Vandy Vape BERSERKER (24mm) MTL RTA

[ShaneR42]

Just to add my own experience....

My Berserker is in the 2ml config (I've never tried the 4), and I still get gurgling and minor flooding when top-filling. Nothing serious, though...a few good pulls and it disappears. But it's surely enough to tick me off each and every time. There must be a secret...

Learning to live with it, though.

 

[ricks]

Just to add my own experience....

My Berserker is in the 2ml config (I've never tried the 4), and I still get gurgling and minor flooding when top-filling. Nothing serious, though...a few good pulls and it disappears. But it's surely enough to tick me off each and every time. There must be a secret...

Learning to live with it, though.

The thickness of the wick ends and how thick the liquid is makes a big difference with this gurgling issue.

I had no gurgling by sticking a toothpick in the air hole before removing the top cap. Didn't work for all tho...

 

[ricks]

You have to see this video about cotton wicking... He suggests making your cotton tight in the coil.
Interesting...

 

[52anddone]

WoW !! That was Very Interesting ricks. Wick so hard that you have to hold your coil with 2 fingers while pulling thru. I need some time for that to soak in. I'll be thinking about what I saw for days now. I don't know how you found that video, but I'm glad you did. Thanks for that.

There has been a lot of people over on the Rayon thread that suspicioned that Phil screwed up that very same test when he did it way back when.

I have always used 1 finger nail to hold my coil when pulling my KGD thru so I don't move my coil out of place, but I guess that technique is not right ?? I'll have to try... what's his name again, HIS method on that video and see how it works for me.

On my second time watching that video, I picked up on when he said that he saw no difference in the wicking speed and amount wicked between Japanese Cotton and Cotton Bacon. Another Interesting bit information there.

Ya know, I wonder what would have happened if he had hooked up a pair of test leads from a Power Supply to those wicked coils (of course with insulated stand off's between the coil and the plastic board) and have a fan blowing across the coils to keep the wicks from becoming burnt, and see if that would influence the test at all. 5 seconds on, then about 5 minutes off, and do that several times. It would be complicated to do, and time consuming, and any results would have to shown at the end of the video in a chart or something.

A lot to think about in that video. At least for me.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

I haven't seen Phil's test. I use Rayon...very tight. I think there was a thought not pointed out in the 1st segment. While obviously the vertical travel of the liquid moved quicker, I suspect that the overall 'volume' of liquid moved was greater per the thickness of the larger wicks. I would have like to have seen Rayon included in such an experiment. I've never used cotton...at least not the commercial vaping cottons. One possible caviat on thickness is that they all passed through 4mm holes.

 

[52anddone]

Hey again Cool_Breeze. In Phil's wicking test, I think (if I remember correctly) he used some Sally's Rayon, and it was one of the Worst as far as wicking speed goes compared to KGD and Regular Cotton Balls, that's why some on the Rayon thread cried Foul with his test.

 

[52anddone]

and again I am in an related post. Sorry Mod's.

 

[52anddone]

. Sorry, still thinking here. I'm slow this morning. I was gonna post something else but need to think more about it.

 

[ricks]

My next refill will be with Japanese cotton tight in the coil. Have to try it.

 

[FichoZG]

I think this "very hard/tight wicking" is not good for RTAs, or at least the Berserker. You could mute the flavor all together by choking the coil with cotton. But I dunno, try.

 

[stols001]

I wicked my berserker quite tightly (but with rayon). The flavor is great, and I get no flooding or gurgling even with topfill. Also, juice consumption is low. I am fully in the camp of tight wicking (in the coil) and the correct amount of thinning/tail length. I've been very, very happy with the Berserker's performance this way.

Anna

 

[ricks]

I wicked my berserker quite tightly (but with rayon). The flavor is great, and I get no flooding or gurgling even with topfill. Also, juice consumption is low. I am fully in the camp of tight wicking (in the coil) and the correct amount of thinning/tail length. I've been very, very happy with the Berserker's performance this way.

Anna

With my 2mm coils I don't thin my tails at all. It just fits nicely. I'm using Rayon also but I want to try Japanese cotton again but tight like Rayon to see how it works. Curious...

