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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Wotofo Recurve RDA, please see the bottom for disclaimers and links
Introduction:
The Wotofo Recurve RDA is the latest RDA from popular vape manufacturer wotofo. They are one of the biggest names in vaping although personally i found a lot of their products to be subpar in the past. The recurve is designed in conjunction with one of the more popular vape reviewers as well in mike vapes so it’s been really hyped up between the 2 big brands coming together. It’s a single coil RDA with included squonk pin and the name recurve comes from the concave design of the top cap over a traditional top cap that is straight giving it a nice unique look. It’s available in 6 colors Silver, Black, Gunmetal, Gold, Blue, and Rainbow and is available at elementvape for 24.95 so a good price point as well.
Manufacturer's Specs
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this RDA I was pretty impressed with the quality on the top cap. Most wotofo products have poor quality parts in the past even the recent nudge 22 which had a really thin cheap feeling top cap, but the recurve is night and day. It’s got some weight to it and is pretty thick as well as the coloring which is beautiful on the blue on i have where the nudge 22 looked kinda dull and cheap. I do love a postless deck which is always nice to see. The drip tip is on the loose side which i didn’t care for as much and it didn’t take long for me to see the post screws again are poor quality. The main quality issues these days with wotofo that really need to be addressed are post screws, top caps (RDAs), and Glass (RTAs and tanks) all 3 are way below par for the price part when compared with similar priced companies products. Overall though it was a mixed bag of good bad.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s made for single coils only. It’s a pretty standard postless deck but it has 4 post holes on it which i’m glad they did because the post screws are terrible. Low quality phillips head screws and one of mine is jammed in there but thankfully because it has 4 post holes i didn’t need to use that one. After this review i’ll get it out and replace all the post screws personally with better ones. They include 2 tools for building your coil which is great. They are angled bars that look like allen keys but smooth and round and you use the bent part for your lead cutting. I think this was a great idea and makes cutting your coil leads correctly easily. Personally i found it to perform best if you cut the leads a little longer than the guide bars tell you too and to use the larger ID bar and center your coil. Overall it’s a nice build deck that’s easy to build on thanks to the included tools you just need to go a little longer on the leads then they suggest, use the thicker tool, and the post screws are bad.
Wicking on it is quite easy. There really isn’t a juice well and it’s an RDA so just drop it to the sides so that they are touching the bottom of the deck
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Single coil RDA only. I ran 4 builds in this RDA. 3 fancy single coil builds and 1 simple round build using 24G SS316 wire. All the builds were done with the ID of the 2 included tools which are 3mm and 2.5mm ID. Overall i found the flavor to be best using the larger tool (3mm ID), as many wraps as you can fit on the deck and cutting the leads slightly longer than the tool tells you too. It worked ok with the simple round but really shined with the fancier builds and it’s best used at 40 or more watts. It’s DTL vaping but not really as airy as it looks and slightly restricted. Overall i found the flavor to be good, above average for a single coil RDA and right on par with a lot of the better ones.
Overall Impressions, Details, and Extras
Let’s talk about the airflow now. It has side airflow on both sides of the coil that goes through the holes in the deck and uses the ramp like design of the kylin mini RTA. each side has 6 small air holes in 2 rows of 3. They close off 2 at a time vertically. It’s a DTL but not very airy wide open a slightly restricted DTL. you can use 2 or 4 air holes on each side for a more restrictive vape but personally i liked it best wide open. AFC is adjusted by spinning the whole top cap and it’s on a stopper. It’s a little harder to adjust then i’d like personally but not bad at all. It’s easy to open but closing it can start unscrewing the RDA off your mod instead at times. Also worth noting is the “fully open” side isn’t really fully open but slightly off so you’ll need to adjust it just a little bit from there. Not a big deal but worth the mention.
