After years of vaping I've used tons of shit. Squonk mods like Reo Grands were something I used 3-4 years ago when they had a deal with MOV before they broke the terms (part of the reason I stopped using Reos, sketchy ass company when you look at how they conduct business, but he does make damned good mods though. He made a legit deal with MOV to ONLY sell Reo Grands on his own website and MOV stores, but he continued selling to other vendors anyway and broke these terms.) and even ones like the newer Frakenskull and I could never really truly FALL for them like some of you guys have.
I like bottom feeder mods, don't get me wrong, but NO bottom feeder I have ever used gave a consistent experience when using anything other than the little tiny 16mm atomizers like the Cyclone and shit when bottom feeding, I ALWAYS have to hit the bottle 10-12 times and it ends of leaking. Blind squonking always leads to the liquid getting sucked back down into the bottle. I like it, but it's not for me. It's a sometimes thing.
For years and years RDA's were all I fucked with, I tried a few sub ohm tanks and a few stuck around (Crown V1, TFV's. etc.) but I was always passionate for rebuildables. I favored unregulated mods because regulated stuff could only just barely piss out 100-120W or so back then. I've been a high wattage vaper since before sub ohm tanks with giant coil heads brought it to the mainstream. I'm talking back in a time when if you told someone you vaped at over like 40-50W they'd laugh at you and say something like 'lulz ur funeral' or something. Back in a time where you rarely saw Sony's and LG's in mods, but Trust and Ultrafire batteries instead because people thought if a flashlight could be powered off of them safely (sometimes), why not a mod? Don't ever trust shit with FIRE in the name, ffs.
Then came the first true high wattage regulated mods. The IPV3 was one of the first I got my hands on, followed by the Sigelei 100W plus, not the shitty first version. This is when I started to not use my unregulated stuff as much, and before I knew it 160, 175, 180, 200, 250, 300, 350W.. they just kept turning up the power and adding batteries. A lot of people stood back and tootle puffed at a cool 30W thinking "vaping is dead and ruined." and so forth but I personally loved this as I love high wattage vapes.
Then came the first DECENT rebuildable tanks that could actually handle higher wattages and bigger, dual coil builds. The Crius V3, the Aromamizer V1 22mm RDTA and the 22mm Griffin V1. OH FUCK, I was in heaven. FINALLY I could get an RDA-esque coil build into a tank and vape it at higher wattages. It was a dream come true, the vape I loved from RDA's with the convenience of a tank feeding the wicks constantly and no dripping. Then the RTA's and RDTA's became just like the regulated mods. Bigger ones with more airflow and crazier decks started flying out of the woodwork on pretty much a daily fucking basis, it became hard to find out what exactly was the best because there were 50 products flooding the market every week and testing it all was near impossible.
Then the FDA shit.. ease into 2017, this seems to be the year bottom feeding takes off again, since 2016 was the year of the RTA and 2015 was the year of TC. Speaking of TC, that's another thing that came and went for me, something I never got into and I truly think is a worthless gimmick. Just my opinion.
I've mostly went back to unregulated shit, parallel series 18650/26650 mods, 2/3/4S unregulated lipo boxes, the few regulated mods I do use are mostly PWM or DNA250. I have mostly stuck to tanks though, as build decks, capacity, size and airflow have all gotten way larger. I have the pinnacle of this sitting on my authentic HoG V2 right now. The 41mm Voltrove RTA. Now I own a lot of other mods and a lot of other tanks and I love a lot of those other mods and tanks. I even have plenty of RDA's still rocking out that I cannot stop using. One or two sub-ohm tanks that collect dust. Tons of mods and atomizers lining my shelves because I'm too paranoid to sell anything because of the FDA shit..
What mod do I find myself always reaching for? What is my most often used daily combo? The HoG V2 and 41mm Voltrove RTA, easily.
And I feel that's saying something, as I'm a vaper with a collection so large that this picture only includes probably only 1/6 of my total vape shit: