INTRODUCTION
Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by to read! Yours truly, Pizza Dave, is back with another review. This time it is for an RDA, the Axial Pro by Twisted Messes and Mass Mods. I sure don’t get many of these for review these days, and boy was it a breath of fresh air. The Axial Pro is somewhat of a follow up from the original Axial RDA, but with several changes making it very different. The Pro is a 25mm RDA, with a postless deck, but unlike the original 2 post, this offers up a 4 post option. In addition to a 4 post design, this RDA comes with a standard parallel dual coil deck, and also a series build deck. This makes it one of the more unique RDAs to hit the market for a while. The deck is easily the most exciting part of this RDA, but spoiler alert, it ain't no slouch either. Let’s get right to it eh?
DISCLAIMER: These devices were sent to me by Mass Mods for review
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WHAT YOU GET
Top caps come in matte black and stainless steel.
PACKAGING
UNBOXED
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
As an owner of the Axial RDA, I thought I knew what I was getting into. The Axial is a damn nice rda, but when I got this box, it proved to be much different. When I first opened the box, I found the parts well laid out in the box, with the AFC top, the barrel, and both build decks laid out for my eyes to take in. The machining of the RDA is very good, and the tolerances of the cap and decks are spot on. The only negative thing I found when I received mine was that the posts were a little bit loose, which was easily solved by tightening them up with a screwdriver. Now back to some things that wowed me a bit, the spare parts bag. I was happy to find that they pulled out all the stops and provided 2 810 drip tips, a 510 adapter, 2 squonk pins, and a boatload of spare screws and o-rings. They didn’t skimp on the extras at all. It’s one thing to provide two decks, but another to provide all the parts needed for two fully functional decks, including a squonk pin in each. They did a great job with building up the hype based on what you get in the box, so let’s dig into how the rest of it works out.
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BUILD DECK
I should more or less call this section build decks, as this comes with two. This is the big selling point of this RDA in my opinion. I personally have never gotten into series builds, but that is 100% contributed to how much of a pain it is to get all of the right wire to make series builds in a standard parallel deck. This Axial Pro takes that completely away when they made the series deck for this one. It builds the same as the regular deck, but instead of dividing resistance, you add them up, making for the easiest way to gain high resistance for use on stacked mechanical mods. If you are running this on a regulated device, it probably isn’t something to get excited about, and both will essentially vape the same if you build for the same wattage. Other than the simple series design, you are getting a run of the mill postless build deck. It has large openings and is very easy to build on. I found that it worked best when the air flow was centered on the bottom third of the coil. Wicking this is also very simple. I left my wicks just long enough to be a hair off the bottom of the deck and it worked well dripping or squonking.
When compared to the original, which had just two posts, this is a breeze to work with. That one took some time to get right with coil length and placement, but the Pro is much more user friendly.
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AIR FLOW
The airflow on the Axial Pro is similar to the Axial. It has dual air flow which locks into place in front of the coil. You have the choice of running a wide “cyclops” style air flow, or if you keep spinning the top part of the cap, 3 smaller holes. These openings are larger than the 23mm Axial before it, which in turn results in more air flow of course. I think they went this route, knowing many would run hotter series builds, and it compliments higher wattage vaping much more than the older Axial. As far as how this air flow feels, it’s damn smooth. I preferred the 3-hole openings wide open and it was perfect for how I like to vape RDAs. If you happen to run a hotter build, the cyclops will offer more air flow and cool it down a bit. My only con with the air flow is that the top cap does lock into place, so if you close down the cyclops or drop down to 1 or 2 holes being open, it no longer is centered on your coil and can result in reduced flavor. I guess it was lucky for me that I liked it with all 3 wide open and this was not an issue.
