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Eric Superczynski

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I purchased this hitman rda from wish for just a couple of dollars. Just for the F of it. How should I go about whicking this thing? See attached pics.
 

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On a second look, that looks like it's designed for dual coils, not a single. Drop 2 coil legs in each hole, tighten down, and bend each coil over opposite sides of the deck and drop the wicks straight down. If you do it that way, it looks like it wouldn't be too bad of an rda.
 

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Single coil RDA for sure, not many videos of it as it probably wasn't that popular.

Vapejoy made 2 RDA's called Hitman as well.
The one you have and the other one. :lol:

The only video on YT but it's in Chinese.

Well, if that's the case, they failed miserably in the design department. The airflow is pretty far from the coil and the wicking could easily block airflow to the coil. I'd use it as a dual for sure, you would get better, more direct airflow to the coil, and the tails of the wick would be more easily managed.
 

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Well, if that's the case, they failed miserably in the design department. The airflow is pretty far from the coil and the wicking could easily block airflow to the coil. I'd use it as a dual for sure, you would get better, more direct airflow to the coil, and the tails of the wick would be more easily managed.
I'd build it dual as well, but it's a Vapjoy creation and nothing from them ever peaked my interest.
 

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On a second look, that looks like it's designed for dual coils, not a single. Drop 2 coil legs in each hole, tighten down, and bend each coil over opposite sides of the deck and drop the wicks straight down. If you do it that way, it looks like it wouldn't be too bad of an RDA.
I agree that it's a dual coil RDA. It's a very poorly designed RDA. I would suggest if running it as a single coil RDA to split the tails and put them in the the juice wells on either sides of the posts. It's easy to see why it wasn't a popular RDA.
 

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    You can also do a side to side wick in the Axial rda, which I learnt from a really old old timer ;) @Skunk!
    This is his VAPEROXX mohawks build in the Mass Mods Axial RDA

    Edit: This wick style will block the airflow in the OP's RDA however (according to ppl more knowledgeable than me :wub:)
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    Eric Superczynski

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    Lol, I didn't pay much attention to the design for wicking. It was cheep and I liked the airflow design on the pictures. I didnt realize how far away from a single coil they would be or that it wasn't squonk compatible. I tried splitting the cotton on each side, but I dont currently have a wide enough coil to accommodate splitting the cotton wicking on each side. This was Intended as a single coil build, but I'll try a dual and see what happenes. I must have been drunk when I purchased this... Suggestions for a single coil, squonk compatible, DL (OL) RDA for my 90w Dovpo Topside? Clone or high end, I want a nice single coil to squonk with.
     
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    Lol, I didn't pay much attention to the design for wicking. It was cheep and I liked the airflow design on the pictures. I didnt realize how far away from a single coil they would be or that it wasn't squonk compatible. I tried splitting the cotton on each side, but I dont currently have a wide enough coil to accommodate splitting the cotton wicking on each side. This was Intended as a single coil build, but I'll try a dual and see what happenes. I must have been drunk when I purchased this... Suggestions for a single coil bf RDA? Clone or high end, I want a nice single coil to squonk with.
    I literally posted a link above.

    We have all been there. Buying RDAs, for one reason or another, and it turns out to be all wrong. It's the only way to learn what features are important to you.
     
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    Lol, I didn't pay much attention to the design for wicking. It was cheep and I liked the airflow design on the pictures. I didnt realize how far away from a single coil they would be or that it wasn't squonk compatible. I tried splitting the cotton on each side, but I dont currently have a wide enough coil to accommodate splitting the cotton wicking on each side. This was Intended as a single coil build, but I'll try a dual and see what happenes. I must have been drunk when I purchased this... Suggestions for a single coil bf RDA? Clone or high end, I want a nice single coil to squonk with.

    Bigger inner diam coil
    Longer tails so you have material to split

    Probably dumb ideas.
     
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