I looked at it and said "this is going to be a female dog* to build." It looks like I was right. I'm going to try and throw on some 26 gauge tonight. I'll report back later on with how I did.
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I looked at it and said "this is going to be a female dog* to build." It looks like I was right. I'm going to try and throw on some 26 gauge tonight. I'll report back later on with how I did.
Yeah let us know how that goes. I'm using 30 gage on this build. It's vaping absolutely awesome right now I have to say.
I love the deep drip well it holds a lot of juice. I also love how it literally has air tubes instead of air holes on the side. No more leaking dripper man I hate that. My Patriot and Helios always have some juice drip out when I don't realize it's tilted. The air tubes direct air right at the coils which are plentifully fed by the well. Being that I only rebuild coils about every 2 weeks I'm cool with the challenging build. I also like how there are only 170 of these in the world
I got #163, what did you get?
I love the deep drip well it holds a lot of juice. I also love how it literally has air tubes instead of air holes on the side. No more leaking dripper man I hate that. My Patriot and Helios always have some juice drip out when I don't realize it's tilted. The air tubes direct air right at the coils which are plentifully fed by the well. Being that I only rebuild coils about every 2 weeks I'm cool with the challenging build. I also like how there are only 170 of these in the world
I got #163, what did you get?
How does it compare to magma? I love the magma, because I can drill airflow wider.. doesn't look like it's possible with this one.
I'm pretty interested though...it looks like it will be like the a7 type atomizers on how it may be practically leak proof.
I'm pretty interested though...it looks like it will be like the a7 type atomizers on how it may be practically leak proof.
I don't have any experience with the Magma man I have had an eye on it though. Not sure how the performance would compare. I can only compare it to my Patriot and Helios. This is how I would grade the three.
Name, quality, vapor production, difficulty of build
1. The Viking, 9, 8, medium/hard
2. The Patriot, 8, 7, medium
3. The Helios, 7, 6, easiest build on the planet
Edit: Looking closely at mine there would be some room to drill for sure. Especially with the air flow control ring off. Yeah you could open these holes up.
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I heard about the ring thing on the Magmas. Some have frozen in place or something like that. This Viking looks wise is on the plain side. I like the internal design the most. Like you mentioned before with the a7 type drippers, almost leak proof. This thing hasn't leaked a drop and I'm used to wiping my rda's off a couple times a day, haha.
No Smoking drip tip in a Viking on an Akuma.
With the Top Cap removed.
The Deck. Dual coil, 10 wraps each of 26g Kanthal .55Ω. One wick going through both, tails going to opposite sides of the deck.
I wanted 26g Kanthal in this build pretty badly, so I decided to orient the coils between the posts like a Kayfun.
This is the (dual coil) Kayfun. The flavor is immense. The intake isn't enough with this low of a build to be a huge fog maker, but the vapor production is at least as good as a Kayfun. I bet a higher resistance build would allow for a better fog making experience because the vapor would be cooler and you could better move air across the coil without the heat of a .55Ω build. But I'm a flavor man, and clouds are not terribly important to me. The heat helps the flavor bloom out.
It's an (almost) all Tark experience. His drip tip, his atty, and his juice (Aztec) . It's pretty good too. Close in flavor to Trinity Reseved by Lazarus Vintage.
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With the Top Cap removed.
The Deck. Dual coil, 10 wraps each of 26g Kanthal .55Ω. One wick going through both, tails going to opposite sides of the deck.
I wanted 26g Kanthal in this build pretty badly, so I decided to orient the coils between the posts like a Kayfun.
This is the (dual coil) Kayfun. The flavor is immense. The intake isn't enough with this low of a build to be a huge fog maker, but the vapor production is at least as good as a Kayfun. I bet a higher resistance build would allow for a better fog making experience because the vapor would be cooler and you could better move air across the coil without the heat of a .55Ω build. But I'm a flavor man, and clouds are not terribly important to me. The heat helps the flavor bloom out.
It's an (almost) all Tark experience. His drip tip, his atty, and his juice (Aztec) . It's pretty good too. Close in flavor to Trinity Reseved by Lazarus Vintage.
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I like that setup. I never had good luck with super tight coils on rda's I always end up with bad wicking. Anytime I spread the coils apart a little bit I get a ton of juicy flavor. How is the heating time with 26 gage? I haven't gone under 28 yet and usually stick to 30.
I would love to try your build when mine is ready for a change. You can keep both coils on the bit at the same time prior to tightening, I like that idea. Good stuff man. This rda hasn't left my mod since it was built.
I would love to try your build when mine is ready for a change. You can keep both coils on the bit at the same time prior to tightening, I like that idea. Good stuff man. This rda hasn't left my mod since it was built.
I had a hard time getting really nice coils until I got ceramic tipped tweezers. With them it's pretty simple, you just have to be careful to not deform the coil when compressing under heat.
The heat time with 26g is pretty long. It's the nature of the beast, especially with a dual coil when the positive gets split in half to each coil. But that's why you can jack the wattage up on a regulated MOD. I just don't currently have a regulated MOD that will dial high enough to take real advantage of it.
