Underrated RDAs

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miro011

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i dont use rda anymore because for some reason my subtank mini gives me 10 times better flavor than all my other tanks , my lemo 2 which is suppose to be as good tastes like garbage , i boiled , i did everything and no its not dry hits its some weird chemical taste or something IDK , it was stuck in inspections for so long , god knows why and god knows what they might have done to it , my rda is better than my lemo 2 but nothing compared to the subtank
 

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The N23 gets a lot of trash talked on it just because it looks a bit like a pineapple. It's my main workhorse atm and has completely blown my previous workhorse out of the water (mutation x v2) in all 3 areas, airflow is massive with tons of options and 29 holes in total, kills the mutation in cloud production, and completely takes the cake on flavor for any massive airflow atty I've tried.
 

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If you want the flavor of the Magma with more clouds, the Derringer is right up your alley. You have to lung hit it, but its a nice vape indeed. The Magma's got flavor but it just doesnt have the airflow for clouds. The Derringer tastes better than any build Ive put on my Magma AND I can fog up a room with it at like 18w. Check out the cheapo Samurai Bonsai clones over at Angelcigs too. Functionally its almost identical to a Derringer sizewise and internally, with some slight differences in the airflow holes. That $8 Bonsai clone laid my Derringer to waste in both flavor AND vapor.
I'm usually a mouth to lung guy but I guess to blow big clouds I have to lung hit. Is this is true?
 
I read a whole thread about the plume veil leaking tho. And the magma is great for flavor and now I want a decent cloud rda. Can plume veil chuck it decent or no?

I'm usually a mouth to lung guy but I guess to blow big clouds I have to lung hit. Is this is true?

in regards to your first post, really its nearly impossible to have absolutely no leaking on an RDA. whether its the o-rings getting old or over-dripping, it happens to everyone and every RDA.

if you want to blow big clouds there's a lot more factors than just the RDA or the hit you take. but definitely a straight lung hit for blowing big clouds.
 

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Don't hear much about the igo w7,but it's a treat.Nice airflow.Decent build deck for vertical coils.And authentic costs about $10
 
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Im guessing you didnt build it right? My Derringer instantly knocked my Magma out the rotation. Even rebuilt the thing a couple weeks ago and gave it one last shot but nope, probably never going to use my Magma again. Not to mention the Magma's notorious for leaking, and mine will leak just sitting on a stand by itself, even with the coil barely over the airhole and not a single piece of wick touching the deck. Derringer only leaks when I overfill it on accident. Are you a mouth-to-lung hitter? If so than of course the Magma is the way to go, thats all its good for as it doesnt have the airflow for anything else. The Derringer on the other hand doesnt seem to be able to be closed down enough so you have to lung hit the thing, but its worth every bit of it.
yeah as long as you carry tissues around with you to ckear up the leakage
 

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I don't think this is in the same league as some of the other drippers mentioned, but I picked up a smok xpure on clearance sale really just because I wanted the drip tip it came with. My guess is it was on clearance because it never got popular. The air hole needed to be drilled out but other than that, it does the business and I like the way it looks too. Dual coil posts, ceramic deck, and unusual double wall design that is hard to make leak even if you wanted it to leak. What's not to like lol.
 
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in regards to your first post, really its nearly impossible to have absolutely no leaking on an RDA. whether its the o-rings getting old or over-dripping, it happens to everyone and every RDA.

if you want to blow big clouds there's a lot more factors than just the RDA or the hit you take. but definitely a straight lung hit for blowing big clouds.
You said mx4 always has bad leaks though. What makes it so much worse than other rda's? So you would never recommend it?
 

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I don't think this is in the same league as some of the other drippers mentioned, but I picked up a smok xpure on clearance sale really just because I wanted the drip tip it came with. My guess is it was on clearance because it never got popular. The air hole needed to be drilled out but other than that, it does the business and I like the way it looks too. Dual coil posts, ceramic deck, and unusual double wall design that is hard to make leak even if you wanted it to leak. What's not to like lol.

This thread ain't about being high-end, and you, sir, have turned me onto one cool looking atty that's cheap as dirt! Very similar in design to the Immortalizer (<3) but with more build options. Bottom airflow is where it's at.
 
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You said mx4 always has bad leaks though. What makes it so much worse than other rda's? So you would never recommend it?

for me the mxv4 did have bad leaks. the o-rings are pretty thin. i think i mentioned it before but the main culprit of leaking was the bottom airflow system. the bottom afc has no lip on the deck to prevent juice from leaking down and out. and since basically every build you would put on it would be centered directly over the bottom afc leaking is inevitable. me personally i would not recommend it, just wasn't for me.

i said it before and i'll say it again, i personally recommend the Lycan RDA by Cigreen. tons of options and really affordable. you can buy it here. i'm currently using it with a .18ohm 26N80 dual parallel between 75w-100w on my sigelei 150w and its freaking awesome.

you also have a lot of other suggestions from this thread. just check em out and see what the reviews are for them.
 

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Achilles clone purchased here Achilles Atomizer Clone / Titanium RDA / Achilles RBA I love this device because I can put 70 drops of e liquid in it which is 3.5 ml (20 drops = 1 ml), lay it on it's side or carry it in my pocket on the motorcycle all day and have zero leaks, nothing, nada. It might hold more than 3.5 ml without leaking but that's all I've tried. (edit, edit, a few minutes ago I rewicked and refilled one more time to confirm I could get 70 drops in my Achilles without leaking and was successful. I laid the set up on it's side with the air hole facing down and there does not appear to be any leaking from the air supply after a few minutes. I believe there could be a leak from the drip tip if it was positioned upside down but that's a risk I can live with.)

It is single coil, the only thing I build, air is not adjustable but doesn't need to be for mouth to lung. I build single 1.6-2.0 ohm coils and run them at 16-20 watts (hard core tootlepuffer). I don't find it to be fussy about coils or wicking. For now I've lost interest in my N minis, Atlantis, egrip, kanger sub mini, and Tugboat v2 dripper clone.

The reasons it doesn't leak. The deck and top cap thread into the barrel and are sealed with O rings. There are no holes in the barrel. Air is supplied by a tube that rises from the center of the deck well above the bottom of the drip well and the chimney extends into the chamber below the top cap.

Unscrewing the barrel from the deck is a pain but only needs to be done when rebuilding. The top cap is easy to unscrew for dripping. I always put in more liquid than the wick can absorb because it won't be leaking out. That keeps the wick and coil super saturated which does nice things for taste and vapor quality.

Titanium is very hard material so take care threading into the 510 connection of any mod. The lighter weight compared to stainless is nice. It is taller than the Tugboat but that is necessary to make it resistant to leaking.

It has the taste and vapor quality of a dripper and the liquid capacity of a small tank.
 
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