Non-leaky, pocketable 19mm RTA. Does it exist?

[danherts]

So I've been using an Aspire ET-S for a while which has been good apart from lots of dodgy coils and a bit of leakage onto the battery when the juice gets low. I bought the kit to rebuild these heads which greatly improves them, but they are so small that it's a bit off faff.

Anyway, after three el cheapo batteries died through snapped wires I decided to invest in a decent one. My only surviving battery is an Evod but it's only 900mah so I decided to go bigger and went for the Ipow 2 - which is awesome btw - but it's mahoosive and now my ET-S looks pathetic attached to it.

So to get around the faff, I'd like to get a rebuildable. I only ever vape outside for various reasons so it would spend most of it's life in my pocket, however I don't seem to be able to find one with no reports of leakage, nevermind in 19mm. Shorter would be better too as I don't mind refilling.

So does anyone know of one? If it's not going to happen is there anything else out there as easy to rebuild as an evod without the crappy airy draw? Failing that I'll stick with my rebuildable BDCs but swap the ET-S for a Vivi Nova to beef it up.

Any input appreciated.

Dan

 

[Rab D]

So does anyone know of one? If it's not going to happen is there anything else out there as easy to rebuild as an evod without the crappy airy draw? Failing that I'll stick with my rebuildable BDCs but swap the ET-S for a Vivi Nova to beef it up.

Any input appreciated.

Dan

Taifun GS? Nice looking atty, but tricky to wick. Or the Erlkonigin; not pretty ("Vivi Nova on steroids", according to a post I just read on Fasttech), but light and easy to build and the easiest of all to fill.

 

[scrumpox]

Take a look at the GP Spheroid.

 

[VaperCaper]

So to get around the faff, I'd like to get a rebuildable. I only ever vape outside for various reasons so it would spend most of it's life in my pocket, however I don't seem to be able to find one with no reports of leakage, nevermind in 19mm. Shorter would be better too as I don't mind refilling.

So does anyone know of one? If it's not going to happen is there anything else out there as easy to rebuild as an evod without the crappy airy draw?

How much money do you have to spend?

Do you mind buying clones?

All RTAs are pretty easy to rebuild once you get the hang of them. Any of the expensive ones won't leak (as long as they aren't Genesis types). Though you might never find one with no reports of leakage. 99.9% of the time a tank leaks it's user error.

A clone will be hit and miss. If you got one where the QC guy had had his morning coffee, got laid at the weekend and did a good job, then all is good. If you got a Friday afternoon or a first thing Monday edition, then not so good.

Which one to get comes down to budget and which on you like the looks of the most.

If it was me I'd get an Aerotank or a Nautilus or one of the new Aspire Atlantis clearos for in the pocket out and about, where I might spend a bit on coils, but if I break it/lose it it's not the end of the world and get a decent dripper for at home. The mid range clearos on the market these days are waaaay ahead of Evods and vivi novas from a couple of years back.

If you're going to splash the cash on a £100+ RTA original then watch some video reviews on the ones you have in mind and go from there. Atties, like juices are subjective and there isn't one that is head and shoulders above all the others, as far as vape quality goes, in my experience, they're all pretty similar.

 

[scrumpox]

99.9% of the time a tank leaks it's user error.

Excellent post though I would contest only this statement.

It may be semantics but user error can't include making mistakes through genuine lack of awareness and should not include the learning curve or the narrow usability tolerances of the gear. Not much of this vaping gear comes with a manual, a lot of time is needed on forums learning the idiosyncracies and picking up hints that others have learned through nothing more than trial and error. How many times do you see warnings on websites about gear being for experienced vapers only? User knowledge is therefore assumed by the manufacturer and reseller. It's very easy for experienced vapers to forget what this is like for noobs.

1st generation gear is fool proof but it's also crap. 2nd and 3rd generation vape gear is far from fool proof, it's broadly a crock of shit, even the so called high end gear which is marginally less shitty but made into good vaping experiences by experienced vapers.