Tried my first hit on an RDA today - OMG

[Hotwire]

Hmmm.... Man what a hit. It was at a vape shop on a rebuildable dripping atty attached to a tube with an unregulated battery inside and the button is the bottom of the tube....

Man the flavour and the hit was awesome. She reckons it gives her the same consistent hit every time and the current build has lasted 2 weeks, same hit every time and all she has to do is change the cotton every now and then....

Now I'm happy with my subtank nano .5ohm SSOCC coils first couple of days but must admit after a few days the hit becomes less 'constant / consistant.'

What kind of price tag am I looking at for one of the current decent RDA 'tops' and something to put it on top of? Could I use my Cool Fire 4 or is 40W not enough...? I want decent but not high end. So for sub ohm tank vaping I am at the CF4 and Subtank nano level of quality and expense. So I'd want something in similar league.

And do they leak? Are they hassle? Does building take long (people have told me about 5 to 10 mins to build a coil) and for someone who usually vapes 3ml a day how long would each buil last...? I vape around 70VG30PG...

Swore I'd never go there, but well, those couple of hits were as good as a fresh subtank coil for the first tank or two and if it's that good for two weeks compared to the subtank nano few days and then a week of about 75% as good as when the coil first started being used........ tempting....

 

[MrDripper]

There are a few things you need to know about RBA's.
1: You will use 2-3 times more juice than you currently do.
2: It can get messy. You can't lay an RBA on it's side without leakage.
3: A mech mod can be extremely dangerous and should be used with extreme caution.
4: Rebuilding, like anything else, takes practice. Once you get the hang of it, you should be able to rebuild an RBA in 5-10 minutes, start to finish.
5: On a dual coil RBA, the amount of nicotine in your juice is doubled. If you drip 12mg, it will equate to 24mg.
With all these things taken into consideration, having an RBA in addition to your tank setup will certainly compliment your vaping experience. Consider your tank as your all day and the RBA as a flavor shot.
I switched to dripping many moons ago and enjoy it immensely.
So, as to what you should look into buying...
Tube mods are a dime a dozen and they all basically work the same. To get you started, you just need something inexpensive. Word of caution: Make sure the battery you put into it is in pristine condition. If there is the slightest tear in the wrap, it could short on the inside of the tube and that would be bad.
As for RBA's...look at a Derringer, Magma or Kennedy. They are all very inexpensive and readily available on Fasttech.
If you need more advice, feel free to message me direct.
As always, Vape On!

 

[MrDripper]

I also recommend this:
$32.93 LTQ Vaper RBA Coil Designer Disassembling and Repair Tools Kit for E-Cigarettes (16-Piece Set) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
It has all the tools that you will need to get started in rebuilding.

 

[Hotwire]

: You will use 2-3 times more juice than you currently do.

Oh. Yeah kind of a thing to use as a treat or for when the sub tank doesn't quite do it then... Cheers for all the info Mr Dripper, might start of with a small cheap one like a derringer on my CF4 and see how it goes... Or might get another subtank nano and use that with .2ohm coils for when get bored / vape tongue from the .5 ohm coils...

 

[ruet]

1: You will use 2-3 times more juice than you currently do...

5: On a dual coil RBA, the amount of nicotine in your juice is doubled. If you drip 12mg, it will equate to 24mg.

Hmmm... No correlation to see here. To The OP; do yourself a favor and tough it out over the first few hits. Then you won't need to spend 2-3 times as much money on juice and have a drip tip in your mouth constantly.

 

[ReigntheGamer]

If I was going to get into it again I would do the same thing and look at Reo's. You will get the vape of an RDA but without all the hassle of dripping. Then you don't need a at home mod or on the go mod it does it all.

The safety spring will give you peace of mind not having to worry about a short.

The downside is the entry price but it will last forever and for many of us who bought one quickly became our only mod. I thought they were a bit expensive but it never leaves my hand and never fails to deliver a great vape.

And by now it has paid for itself time and time again because I have no desire to buy other gear, it effectively inoculated me against shinyitis.

 

[ReigntheGamer]

Hmmm... No correlation to see here. To The OP; do yourself a favor and tough it out over the first few hits. Then you won't need to spend 2-3 times as much money on juice and have a drip tip in your mouth constantly.

Show me on the doll where the RDA touched you.

 

[ruet]

Show me on the doll where the RDA touched you.

