RBA vs pre-built - Please explain

[MarylinC37]

Dripper as in an RDA? My Aromamizer Supreme doubles up as an RDA. I just have to take the chimney and glass off it and it's an RDA.

Yes RDA's are often known as drippers. Rebuildable Dripping Atomisers.

I didn't want to interrupt your current efforts to use your Aromamizer as a tester for all your different build setups and a good quality dedicated RDA is definitely worth having in your collection.

 

[Reti]

Yes RDA's are often known as drippers. Rebuildable Dripping Atomisers.

I didn't want to interrupt your current efforts to use your Aromamizer as a tester for all your different build setups and a good quality dedicated RDA is definitely worth having in your collection.

I think they'd be good for trying out different liquids. I got 3 new flavours today, and being as impatient as I am... I had to wash out my tank and put a new liquid in to try it. Then wash it out again and do the same thing, and then again lol. I wasn't sure how to apply the liquid if I turn this into a dripper. Do I just drip it through the mouthpiece?

All 3 liquids I got sucked major balls. They're shit. I'm steeping them in the hopes they become better and I'll try them again in a week or so.
Just gone back to an old flavour I didn't particularly like and thought was weak but it's much better now it's had some time to steep and it's on my new tank.

 

[Reti]

What is this give away thing that was mentioned and how do I get in on that?

 

[MarylinC37]

I think they'd be good for trying out different liquids. I got 3 new flavours today, and being as impatient as I am... I had to wash out my tank and put a new liquid in to try it. Then wash it out again and do the same thing, and then again lol. I wasn't sure how to apply the liquid if I turn this into a dripper. Do I just drip it through the mouthpiece?

All 3 liquids I got sucked major balls. They're shit. I'm steeping them in the hopes they become better and I'll try them again in a week or so.
Just gone back to an old flavour I didn't particularly like and thought was weak but it's much better now it's had some time to steep and it's on my new tank.

A dripper would be the perfect device for testing juices. After you've tried a juice and want to swap to the next one all you have to do is remove the old cotton (you don't need to change the coil). Then clean the old juice from the inside of the dripper and dry fire the coil to burn off the old juice before dunking it in a cup of water or rinsing it under a tap. Then just clean up the coil with a wire brush or a piece of cotton or soft cloth, insert a new piece of cotton and you're good to go.

With some drippers you can remove the airflow cap to drip more juice such as the Dead Rabbit 3 I'm using but with others you might have to just remove the drip tip. If you have a watch of a review video for the one you're interested in you should see how it comes apart and how to drip and build on it.

Unfortunately, it looks like that giveaway has been taken down as it was up for over a week. I'm not sure who was offering it but possibly someone else might and if you message them you might still get it. I think they were offering to cover the postage but were asking that whoever takes it passes it on by offering something of their own as a giveaway to someone else.

 

[MarylinC37]

BTW if you want to see how to clean your coils this little video will show you so you can watch someone doing it.

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[Crispycritters]

Also, what's the deal with a velocity deck? I can get a velocity deck for my tank. Performance wise, how is it different to a dual coil deck?

A Velocity deck is a deck with dual posts, each post has a pair of holes and it is very easy to fit coils. the current dual coil deck you are using is of a 'postless' style where you have to cut the coil legs to a pre-determined length, if you cut the legs too short the coils will sit too low - if you cut them too long the coils will sit too high - either too low or too high means the coil won't be in the optimum position for the airflow to hit them directly and the flavour/performance can suffer. With velocity decks you just insert the coils through the post holes, clamp the screws, cut the legs from the opposite side of the posts and you're set. Velocity decks are easier to build but they don't give any flavour/performance advantages over any other style of deck when they are built correctly.

