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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Wotofo Elder Dragon RDA, please see the bottom for disclaimers and links. Note: This is not marked as a sample version.
Introduction:
The Wotofo Elder Dragon / Ryujin RDA is the latest RDAs from very popular vape manufacturer Wotofo. They really don’t need any introduction and have been one of the most popular atomizer makers in vaping for the past 3-4 years. Personally i find them to be hit and miss. They’ve made some good stuff in 2018 like the recurve RDA, profile RDA, and Faris RDTA but also made some stinkers like the Serpent Elevate RTA, Warrior RDA, and Flux Kit. So much like life they are to me a box of chocolates and you never know what you are going to get. The Elder Dragon / Ryujin RDA has 2 names for some reason but i’ll refer to it as the elder dragon going forward and is a Single coil DTL RDA with an included squonk pin and designed in collaboration with popular Japanese youtube reviewer Ryusei Sakaue. It’s available in 6 colors SS, Black Gunmetal, Blue, Rainbow, and Gold.Looking around online i see them in the 20-35 USD price range and 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 I thought probably what a lot of people were thinking, it’s an ugly odd looking RDA. Doesn't bother me much, but would probably explain why i haven’t seen much hype on this when most of their products get hyped up. Nonetheless that didn’t really concern me as i’m more focused on the performance, quality and ease of use since looks are very subjective. I did like the airflow design and the deck as well so slapped a build in and started the review process
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It is a postless deck which at this point, is quite a popular style and everyone has probably seen one before and many have used them. Personally I love postless decks. They used to have a learning curve before but now thanks to many companies including a tool to help you precut your leads the learning curve is pretty much gone. The Elder dragon is no different. It comes with a coil lead cutting tool which is marked at 6MM which i found to be a good height as well. You can even go a little lower with a 5MM if you wanted too but really good job there with the included tool and the marking being good to make it easy to build on. There are also 4 post holes as well so you can wrap your coil either way and still install it easily. The post screws are good enough quality flat head.phillips combo screws. They only include 2 spares that are the same. I wish they would use better quality screws and use hex grub and flat head grub instead but the screws are good enough that i can’t complain but could be better. 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 wick leads to the bottom.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Single 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 3-3.5MM ID (4 works good too but a little of a tight squeeze depending on your wire type) and as many wraps as you can fit in. Performance wise it’s a really good RDA. It’s not great with round wire, but with a fancy build it outperforms the recurve for sure and is pretty close to the Asmodus C4 and Cthulhu Mjölnir RDA (which i designed) which are my currant 2 favorite ones. I wouldn’t say it’s better than those 2 but it’s pretty close performance wise making it easily a top 5 single coil RDA for flavor for me personally with a nice fancy build.
Introduction:
The Wotofo Elder Dragon / Ryujin RDA is the latest RDAs from very popular vape manufacturer Wotofo. They really don’t need any introduction and have been one of the most popular atomizer makers in vaping for the past 3-4 years. Personally i find them to be hit and miss. They’ve made some good stuff in 2018 like the recurve RDA, profile RDA, and Faris RDTA but also made some stinkers like the Serpent Elevate RTA, Warrior RDA, and Flux Kit. So much like life they are to me a box of chocolates and you never know what you are going to get. The Elder Dragon / Ryujin RDA has 2 names for some reason but i’ll refer to it as the elder dragon going forward and is a Single coil DTL RDA with an included squonk pin and designed in collaboration with popular Japanese youtube reviewer Ryusei Sakaue. It’s available in 6 colors SS, Black Gunmetal, Blue, Rainbow, and Gold.Looking around online i see them in the 20-35 USD price range and Elementvape has them for 28.95 in the US.
Manufacturer's Specs
- 22mm Diameter
- Deep Juice Wells
- Superior Stainless Steel Construction
- Quad Build Deck - 4 Open Terminals
- Side Secured via Phillips Screws
- Single Coil Configuration
- Bulbous Adjustable Airflow Top Cap
- Unique Shaped Top Cap for Easy Adjustment
- Build Deck Airflows Vent Directly at Coil
- 810 Wide Bore Resin Drip Tip
- Detachable Structure
- Gold-Plated 510 Squonk BF Pin
- Gold-Plated 510 Connection
- Available in Silver, Black, Blue, Gold, Rainbow, and Gunmetal
- 1 Elder Dragon 22mm RDA
- 1 810 Drip Tip
- 1 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- 2 Clapton Coils
- 1 Coil Lead Guide
- 1 Screwdriver and Allen Wrench
- 1 User Manual
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Initial Impressions
When I first got this RDA well I thought probably what a lot of people were thinking, it’s an ugly odd looking RDA. Doesn't bother me much, but would probably explain why i haven’t seen much hype on this when most of their products get hyped up. Nonetheless that didn’t really concern me as i’m more focused on the performance, quality and ease of use since looks are very subjective. I did like the airflow design and the deck as well so slapped a build in and started the review process
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It is a postless deck which at this point, is quite a popular style and everyone has probably seen one before and many have used them. Personally I love postless decks. They used to have a learning curve before but now thanks to many companies including a tool to help you precut your leads the learning curve is pretty much gone. The Elder dragon is no different. It comes with a coil lead cutting tool which is marked at 6MM which i found to be a good height as well. You can even go a little lower with a 5MM if you wanted too but really good job there with the included tool and the marking being good to make it easy to build on. There are also 4 post holes as well so you can wrap your coil either way and still install it easily. The post screws are good enough quality flat head.phillips combo screws. They only include 2 spares that are the same. I wish they would use better quality screws and use hex grub and flat head grub instead but the screws are good enough that i can’t complain but could be better. 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 wick leads to the bottom.
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Single 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 3-3.5MM ID (4 works good too but a little of a tight squeeze depending on your wire type) and as many wraps as you can fit in. Performance wise it’s a really good RDA. It’s not great with round wire, but with a fancy build it outperforms the recurve for sure and is pretty close to the Asmodus C4 and Cthulhu Mjölnir RDA (which i designed) which are my currant 2 favorite ones. I wouldn’t say it’s better than those 2 but it’s pretty close performance wise making it easily a top 5 single coil RDA for flavor for me personally with a nice fancy build.