Nothing against RDAs. I have plenty of them. I'm against the idea that you have to cut your nic level in half when using them or going "sub-ohm" or any other reason other than satisfaction.

 

[jjatl]

Hmmm.... Man what a hit. It was at a vape shop on a rebuildable dripping atty attached to a tube with an unregulated battery inside and the button is the bottom of the tube....

Man the flavour and the hit was awesome. She reckons it gives her the same consistent hit every time and the current build has lasted 2 weeks, same hit every time and all she has to do is change the cotton every now and then....

Now I'm happy with my subtank nano .5ohm SSOCC coils first couple of days but must admit after a few days the hit becomes less 'constant / consistant.'

What kind of price tag am I looking at for one of the current decent RDA 'tops' and something to put it on top of? Could I use my Cool Fire 4 or is 40W not enough...? I want decent but not high end. So for sub ohm tank vaping I am at the CF4 and Subtank nano level of quality and expense. So I'd want something in similar league.

And do they leak? Are they hassle? Does building take long (people have told me about 5 to 10 mins to build a coil) and for someone who usually vapes 3ml a day how long would each buil last...? I vape around 70VG30PG...

Swore I'd never go there, but well, those couple of hits were as good as a fresh subtank coil for the first tank or two and if it's that good for two weeks compared to the subtank nano few days and then a week of about 75% as good as when the coil first started being used........ tempting....

I agree with most of the suggestions above, but for now, just get a dripper. Your Cool Fire 4 will be plenty if you purchase a nice small RDA. You can always upgrade your mod in the future if you decide need more power, but for now, 40w is PLENTY for a derringer or stumpy RDA. Those clones are available cheap, and should be great starter RDAs to see if you like dripping. They are both designed to run single or dual coils. I run my derringer as a single coil, and if I keep the W's down, I do not burn through much more juice than I do in my subtank mini.

Also, if you do decide you like drippers, and you decide you want a bigger one or need more power, you do NOT need a Mech Mod. A nice dual battery regulated mod will give you all of the power of a mech with added safety.

For now, I suggest you purchase a derringer or stumpy, or some other small RDA, some cotton, and some wire, and give it a shot. You could purchase everything above for $20 or less.

 

[Bad Ninja]

: You will use 2-3 times more juice than you currently do.

Oh. Yeah kind of a thing to use as a treat or for when the sub tank doesn't quite do it then... Cheers for all the info Mr Dripper, might start of with a small cheap one like a derringer on my CF4 and see how it goes... Or might get another subtank nano and use that with .2ohm coils for when get bored / vape tongue from the .5 ohm coils...

You won't use that much more nice than a sub tank.
However you need to stop and educate yourself on ohmsaw and how an RDA works.
It's extremely simple stuff, but also extremely important.

Use the regulated device.

Based on your questions you aren't ready for a mechanical mod just yet.

Nothing against RDAs. I have plenty of them. I'm against the idea that you have to cut your nic level in half when using them or going "sub-ohm" or any other reason other than satisfaction.

Not everyone reduces nic, but remember:
RDAs are far more efficient delivery systems than most tanks
So be prepared.

 

[Hotwire]

Okay I think a Derringer or Stumpy on my Cf4 would be a very good starting point.

I'm considering it but just stumbled across the Aspire Cleito tank and it cuts out the need for a chimney, so looking like it might be very close to a dripping experience without having to build anything....

Any thoughts..?

Cheers all

 

[Bad Ninja]

Okay I think a Derringer or Stumpy on my Cf4 would be a very good starting point.

I'm considering it but just stumbled across the Aspire Cleito tank and it cuts out the need for a chimney, so looking like it might be very close to a dripping experience without having to build anything....

Any thoughts..?

Cheers all

My advice:

If you want the performance of an RDA, get an RDA.

If you want the convenience of a tank, buy a tank.

Don't buy a tank and expect RDA performance.

The derringer is an excellent RDA.
You can find very good clones for around $9.

 

[edyle]

Hmmm.... Man what a hit. It was at a vape shop on a rebuildable dripping atty attached to a tube with an unregulated battery inside and the button is the bottom of the tube....

Man the flavour and the hit was awesome. She reckons it gives her the same consistent hit every time and the current build has lasted 2 weeks, same hit every time and all she has to do is change the cotton every now and then....

Now I'm happy with my subtank nano .5ohm SSOCC coils first couple of days but must admit after a few days the hit becomes less 'constant / consistant.'

