RDA The Marquis

[Debadoo]

Just twist your 30ga, ohms out about the same as 28ga.

when you first said this, I thought....yeah, that's probably not gonna happen......I've got only 5 successful coils under my belt( 3 not successful, so I'm a total coil noob)....... BUT...... earlier today I decided to try one. Don't have a drill so I did Danny Brandt's method using a pen clip. Wow!!!!!!! 2 strands twisted 30g 5 wraps on about 2mm = 0.9 ohm on my Reo, and this thing is amazing! Granted I have almost no dripping experience, but this is incredible!!

Wolf.....I folded it and pushed it down in the middle, but a very very thin wick. It's wicking great! Clipped just above the top of the coil, and the bottom barely touching, or just above the deck.

 

[67Tele]

Ive been messing around with wicking, but i still can't seem to find a satisfying method that wicks well.

Problem is that the top of the wick is drying out much faster than the bottom so there is just a concoction of juice down in the well that isn't being fully vaporized. I've had better luck with a single coil but i am still trying to find the best method!

Let me know what you guys have found

Hey
It sounds like the juice isn't making it up through the coil. Have you tried a larger ID coil or using less wicking? As I mentioned above I use the 4mm and not very much KGD. Just enough to where there's a hint of resistance when I push it in.

Give it a try.

 

[snow blind]

Ive been messing around with wicking, but i still can't seem to find a satisfying method that wicks well.

Problem is that the top of the wick is drying out much faster than the bottom so there is just a concoction of juice down in the well that isn't being fully vaporized. I've had better luck with a single coil but i am still trying to find the best method!

Let me know what you guys have found

I have no problem whatsoever with 3mm 26ga duals at .4-.3 ohm wicked with KGD... wicks perfectly. I just use a straight wick that barley touches the bottom of the well where the "guide rod" hole is for each coil and i snip the top of the wick flush with the reduced deck portion and it's a dream. You likely have too much or too little cotton in your wick or it's folded or crumpled into the juice well. Try just touching the tails to the deck and using a decent amount of cotton. You can also use a "U" wick where you use only one long piece of cotton to wick both coils... works just fine but i find it can mute flavor a little in my experience.

 

[Uncletattoowhat]

I got my Tobeco clone off eBay. It came yesterday. Immediately washed it out really good and threw in a 24ga dual coil, 3mm ID, 8 wraps. Wicked it with Cellucotton (pain in the ....!) and threw it on my box at 4.5v. Flavor. Machine. I've been "buying into the hype" of flavor attys lately (currently own a Hobo v2, Vertex v2, two Derringers, a Rogue and now this), and I must say, as much of a learning curve as there was building/wicking this guy, it was worth every second. I've tried the same juice in each one, all running somewhat similar builds, and the flavor I get from this is the top for me. The stock airflow is the perfect draw for me.

My ONLY real complaint is that none of my press fit drip tips fit the 510 adapters that came with it, and the stock drip tip gets way too hot. Anyone know if they have a delrin/pom version of the stock drip tip?

 

[Magic School Bus]

I got my Tobeco clone off eBay. It came yesterday. Immediately washed it out really good and threw in a 24ga dual coil, 3mm ID, 8 wraps. Wicked it with Cellucotton (pain in the ....!) and threw it on my box at 4.5v. Flavor. Machine. I've been "buying into the hype" of flavor attys lately (currently own a Hobo v2, Vertex v2, two Derringers, a Rogue and now this), and I must say, as much of a learning curve as there was building/wicking this guy, it was worth every second. I've tried the same juice in each one, all running somewhat similar builds, and the flavor I get from this is the top for me. The stock airflow is the perfect draw for me.

My ONLY real complaint is that none of my press fit drip tips fit the 510 adapters that came with it, and the stock drip tip gets way too hot. Anyone know if they have a delrin/pom version of the stock drip tip?

That much better than to vertex and the Derringer?

 

[Uncletattoowhat]

That much better than to vertex and the Derringer?

For flavor, in my opinion, for my vape style, yes. Here's just a quick comparison of how I feel each device ranks. (keep in mind From a quality standpoint though, everything i own is a clone. I do not own any authentics. Marquis and Rogue are Tobeco. Derringer #1 is Captain Ape, #2 is Cigreen. Hobo and Vertex are janky chinese "angelcigs" clones.)

For ease of building, the Derringer takes the cake. The Rogue is a big learning curve because of the negative posts on the deck, and the Marquis a HUGE learning curve when building because of the vertical coil and wicking.
For warmth of vape and use of lower wattage for similar builds, the Derringer wins.
For airflow and draw, I prefer the Marquis more. The derringer has a nice draw (I like a little tighter draw), but I get alot of spitback sometimes so that kicks it down a tiny bit.
For flavor, my ranking is this: Marquis, Derringer, Hobo, Rogue, Vertex.

Once again, take that as my opinion, not the gospel. I personally thing the Vertex isn't as good because the quality of the device is sub par and building on it was irritating.

 

[Wolfenstark]

Well my vertex is great - three posts not as easy to build as four posts, except when like this marquis where you can hold the wires in place.
When i get the marquis if its as good or better than my vertex v2 i'll be happy.

 

[Uncletattoowhat]

Well my vertex is great - three posts not as easy to build as four posts, except when like this marquis where you can hold the wires in place.
When i get the marquis if its as good or better than my vertex v2 i'll be happy.

Like i said though, this is just my experiences with the specific clones that I purchased. It's just told me to never order any fasttech or angelcigs chinese clones. YMMV.

