Aight… finally spent some time building, and rebuilding… and rebuilding this Triton RTA POS.
TLDR Note: EF this RTA
Warning: Expletive riddled rant ahead, turn now if you’re faint of heart…
I watched several videos (including MikeVapes and RipTrippers) and also read the instructions that were included for this RTA. Confident that I had all the information I needed; I set out to do some building and testing.
The first attempt was strictly by the book. I slapped in the premade coil they provided and wicked 'er up. Juiced it and let it sit in the tank a few minz. Took a toot and I swear it tasted like flaming dog shit (not that I’ve ever had any before but I’m guessing this was pretty damn close).
Took it apart and removed the wick; nope, not burnt. Decided to dry-fire it while watching the coil for issues (prolly shoulda done this first). Yup, got a hot leg. But how in the hell am I supposed to get to it…? Best thing I could think of was to just start stabbing at it with a screwdriver. Massive PITA but finally got 'er going inside out.
Rewicked and let it sit again. Still tastes like flaming dog shit but I keep hitting it cause I’m a trooper. Fourth hit burnt the crap outta the wick…WTF! Opened it back up and apparently I over-wicked (the juice holes are waaaaay too friggin small). Rewicked three more times till I could actually see it wicking into the coil when I put drops on the outside. I was starting to get irritated at this point… Juiced up the tank and what a surprise… dog shit.
Aight… I have two of these things so maybe I scorched some of the rings or something…? I grabbed the second one and this time I made my own coil since I know my wire doesn’t taste like crap (just in case it’s their wire). Wick it, juice it, vape it, dog shit… Grrrrr ![:rage: :rage:](//forum.e-liquid-recipes.com/images/emoji/apple/rage.png?v=5)
Decided to wash and boil the parts, no help… After washing this thing and rebuilding it several times using everything from their coil to my kanthal and Clapton wire; I decided to try a TC build with my Ti 22awg to see if that would stop the burning flavor…
I was already about 3hrs into fighting with this thing and getting more pissed with every successive failure. While trying to install the Ti wrap… the miniscule set-screw (made of butter) snapped in half… at this point, I went blind with rage and officially lost my shit. I’m not completely sure of the following events but my kitchen now sits smoldering in utter ruin and I have no idea where all the parts to that RTA are…
Moral of the story: Just use the Starre coils… Any and all future builds will be done on my Griffins.