Oh good! a 24mm RDA, I haven't read a review on a 24mm RDA for at least...ooh....3 minutes?....
I know that's what you're thinking, and I don't blame you in the slightest, the market is sodden with the things, all trying to be cleverly innovative and all trying to be the next Goon...only with hopefully more competent customer service (ooh)
6 months ago I made a comment in one my reviews that I didn't know what else there was to do with a 24mm RDA...where else could they go?...What else could be done? You had every top tier reviewer in the world putting their spin on most Vaper's staple dripper.....even the odd supplier was trying to get in on the act.....with unsurprising results...
And here we are again...another 24mm RDA, manufactured by Geekvape's spin off company Digiflavor and designed by another video reviewer, and this time it's the turn of much loved and respected Brian from the popular tube channel 'The Vapor Chronicles'....I don't personally know the guy for reasons that I am sure confuse Brian himself but I have heard nothing but good things about him...and I am almost certain...he says the same thing about me....what with my .... booming.... popularity...n all....
Regardless...His RDA has been making waves across this foggy sea of ours with nothing but high praise causing more than it's fair share of anticipation from the vaping community....is this it?....will the Drop actually be big enough to finally smash the Goon's legendary status??
You know how I like to keep abreast with the latest in RDA innovation .......(sigh)
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And a warm welcome to you once again my fanatical fluffy flavour freaks, today we have yet another much anticipated device from Geekvape....well...Digiflavor...same thing really, Digiflavor have been big hitters in the vape game for a while now and man do they love doing collaborations with vape reviewers....I'm still waiting Digiflavor....seriously...get your act together....I won't wait forever you know....
This time Brian from 'The Vaper Chronicles' is brought to the fore with his rendition of a 24mm RDA.....and damn....the boy did good, the hype is real brethrans and sistrens.....courtesy of my glutton for punishment suppliers Heavengifts
I present to you..the Digiflavor and TVC Drop RDA
Sample packaging...pay no notice...
Tell em Snoop....
The Lowdown
The Digiflavor Drop RDA is a 24mm dripper with a unique 4 post raised build area and one of the most effective adjustable airflow designs I have used to date. It's available in just two colour variations, SS and black....and....black and SS....?
Not really a fan of the appearance of these colour combinations but I'll come to that later.
From the top we have custom tip friendly 810 fitting with an internal O ring and in the package we have an acrylic frosted clear 810 tip...which I love, and a thin wall Ultem 810 drip tip should you have a tiny pursed mouth..
Which I don't love....this thing does nothing for the look of the Drop at all but at least it's an option should you not like using stubby drip tips.
Also in the package you get the customary baggy of O rings, spare flat head grub screws, a 510 adaptor and a tri driver...I did take a picture of the package but I took so many damn pictures of this thing I had to whittle it down...and it doesn't really make for an interesting image lets be honest.....
The top cap plays an integral part of the whole airflow mechanism and is one of the two things I absolutely love about the Drop, it works in the same way as many other RDA's right back to one of my old favourites the Mutation X V4, not so much of a new idea...but more of an updated one....and utterly brilliant..
It also doubles up as a hole saw...should you need one...
The accompanied air flow holes in the sleeve of the Drop ...of which there are 10 on each side, are laid out in a 'T' shape and are individually adjustable thanks to the unique stepped design of the inner sleeve, just turn the top cap and watch each hole close independently to finely tune your perfect air flow from the top row......down to the bottom. This works incredibly well as it spans the whole height of the build deck so you can bring the airflow down lower to come in underneath your coils for more flavour...or bring it higher and more open to throw those lovely thick fluffies.
Only one issue with this that I found and that's the O ring that holds the top cap in place....wayy too tight, I swapped it out with one of the spare O rings in the baggy in case the one fitted was just freakishly thick but I still had the same result, if I left this thing alone for a few minutes there was nothing I could do to get the top cap to move, I had shove my finger inside to try and pop it out....which also wasn't easy....I had to lube it back up with some liquid and start again....it would be fine at first..still stiff but movable...then it would tighten up again...it just needs a thinner O ring, one thin enough so that not only can you adjust the airflow...but also so that you can remove the top cap for painting your coils without having to remove the barrel.
Another excellent addition to the barrel is the cut out notch at the bottom on each side which fits over a step on the base, again not a new idea, this was done on the Dejavu RDTA and I noticed how useful it was on that too, it does two things, firstly it lines up your airflow perfectly with the side of the coils and secondly it really helps with screwing the RDA onto your mod as it stops the base from spinning inside the barrel...especially useful if you have put it on too tight, more than once I have had to remove the barrel and get some pliers on the posts to remove a stuck on RDA...nice touch.
The next image I have named.....(ahem)....'Drop - The base'
Hybrid compatible gold plated pin and yes....that's the included squonk pin...which is HUGE ...
And thrusts it's way right up the RDA's wrong'n to stand loud and proud in the base of the build deck.
Without squonk pin...and with squonk pin.
The Build Deck
Well...you've already seen what makes this build deck so very special and unique...and although special and unique doesn't always necessarily mean good...on this occasion....it very much does...
On the gold plated deck we have 4 posts raised high above the base...and this is where the Drop get's it's name, you simply 'drop' the coils in....think post-less deck....with post's.....(?)