It comes with a standard 810 friction fit resin drip tip that matches the color of the RDA (except for black which has a red tip and SS which has a blue tip) as well as a clear 810 tip i believe is PMMA but not 100% sure on that. They also include a 510 adapter. Both tips feature a curved in design like the shape of the top cap itself giving it a unique look. The resin tip is really loose for my liking, the PMMA tip is a little better but i found it fits other 810 drip tips much snugger like they should. It feels like their drip tips are a little bit too small
The quality on the Wotofo Recurve RDA is a mixed bag. The o-rings feel a little too big so the top cap is not easy to pop on and off which is also why the AFC adjust isn’t that easy to adjust to close it down but is fine to adjust to open it up. The top cap itself is great quality, has some weight to it and the coloring is excellent. It’s a big step up in that category from their nudge 22 RDA released before this one. The post screws however are pure garbage phillips head screws and not even grub screws. They include plenty of spares but they are all bad. They really need to start using better post screws. One of mine came stuck into the deck and won’t come out as well but since there are 4 post holes it wasn’t a major deal in this case but they really need to fix stuff like that. I haven’t had those issues with any other companies. Only wotofo. I also seen a pic online a while back of someone who claimed their coil cut into the build deck. I tried to replicate that but was unsuccessful and my coils didn’t bend into the deck at all and cut through it. It comes with a standard 510 pin and a BF 510 pin. I used it both as a dripper and squonker. The juice well is pretty much non existent so it doesn't work well as a dripper at all. It should be used as a squonker only where It has good over squonk protection.
It’s a 24mm diameter so should it will not overhang on most mods on the market today. I also seen they are coming out with 22mm caps as well. There is plenty of spare o-rings and spare post screws. I also experienced no issue with whistling on the airflow either, it’s smooth but a little noisey. Not bad by any means but not quiet either. Branding is a little in your face for my liking. Not a big deal but they have the word recurve in giant print on one side in silver engraved and it takes away from the nice blue finish on mine. If it wasn’t silver and engraved in the matching color instead I wouldn’t mind it but not a fan of the silver giant logo. It’s also very rough on that part and takes a lot away from the looks and feel. It would have been better without it. It also comes with 3 premade coils and while they aren’t labeled on the bag, their site states the specs and they are ni80 quad core fused claptons. I’m glad they say on the site but would have liked it labeled on the bag as well. They also include cotton too so you are pretty much set on coils and cotton for a few weeks out of the box. I didn’t use them so can't say if they are good but they look good enough.
Introduction:
The Wotofo Recurve RDA is the latest RDA from popular vape manufacturer wotofo. They are one of the biggest names in vaping although personally i found a lot of their products to be subpar in the past. The recurve is designed in conjunction with one of the more popular vape reviewers as well in mike vapes so it’s been really hyped up between the 2 big brands coming together. It’s a single coil RDA with included squonk pin and the name recurve comes from the concave design of the top cap over a traditional top cap that is straight giving it a nice unique look. It’s available in 6 colors Silver, Black, Gunmetal, Gold, Blue, and Rainbow and is available at elementvape for 24.95 so a good price point as well.
Manufacturer's Specs
- Collaboration between Wotofo & Mike Vapes
- 24mm Diameter
- Deep Juice Well
- Superior 316 Stainless Steel Construction
- Bow-Shaped Wall Sleeve Design
- Unique Postless, Four Terminal Build Deck
- Top-Secured via Hex Screw
- Single Coil Configurations
- PEEK Insulators
- Six Tiny Air Slots on Each Side - Side Airflow Control
- Two Directional Airflow
- Direct-to-Coil Chamber Effect
- 810 Delrin Wide Bore Drip Tip
- 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- Squonk-Ready Bottom-Feeding 510 Pin
- 24K Gold-Plated 510 Connection
- Available in Stainless, Black, Gold, Gunmetal, Rainbow, Blue
- 1 ReCurve RDA
- 1 Spare 810 Drip Tip
- 1 510 Drip Tip Adapter
- 1 Set of Comp Wire Coils
- 1 Japanese Cotton Pad
- Spare Parts Bag
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this RDA I was pretty impressed with the quality on the top cap. Most wotofo products have poor quality parts in the past even the recent nudge 22 which had a really thin cheap feeling top cap, but the recurve is night and day. It’s got some weight to it and is pretty thick as well as the coloring which is beautiful on the blue on i have where the nudge 22 looked kinda dull and cheap. I do love a postless deck which is always nice to see. The drip tip is on the loose side which i didn’t care for as much and it didn’t take long for me to see the post screws again are poor quality. The main quality issues these days with wotofo that really need to be addressed are post screws, top caps (RDAs), and Glass (RTAs and tanks) all 3 are way below par for the price part when compared with similar priced companies products. Overall though it was a mixed bag of good bad.
Build Deck and Wicking (pics above)
Let’s talk about the build deck now. It’s made for single coils only. It’s a pretty standard postless deck but it has 4 post holes on it which i’m glad they did because the post screws are terrible. Low quality phillips head screws and one of mine is jammed in there but thankfully because it has 4 post holes i didn’t need to use that one. After this review i’ll get it out and replace all the post screws personally with better ones. They include 2 tools for building your coil which is great. They are angled bars that look like allen keys but smooth and round and you use the bent part for your lead cutting. I think this was a great idea and makes cutting your coil leads correctly easily. Personally i found it to perform best if you cut the leads a little longer than the guide bars tell you too and to use the larger ID bar and center your coil. Overall it’s a nice build deck that’s easy to build on thanks to the included tools you just need to go a little longer on the leads then they suggest, use the thicker tool, and the post screws are bad.
