus and a helios both from fasttech. The helios which has 4 posts, only had 1 air hole
so I drilled a second air hole on the other side to do dual coils.... ironically the Nimbus with 3 post had 4 air holes 
I guess the fasttech guys have a sense of humor... I dunno. Anyway I drilled out the air holes on both drippers, dont remember the size, but they're pretty sizeable, and have (what I consider) crazy easy draw - lots of air flow....I'll post some pictures later.
So cloud chasing, I'm seriously impressed with the difference in vapor production from a 0.3 to 0.5 ohm sub ohm dripper vs a tank... and its seriously intense... and I'm vaping 6mg.... same juice in a tank vape, no problem.... dripper vape = nic buzz. Pretty crazy.
On to my question, seems like drippers (clones) are generally inexpensive, Most under $20. I've seen a few reviews of RDAs like the Stillaire, Magma, Castle, Kat, 3D, Tobh, and several others whose names escape me right now. Not sure buying another one would even accomplish anything better or worse... The reason I mention my current ones and the site of origin (FT) is I'm 99% sure the insides are chromed brass as I've had them sitting around for months and never cared, as I was chasing my perfect tank vape.
So would buying a new modern dripper, perhaps one made of all ss or copper (if such a dripper exists?) would that improve my chances for better cloud chasing? If so, which is the current one to get? Most of my local shops arent carrying any cool stuff (yet) so I'll be ordering online.
I've been doing a 2/3 wrap of 26ga on a 2mm bit, dual coils ends up about 0.3ohm according to my DMM. And I'm using a nemesis (clone) with was said to be silver plated pins, but I've read the more likely scenario on the nemesis pins are they are chromed brass... Not sure who's the manufacture, but I put magnets in the switch, ditched the springs and noalox'd all the threads except the locking ring. Powering the mech with a pair of Sony VTC4's 2100mAh batteries (which dont last long vaping .3 sub ohm).
Sorry for the long post, but I'm trying to explain my situation and trying to improve my weak link to get the clouds I've seen online........ Yeah I know, flavor vs cloud.... I'm being honest, I'm cloud chasing in the house, and would maybe like to ho visit my fav local vape shop and kind of be cool by fogging the place out
So what's the RDA of choice right now for cloud chasing? or should I consider a new mech too?
I've tried to measure the voltage drop using my little in line volt meter attachment, and if I start with a 4.2v battery unloaded, I'm seeing like <3.6v under a .3ohm load..... if thats the way to test voltage drop, that seems like a lot of drop??.
Suggestions for new gear would be appreciated from those in the know.... links can easily be pm'd to me since I'm sure posting publicly is probably frowned upon (?)
Thanks for the patience and reading this, and I look forward to reading the replies!!!!
Anyway, I want to cloud chase.... I'm sure many vapers (if not all?) chase clouds at some point and time in their journey.... Its the challenge of the build and I dunno, it gives me something to want to do and briefly focus on besides worrying about life's bills, and other depressing moments
at least for a little while.ANYWAY, I've got 2 dripper clones right now, a nimbus and a helios both from fasttech. The helios which has 4 posts, only had 1 air hole
so I drilled a second air hole on the other side to do dual coils.... ironically the Nimbus with 3 post had 4 air holes I guess the fasttech guys have a sense of humor... I dunno. Anyway I drilled out the air holes on both drippers, dont remember the size, but they're pretty sizeable, and have (what I consider) crazy easy draw - lots of air flow....I'll post some pictures later.So cloud chasing, I'm seriously impressed with the difference in vapor production from a 0.3 to 0.5 ohm sub ohm dripper vs a tank... and its seriously intense... and I'm vaping 6mg.... same juice in a tank vape, no problem.... dripper vape = nic buzz. Pretty crazy.
On to my question, seems like drippers (clones) are generally inexpensive, Most under $20. I've seen a few reviews of RDAs like the Stillaire, Magma, Castle, Kat, 3D, Tobh, and several others whose names escape me right now. Not sure buying another one would even accomplish anything better or worse... The reason I mention my current ones and the site of origin (FT) is I'm 99% sure the insides are chromed brass as I've had them sitting around for months and never cared, as I was chasing my perfect tank vape.
So would buying a new modern dripper, perhaps one made of all ss or copper (if such a dripper exists?) would that improve my chances for better cloud chasing? If so, which is the current one to get? Most of my local shops arent carrying any cool stuff (yet) so I'll be ordering online.
I've been doing a 2/3 wrap of 26ga on a 2mm bit, dual coils ends up about 0.3ohm according to my DMM. And I'm using a nemesis (clone) with was said to be silver plated pins, but I've read the more likely scenario on the nemesis pins are they are chromed brass... Not sure who's the manufacture, but I put magnets in the switch, ditched the springs and noalox'd all the threads except the locking ring. Powering the mech with a pair of Sony VTC4's 2100mAh batteries (which dont last long vaping .3 sub ohm).
Sorry for the long post, but I'm trying to explain my situation and trying to improve my weak link to get the clouds I've seen online........ Yeah I know, flavor vs cloud.... I'm being honest, I'm cloud chasing in the house, and would maybe like to ho visit my fav local vape shop and kind of be cool by fogging the place out
So what's the RDA of choice right now for cloud chasing? or should I consider a new mech too?
I've tried to measure the voltage drop using my little in line volt meter attachment, and if I start with a 4.2v battery unloaded, I'm seeing like <3.6v under a .3ohm load..... if thats the way to test voltage drop, that seems like a lot of drop??.
Suggestions for new gear would be appreciated from those in the know.... links can easily be pm'd to me since I'm sure posting publicly is probably frowned upon (?)
Thanks for the patience and reading this, and I look forward to reading the replies!!!!