 

[Magic School Bus]

For flavor, in my opinion, for my vape style, yes. Here's just a quick comparison of how I feel each device ranks. (keep in mind From a quality standpoint though, everything i own is a clone. I do not own any authentics. Marquis and Rogue are Tobeco. Derringer #1 is Captain Ape, #2 is Cigreen. Hobo and Vertex are janky chinese "angelcigs" clones.)

For ease of building, the Derringer takes the cake. The Rogue is a big learning curve because of the negative posts on the deck, and the Marquis a HUGE learning curve when building because of the vertical coil and wicking.
For warmth of vape and use of lower wattage for similar builds, the Derringer wins.
For airflow and draw, I prefer the Marquis more. The derringer has a nice draw (I like a little tighter draw), but I get alot of spitback sometimes so that kicks it down a tiny bit.
For flavor, my ranking is this: Marquis, Derringer, Hobo, Rogue, Vertex.

Once again, take that as my opinion, not the gospel. I personally thing the Vertex isn't as good because the quality of the device is sub par and building on it was irritating.

Thank for replying and the insight, I went ahead and ordered a tobeco marquis clone, super stoked!

 

[snow blind]

In my opinion and time spent with a genuine Vertex II and my Marquis... i have to say the Marquis is far superior as far as flavor goes. The Vertex can produce a lot of vapor... but there doesn't really seem to be anything out there right now that can touch the marquis in the flavor/dense vapor department (when set up properly).

 

[Uncletattoowhat]

In my opinion and time spent with a genuine Vertex II and my Marquis... i have to say the Marquis is far superior as far as flavor goes. The Vertex can produce a lot of vapor... but there doesn't really seem to be anything out there right now that can touch the marquis in the flavor/dense vapor department (when set up properly).

I'm going to start stalking your posts to see what you say is good. We always seem to be on the same page.

 

[AgentZen]

For anyone having trouble wicking, I have tried a few different methods over the past week of owning my Marquis and what i have found works best is folding it in half and pushing it through with the blunt end of a piece of tightly folded 24g or 26g kanthal. I push the wicks all the way down into holes for the removable posts. Using 4mm ID coil I think I am splitting my KGD in half but not 100% sure on that (bad memory). If I used the whole piece I at least took the top and bottom sheets off. Anyway, push the wicks all the way down into the holes. When you cut the tops of your wicks, I cut them a bit above the top of the ledge. Cutting them at the ledge I was getting less flavor. YMMV

I also tried using just 1 piece of cotton to wick both coils with the excess in the middle laying across the raised deck in a half circle. This functioned very very poorly. Although it helped me to realize I need a little more cotton coming out the tops of the coils for the best flavor, I was wasting juice just having it sit in cotton on the top of the deck and never making it anywhere near enough to the coils to vaporize. Also I was able to drip far less because there was less cotton stuffed in the coils. I am getting much more out of my juice wicking the way I described above. From a mostly dry wick, I counted 30 drops to fill her up, with the majority of that sitting in thick 4mm ID cotton.

 

[67Tele]

Nice testing and breakdown, thanks!

 

[67Tele]

I've been eyeing the Derringer too. Not as a replacement just a brief case of "The Wants".

I have a couple of Magmas. As of now I have a single coil with 26ga in the Magma and Marquise. Both at .7. Rayon in Magma, KGD in Marquise. Both on Hana V3s. The flavor is near equal. Both full flavor. The Marquise has more vapor production. I'm happy with both. A little more with the Marquise mainly for ease of refilling.

 

[6373matt]

I just got one a few days ago. It took my 3 builds till I finally got one I liked. I went with 26g .46 ohm and vape it around 25-30 watts on both IPV2 & 3. Love this thing. I bought a clone and it seems to be very well made.

 

[Magic School Bus]

In my opinion and time spent with a genuine Vertex II and my Marquis... i have to say the Marquis is far superior as far as flavor goes. The Vertex can produce a lot of vapor... but there doesn't really seem to be anything out there right now that can touch the marquis in the flavor/dense vapor department (when set up properly).

Could you suggest a build for me?

 

[Wolfenstark]

Like i said though, this is just my experiences with the specific clones that I purchased. It's just told me to never order any fasttech or angelcigs chinese clones. YMMV.

Thats true going by what some people say.
The vertex clone was from a company over here.
I have a fast tech SMPL mech mod clone that has been great. It is very simple and you would have to be rather sloppy in making it to stuff it up.
Yet its good, probably check out the reviews of the product and see if it gets high marks and a a few have reviewed it.

 

[jaxgator]

In my opinion and time spent with a genuine Vertex II and my Marquis... i have to say the Marquis is far superior as far as flavor goes. The Vertex can produce a lot of vapor... but there doesn't really seem to be anything out there right now that can touch the marquis in the flavor/dense vapor department (when set up properly).

Just ordered one of these the other day: Raptor atty - The Attysmith. I have heard that it out performs the Marquis. We shall see.

 

[Uncletattoowhat]

Just ordered one of these the other day: Raptor atty - The Attysmith. I have heard that it out performs the Marquis. We shall see.

Standing by for the review on that baby hehe.

 

[snow blind]

Just ordered one of these the other day: Raptor atty - The Attysmith. I have heard that it out performs the Marquis. We shall see.

I'm a HUGE fan of everything Attysmith (even if i refuse to pay for it lol) but the raptor is a shameless clone right there ! The AFC is a neat idea but it seems like added complication to a design the Marquis seemed to perfect even playing with the idea the Veritas started. It would have been cool if AS made the Raptor super tiny 14mm or so.