Wicking on it is quite easy. There really isn’t a juice well and it’s an RDA so just drop it to the sides so that they are touching the bottom of the deck
Performance
Performance wise, I used it as a Single coil RDA only. I ran 4 builds in this RDA. 3 fancy single coil builds and 1 simple round build using 24G SS316 wire. All the builds were done with the ID of the 2 included tools which are 3mm and 2.5mm ID. Overall i found the flavor to be best using the larger tool (3mm ID), as many wraps as you can fit on the deck and cutting the leads slightly longer than the tool tells you too. It worked ok with the simple round but really shined with the fancier builds and it’s best used at 40 or more watts. It’s DTL vaping but not really as airy as it looks and slightly restricted. Overall i found the flavor to be good, above average for a single coil RDA and right on par with a lot of the better ones.
Overall Impressions, Details, and Extras
Let’s talk about the airflow now. It has side airflow on both sides of the coil that goes through the holes in the deck and uses the ramp like design of the kylin mini RTA. each side has 6 small air holes in 2 rows of 3. They close off 2 at a time vertically. It’s a DTL but not very airy wide open a slightly restricted DTL. you can use 2 or 4 air holes on each side for a more restrictive vape but personally i liked it best wide open. AFC is adjusted by spinning the whole top cap and it’s on a stopper. It’s a little harder to adjust then i’d like personally but not bad at all. It’s easy to open but closing it can start unscrewing the RDA off your mod instead at times. Also worth noting is the “fully open” side isn’t really fully open but slightly off so you’ll need to adjust it just a little bit from there. Not a big deal but worth the mention.
It comes with a standard 810 friction fit resin drip tip that matches the color of the RDA (except for black which has a red tip and SS which has a blue tip) as well as a clear 810 tip i believe is PMMA but not 100% sure on that. They also include a 510 adapter. Both tips feature a curved in design like the shape of the top cap itself giving it a unique look. The resin tip is really loose for my liking, the PMMA tip is a little better but i found it fits other 810 drip tips much snugger like they should. It feels like their drip tips are a little bit too small
The quality on the Wotofo Recurve RDA is a mixed bag. The o-rings feel a little too big so the top cap is not easy to pop on and off which is also why the AFC adjust isn’t that easy to adjust to close it down but is fine to adjust to open it up. The top cap itself is great quality, has some weight to it and the coloring is excellent. It’s a big step up in that category from their nudge 22 RDA released before this one. The post screws however are pure garbage phillips head screws and not even grub screws. They include plenty of spares but they are all bad. They really need to start using better post screws. One of mine came stuck into the deck and won’t come out as well but since there are 4 post holes it wasn’t a major deal in this case but they really need to fix stuff like that. I haven’t had those issues with any other companies. Only wotofo. I also seen a pic online a while back of someone who claimed their coil cut into the build deck. I tried to replicate that but was unsuccessful and my coils didn’t bend into the deck at all and cut through it. It comes with a standard 510 pin and a BF 510 pin. I used it both as a dripper and squonker. The juice well is pretty much non existent so it doesn't work well as a dripper at all. It should be used as a squonker only where It has good over squonk protection.
It’s a 24mm diameter so should it will not overhang on most mods on the market today. I also seen they are coming out with 22mm caps as well. There is plenty of spare o-rings and spare post screws. I also experienced no issue with whistling on the airflow either, it’s smooth but a little noisey. Not bad by any means but not quiet either. Branding is a little in your face for my liking. Not a big deal but they have the word recurve in giant print on one side in silver engraved and it takes away from the nice blue finish on mine. If it wasn’t silver and engraved in the matching color instead I wouldn’t mind it but not a fan of the silver giant logo. It’s also very rough on that part and takes a lot away from the looks and feel. It would have been better without it. It also comes with 3 premade coils and while they aren’t labeled on the bag, their site states the specs and they are ni80 quad core fused claptons. I’m glad they say on the site but would have liked it labeled on the bag as well. They also include cotton too so you are pretty much set on coils and cotton for a few weeks out of the box. I didn’t use them so can't say if they are good but they look good enough.
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