But there is a big potential problem with Velocity decks - they were designed a long time ago in the days when round-wire, and possibly single core claptons, were the most common types used as most complex wires simply weren't available. The post screws come in from the sides - if you put a complex coil with a wide flat profile into velocity posts the screws press onto the side of the leg and can twist and deform the coil legs as you tighten the screw down - you can pre-twist the coil legs by keeping the coil on an appropriate sized jig and twisting each leg with pliers before feeding them into the post holes but this isn't guaranteed to work well - if the coils have a wide flat profile you can make a mess of them.

Personally I recommend you pass on buying the velocity deck as it is no better than the current postless deck you own and can ruin complex coils if you're unlucky. If you are having difficulty cutting the coil legs to the correct length i recommend you buy a 'coily' tool that you use to measure leg length before you cut - basically it is just a block of plastic with holes in, each hole is a different depth and you just stick the leg into the appropriate hole and cut off the excess that sticks out of the other side. They're pretty cheap and you can buy a generic plastic knock off for a couple of quid - they're useful for pre-measuring legs for postless decks and are a useful tool to have in your toolkit.

 

[MarylinC37]

I must admit I'd never heard of a velocity deck until this afternoon when I watched a review of the Hellvape Passage RDA by Mike Vapes on YT and he mentioned it has a velocity deck.

I've no idea how this one compares to other velocity decks but I was quite impressed how this one was designed, The post screws come in from the top and there are clamps half way down so you can insert dual coils with one high leg and one low leg to avoid deforming the coils. The way the airflow is designed is very different as well which apparently makes it less likely to leak juice through the air holes which caught my attention.

 

[John R Phillips]

Wow!
30 pages, nearly 300 posts and going from a fairly general enquiry to dipping a toe into TC in 10 days!!!
Respect to you @Reti
And some phenomenal and detailed input from (particularly) @Crispycritters & @MarylinC37

I’ll be sticking with my Nautilus BVC 1.0 Ohm mesh for the foreseeable though

 

[MarylinC37]

Wow!
30 pages, nearly 300 posts and going from a fairly general enquiry to dipping a toe into TC in 10 days!!!
Respect to you @Reti
And some phenomenal and detailed input from (particularly) @Crispycritters & @MarylinC37

I’ll be sticking with my Nautilus BVC 1.0 Ohm mesh for the foreseeable though

Up until I changed to sub ohm tanks about 8 years ago I really loved my OG Nautilus 5ml tanks. There were only two coils available in those days which was the 1.6 and 1.8 ohm but it was the first decent tank I ever owned which didn't leak or gurgle at all and had good flavour. It's a testament to the Nautilus that those coils are still included among the range of coils they offer now.

 

[Crispycritters]

I must admit I'd never heard of a velocity deck until this afternoon when I watched a review of the Hellvape Passage RDA by Mike Vapes on YT and he mentioned it has a velocity deck.

I've no idea how this one compares to other velocity decks but I was quite impressed how this one was designed, The post screws come in from the top and there are clamps half way down so you can insert dual coils with one high leg and one low leg to avoid deforming the coils. The way the airflow is designed is very different as well which apparently makes it less likely to leak juice through the air holes which caught my attention.

This is the build deck from the 22mm Velocity RDA. It's basically two straight posts, each post with two holes - unfortunately because the screws come in from the side they can mangle and distort complex coils with a wide flat profile. This is the same type of Velocity Deck that is available as an optional extra for the Steamcrave that @Reti was asking about



There are a few variations of the velocity deck developed - the dual post deck from the Twisted Messes 24 Pro RDA is considered a velocity deck, but as the holes are fairly large and side by side with the screws coming down from the top you can fit large coils in there without any concerns about mangling them.



There was a time when it seemed every DL atomiser released had some variation of the velocity deck, here is the deck of the OBS Engine Mini RTA, they didn't even bother trying to disguise it or adapt it in any way - but it's easy to build and pretty good so I don't think anybody cared



Sorry about the dodgy pics - my camera is crap and I've got the old man tremors today so most of the attempts I made looked like fuzzy potatoes and these three are the clearest of the lot. Hopefully you can make out enough detail.