This RDA (Rebuildable Dripper Atomizer) was supplied by the kind team at Mech Mode for the purpose of this build and review.
This review is written from my prospective, new to the world of rebuilds, I am always reading reviews and watching lots of videos by experienced users of RDA, and wanted to write it from the view of someone looking to take the first steps of the journey into trying them out.
This Torch RDA came in a simple blue box, with the stainless steel dripper inside, plus 2 pieces silica
wick, 2 pieces of coil wire, 2 spare rubber gaskets, and 3 little rubber caps, (not sure what they are for).
wick, 2 pieces of coil wire, 2 spare rubber gaskets, and 3 little rubber caps, (not sure what they are for).
The dripper is made of stainless Steele, and the top cap is cone shaped.
Colors: Stainless
Material: Stainless steel
Sizeia: 20mm L:28mm
Weight: 30g
Connection: 510 drip tip
It has 3 posts set on the deck, 1 positive , and 2 negative, to allow you to build a nice dual coil set
up. Each post has a hole in, which allows you to easily feed the coil wire through, with out to much trouble.
On the deck are located four air holes, which can be adjusted using the top cap. These can be set to 1.0, 1.2, 1.4,1.6, which gives a nice range of air-flow. You just need to line up the top cap over the hole that you want to use, by twisting the cap around, I did find my self re adjusting each time I put the cap back, would have been helpful to have some kind of marking at the deck to line it up with, rather than having to lift the cap to find the hole again, but it is one of those things you get used to.
The Build.
I started off by trying to make a single coil, I heated the wire until red hot to burn off any of the coating, and to take out some of the springiness. Then wrapped it 5 times around a 2 ml drill bit. And it was that easy, wasn't the prettiest coil, but it was my first.
Then it was simply a matter of unscrewing the positive center post, and one of the negative outer posts. Just enough to slide the two ends of the coil through, pushing them through just enough so the coil did not touch the post or the outer casing of the deck well. Once in place just tighten up the Philips screws, not to tight, just so it held them in place.
Then for the wick, I used cotton wool, rolled in between my thumb and finger to make a line of it, and ran it between the two posts, then over the top of the coil and sort of poked it into the other side of the well. This RDA has a real nice deep well, and it found it really easy to work with as a beginner, but I can see that it would also allow the scope for a more complex dual coil build, but one step at a time.
The top cap fitted on nicely, and looked great on top, of my itaste SVD.
On checking the ohms, it was reading at 1.3ohm on my SVD, So dripped 5 drops of juice on, fired
it up and sizzle, we have vapor. And a good amount of it to.
it up and sizzle, we have vapor. And a good amount of it to.
Really nice being able to adjust the air flow, and it did take me a little time to find the sweat spot, but once I had it seemed to vape well, for my first attempt.
Great flavor, amazing how the juice flavor seems to be more intensive, on the dripper, than in a tank, and I would defiantly recommend a much lower nicotine level than you would normally vape, as you seem to get a higher level of throat hit from the vapor.
The Torch RDA by Orieco is a great little dripper, really simple to build on, nice deep deck well, with adjustable air flow, to allow you to get the vapor production just right, would definitely recommend checking out this RDA on the Mech Mode website, if like me you are looking at taking your first steps into rebuildable Drippers.
The more you build, the better you will get, different types of coils, single dual, different wicking materials, cotton wool or silica. All producing a different amount of vapor and different levels of flavor an throat hit.