FDX Athena rta
As you might guess from the name, the Athena is kind of a rip off of the Zeus... Any followers of Greek / Roman mythology? Athena was the daughter of Zeus...
But, I digress.
This is a 25mm x 53mm rta with a 3ml capacity. No bubble glass, either, but there is a spare glass.
It uses a standard 810 drip tip, and comes with a wide bore double barrel black drip tip. Double barrel? Yeah, the kind that slips over a raised ring on top... again, just like the Zeus.
The fill ports are adequate in size and located under a 1/4 turn top cap.
The AFC ring is located right where you'd expect it to be on a top air tank... just beneath the top cap. It has stoppers and a decent amount of resistance. It will come off for cleaning, and pretty easily, too. Make sure it is properly seated or the top cap won't lock down.
Wide open, the air on this is about 2/3 what you might get on the Zeus. I think the restriction comes not from the air flow ports on the outside, but from the size of the gap between the double-walled chimney... it's very small...
The deck is a pretty typical postless deck...
And, it's easy to build once you figure out how long to make the legs (about 4.5 to 5mm).
Wicking is not quite as easy as building. The wick slots are, IMNSHO, a little too small for the dual coil build that this tank is designed for (even though, again, it says you can use a single...). A lot of brushing was needed - even when I used rayon, and I almost never trim or brush rayon - to find the right balance between a good vape or choking and dry hits.
So, is this just a cheap knock off of the Zeus? No, not really... more restriction on air, less capacity on e-liquid, and... sparkly flashy things hidden in the mock bottom airflow holes...
How's it vape? Just fine...
Look, I want to run through a whole bunch of pros and cons and offer advice, but honestly, it's less than $14 shipped from Fasttech... at that price, it's really not worth worrying about. Unless you're on a really restricted budget. If that's the case, get it... it'll pay for itself in all the juice saved by not leaking out the bottom airflow.
Unless... if you leave this one full and sitting for a while, it will leak a little... apparently the positive pin insulator is not as snug as it should be. Note that a lot of top air tanks will leak a little around that area, but this is the first I've felt compelled to mention. But, then again, most people don't buy these tanks to fill them and leave them on display... in day to day usage, I see no leakage.
As you might guess from the name, the Athena is kind of a rip off of the Zeus... Any followers of Greek / Roman mythology? Athena was the daughter of Zeus...
But, I digress.
This is a 25mm x 53mm rta with a 3ml capacity. No bubble glass, either, but there is a spare glass.
It uses a standard 810 drip tip, and comes with a wide bore double barrel black drip tip. Double barrel? Yeah, the kind that slips over a raised ring on top... again, just like the Zeus.
The fill ports are adequate in size and located under a 1/4 turn top cap.
The AFC ring is located right where you'd expect it to be on a top air tank... just beneath the top cap. It has stoppers and a decent amount of resistance. It will come off for cleaning, and pretty easily, too. Make sure it is properly seated or the top cap won't lock down.
Wide open, the air on this is about 2/3 what you might get on the Zeus. I think the restriction comes not from the air flow ports on the outside, but from the size of the gap between the double-walled chimney... it's very small...
The deck is a pretty typical postless deck...
And, it's easy to build once you figure out how long to make the legs (about 4.5 to 5mm).
Wicking is not quite as easy as building. The wick slots are, IMNSHO, a little too small for the dual coil build that this tank is designed for (even though, again, it says you can use a single...). A lot of brushing was needed - even when I used rayon, and I almost never trim or brush rayon - to find the right balance between a good vape or choking and dry hits.
So, is this just a cheap knock off of the Zeus? No, not really... more restriction on air, less capacity on e-liquid, and... sparkly flashy things hidden in the mock bottom airflow holes...
How's it vape? Just fine...
Look, I want to run through a whole bunch of pros and cons and offer advice, but honestly, it's less than $14 shipped from Fasttech... at that price, it's really not worth worrying about. Unless you're on a really restricted budget. If that's the case, get it... it'll pay for itself in all the juice saved by not leaking out the bottom airflow.
Unless... if you leave this one full and sitting for a while, it will leak a little... apparently the positive pin insulator is not as snug as it should be. Note that a lot of top air tanks will leak a little around that area, but this is the first I've felt compelled to mention. But, then again, most people don't buy these tanks to fill them and leave them on display... in day to day usage, I see no leakage.
