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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Vandy Vape Bonza V1.5 RDA, please see the bottom for disclaimers and links. Note: This is marked as a sample version.
Introduction:
The Bonza V1.5 RDA is the latest RDA from popular vape manufacturer Vandy Vape. They came onto the scene in 2017 with a ton of gear and have been a pretty hyped company ever since so probably don’t need no introduction. They’ve had a pretty good year IMO but have had some missteps along the way as well but their recent kylin II RTA was excellent so at minimum should have a strong finish to 2018. The Bonza V1.5 RDA is a Dual coil DTL RDA with an included squonk pin and designed in collaboration with popular youtube reviewer the Vaping Bogan and a follow up to the original Bonza which came out about 10 months ago. It’s available in 5 colors SS, Gunmetal, Matte Black, Rainbow, and Copper Wrinkle. Looking around online i see it around the 25-35 USD price range so typical price point for a geekvape atomizer. Elementvape has them for 28.95 in the US.
Manufacturer's Specs
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDA well much like the loop V1.5 form geekvape it became abundantly clear the V1.5 is an apt name or maybe even a V1.1 would have been better. Not much has changed since the original Bonza here at all. They made the posts, screws and clamps a little beefier, the juice well is a little deeper, the airflow control allows for a little more options, the top cap now locks into place, and lastly the squonk pin is slightly raised up and not flush on the deck. All those improvements are nice to have though. The squonk pin one is kind of preference some may see it as a downgrade while others may enjoy it. Mostly though it was pretty much the same as the bonza RDA which i reviewed a while back and enjoyed.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s the same deck style as the original bonza which was taken from the OBS cheetah 2. It’s a 2 post 1 hole and 1 clamp per post deck that’s staggered out. Similar to a straight horizontal deck like the Mad Dog RDA but with clamps on the bottom. It’s a really cool design that works well so kudos to whoever came up with it. It’s also pretty innovative IMO and very easy to build on. Unscrewing the clamp screw makes it drop down to create clearance to slide your lead into and tightening it raises the clamp back up to clamp it against the post. The other hole on each post is a standard hole with a top down screw more than large enough to accomodate most coils. Each lead gets their own hole or clamp and you can install each coil by itself. The post screws are pretty beefy and good quality flat head/phillips combo screws. The negative is not milled and is instead screwed in which gave me no problems here but i know some people don’t like that so worth a mention. Overall it’s a nice deck that’s easy to build on
Wicking on it is quite easy. It’s an RDA so nothing fancy just drop your leads to the bottom.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Dual Coil RDA only as intended. I ran 4 builds in this 1 fancy 3mm ID build, 1 fancy 3.5 mm ID build, 1 fancy 4mm ID build and 1 simple round 3mm ID build. For size I found it best to use 3-4mm ID max. Depends on the wraps as you have limited room before you hit the top cap with too many wraps. So you can do 4mm ID with a couple less wraps or 3mm ID with a couple more. Performance wise I don’t notice any difference between this and the original bonza really. It’s a very airy DTL vape and it can provide some really good flavor if you are willing to vape 100+ watts. If you vape under that though much better choices. Flavor is great but it really needs a massive build or you’ll get muted flavor and it’s much better with fancy builds and not great for simple round wire builds
Introduction:
The Bonza V1.5 RDA is the latest RDA from popular vape manufacturer Vandy Vape. They came onto the scene in 2017 with a ton of gear and have been a pretty hyped company ever since so probably don’t need no introduction. They’ve had a pretty good year IMO but have had some missteps along the way as well but their recent kylin II RTA was excellent so at minimum should have a strong finish to 2018. The Bonza V1.5 RDA is a Dual coil DTL RDA with an included squonk pin and designed in collaboration with popular youtube reviewer the Vaping Bogan and a follow up to the original Bonza which came out about 10 months ago. It’s available in 5 colors SS, Gunmetal, Matte Black, Rainbow, and Copper Wrinkle. Looking around online i see it around the 25-35 USD price range so typical price point for a geekvape atomizer. Elementvape has them for 28.95 in the US.
Manufacturer's Specs
- Collaboration with The Vaping Bogan
- 24mm Diameter
- 9mm Deep Juice Well
- Superior 303 Stainless Steel Construction
- Spacious Build Deck
- Unique Two-Post Design - Fixed Screw Clamp Post Design
- Outer Terminals - Top-Secured via Cross Flathead Screws
- Inner Terminals - Top-Secured via Clamp Mechanism
- Parallelogram Air Slots on Each Side
- Improved Airflow Top Cap Design - More Modifications
- Direct-to-Coil Chamber Effect
- 810 Resin Wide Bore Drip Tip
- 810 Delrin Wide Bore Drip Tip
- 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- Squonk-Ready 510 Pin
- Gold-Plated 510 Connection
- 1 BONZA V1.5 RDA
- 1 810 Resin Wide Bore Drip Tip
- 1 810 Delrin Wide Bore Drip Tip
- 1 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- 1 Squonk-Ready 510 Pin
- 1 Accessory Bag
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDA well much like the loop V1.5 form geekvape it became abundantly clear the V1.5 is an apt name or maybe even a V1.1 would have been better. Not much has changed since the original Bonza here at all. They made the posts, screws and clamps a little beefier, the juice well is a little deeper, the airflow control allows for a little more options, the top cap now locks into place, and lastly the squonk pin is slightly raised up and not flush on the deck. All those improvements are nice to have though. The squonk pin one is kind of preference some may see it as a downgrade while others may enjoy it. Mostly though it was pretty much the same as the bonza RDA which i reviewed a while back and enjoyed.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s the same deck style as the original bonza which was taken from the OBS cheetah 2. It’s a 2 post 1 hole and 1 clamp per post deck that’s staggered out. Similar to a straight horizontal deck like the Mad Dog RDA but with clamps on the bottom. It’s a really cool design that works well so kudos to whoever came up with it. It’s also pretty innovative IMO and very easy to build on. Unscrewing the clamp screw makes it drop down to create clearance to slide your lead into and tightening it raises the clamp back up to clamp it against the post. The other hole on each post is a standard hole with a top down screw more than large enough to accomodate most coils. Each lead gets their own hole or clamp and you can install each coil by itself. The post screws are pretty beefy and good quality flat head/phillips combo screws. The negative is not milled and is instead screwed in which gave me no problems here but i know some people don’t like that so worth a mention. Overall it’s a nice deck that’s easy to build on
Wicking on it is quite easy. It’s an RDA so nothing fancy just drop your leads to the bottom.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Dual Coil RDA only as intended. I ran 4 builds in this 1 fancy 3mm ID build, 1 fancy 3.5 mm ID build, 1 fancy 4mm ID build and 1 simple round 3mm ID build. For size I found it best to use 3-4mm ID max. Depends on the wraps as you have limited room before you hit the top cap with too many wraps. So you can do 4mm ID with a couple less wraps or 3mm ID with a couple more. Performance wise I don’t notice any difference between this and the original bonza really. It’s a very airy DTL vape and it can provide some really good flavor if you are willing to vape 100+ watts. If you vape under that though much better choices. Flavor is great but it really needs a massive build or you’ll get muted flavor and it’s much better with fancy builds and not great for simple round wire builds