Hey guys.
I recently bought two rdas that were on clearance, a druid and inde duo. The flavor is impressive but I’m thankful they weren’t full price. O rings on the druid warp way too fast and the inde is having a sealing issue along the bottom after I made a near jet engine with four vertical coils. (Overkill) Anyone have a design in mind that’s been around and isn’t too sensitive to heat? The highest Ive gone is 60 watts. Maybe someone’s seen a design maybe with a threaded bottom portion? I’m comfortable with two coils.
You can’t wrong with a Goon, or Apocalypse, or the new Skill RDA.
All of them are top notch, I use them all regularly at over 100W.
I suggest you watch reviews on any of them on Youtube.
Second for the Goon or a Goon clone. The Pharoah which can take two 4 wrap or so or one massive coil can be turned up with no issue. That one however leaks around the AFC ring for me. There really is no limit to the coil build you can put on it. Serious clamps that one.
I am a flavor junkie. I have the Cigreen Gear and the Fogwind Alliance V2. When I had the Alliance as my only RDA, after trying numerous others, I swore it would never be beat. Then I got the Gear and I swore that would be hard to beat. They are very comparable in both flavor and vapor production. I still love them both. But the other day I tried a limited edition Goon atop an Avid Lyfe Abel with a dual parallel SS build. Holy hell that was something. I am now shopping for that same setup.
@benjy337 - how would you compare the 3 rda’s you mentioned?
All fairly similar as far as vape quality, minor differences in the clamps, the Skill RDA has the slight edge as far as flavor is concerned, but only slightly better, they all have great flavor.
What is your favorite build on the Alliance RDA? I’ve tried a few. I seem to have an issue with the screws either being too loose or tight enough to break the wire. That sucks when doing a sleeper build on it.
Yeah I bet that would piss ya off LOL. The way the hole continues under the wire is a bit of a pain. I had it cut the wire a couple times. I generally snug it up as best I can then re-snug after a few pulls. I sent Fogwind an email asking if they needed any engineering advice and they never responded lol.
I had a staggered fused clapton build on it for a few, but having a DNA 200 running in power mode didn’t seem right so I went to a Titanium build. I think the last build was dual 6 wrap 22awg around a 3mm rod. I use hemp for the wick and get it in there tight enough to feel some friction trying to tip the mod. It clocked in at .08-.1 ohm with this build. I usually vape at 400 degrees or higher. But some juices I am in the 400’s, never below 485. The flavor is pretty amazing with anything I throw at it.
Oh yeah, you ever have trouble with the pin connection from the lower heat block loosening up? That was another thing I griped about in my email to Fogwind. They should have reversed that damn thread.
No trouble from there yet. Hopefully I get lucky. Only issue is breaking the leds. Like you said, the holes going all the way through isn’t the best design. Lol.
They drilled them deeper than needed to make them easier to tap. Tapping a blind hole that small really sucks. So drilling deeper than you need to tap helps by keeping chips out of the way. Even if it wasn’t drawn with a hole under their, most machinists in that situation would opt to drill as deep as they can. You could always buy more set screws and drive some into the lower section. Leave them slightly proud and use a round file through the hole to file the top of the set screw plug off. But that would only work if the holes are tapped far enough beyond the wire holes to get a set screw down there.
Where are you from benjy? The vids I am watching say the Skill RDA is not available in the US due to FDA regs. I am starting to get a little pissed. Fucking FDA needs to be overthrown. I say everyone in the US plan their vacations at the same time and we all go form the biggest protest this country has ever seen. I am down. Who’s with me?
I watched a mike vapes video a little while back and he said the same thing but the links he gave in the comments he specifically mentioned that they will ship to America.
all excellent