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Tanks vs drippers
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Hi Alaria13. Welcome to the ECF.
If you Like what you are using, that is All that Matters. Because you are the one Using it. Not them.
I'm not bashing anyone (not to my knowledge) but I've yet to find a way to match the absolute best flavor without dripping directly onto the coils.
RTAs aren't intended for you to do this, so I make that an advantage (to RDAs) if you can bear the fuss.
With a squonker you can do a bit of both if it makes you happy.
I do all 3 things. Actually, I do 4 things, because I also use plug and play.
A battle in terms of vape quality and flavor between an RDA and a factory coil Subtank is no battle.
However, compromises need to be made when you are simply vaping and convenience beats outright taste/quality.
There's been alot of good feedback on this thread that shows that the majority of vapers are not like the random ones you meet irl. Or the YAY $400 authentics and drippers BOO tanks and clones that typically hang out at the local shop.
An RTA might be more up your alley if you wanna go that route. You get the rebuildable aspect while still being fill up and go. And don't forget, for the moment at least, there are premade coils available so you don't have to build, just install.
An RTA might be more up your alley if you wanna go that route. You get the rebuildable aspect while still being fill up and go. And don't forget, for the moment at least, there are premade coils available so you don't have to build, just install.
I haven't used a tank in years, I'm a full time dripper 
I have mastered drippin' n drivin'
My reason for not using tanks has nothing to do with coils, it's all about the flavor or the lack of flavor I get from tanks.
I don't give anybody flack for their gear, its way better than smoking
I have mastered drippin' n drivin'
My reason for not using tanks has nothing to do with coils, it's all about the flavor or the lack of flavor I get from tanks.
I don't give anybody flack for their gear, its way better than smoking
I have to say that I've never noticed any appreciable difference in the taste from an RDA to an RTA and visually they pretty much look like each has just as much juice on its coil than the other. Maybe I'm the only one to feel that way, maybe not.
You guys are all too appeasing.. DRIP OR DIE!
Ok, hysteria over
I primarily have dripped for years. I didn't find dripping on the coil to be inconvenient, if anything it was easier than finding time to refill a tank (and getting all juicy in the process). Drip a few drops, vape, move on. Also, it didn't leak (vape dry before putting in your pocket). As far as time goes, after a few months of building I can knock out a tear down and build inside of 10 or 20 min. but generally I just dry burn, rinse, and rewick a few times a month, which takes less than 5 min. maybe a few minutes longer than prebuilt heads, but i'll get to cost in a minute
I've used some RTAs, but i always have problems getting the wicking just right. I haven't used many of the new inventions as far as RTAs go, so they probably have gotten a lot better.
Prebuilt coils gets expensive IMO... a 5pack of cubis coils costs around $9 online, or $15 in the B&M shop. I can buy a spool of wire and a bag of cotton for under $20. The pack of coils usually lasts me about a month, if only vaping that tank. The wire and cotton will last me a year or more (current bag of cotton I bought 2 years ago and gave a bunch away). So that $40+ a year I save I can put into buying more mods (yes, either way, its still cheaper than smoking! ...assuming you don't upgrade often... lol)
Generally, I take the position most people on this thread have taken: Do what works for you. But if someone is looking into starting to build their own coils, I usually recommend using an RDA as you can master basic wicking and building coils without having to deal with the flooding/dry hits from not having the right wicking for the tank, even if they don't intend to stick with RDAs.
I can drip and drive, or drip at a stoplight without holding up traffic on a green... however i still usually take a tank or REO with me in the car. Less to hassle with while trying to focus on not dying from all the maniacs facebooking from behind the wheel
Ok, hysteria over
I primarily have dripped for years. I didn't find dripping on the coil to be inconvenient, if anything it was easier than finding time to refill a tank (and getting all juicy in the process). Drip a few drops, vape, move on. Also, it didn't leak (vape dry before putting in your pocket). As far as time goes, after a few months of building I can knock out a tear down and build inside of 10 or 20 min. but generally I just dry burn, rinse, and rewick a few times a month, which takes less than 5 min. maybe a few minutes longer than prebuilt heads, but i'll get to cost in a minute
I've used some RTAs, but i always have problems getting the wicking just right. I haven't used many of the new inventions as far as RTAs go, so they probably have gotten a lot better.
