Thunderhead Tauren X RBA

[Fredman1]

I've been vaping on it for a few weeks now and have some thoughts I want to share.
Firstly the damn drip tip is horrendous. Don't know what they were thinking with the design. The hole is waaay to small....condensation and juice builds up and spills out. I drilled it out some. Was better, but the issues kept reoccurring....as soon as I sort of chained it, I ended up with a mouth full of juice.
I solved that by replacing the tip with another 510 tip (with a 5mm hole) that fits snug into hole. I had to shorten a two o ring tip to only one o ring, because of that silly two sized tip hole.
Anyway it vapes beautifully now since I done that. Flavor for Africa.
Another problem (that I can, and have to live with) is the filling. It has to be filled carefully and tilted some. Slow is the key. Also it floods similar to the old Kayfun (and the like) clones every time I refill it. I do the same as we did in those days....tilt it upside down before finally closing it. It works...most of the times. Finally 2 ml is way to little for it. It sucks juice.
Other than that, i'm glad I got it. It's the best RBA AIO as far as flavor goes.

 

[Fredman1]

I also drilled out the juice ports to 2mm as it had trouble wicking a 70VG mix. It keeps up now. The leaking seems to have subsided now also.

 

[greek mule]

Ha ha!Completely makeover..

 

[Fredman1]

Exactly. It all made a little difference for the better, but it still can be better. This thing really is a superb vape for a AIO, but it has been pushed to market to soon. It needed some more development IMHO.

 

[Fredman1]

Gees looks like I got this thing sorted now. It kept leaking on me. Every time I remove the pod, there's liquid all over it. Actually it leaked after every refill. The height of the liquid when filled is higher than the coil, causing the liquid to slowly flood the liquid chamber and then leak out through the air hole. Well that's my theory anyways, as I noticed that when the liquid is low and level with the coil, it don't leak out.
I stuffed a bit of cotton in the valley between the two wicks to completely fill chamber to maybe stop or delay the liquid leaking back. That seems to work, as it don't leak anymore...well not so far. Still is a very good vape. That's why I keep plugging away at it.

 

[BizoDent]

how does it compare to RTAs like expromizer and ammit? (flavor wise)

 

[Fredman1]

I don't have those, but the flavor is good...very good. The mouthpiece is very close to the dome. No chimney that reduces flavor.
I favour it over all my RTAs for sure....but I don't do MTL much anymore.