With the 24g wire I use the other day, it drank my liquid a little quicker compared to 28g.

 

[ricks]

I'm trying a contact coil now with the 28g SS and it's just not as flavorful as a spaced coil. I haven't tried a contact one in a while and was just curious how it would work in the Berserker.

What is your favorite coil in the Berserker?

 

[ToolmanTexas]

Well, I've tried most of the new RTAs now:

• Berserker
• KF Prime (SXK clone to determine if want authentic)
• Siren V2
• Cthulu Hastur

Flavor and draw are the most important factors to me on an RTA and everything else follows that.

I do a 2mm kanthal contact coil with rayon in all my RTAs at about 1.2-1.5 ohm. The RTA needs to support the build and I don't do different builds for different RTAs.

For context my all time favorite RTAs:

• KFL
• Spheroid
• Gem V1
• Gus Phen. Zest
• Erlkonigin nano

KF Prime is super nice but not tight enough on the draw for me, will be selling. Don't like the AFC push/pull and doesn't play nice with the JFC to me.

Cthulu Hastur is great and with the air inserts can get the draw and flavor where I like. Nice looking and well made but too big at 24mm and have already sold. Negative is have to drain to get to deck, at least from what I can tell.

Siren V2 so far doesn't hit the flavor for me but still putting through some paces. Draw is tight enough or at least pretty close. Got the 22mm on this one so size is good and a good looking device.

The Berserker is spot on for flavor and draw for me. Very close to the high-end RTAs I love which is saying a TON. I have 2 22mm ones on order and if flavor and draw are same I'll sell the 24mm and grab a couple of more 22s
I like the look, the size, I don't mind bottom fill and I'm going to determine if I can top fill like I do my Kayfuns with the old turn upside down method.
For under $30... phhhtttt, no brainer.

If they make a 22mm Ares I'll probably still try it but I suspect the air will be similar to the Prime.

 

[ToolmanTexas]

I'm trying a contact coil now with the 28g SS and it's just not as flavorful as a spaced coil. I haven't tried a contact one in a while and was just curious how it would work in the Berserker.

What is your favorite coil in the Berserker?

I've always used contact coils in my RTAs but I'm going to experiment with spaced coils once I get through this round of testing all the new RTAs. Want consistency right now until done with the tests.

 

[lil_buddy]

@ToolmanTexas did you ever jump on the Doggy bandwagon? How does it fit in your list?

 

[Figs]

@toolman - the upside down hack works IF you add another step. Once you flip it and tighten, keep it upside down for about 30 secs to a minute, That will give it time to pressurize. Some tanks seem to take a bit longer to achieve pressure than others, and the Berserker is one of them. I have done this with a few tanks in the past, and it works perfect on the Berserker. Zero flood or gurgle.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

I've always used contact coils in my RTAs but I'm going to experiment with spaced coils once I get through this round of testing all the new RTAs. Want consistency right now until done with the tests.

spaced coils overrated if you ask me...which of course you didnt but anyway just saying lol!!
the other thing with spaced coils is people dont do a dry burn run with them. Anyone who has made microcoils knows that any wire has a lot of .... on it that needs to be burnt off....i see a lot of reviewers just throwing a spaced ss or kanthal coil in and vaping away and i think about the crap they are breathing in first couple of hits. That is a Health & Safety Bulletin from TOSteveS at your service! Lol!

 

[ricks]

spaced coils overrated if you ask me...which of course you didnt but anyway just saying lol!!
the other thing with spaced coils is popel dont do a dry burn run with them. Anyone who has made microcoils knows that any wire has a lot of .... on it that needs to be burnt off....i see a lot of reviewers just throwing a spaced ss or kanthal coil in and vaping away and i think about the crap they are breathing in first couple of hits. That is a Health & Safety Bulletin from TOSteveS at your service! Lol!

I'm going back to a spaced coil because I'm getting muted flavor with a contact one. Just saying... LoL

 

[TheotherSteveS]

I'm going back to a spaced coil because I'm getting muted flavor with a contact one. Just saying... LoL

that's really interesting @ricks because my experience is the opposite. Particularly in M2l RDAs where spaced coils just suck donkeys..I will try again though!!! Funny business this vaping lark!!