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There are a couple of types... there is the RDA style, which is a dripping atty that has a rebuildable wick... no tank. I have one that has a huge wick bundle that hold a lot of juice.. the Smok 'Octopus'
The second is a 'genesis' style. They add in a tank that sits below the coil, with the wick extending down into the reservoir. I just bought a Smok RSST... love the thing so far. Easy to build and has a 3 ml tank.
The RDA ones tend to be easier to rebuild and get going. The genny types might need a little fiddling to get the wick (often stainless steel mesh) working well. But when they do work, they work extremely well.
The second is a 'genesis' style. They add in a tank that sits below the coil, with the wick extending down into the reservoir. I just bought a Smok RSST... love the thing so far. Easy to build and has a 3 ml tank.
The RDA ones tend to be easier to rebuild and get going. The genny types might need a little fiddling to get the wick (often stainless steel mesh) working well. But when they do work, they work extremely well.
Once you go RBA you will never go back to cartos again. In fact, you'll look at anyone still using cartos like, "Poor thing!" Lol
then there's the bottom fed setup. Once you go REO/RM2 you'll look at anyone using RDAs and Rebuildable Tanks like . . ..
I kid tho. Start with a nice little dripper, for at home. If you like your results, then start thinking about how to take it out of the house (REO).
I kid tho. Start with a nice little dripper, for at home. If you like your results, then start thinking about how to take it out of the house (REO).
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Heh... if someone is thinking about trying out rebuildables, don't throw a $160 mod at them. 
Over the past couple of months, I've tried carts, vivis, little dripping attys, evods, T3s, a little RDA, and now a genny (RSST). The atty, RDA and RBA are clear winners as far as flavor is concerned.
They are like small, medium and large. My next vape gear buy is going to be some long barrel dripper attys and a drip shield.
Over the past couple of months, I've tried carts, vivis, little dripping attys, evods, T3s, a little RDA, and now a genny (RSST). The atty, RDA and RBA are clear winners as far as flavor is concerned.
They are like small, medium and large. My next vape gear buy is going to be some long barrel dripper attys and a drip shield.
If you are using a Protank/Evod type bcc, then a great place to start is recoiling those heads.
The equipment is the same, wire/wick/multimeter,etc.
The practice will be priceless and since new heads are cheap, even if you mess up, just twist in a factory head and enjoy your day.
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Silica stuff is probably the best to work on at first. It is pretty forgiving as far as shorts go and easier to get a coil firing. Whether it be a drip per like the Igo, or something a little more complicated like the Terminator c or Kayfun/Russian.
Heh... if someone is thinking about trying out rebuildables, don't throw a $160 mod at them.
Over the past couple of months, I've tried carts, vivis, little dripping attys, evods, T3s, a little RDA, and now a genny (RSST). The atty, RDA and RBA are clear winners as far as flavor is concerned.
They are like small, medium and large. My next vape gear buy is going to be some long barrel dripper attys and a drip shield.
In retrospect, I would be overjoyed if someone had cuffed me on the ear with the perfect vaping unit before I'd spent 3-4 hundred dollars and months of frustration on various tube-mods and toppers. (that sounds like an easy $160 right there) Nevertheless, I know the pattern. It seems almost fated. I just wanted to relate my experience (and that of many who finally did arrive in the land of Reos Mods). There is a truly satisfying, delicious, pocket friendly, reliable vape out there, and I'm overjoyed to have been led to it myself.
Yeah, if CJ has never tried rebuilding, Izan's idea is right on. Rebuild your BCCs to get your feet wet.
God yes, I wish I had never heard of anything but a reo and I don't even have mine yet! (Soon) the sequence sad, but true. Each step is like, wow this is way better, then the little things start to bug you, then another step. Just for kicks I took a hit off my first disposable a year after I bought it and quit cigs. Then take a hit of boba's from a cotton wicked micro dripper with Rene 41 at .8 ohms. From chinchilla to gorilla.
A Grand is on my radar, maybe a VV one... great, well designed. Maybe in a couple of months.
I have been rebuilding my evod coils. They are driving me crazy though. I keep getting a weird taste. By trade I'm a comm guy so I use a fluke to check them. Been going about 1.8 - 2.2 on 32 gauge Kanthal. I just ordered a different roll of wire since I have tried silica and ekowool and still get a bitter taste. I've been vaping for a few months and I've yet to find the perfect vape for me. I bet I switch flavors 5 times a day (different tanks, not filling/refilling).
I bet I've got 15 of the Protank/Evod heads sitting in gut rot vodka right now, just waiting for me to build them. If it was like the factory ones that I get no bad taste from them, I would have them coiled up in a heartbeat. I think I'm going to soak them in new vodka after I build them next time.
I was talking to someone and they said the clouds of vapor with a RDA/RBA are enormous, so I thought I would try it. The genny looks appealing because if I go out I don't have to take a bottle with me. At my local B&M, they have a small 510 atomizer that I thought I could start with and see. It's not a huge investment and if I don't like it, I'm not put much. I'll attach a photo.
