I was given the Vandy Vape 25 mm Widowmaker rta by Sourcemore for the purpose of this review.
And Lilia gave me this code for you, WIDO gets you the Widowmaker for the price of $28.26.
In the box, you’ll find the rta, two extra air flow rings – one is a round hole, the other is an oval, and the one installed is a multi hole – a pair of triple fused clapton coils, a bag of O rings, grub screws, and a 510 adapter, plus a leg trimming guide.
The Widowmaker is a dual coil, dual air flow RTA with juice flow control. It’s a whopping 51 mm tall and holds 5 mls of juice with the straight glass and 6 mls with the bubble glass.
The postless deck is roomy and easy to build. I installed two 3.5 mm ID 6 wrap 28Gx2/34G fused claptons and they have plenty of elbow room. I have a hard time eyeballing how long coil legs should be, especially on a postless deck. But I noticed there’s an arrow on the leg trimming tool that points to 5mm, which works great. Nice touch.
The airflow comes from the top and bottom and hits the coils from below, and no matter how I adjusted it, or which AF ring I used, it is very smooth, but I don’t get a really tight draw ever. I’m not surprised, because it is geared towards DL, but it may be a bit too airy for some.
One of the tricky things with this RTA is that the air flow ring also controls the juice flow. Especially on a new RTA, when they’re still stiff, it’s going to be really frustrating to adjust either without screwing the other one up. Lubing the O rings under the AF ring helps – in fact, while you’re at it, just rub a little juice on all the O rings. Everything is really smooth, but it’s still tight and juice makes everything better. It’s a little easier to adjust the air with the bottom ring, but doesn’t adjust it by much. And that bottom ring is not attached to the base. Definitely a con for me.
The juice flow is that little dot inside the cutaway on the AF ring. The dots above it are indicators for how far open it is, from left to right, least to most.
To fill, just screw the top off. It only has one juice hole, but it’s more than adequate – it’ll accommodate even those rounded tip bottles, and there’s enough space that it’s not a slow fill. I hate a slow filler, or one that burps juice back. This one fills nice.
I installed the bubble glass mostly so you could see how completely ridiculous it looks. With the straight glass, it’s a rather nice looking RTA. I’m not crazy about this color – frosted gray – but otherwise it’s it’s nice. This color though… I have around a hundred mods, and it goes with none of them. But the bubble glass? I’m not a hater, and with some RTAs I kind of like the look, others I’ll use it for more juice capacity, or because the straight glass fills too slowly. This gives you one more ml of liquid and turns the atty into this freak of nature. I wouldn’t let my friends walk around like this. I mean I’d say something.
Okay, but how does it vape? Like I said, the AF is great. Very smooth and as much air as you’d want. Too many fussy fiddly parts to it, which is a definite con for me. The flavor is as good as most of my dual coil RTAs, I wouldn’t say the best, but I wouldn’t chuck it in the creek, either. I think there’s so much going on with this thing that’s just plain superfluous. There’s no benefit to adding the extra AF rings or the bubble glass – an extra straight would be appreciated.
To sum up, in the price range it’s about what you’d expect. It’s well made, the threads are all smooth, the finish is flawless. It has a nice juice capacity – even with the straight glass. Smooth air, fairly quiet, good flavor. Easy to fill. 25 mm, because you know, sometimes you need a 25 mm. The deck. I love the deck. I appreciate that it comes with a leg trimming guide, and that it’s marked, and that the 510 adapter is included.
On the con side, that bottom AF ring is not secured to the base. Too many parts that don’t seem to make any difference but I’m OCD and will have to keep track of them till the day I die. Juice control – unnecessary. It’s also just silly tall – but that may or may not be a negative for you.
All in all, a nice RTA from Vandy Vape.
Don’t forget your code, WIDO if you’d like to take the Widowmaker for a spin.
And Thanks again, Lilia and Sourcemore!
And Lilia gave me this code for you, WIDO gets you the Widowmaker for the price of $28.26.
In the box, you’ll find the rta, two extra air flow rings – one is a round hole, the other is an oval, and the one installed is a multi hole – a pair of triple fused clapton coils, a bag of O rings, grub screws, and a 510 adapter, plus a leg trimming guide.
The Widowmaker is a dual coil, dual air flow RTA with juice flow control. It’s a whopping 51 mm tall and holds 5 mls of juice with the straight glass and 6 mls with the bubble glass.
The postless deck is roomy and easy to build. I installed two 3.5 mm ID 6 wrap 28Gx2/34G fused claptons and they have plenty of elbow room. I have a hard time eyeballing how long coil legs should be, especially on a postless deck. But I noticed there’s an arrow on the leg trimming tool that points to 5mm, which works great. Nice touch.
The airflow comes from the top and bottom and hits the coils from below, and no matter how I adjusted it, or which AF ring I used, it is very smooth, but I don’t get a really tight draw ever. I’m not surprised, because it is geared towards DL, but it may be a bit too airy for some.
One of the tricky things with this RTA is that the air flow ring also controls the juice flow. Especially on a new RTA, when they’re still stiff, it’s going to be really frustrating to adjust either without screwing the other one up. Lubing the O rings under the AF ring helps – in fact, while you’re at it, just rub a little juice on all the O rings. Everything is really smooth, but it’s still tight and juice makes everything better. It’s a little easier to adjust the air with the bottom ring, but doesn’t adjust it by much. And that bottom ring is not attached to the base. Definitely a con for me.
The juice flow is that little dot inside the cutaway on the AF ring. The dots above it are indicators for how far open it is, from left to right, least to most.
To fill, just screw the top off. It only has one juice hole, but it’s more than adequate – it’ll accommodate even those rounded tip bottles, and there’s enough space that it’s not a slow fill. I hate a slow filler, or one that burps juice back. This one fills nice.
I installed the bubble glass mostly so you could see how completely ridiculous it looks. With the straight glass, it’s a rather nice looking RTA. I’m not crazy about this color – frosted gray – but otherwise it’s it’s nice. This color though… I have around a hundred mods, and it goes with none of them. But the bubble glass? I’m not a hater, and with some RTAs I kind of like the look, others I’ll use it for more juice capacity, or because the straight glass fills too slowly. This gives you one more ml of liquid and turns the atty into this freak of nature. I wouldn’t let my friends walk around like this. I mean I’d say something.
Okay, but how does it vape? Like I said, the AF is great. Very smooth and as much air as you’d want. Too many fussy fiddly parts to it, which is a definite con for me. The flavor is as good as most of my dual coil RTAs, I wouldn’t say the best, but I wouldn’t chuck it in the creek, either. I think there’s so much going on with this thing that’s just plain superfluous. There’s no benefit to adding the extra AF rings or the bubble glass – an extra straight would be appreciated.
To sum up, in the price range it’s about what you’d expect. It’s well made, the threads are all smooth, the finish is flawless. It has a nice juice capacity – even with the straight glass. Smooth air, fairly quiet, good flavor. Easy to fill. 25 mm, because you know, sometimes you need a 25 mm. The deck. I love the deck. I appreciate that it comes with a leg trimming guide, and that it’s marked, and that the 510 adapter is included.
On the con side, that bottom AF ring is not secured to the base. Too many parts that don’t seem to make any difference but I’m OCD and will have to keep track of them till the day I die. Juice control – unnecessary. It’s also just silly tall – but that may or may not be a negative for you.
All in all, a nice RTA from Vandy Vape.
Don’t forget your code, WIDO if you’d like to take the Widowmaker for a spin.
And Thanks again, Lilia and Sourcemore!
