What's My Next RBA?

[SnakeFarm]

My first rba was a stuttering clustermung of a miserable failure I got from one of the Chinese crap outlets. I think it was a "DD" clone or some such; tiny little fella with mesh coil wick that I could never build a coil for. I stuck with carto-tanks for a while but about a month ago, I dropped in to Phoenix Vapes in Austin and one of the guys there set me up with a kfun. I loved the airy draw and the over-the-top vapor productions. Sure, it goes through juice like a bat out of hell, but the quality is outstanding. Two weeks after and the original build was still giving me that new-carto crackel, but it started to taste a little off so I pulled it apart. I didn't want to build another coil and was wondering if I could just replace the wick. I removed the original cotton the guy at Phoenix had built and dry burned the coil to bright red about five or six times before I dusted off the crust and put in a new wick. Seems good as new two weeks after that, so first question; how long do I get away with that?

I was lured to RBAs by the reduction in consumables and the raves on ECF. I saw a lot of people complaining about leaks, and others telling them to fill it properly. I always use the bottom screw port to refill and I've had zero leaks. It seams to be a really sturdy and reliable rig, if not a little on the ugly side. I did pull out the jeweler's loop to have a look at the threading. The Germans make the Chinese look like one-eyed drunks when it comes to cutting a thread. It really is artful craftsmanship.

I can see getting a lot of mileage out of my kfun, but I like to have a variety of rigs, so I just wanted to ask if there are comparable or better RBAs.

 

[HecticEnergy]

There are A LOT of RTA's out now (rebuildable Tank atomizers).
A lot of people are loving the Fogger v4 - so you may want to look that up. Myself, I drip, but have the Kayfun Light+ for when I need a tank.

You can usually get away with rewicking for a month or more.. I usually pull the coil WAY before that... I like rebuilding
When it doesn't come clean from dry burning or it pops (coil breaks, no longer competes the circuit) then its time to recoil.

What Mod does your kayfun sit on? (curiousity)

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[jayme396]

I will second the Fogger!! Get the Fogger v4.1! The juice channels are better. The only people who complain about leaking or dry hits simply aren't wicking correctly. The wick is what stops the chimney from getting flooded. Some people realize this, then try to use more cotton but they end up using too much and no juice gets to the coil, they get dry hits, and complain and say the fogger's crap.

 

[SnakeFarm]

Thanks. I'll look into the Fogger.

Currently it's on my iTaste 134 monster mod, but it does well on just about everything I have including the two twisty VV ego style batts. The only exception is my gen 1 Provari which does not even want to talk about one point anything.

 

[SnakeFarm]

Yeah, I paid the guy at Phoenix to show me how to rig it up and he was careful to stress the exact way to trim and "paint" the wick into position. Once you see and do this, it only makes sense that it wold be problematic to do it wrong.

 

[jayme396]

Yeah when I first got my fogger, I didn't wick enough and I kept flooding my tank and it would leak bad. Then I had to drain my tank and re wick and refill. Then I wicked too much and had to drain again to wick less. Then I made the mistake again on not wicking enough and I kept repeating this process till I found the proper way to wick it. I lost 15 mL of juice just figuring how to wick the damn thing!

 

[SnakeFarm]

fasttech has some cool brass looking ones. Thinking about getting one and a nemesis clone with a kick. Whatcha think?