I bet I've got 15 of the Protank/Evod heads sitting in gut rot vodka right now, just waiting for me to build them. If it was like the factory ones that I get no bad taste from them, I would have them coiled up in a heartbeat. I think I'm going to soak them in new vodka after I build them next time.
I was talking to someone and they said the clouds of vapor with a RDA/RBA are enormous, so I thought I would try it. The genny looks appealing because if I go out I don't have to take a bottle with me. At my local B&M, they have a small 510 atomizer that I thought I could start with and see. It's not a huge investment and if I don't like it, I'm not put much. I'll attach a photo.
Thankfully, I only had one step between eGo and REO, and that was an eVic 2 when ValueVapers put them on sale for $59.95. I'm in IT and was blinded by the technology. My wife said I should've gotten a mechanical and she knows me better than I do. My BCC ProTanks were better than a CE4 Stardust, but around that time I also discovered dripping with a disposable atty. Dripping ruined everything else for me. I wanted to drip all day long, and discovered a REO would do that, one-handed even when driving. I got one mechanical REO Grand with RM2 RBA, and very soon another Grand with 3 more RM2s. After 0.5 - 0.8Ω micro coils in an RM2, the ProTanks on the eVic are now to me more like those ultra light cigarettes with the holes punched in them... useless. I have no desire to mess with a finicky genny coil/wick setup, tilting with the wick side down to vape, and NOT tilting when not vaping to prevent leaking. Doesn't happen with the REO, even in a pocket. It just works--awesomely well.
I have been rebuilding my evod coils. They are driving me crazy though. I keep getting a weird taste. By trade I'm a comm guy so I use a fluke to check them. Been going about 1.8 - 2.2 on 32 gauge Kanthal. I just ordered a different roll of wire since I have tried silica and ekowool and still get a bitter taste. I've been vaping for a few months and I've yet to find the perfect vape for me. I bet I switch flavors 5 times a day (different tanks, not filling/refilling).
I bet I've got 15 of the Protank/Evod heads sitting in gut rot vodka right now, just waiting for me to build them. If it was like the factory ones that I get no bad taste from them, I would have them coiled up in a heartbeat. I think I'm going to soak them in new vodka after I build them next time.
I was talking to someone and they said the clouds of vapor with a RDA/RBA are enormous, so I thought I would try it. The genny looks appealing because if I go out I don't have to take a bottle with me. At my local B&M, they have a small 510 atomizer that I thought I could start with and see. It's not a huge investment and if I don't like it, I'm not put much. I'll attach a photo.
That atty looks to have some/all of the airflow coming up the stem (instead of a hole in the side of the cap). It might be pleasant enough; but I'd say you want to try one with a side airhole before deciding whether you like RBAs or no.
I started with a Richman. Easy to learn on even without all the insulators of an RSST, and only cost $30 from the classifieds. I go the unoxidized route. Just pulse it a few times and the wick oxidizes itself where it needs to be. Hardest part of learning how to rebuild an rba was wrapping the coil, which became easy really fast. If you do a microcoil on a genny, it makes workin out hotspots a lot easier too. Glad I didn't drop a lot of money in a learning tool and the Richman looks dam good, too!
That's a Smok RDA octopus.I got one, it works great. It's called an octopus because the wick is an 8-strand bundle of 1 mm silica and well... . That air hole in the base goes to a little chimney right under the coil...works really well. The draw is tighter than most rdas, but if you are coming from an eVod, it won't be that different. And you can always drill out the hole a bit... most do, including me probably tonight.
I like the thing... really easy to build the wick and mount it. That wick bundle holds a ton of juice and you have to drip like a yahoo to get it to leak out of that tiny hole...
And the connection is sealed, so it would never leak on your center post.
I like the thing... really easy to build the wick and mount it. That wick bundle holds a ton of juice and you have to drip like a yahoo to get it to leak out of that tiny hole...
And the connection is sealed, so it would never leak on your center post.
Thank you. I think I might start with that and see if I like it before throwing a bunch more money into other things. My wife thinks I'm crazy because I have 6 Evods, and 2 Protanks filled and on batteries right now. I should have not bought so many VV batteries and just sprung for a vamo. Oh well, I traded one addiction for another.
I kind of did the same thing. That RDA is really cheap, and it looked about as easy as they come. I've seen people do all sorts of things.... there was one that wicked with cotton and had this huge plume of cotton that filed up most of the little chamber... turning it into a kind if squat cartomizer. Probably would hold a ton of juice... if the coil performance is still ok, that's a great idea.
I'm thinking of something myself... something to keep the wicks splayed out across the deck so as really soak up any loose juice.
To make your life easy, go get an RSST, preoxidized wick, and 3/32" 7x7 ss rope
The Ithaka (and its clones) is kind of like a pro tank on steroids, with much better wicking. If you like BCC tanks, you will love an Ithaka style RBA. Appears extremely easy to rebuild as well (no mesh to deal with).
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