TOBH Atty, Nimbus, Patriot or Trident for first RDA?

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Necrotic

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Looking to get my first rda next week. Also, I will be buying the SS/Gold nemesis so tryin to find a good 22 mm rda to try with it. Have seen these 4 names thrown out a little, but would like advice on which would be the best? I'm leaning more towards the TOBH Atty, but what are y'alls views? Pros and cons? Or is there another 22 mm rda I should look for? Preferrable under $30.
 

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    The Trident is a really good RDA but a royal PITA to build on. It's has a really small deck and those cap screws are really frustrating to deal with. I lost one of them for awhile so that rig was down until I found the screw on my desk.

    I do really like the Patriot since it is so easy to build on. But the spit-back thing that they copied from the Nimbus was also a PITA for dripping. But I have two of them despite that aggravation.

    I've not used the Tobh but the build is supposed to be real easy to do and having the variable air is a great feature.

    I would personally recommend the Origen. Really easy to build, air control and extended juice wells. I have the v1 and love it.
     

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    The Trident is a really good RDA but a royal PITA to build on. It's has a really small deck and those cap screws are really frustrating to deal with. I lost one of them for awhile so that rig was down until I found the screw on my desk.

    I do really like the Patriot since it is so easy to build on. But the spit-back thing that they copied from the Nimbus was also a PITA for dripping. But I have two of them despite that aggravation.

    I've not used the Tobh but the build is supposed to be real easy to do and having the variable air is a great feature.

    I would personally recommend the Origen. Really easy to build, air control and extended juice wells. I have the v1 and love it.

    I have a Trident V2 clone and I find it really easy to build on! To each his own. The only thing about the TV2 is it isn't quite a 22mm. It doesn't sit flush on my 22mm Magneto but looks great on my Launcher...
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    I also have a Patriot clone and I love the looks but the screws strip out very easily. I would skip a patriot clone.

    I have no opinion on the Tobh or Nimbus other than they look nice.

    I did just pick up a Smoktech Caterpillar and I love it. Only $12.50 at Madvapes and it works and looks great. The things I like about it is it isn't a clone, adjustable airflow, easy to build on and has a nice big deck.
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    i have both the tobh and stillare. I would say if flavor is your thing, get the tobh. If you want LOADS of vapor, get the stillare. While the stillare still produces good flavor its not as pronounced as the Tobh, probably due to its chamber being much larger than the Tobh. Both are great vapes, but the stillare is literally a nuclear fog machine. Im building it at around 0.4 ohms 26g dual coil. My tobh is sitting @ 0.35 ohm 24g dual coil.


    The stillare has way way way more airflow. Although im sure you could mod a Tobh to also have huge air slits.

    The way you control the AFC on the stillare is far superior than the Tobh. The stillare all you do is give it a slight twist, Tobh is kind of a struggle because you need to line up the holes with the metal tabs inside the chamber. But to me this is not a big issue as I usually want the most airflow I can get and always have both attys fully open.

    I dont prefer one to the other, since I like them both. But i would probably pick whichever one is more aesthetically pleasing to your eyes.
     
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    Thank you! That's Pico, my baby boy. Great bird but what a snot he can be.

    I just ordered the Tobh from 101vape so should have that in the next few days.

    Yeah I had a Conure at one time and it had a nasty bite... I know macaw's are much much bigger!

    I'm gonna go with the stillare and probably get the tobh the week after :D Let me know what you think of the TOBH.

    So i'll be getting a 2 Tone Brass/Stainless Nemesis Mod, Stillare Clone, 3x N45 Magnets... Allready got my VTC5's and getting some 28 gauge kanthal along with 2 safety fuses.
     
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    What do you want.. clouds, flavor.. both? Do you have a drill?

    My favorite RDAs are the magma, origen, and several others, but those are two I will always have.. unless they make better versions of them.

    I hate my tobh's, but I use them the most often..currently. I like popping off the heat sink really quick to take a look at wicks.. and I don't have to pay attention when putting it back on. They don't hold much liquid, and are super easy to make a mess with..but I have two of them and use them. Half decent flavor and good vapor production.

    The others I don't hardly hear about anymore.. still good attys though.
     
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