Working with 26g is a pleasure because there is no springiness at all.
I didn't roll both coils together (I will next time), but when I put the second coil on, I slid the bit through the coil I had already put on and adjusted them simultaneously. Just be careful that coils from one aren't touching the other.
I like the setup, but it can get hot if I try and draw too much. The flavor is outstanding, and the vapor is good, but it's too hot to draw enough vapor to justify it. I'm likely to drop down to 28g and try and roll around the .8Ω-1Ω area for a bit. A dual coil 1Ω atty ought to be able to do very well.
Has anybody tried a single-coil setup on this one? Is there a way to shut down airflow to one side?
I thought of perhaps making one huge coil and wiring it above both air flow tubes, but I haven't tried it yet.
No, you can't cut off one of the air flow holes. This is a purpose built dual coil atty, but if you wrap a coil large enough to cross both air flow tubes (which would require low gauge wire), you could probably use it as a single coil atty with no issues.
The problem with that kind of setup, however, is that most of your coil (the section in between the air flow tubes) will not be properly aerated to vape very well.
Hey Muggs I was a proud owner of this baby before I traded for a dominator RDA, it's the best FLAVOR machine you'll vape in the year 2014. The best way to describe the experience is:
~It's like the Magma's flavor, but with slightly bigger vapor. It's really awesome if your a flavor craver, if your a die-hard "cloud-chaser" like me, it's still epic, but it got old somewhat quick. It holds a great amount of juice, and the design of it is the coolest part to me, I'm basically a dual coil vaper only, love the bottom airflow/deep juice well (which will leak if you knock it over full btw, not a big deal, but just a warning).
The only con I could come up with, is that I wanted bigger airflow for bigger vapor, but obviously you can't drill this puppy. Still if you like warm, dense, flavorful vapes then I can't think of a better dripper. Not a rockstar in the vapor amount category, it'll produce a little bit less vapor than your average 40$ RDA, and does take some getting used too. (The coils are usually pretty far up away from the juice "puddle", so dry-hits can be a little more prevalent if you don't master the ways of cotton wicking lol. But I got her working like a flavor beast my second build in it.
Hope this helps! Let me know if there's anything I left out.
That about sums it up. Warm. Dense. Flavorful. I'm rocking .55Ω right now, but it's a bit too warm. I'm gonna jump up to 1Ω and then see which way I want to go from there. Something tells me that an atty like this can rock out at 1.2Ω on a regulated MOD.
blue pretty much answered the question. I might give that a try too. Wrap a longer single coil over both air holes. I would imagine it would be a good vape. I have a DNA30 box so I'm going to experiment with some different builds on this.
I can't get over how much juice it's holding. I'll go to drip and woops, still has juice in the well.
I can't get over how much juice it's holding. I'll go to drip and woops, still has juice in the well.
WHen I think it, I'm not sure how well it would vape with one long coil. There's just too much of that coil in between the air flow tubes that wouldn't be getting properly aerated, I don't think. It might work, but I'd bet it'd be inefficient as all hell.
I'm going to use 28g on my next build (maybe tonight) and raise the resistance and see where I'm at (around .8Ω-1Ω). I'll also be able to put it on a regulated MOD at that point and really stretch its legs. With a dual coil, I should be able to vape at near 30W with a 1Ω coil. Maybe more (I have a 6-34W regulated MOD, a DNA30, a DNA30 clone (another DNA30 clone on the way), a Sigelei 20W).
Funny you say that I was messing around today and the only way I made an ok single coil was with some Kanthal ribbon wire I have hanging around. Not a big fan of it so I rebuilt a .8ohm dual coil setup again and it's back to bliss.
Finally got around to setting up the Viking today after a good cleaning which I'm not sure it needed, it looked great out of the box. No oil anywhere on the atty.
All of the threading on this atty are buttery smooth, real nice craftsmanship!
I built a dual coil at .7 ohms with 28 ga and loaded it up with Bryce's Vanilla custard. All I can say is impressive! The flavor is incredible and the vapor it puts out at .7 ohms is insane. It produces as good as if not better than my Magma and I think the wells are pretty close to the same size.
Very pleased, it was definitely a good buy!
All of the threading on this atty are buttery smooth, real nice craftsmanship!
I built a dual coil at .7 ohms with 28 ga and loaded it up with Bryce's Vanilla custard. All I can say is impressive! The flavor is incredible and the vapor it puts out at .7 ohms is insane. It produces as good as if not better than my Magma and I think the wells are pretty close to the same size.
Very pleased, it was definitely a good buy!
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That's awesome man I'm glad you are digging it too. This is the only topper I use now, haha. Thing is amazingly leak resistant.
The Magma, Origen and Veritas are all pretty close. I'll let you know, the Veritas is in the mail.
But I would agree that this is one hell of an RDA. Bryce's Custard never tasted so good!
But I would agree that this is one hell of an RDA. Bryce's Custard never tasted so good!
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