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PHOTO GALLERY
AXIAL PRO ALBUM
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Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by to read! Yours truly, Pizza Dave, is back with another review. This time it is for an RDA, the Axial Pro by Twisted Messes and Mass Mods. I sure don’t get many of these for review these days, and boy was it a breath of fresh air. The Axial Pro is somewhat of a follow up from the original Axial RDA, but with several changes making it very different. The Pro is a 25mm RDA, with a postless deck, but unlike the original 2 post, this offers up a 4 post option. In addition to a 4 post design, this RDA comes with a standard parallel dual coil deck, and also a series build deck. This makes it one of the more unique RDAs to hit the market for a while. The deck is easily the most exciting part of this RDA, but spoiler alert, it ain't no slouch either. Let’s get right to it eh?
DISCLAIMER: These devices were sent to me by Mass Mods for review
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WHAT YOU GET
- 1 Axial Pro 25mm top cap
- 1 Parallel build deck
- 1 Series Build deck
- 1 Black 810 drip tip
- 1 Frosted 810 drip tip
- 1 Frosted 510 adapter
- 2 squonk pins (one for each deck)
- Spare o-rings and screws (lots of them)
- Hex Tool
- Paperwork
Top caps come in matte black and stainless steel.
PACKAGING
UNBOXED
_____________________________________________________________________________________
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
As an owner of the Axial RDA, I thought I knew what I was getting into. The Axial is a damn nice rda, but when I got this box, it proved to be much different. When I first opened the box, I found the parts well laid out in the box, with the AFC top, the barrel, and both build decks laid out for my eyes to take in. The machining of the RDA is very good, and the tolerances of the cap and decks are spot on. The only negative thing I found when I received mine was that the posts were a little bit loose, which was easily solved by tightening them up with a screwdriver. Now back to some things that wowed me a bit, the spare parts bag. I was happy to find that they pulled out all the stops and provided 2 810 drip tips, a 510 adapter, 2 squonk pins, and a boatload of spare screws and o-rings. They didn’t skimp on the extras at all. It’s one thing to provide two decks, but another to provide all the parts needed for two fully functional decks, including a squonk pin in each. They did a great job with building up the hype based on what you get in the box, so let’s dig into how the rest of it works out.
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BUILD DECK
I should more or less call this section build decks, as this comes with two. This is the big selling point of this RDA in my opinion. I personally have never gotten into series builds, but that is 100% contributed to how much of a pain it is to get all of the right wire to make series builds in a standard parallel deck. This Axial Pro takes that completely away when they made the series deck for this one. It builds the same as the regular deck, but instead of dividing resistance, you add them up, making for the easiest way to gain high resistance for use on stacked mechanical mods. If you are running this on a regulated device, it probably isn’t something to get excited about, and both will essentially vape the same if you build for the same wattage. Other than the simple series design, you are getting a run of the mill postless build deck. It has large openings and is very easy to build on. I found that it worked best when the air flow was centered on the bottom third of the coil. Wicking this is also very simple. I left my wicks just long enough to be a hair off the bottom of the deck and it worked well dripping or squonking.
When compared to the original, which had just two posts, this is a breeze to work with. That one took some time to get right with coil length and placement, but the Pro is much more user friendly.
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AIR FLOW
The airflow on the Axial Pro is similar to the Axial. It has dual air flow which locks into place in front of the coil. You have the choice of running a wide “cyclops” style air flow, or if you keep spinning the top part of the cap, 3 smaller holes. These openings are larger than the 23mm Axial before it, which in turn results in more air flow of course. I think they went this route, knowing many would run hotter series builds, and it compliments higher wattage vaping much more than the older Axial. As far as how this air flow feels, it’s damn smooth. I preferred the 3-hole openings wide open and it was perfect for how I like to vape RDAs. If you happen to run a hotter build, the cyclops will offer more air flow and cool it down a bit. My only con with the air flow is that the top cap does lock into place, so if you close down the cyclops or drop down to 1 or 2 holes being open, it no longer is centered on your coil and can result in reduced flavor. I guess it was lucky for me that I liked it with all 3 wide open and this was not an issue.
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PHOTO GALLERY
AXIAL PRO ALBUM
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