Prebuilt coils gets expensive IMO... a 5pack of cubis coils costs around $9 online, or $15 in the B&M shop. I can buy a spool of wire and a bag of cotton for under $20. The pack of coils usually lasts me about a month, if only vaping that tank. The wire and cotton will last me a year or more (current bag of cotton I bought 2 years ago and gave a bunch away). So that $40+ a year I save I can put into buying more mods
(yes, either way, its still cheaper than smoking! ...assuming you don't upgrade often... lol)Generally, I take the position most people on this thread have taken: Do what works for you. But if someone is looking into starting to build their own coils, I usually recommend using an RDA as you can master basic wicking and building coils without having to deal with the flooding/dry hits from not having the right wicking for the tank, even if they don't intend to stick with RDAs.
I can drip and drive, or drip at a stoplight without holding up traffic on a green... however i still usually take a tank or REO with me in the car. Less to hassle with while trying to focus on not dying from all the maniacs facebooking from behind the wheel
I know a few vapers and I am the only one who drips. For me it's a far better experience, but others prefer tanks and that's fine too.
The good thing is that you are vaping. What you are using doesn't matter and people can get too hung up on what they should or shouldn't do. If these people are as pushy as they sound (they must be for you to feel the need to dedicate a thread on the subject) then they wouldn't be people I would spend time with.
The good thing is that you are vaping. What you are using doesn't matter and people can get too hung up on what they should or shouldn't do. If these people are as pushy as they sound (they must be for you to feel the need to dedicate a thread on the subject) then they wouldn't be people I would spend time with.
Everyone has always said how much BETTER the flavor is out of an RDA... Personally, it just tastes different - at least with the newer RTAs/SubOhmTanks i've tried. Some flavors I only drip, because they don't taste nearly as good out of a tank. others I tank and don't drip, because certain flavors come out obnoxiously strong on the dripper. Others I drip and tank - they both give different flavor, but both good IMO.
Interesting.
I find the taste difference quite appreciable but to achieve that you do need to drip directly onto the coils and re-drip often. A RDA where the liquid is just randomly pooling in the juice well (base) and soaks up through the wick is very similar to a tank i.m.o.
Even when I squonk, I still drip now and again with the top cap off. Just to get that intense taste.
I guess we all find the method we like.
a different taste is accurate... i find some juices are better either in a tank or on a RDA... until the beasts, i have to say, they taste as good as an RDA to me... my theory is it's all those extra coils (have the oct in my big baby right now lmao).
My vape is in the signiture area below. I find my SV rda clone to be more convenient than tanks because rewicking is so easy, something I do about 3 times a week. The SV is the only atomizer I use. On work days I go through 4 ml. On days off, out and about, it's 5-6 ml's and if I sit around the house all day may be 7 ml.
Just now i dripped 20 drops from my dripping bottle into a 3 ml syringe and it came up to the 1/2 ml line. I almost always drip 20 drops at a time, about the max without overfilling, so i'm dripping 8 times through a work day. It takes 10-20 seconds. Do the math, a couple minutes per day is NOT inconvenient. A dry burn and rewicking takes 5-10 minutes. A new coil, which I do twice a month takes may be 15 minutes. But how about someone putting 20 ml per day through my little SV? They would have to redrip 40 times a day. I can see how that could be a hastle and is probably reason tanks seem to be so trendy.
Welcome and glad you joined. Tanks have their place in vaping. You like tanks, go for it.
Might like to read:
Tank Flooding Explained | Learning Center | VaVaVape
Tank type atomizers... For new vapists - how they work | E-Cigarette Forum
I'm a tank guy simply because I started using tanks and just got used to them. If you like using tanks then keep using them, nobody should tell you how to vape. If you ever have any interest into rebuilding, aka making your' own coils, I do recommend using a dripper because it's easier to get right then you can move on to rta. If you have zero interest in rebuilding there's nothing wrong with that.
I really like my OBS Engine quite a bit, but there's just something about the simplicity of a dripper that appeals to me. I recently got the Goon, and it has never leaked on me. I run it dual-coil with fused claptons and don't have the problem of constantly having to drip. Maybe it's because the well's a bit deeper than some others? No clue. I actually find myself turning to it quite a bit. I will usually drip some into it before getting in the car and have juice my whole way to work. I drip before each break and then before heading home. I never really have any problems running dry unless I just chain vape like mad.
