The A7 is the only rda that I use anymore. The difference is that the A7 is bottom air instead of side air like the Phoenix. It's strictly MTL, but the A7 is the flavor king of all RDAs. I use 1/3 of the amount of flavoring in my formulas that I used with big diameter RDAs
What bad hardware have you bought ?
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The A7 is the only rda that I use anymore. The difference is that the A7 is bottom air instead of side air like the Phoenix. It's strictly MTL, but the A7 is the flavor king of all RDAs. I use 1/3 of the amount of flavoring in my formulas that I used with big diameter RDAs
My first setup was a challenge. Ego, atty, cartridge 3 piece system. But as others have said, it showed me that vaping works.
Worst was the Selectable Voltage ego from smok. Fell apart in a week. Next was one of the first bottom coil clearos- the G4. Last clearo that I bought until my Nautilus last August.
Two Innokin vv3's and the first Istick 20 weren't impressive yet served a purpose.
Boge's and egos gave me the best service to date.
Worst was the Selectable Voltage ego from smok. Fell apart in a week. Next was one of the first bottom coil clearos- the G4. Last clearo that I bought until my Nautilus last August.
Two Innokin vv3's and the first Istick 20 weren't impressive yet served a purpose.
Boge's and egos gave me the best service to date.
I don't know that I bought a bunch of bad stuff as much as stuff that didn't quite "click" with me. I settled on a REO and fooled with it until I got it right. tj99959, above, has a signature that influenced me, "The biggest and most common mistake is buying product after product searching for that perfect vape instead of learning how to get that perfect vape from the products you already have." I got the REO to be perfect.
No doubt it was a popular little rebuildable and glad to see it still being used. I personally never used it , as I was doing gennys at that time, but I didn't realize it was an rda, always thought it was an rta? Are you still using the same ones you bought back then? Definitely getting some good use at of them...
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I bought my first one when Keith at Empire first started to carry them. Then a couple of months later they came out with the A7 mini, so I bought two of them. I'm still using those same three, but I also picked up some more (11) on closeout sales. (just in case)
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The A7 holds 7 drops, (maybe that's where it got it's name) so I would call it a dripper.
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7 drops, your definitely right...rda .empire(mods, right?) , are they still around? I agree with you about flavor, I believe the smaller chimney/chamber mtl stuff just can't be beat. Of all my rtas, the ones that have the smaller profiles have a more intense flavorI bought my first one when Keith at Empire first started to carry them. Then a couple of months later they came out with the A7 mini, so I bought two of them. I'm still using those same three, but I also picked up some more (11) on closeout sales. (just in case)
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The A7 holds 7 drops, (maybe that's where it got it's name) so I would call it a dripper.
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The worst I ever purchased was the Buck Naked Slip Kit. While it had a design that looked great with two small pen style refillable devices and the case was a battery pack for charging it stunk! The cartridges or coils would junk up with a gooey crud and I returned it to the B&M after a week. I am truly surprised to see it still for sale. Got an iStick TC40W and a Nautilus in exchange for this disappointing purchase.
That is what a friend of mine started with - and finished with - he is still a two pack a day smoker.
Can't like your post because he went back to smoking! I bought that because I got tired of refilling Logic Cartridges but found out pretty quick how it was poorly designed. Looking at it and reading the site info made me think it would be the answer. Worst was waiting for the B&M to hear back from the distributor if I could return it for a refund. If it was only a problem with the batteries they might have given me another but it wasn't the answer.
Yes, I can't like my own post. The product was a complete bust, to this day, I vape, he smokes.
I was surprised it is still available to purchase to be honest! Maybe if you vape high PG it might not clog?
Moto Plus kit. I had an equipment failure while camping in the Sierra. Drove in to the nearest excuse for a town and just needed something to get me through the weekend around a bunch of smokers. It kept me off the cigs that weekend, but I haven't touched it since; not even sure why it's still in my "old gear" box.
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My $12 kf5 clone has been nothing but fantastic for me! I haven't had one issue with it. Micro usb is pretty dang tough considering the amount of abuse the average person puts it through. The whole design was to make the male end take the abuse rather than the female end. I'll switch to usb-c when it's actually a standard, right now everything I buy and use uses usb-a.
For me it was a Dark Horse RDA clone.It worked fine BUT not at all for my style of vaping (8watts MTL).It was a spur of the moment purchase that I should have given more thought to.
The worst equips I've had were a couple bottom-of-the-barrel Kayfun 3.1 clones, but I do not regret buying them. Actually, in a strange way I'm glad I had the experience. My building skills improved dramatically in the course of keeping those two attys in service. 
I have a pile of kayfuns and oodles of parts. I learned to build using protanks but it was the kayfun that gave me versatility to expand my building horizons, I did drill out the airflow on some of them but they still have a tight draw. I still once in a while blow the dust off a kayfun and build.
The waste of money kayfun I bought was the one with the side fill (3.1)...aggravating just thinking about it.
I've only been vaping for a few years. I don't think I've made a "bad" purchased. I have bought some things, mostly tanks, carts and juice that didn't work out for me, some of it worked for my wife, some for neither of use. I would consider the "bad" purchases more as learning experiences and led me to things I like and work for me.
Even my purchase of my first vaping experience, Blu set up which wouldn't work for me today, started me on my journey. Being an ex-smokeless user versus ex-smoker, I discovered a nicotine replacement that worked much better than nic gum & patches.
Even my purchase of my first vaping experience, Blu set up which wouldn't work for me today, started me on my journey. Being an ex-smokeless user versus ex-smoker, I discovered a nicotine replacement that worked much better than nic gum & patches.
Me, too. My first purchase was a Blu disposable and I loved it.
I loved it so much that when I learned Johnson Creek was Blu's liquid manufacturer (supplying them with Red Oak Domestic for their "tobacco" flavor), I bought bottles and bottles of the stuff, and it wasn't cheap!
I loved it so much that when I started my Evil DIY Lab in 2014, my first project was to clone that flavor and when I finally nailed it I made a half gallon.
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