What kind of price tag am I looking at for one of the current decent RDA 'tops' and something to put it on top of? Could I use my Cool Fire 4 or is 40W not enough...? I want decent but not high end. So for sub ohm tank vaping I am at the CF4 and Subtank nano level of quality and expense. So I'd want something in similar league.

And do they leak? Are they hassle? Does building take long (people have told me about 5 to 10 mins to build a coil) and for someone who usually vapes 3ml a day how long would each buil last...? I vape around 70VG30PG...

Swore I'd never go there, but well, those couple of hits were as good as a fresh subtank coil for the first tank or two and if it's that good for two weeks compared to the subtank nano few days and then a week of about 75% as good as when the coil first started being used........ tempting....

You'd have to change cotton every couple days just as you would change subtank coil every couple days.

The big difference you experienced was more about power and the coil than anything else.

If what you want is a fresh subtank coil just buy a 10pack of subtank rba coil heads and wrap your own coils on them.

$20.78 Replacement Rebuildable RBA Plus Coil Head for SUBTANK Mini Clearomizer (10-Pack) 10-pack - 0.5ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[Hotwire]

I'm trying the Aspire Cleito next week when the shop has them. If they vape better than the subtank nano, I'll buy one. If not I might get a Derringer, Stumpy or Freakshow, one of the cheaper small ones to start with - I've read great things about them and you guys have reccomended two of them. Stumpy seems best for quality and low price....

I've since also realised I made a poor choice in the CF4 as I've only had it 5 months and it is not firing the nano up enough any more and I only vape 3ml a day at 30W.

Thought it was my coil or something, but the lady in the shop put my subtank nano on her Joytech EVC at 30W and damn it fired / ramped up quicker than on my fully charged CF4 and the vape was thicker and a more white colour and tasted better.

Apparently as the CF4 battery only gets charged via a pass-through, it never gets as fully charged as a rechargeable battery charged through the mains directly. Her hubby said this and he is an electrician so...

Moral of the story, I guess I need a mod with replaceable batteries and higher than 40W capacity before going any further with a Cleito or an RDA.... The CUBOID 150W at £49 seems a good choice.... put anything I want on that...

 

[Hotwire]

Also lady at shop said some RDA's you can by pre-made dripping coils for them, just plug in and cut off wire..... Which ones with pre-made coils are good and not too expensive, if anyone has any ideas.... In the vape shop cheapest was £29, bit too much for me for starting out. Cheers all....

 

[Bad Ninja]

Also lady at shop said some RDA's you can by pre-made dripping coils for them, just plug in and cut off wire..... Which ones with pre-made coils are good and not too expensive, if anyone has any ideas.... In the vape shop cheapest was £29, bit too much for me for starting out. Cheers all....

Obviously that lady doesn't drip.

Seriously, if you want the best out of a dripper, take the 15 minutes or so needed to learn to wrap your your own coils.
It's not rocket science. If you can count and wrap a piece of string around a toothpick you can build a coil.

The derringer>stumpy.

I have both.

The freakshow is a bottom airflow RDA. If you don't wick it properly it will leak.

 

[Hotwire]

Hmm, okay the stumpy at less than a third of the price of the derringer, will be my first to try I guess and I'll take your advice and try my own coils. I'll see what the Cleito's are like first though, they're getting great reviews

Cheers

 

[djdexmaster]

I agree with whoever said that RDA's should be used sort of like a supplement to your vaping habits. Break it out every now and then and special occasions, but really a tank is better for an everyday vape. Thats just my opinion though.

 

[Hotwire]

Sounds like good advice I've got so far. Start small and cheap - stumpy - and not use all day. I'll get back to report how it goes if I bite the bullet. I might not need to, I was getting frustrated with sub ohm tank experience, but it turns out it's not the tanks or coils, it's my CF4 battery not being as good as it was.... tried my same tank on a mod with removable rechargeble batteries at same watts in a store today and it was WAY better, just like when I first got the CF4. Cf4 dying. Me sad. waste money. Need to by new PV soon. Please call me a whambulance lol.

 

[Bad Ninja]

Hmm, okay the stumpy at less than a third of the price of the derringer, will be my first to try I guess and I'll take your advice and try my own coils. I'll see what the Cleito's are like first though, they're getting great reviews

Cheers

Get a clone.
Derringer clones run about $9.
Less if you shop around.

The derringer is much better.

Unless you are a collector, there is no reason whatsoever to waste money on an authentic RDA.