The post's are designed in such a way that you can drop your coil leg in, position it, tighten up the flat head grub screw and then....and this is the good bit...simply trim the legs underneath thanks to the slash cut notches on the inside giving your clippers enough access to trim the legs high up...(by the way...no coils included in package....grrr)
I know that's what you're thinking, and I don't blame you in the slightest, the market is sodden with the things, all trying to be cleverly innovative and all trying to be the next Goon...only with hopefully more competent customer service (ooh)
6 months ago I made a comment in one my reviews that I didn't know what else there was to do with a 24mm RDA...where else could they go?...What else could be done? You had every top tier reviewer in the world putting their spin on most Vaper's staple dripper.....even the odd supplier was trying to get in on the act.....with unsurprising results...
And here we are again...another 24mm RDA, manufactured by Geekvape's spin off company Digiflavor and designed by another video reviewer, and this time it's the turn of much loved and respected Brian from the popular tube channel 'The Vapor Chronicles'....I don't personally know the guy for reasons that I am sure confuse Brian himself but I have heard nothing but good things about him...and I am almost certain...he says the same thing about me....what with my .... booming.... popularity...n all....
Regardless...His RDA has been making waves across this foggy sea of ours with nothing but high praise causing more than it's fair share of anticipation from the vaping community....is this it?....will the Drop actually be big enough to finally smash the Goon's legendary status??
You know how I like to keep abreast with the latest in RDA innovation .......(sigh)
.........................................................................................................................
And a warm welcome to you once again my fanatical fluffy flavour freaks, today we have yet another much anticipated device from Geekvape....well...Digiflavor...same thing really, Digiflavor have been big hitters in the vape game for a while now and man do they love doing collaborations with vape reviewers....I'm still waiting Digiflavor....seriously...get your act together....I won't wait forever you know....
This time Brian from 'The Vaper Chronicles' is brought to the fore with his rendition of a 24mm RDA.....and damn....the boy did good, the hype is real brethrans and sistrens.....courtesy of my glutton for punishment suppliers Heavengifts
I present to you..the Digiflavor and TVC Drop RDA
Sample packaging...pay no notice...
Tell em Snoop....
The Lowdown
The Digiflavor Drop RDA is a 24mm dripper with a unique 4 post raised build area and one of the most effective adjustable airflow designs I have used to date. It's available in just two colour variations, SS and black....and....black and SS....?
Not really a fan of the appearance of these colour combinations but I'll come to that later.
From the top we have custom tip friendly 810 fitting with an internal O ring and in the package we have an acrylic frosted clear 810 tip...which I love, and a thin wall Ultem 810 drip tip should you have a tiny pursed mouth..
Which I don't love....this thing does nothing for the look of the Drop at all but at least it's an option should you not like using stubby drip tips.
Also in the package you get the customary baggy of O rings, spare flat head grub screws, a 510 adaptor and a tri driver...I did take a picture of the package but I took so many damn pictures of this thing I had to whittle it down...and it doesn't really make for an interesting image lets be honest.....
The top cap plays an integral part of the whole airflow mechanism and is one of the two things I absolutely love about the Drop, it works in the same way as many other RDA's right back to one of my old favourites the Mutation X V4, not so much of a new idea...but more of an updated one....and utterly brilliant..
It also doubles up as a hole saw...should you need one...
The accompanied air flow holes in the sleeve of the Drop ...of which there are 10 on each side, are laid out in a 'T' shape and are individually adjustable thanks to the unique stepped design of the inner sleeve, just turn the top cap and watch each hole close independently to finely tune your perfect air flow from the top row......down to the bottom. This works incredibly well as it spans the whole height of the build deck so you can bring the airflow down lower to come in underneath your coils for more flavour...or bring it higher and more open to throw those lovely thick fluffies.
Only one issue with this that I found and that's the O ring that holds the top cap in place....wayy too tight, I swapped it out with one of the spare O rings in the baggy in case the one fitted was just freakishly thick but I still had the same result, if I left this thing alone for a few minutes there was nothing I could do to get the top cap to move, I had shove my finger inside to try and pop it out....which also wasn't easy....I had to lube it back up with some liquid and start again....it would be fine at first..still stiff but movable...then it would tighten up again...it just needs a thinner O ring, one thin enough so that not only can you adjust the airflow...but also so that you can remove the top cap for painting your coils without having to remove the barrel.
Another excellent addition to the barrel is the cut out notch at the bottom on each side which fits over a step on the base, again not a new idea, this was done on the Dejavu RDTA and I noticed how useful it was on that too, it does two things, firstly it lines up your airflow perfectly with the side of the coils and secondly it really helps with screwing the RDA onto your mod as it stops the base from spinning inside the barrel...especially useful if you have put it on too tight, more than once I have had to remove the barrel and get some pliers on the posts to remove a stuck on RDA...nice touch.
The next image I have named.....(ahem)....'Drop - The base'
Hybrid compatible gold plated pin and yes....that's the included squonk pin...which is HUGE ...
And thrusts it's way right up the RDA's wrong'n to stand loud and proud in the base of the build deck.
Without squonk pin...and with squonk pin.
The Build Deck
Well...you've already seen what makes this build deck so very special and unique...and although special and unique doesn't always necessarily mean good...on this occasion....it very much does...
On the gold plated deck we have 4 posts raised high above the base...and this is where the Drop get's it's name, you simply 'drop' the coils in....think post-less deck....with post's.....(?)
The post's are designed in such a way that you can drop your coil leg in, position it, tighten up the flat head grub screw and then....and this is the good bit...simply trim the legs underneath thanks to the slash cut notches on the inside giving your clippers enough access to trim the legs high up...(by the way...no coils included in package....grrr)
thank you!