One of the things I like about RDA's is that you don't have to worry about flooding. Even though the Engine is one of the easier RTA's to wick, I still managed to flood it when I first got it and inhaled a bunch of juice. Too much wick and it doesn't feed juice efficiently enough. An RDA is a lot more forgiving. Shove some wick in there, drip through the top, and vape. That's it. You can change juices very quickly too if you are like me and get bored vaping the same flavor for a while.
One of the things I like about RDA's is that you don't have to worry about flooding. Even though the Engine is one of the easier RTA's to wick, I still managed to flood it when I first got it and inhaled a bunch of juice. Too much wick and it doesn't feed juice efficiently enough. An RDA is a lot more forgiving. Shove some wick in there, drip through the top, and vape. That's it. You can change juices very quickly too if you are like me and get bored vaping the same flavor for a while.
That's fairly accurate but you also have to take into account deck size. My Plume Veil 2 clone built as a single coil can only take about 8 drops max. I redrip probably 3-4 times an hour. With my Tobh, I can drip more drops so less often and my Bambino is less drops so more often. I love my drippers for flavor, ease of swapping flavors, and the hobby of building coils, but as I sit in my recliner or lie in bed surfing ECF or watching Netflix, guess what I'll reach for? Tank.
@djsvapour dripping directly on the coils is what I like about the Gragas if you look at the picture I posted it has a tank of liquid to just push the pump and both coils get saturated. Sort of the best of all words.
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You count 20 drops?! That's dedication... I usually just squirt a bunch of juice in.. lol With a new dripper i need to keep an eye on how much i squeeze the bottle, but I haven't counted drops since I first started dripping, I just have an idea about how much i need to squeeze the bottle in order to get a decent vape (yes, i over dripped a ton when i first started this method, but now I've got it down hehe) - sitting at my desk now i'm dripping from a 120ml bottle with a yorker spout on it.
Do what works for you, as always, just figured I'd throw out my approach
Well, this is a bit like the mentality of a few mech mod users I've seen, which, I guess goes hand in hand with drippers.
Personally, I have every type of coil device (except squonks), pre-made coil tanks (which I rebuild the coil cartridge), RTAs and RDAs, and each one has a different role...
The pre-made coil type tanks are great on the go, and provide the capacity that I can have some spares in the car or such in case the old coil goes out, it's simple to switch them on the go, plus as I rebuild the cartridges, I can spend a hour or so to do a bunch, then not worry about it for a while, including for my wife and daughter's tanks, they can switch those themselves.
The RTAs offer more choices in how to build the coils, size and such. They tend to offer a bit better airflow, and with a good dual coil, they can puff quite a bit of clouds. They do need to be done right, and if something goes bad, you need your tools to rebuild or fix, something that's not the greatest on the go. As my wife and daughter don't rebuild, I have to do it for them for the RTAs that they have, which means that until I do, the tank can't be used in the meanwhile.
RDAs, for me, are more for switching flavours after a few puffs, testing DIY, and for many others, it's all about making them big cloudzzzz. I just use those at home, sometimes to pull my box of bottles and just enjoy an evening of playing with the different flavours.
Overall, it can easily become a "hobby", something I didn't plan on getting into it, and to be honest, since it's what keeps my wife and daughter from smoking, and I'm the "technical" person, I got into it for them, and part of building and such is that at some point, spending 20$ for a box of 5 coils that would barely last a week, opposed to a few pennies' worth of wire and wick that just needs a bit of time to do is quite worth it... and this includes doing our own liquids (DYI) too. So not so much a hobby, but just something to do.
I find the whole "more" flavour thing is a bit psychological at times or people using crappy tanks or might just not be able to build a decent coil on anything but an RDA... then again, a RDA deck is usually much larger, so larger coils, more liquid being evaporated, etc.
Regardless, the dripping on the go thing boggles me, I'd rather have a tank filled when I go out and vape as I go... having to stop to re-drip on the street or in the car, etc. is just...hmmm....silly to me, but if someone else wants to do it that way, it's completely their choice, but I do think that dripping while driving is as bad as cell phone use so I would not condone that sort of thing.
For your question: Sadly, yes, instead of standing together, we already have "groups" that have the superiority complex thing, but people are people and this will happen in just about anything.
I try to state anything I say with the idea of "this works for me for X and Y reasons" but many are locked into "I do this and it's the best and you should do exactly what I do!".
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when you have time to sit at the table and eat, then dripping is the style. If you are on the go and a sandwich is best suited, then a tank should work well...
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