Advice needed - Rta alternative to Ares 2

[Subharmonic]

Hi folks - I hope you can help.
I'm a long time fan of the Ares line - especially Ares 2. Problem is they've stopped making it - and I don't rate the Finale - or at least don't rate the new cap. I like the slide cap on the Ares 1 and 2. Is there anything out there that's similar that won't break the bank?

Ps a weakness of the Ares is the small rubber aperture for filling. In time it deforms and wants to pop out which is no use. If that component/design was better it would have been pretty much perfect. So anyone got any ideas?

All advice is greatly appreciated so thanks in advance...

 

[col]

Not an easy one to answer, as one tank is great for one but not for another.
I'm the same as I have both Ares like you and love them.
Before these I mainly used a nautilus mini with bought coils, but they didn't seem to last as long, so turned to rebuildable.
I have a couple of rebuildable drippers standing by in case my Ares fail or are lost or broken.
All I can suggest is read the reviews and look at one millimeter air holes, as I think the air draw is the main problem on some rba's for a tight enough mouth to lung draw.
As long as you get a tight enough air drawer for your mtl vape, I think most of the well known brands will probably do the job.
Pity they stopped making the Ares, both have been my favourite and I still go between both the one and two.

 

[Subharmonic]

All told they are both very good - though the Ares 1 cap had a tendency to open in the pocket. Ares 2 less so even without the locking drip tip.
But that rubber aperture is def a weakness. I wonder why they ditched the slide cap for the finale?

 

[col]

I didn't know about the finale until coming on here, so looked it up and saw the screw off top to fill.
It does seem a step back.

 

[Subharmonic]

Def feels it to me. I'd actually have slide cap as higher priority than flavour...

 

[MHL]

@Subharmonic You could try the Cthulhu Valor or even the pioneer 1.5 (which has a sliding cap) if you can get hold of one.

And perhaps not your expected recommendation, but I've recently been using the orion 2 with the rba pod and it's a proper cracker. Up there with some of my favourite rtas.

 

[Subharmonic]

Are these all slide caps MHL?
Ive been out of the loop to be honest but will def check these suggestions out. Thanks for taking the time to post - appreciated.

 

[andyroo]

+1 in recommending the Valor

 

[Astral]

I'm a long time user of the Ares 2 and always loved it, but now I've moved on to the higher end tanks and have a NarVa, Innova, SkyLine-R, 415 V2, Asylum and countless others but to be honest they don' perform any better than the Ares, but if you can afford to spend a little extra I'd thoroughly recommend splashing out on a Diplomat, it performs brilliantly and is probably the best of the bunch.

 

[MHL]

I'm a long time user of the Ares 2 and always loved it, but now I've moved on to the higher end tanks and have a NarVa, Innova, SkyLine-R, 415 V2, Asylum and countless others but to be honest they don' perform any better than the Ares, but if you can afford to spend a little extra I'd thoroughly recommend splashing out on a Diplomat, it performs brilliantly and is probably the best of the bunch.

Good to see you @Astral. I second that recommendation for the diplomat

Are these all slide caps MHL?

Only the pioneer I'm afraid. If you're fixed on a slide cap, you're options are going to be extremely limited.