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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of Vandy Vape Pyro v2 RDTA. Please see bottom for disclaimers and links. Note this is marked as a sample version.
Introduction:
The Vandy Vape Pyro V2 RDTA is the latest RDTA from very popular vape company Vandy Vape. They don’t really need much of an introduction these days as everyone knows who they are but their most popular products this year are probably the pulse squonk mods but also did a good job with the bonza, phobia 2, kylin mini, Kylin 2 and revolver atomizers this year. The Pyro V2 RDTA is the follow up to their original Pyro RDTA that came out last year and is a rare RDTA offering for 2018. RDTAs in general have seem to been phased out as of late in favor of squonking RDAs. It’s a 24mm DTL RDTA with a postless style deck and 4ml standard capacity but included for me a 2ml capacity via a block in the tank i had to remove. It’s available in 5 colors Black, Rainbow, Gold, Blue, and SS. Looking around online I see it runs around 30 USD with lots of sites to by from. Elementvape and myvpro have them in the US in that price range
Manufacturer's Specs
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDTA I was pretty surprised. Mostly because RDTAs just aren’t being made these days as they seemed to have died out in favor of squonking RDAs. So of course you can squonk this RDTA as expected. But outside of that it had a pretty nice design and a postless deck and a top airflow channeled to side air so i figured it might be pretty decent. I guess my initial impression was a bit of surprise and a bit of optimism.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a pretty standard postless deck which is a personal favorite of mine but which also means you have to precut your leads. The good thing is Vandy vape includes a coil lead measuring tool as well and while lots of time i find them mislabeled, that was the case here as well. You’ll want to cut your leads at 6-7 MM depending on coil size and vandy vape marked it at 5mm leads. Not a big deal or a major difference but it helps flavor a bit. Still the tool makes it really easy to get your coils built and ready to install. You also can install the coils 1 at a time as each lead gets its own hole and combined with the included tool makes it really easy to build on even for beginners. They use good quality screws but they are phillips/flathead combos and thankfully they include 4 spare hex grub screws so no complaints there. The post screws come in from the side so flat wire leads won’t be twisted when installing and it works great for flat and round wire coils with no issues. I’d recommend a 3-3.5mm ID coil but you can fit up to a 4mm as well but it’s tight. 3mm is probably best for most people. Overall nothing groundbreaking but just a well done postless deck and the included tool makes it easy to build on for even new builders.
Wicking on this one is super easy. All RDTA’s really are wicked the same way for me as it just works. I cut my leads so they are just long enough to go into the holes but don’t show in the glass of the tank and i do a little angle cut as well. I actually have an old video you can check out here
on how to wick a RDTA
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a dual coil RDTA as intended. You could run a single fat coil as well but personally i was never a fan of running single coils in a RDTA designed for dual coils as they never seem to work as well as a good single coil RDTA. I ran 4 builds in it. 3 fancy builds at 3mm-4mm ID and one simple round build at 3.5mm ID. It’s DTL for sure but not super airy i’d consider it more of a restricted DTL vape then any other RDTA i tried in the past personally. Performance though was a let down. Not sure why it was so bad, looks like it should be decent enough but it’s really muted and felt more like a waste of juice then anything. Nothing really makes the flavor pop in this atomizer. Not happy with the performance at all.
Introduction:
The Vandy Vape Pyro V2 RDTA is the latest RDTA from very popular vape company Vandy Vape. They don’t really need much of an introduction these days as everyone knows who they are but their most popular products this year are probably the pulse squonk mods but also did a good job with the bonza, phobia 2, kylin mini, Kylin 2 and revolver atomizers this year. The Pyro V2 RDTA is the follow up to their original Pyro RDTA that came out last year and is a rare RDTA offering for 2018. RDTAs in general have seem to been phased out as of late in favor of squonking RDAs. It’s a 24mm DTL RDTA with a postless style deck and 4ml standard capacity but included for me a 2ml capacity via a block in the tank i had to remove. It’s available in 5 colors Black, Rainbow, Gold, Blue, and SS. Looking around online I see it runs around 30 USD with lots of sites to by from. Elementvape and myvpro have them in the US in that price range
Manufacturer's Specs
- 24mm Diameter
- 4mL Maximum Juice Capacity
- Superior Stainless Steel Construction
- Unique Postless, Four Terminal Build Deck
- Side-Secured via Phillips Screw
- Single or Dual Coil Configuration
- PEEK Insulator
- Multi Directional Airflow System
- Dual External Top-Sided Airflow Control
- 12 Internal Tiny Air Slots on Each Side
- 1 Large Internal Airslot on Each Side - Redirect Upwards
- 810 17.5mm ULTEM Drip Tip
- 810 18.5mm Delrin Sloped Drip Tip
- 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- Squonk BF 510 Pin
- 24K Gold-Plated 510 Connection
- Available in Stainless, Black, Rainbow, Gold, Blue
- 1 Pyro RDTA V2
- 1 Delrin Sloped Drip Tip
- 1 Spare Glass Tube
- 1 Coil Lead Guide
- 1 Accessory Bag
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDTA I was pretty surprised. Mostly because RDTAs just aren’t being made these days as they seemed to have died out in favor of squonking RDAs. So of course you can squonk this RDTA as expected. But outside of that it had a pretty nice design and a postless deck and a top airflow channeled to side air so i figured it might be pretty decent. I guess my initial impression was a bit of surprise and a bit of optimism.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s a pretty standard postless deck which is a personal favorite of mine but which also means you have to precut your leads. The good thing is Vandy vape includes a coil lead measuring tool as well and while lots of time i find them mislabeled, that was the case here as well. You’ll want to cut your leads at 6-7 MM depending on coil size and vandy vape marked it at 5mm leads. Not a big deal or a major difference but it helps flavor a bit. Still the tool makes it really easy to get your coils built and ready to install. You also can install the coils 1 at a time as each lead gets its own hole and combined with the included tool makes it really easy to build on even for beginners. They use good quality screws but they are phillips/flathead combos and thankfully they include 4 spare hex grub screws so no complaints there. The post screws come in from the side so flat wire leads won’t be twisted when installing and it works great for flat and round wire coils with no issues. I’d recommend a 3-3.5mm ID coil but you can fit up to a 4mm as well but it’s tight. 3mm is probably best for most people. Overall nothing groundbreaking but just a well done postless deck and the included tool makes it easy to build on for even new builders.
Wicking on this one is super easy. All RDTA’s really are wicked the same way for me as it just works. I cut my leads so they are just long enough to go into the holes but don’t show in the glass of the tank and i do a little angle cut as well. I actually have an old video you can check out here
on how to wick a RDTA
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a dual coil RDTA as intended. You could run a single fat coil as well but personally i was never a fan of running single coils in a RDTA designed for dual coils as they never seem to work as well as a good single coil RDTA. I ran 4 builds in it. 3 fancy builds at 3mm-4mm ID and one simple round build at 3.5mm ID. It’s DTL for sure but not super airy i’d consider it more of a restricted DTL vape then any other RDTA i tried in the past personally. Performance though was a let down. Not sure why it was so bad, looks like it should be decent enough but it’s really muted and felt more like a waste of juice then anything. Nothing really makes the flavor pop in this atomizer. Not happy with the performance at all.