After all the reading and suggestions I will be looking into rebuilding.
Another quick question as a follow up. Is there some rebuildables that you guys would suggest?
A great idea. Rebuilding opens up a whole universe of possibilities and even a world possibilities with the same atomizer depending on how you build it. It is also FAAAAR less expensive unless you become one of us crackpots around here who winds up with dozens of atomizers because we love the hobby
However, it would really help to know what kind of vape somebody's after when buying a rebuildable atomizer. Sounds like you'd maybe be in the 20 to 50 watt range with 6mg freebase nicotine. Maybe.
There are a few categories and then numerous types within those categories. (a lot more fun than cigarettes huh?)
Some basics:
An RDA (Rebuildable Dripping atomizer) consists of a deck where you put the heating coils and the juice, a cap that obviously covers that and a drip tip which is the part you you put your mouth on. In a nutshell. There are numerous configurations these can be found in. With this type you "drip" the juice in every few or several hits depending on things like the power level and size of the build, and the depth of the juice well.
Although the others have come a long way, these are still considered to provide the best flavor overall.
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An RTA (rebuildable tank atomizer) also has a deck where you install your coils, but instead of dripping your juice in the top, it has a tank that holds the juice which is fed to the wicking (cotton) through one of a number of possible different juice flow configurations.
These can have a juice capacity of anywhere from a couple milliliters, up 5, 6, 7, 10 or even more depending on which one.
These can provide superb flavor with the advantage of not having to drip your liquid. However, in my opinion the best RTAs still don't match the best RDAs for flavor.
An exception might be in the very tight mouth to lung category, but that's another post
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An RDTA (rebuildable dripping tank atomizer) is essentially an RDA with a tank underneath it (almost always underneath). It has an RDA style deck with openings that feed the liquid from a tank. This might seem at first glance to be the no brainer, best of both worlds choice, but this is actually the least popular of the three for reasons I won't get into right now. That doesn't mean they're no good, but I'm already writing a book here
We'll leave that for somebody else.
As I say, each one of these major categories has an endless array of options within it as well.
Some additional basics.
The most common connection type is called a "510" connection type. It consists of the male piece on the bottom of the atomizer and the female piece that that threads into.
Any device and atomizer that has this connection type are physically compatible with one another. That makes for a dizzying number of possibilities. That's a good thing.
However, even though they may be physically or mechanically compatible, not every 510 mod and atomizer are suited to be used with each other. This will depend on things like how many batteries and what kind for instance.
The good news is, regardless of the propaganda you may have seen in the news, NONE of this is inherently or readily dangerous. The equipment you'll be playing with has been designed so that one would have to go out of their way to do something wrong in order to get into trouble. You do need to learn basic battery safety though, which is not complicated at all.
Mechanical mods (NO regulation or safety features) are en entirely different story and something you shouldn't even think about for now, though you will unavoidably run across them online. Those can be REALLY great, but that's down the road if you were to become interested in them.
HAVE NO FEAR!!!
It wasn't that long ago when I didn't know any of this either. All of us started at the beginning. I promise you, once you get a grip on how things work you'll be laughing at how complicated you once thought it was.
If I had to suggest something to start with, Id say a mid power range, single coil RTA. Right now you're thinking "
ok, but I have no idea what that would mean." That's alright, there will be no shortage of specific recommendations in this thread.