KingPin!
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Hi Folks,
I received the Galaxies RDA directly from VapeFly for the once over. I will state for the record right up front, ordinarily I’m not a Mouth To Lung (MTL) vaper, in fact this is very much a trial run for me to see how I get on with it all. Whilst reviewing the Galaxies I’m also reviewing the VandyVape Berserker MTL RDA in parallel so will drop its review at the same time.
I don’t like to make recommendations in my reviews instead I’ll share my findings to bolster your research should you be interested in the product.
Manufacturer Specifications
Additional aftermarket cap colours: Clear Orange, Clear Yellow, Clear Blue
Product Information: http://www.vapefly.net/vapefly-galaxy-mtl-rda/
Build Quality and Impressions
You get everything needed to start you off including coils. They didn’t include any cotton, instead you get a cleaning cloth…Erm ok? It had quite the funky smell to it so that’ll be staying in the packet. Otherwise you get some spare O-rings, a 3 in one tool, an Allen key, spare grub screws (hex instead of flat top) but most importantly a bottom feeding pin which I’ll come onto later.
So let’s start at the top with the drip tip. If you pick up the black version you get a Delrin variant, it has a 4mm bore which leaves it wider than the Berserker MTL RDA. Whilst it’s very comfortable to use I feel they could have left the channel just a tad thinner which would help with the eventual throat hit.
Unfortunately my drip tip was pretty messed up underneath. I had to sand it back using 5000 grit before I felt comfortable to use it. Additionally the O-rings in place made it really difficult to remove, I ended up having to use a knife to pry it off, even when lubed it was tight.
The airflow ring (top chamber) is a single stainless steel piece which sits comfortably over the 2 O-Rings on the deck. Thankfully these O-rings offer really nice resistance and popping the chamber on and off is a breeze.
On top of the chamber sits a polished PMMA ring adding to the aesthetics. Its primary function however is for heat dampening which works very effectively (much like the ring found on the Geekvape Peerless RDA). Whilst it never needs to be removed I wanted to strip the RDA down for an initial cleaning and again the thick O-rings were stopping me from getting this piece off easily.
Looking inside the top chamber; the finish was pretty good although I had two scorch marks where they placed the airflow holes. These marks should have been lost in the final machining process.
There is a shallow dome inside, I feel this whole top area could have been left with thicker walls and a smaller bell shape so it really focuses the vapour to the centre of the drip tip. As it stands this is what I’d expect to see on a dual coil set up.
There are two stop points inside the chamber which are used in conjunction will the milled out portions on the deck. You can start with the airflow closed, moving it to one, two or finally three holes open. Whilst the decks’ air intake hole is situated at the far right of the milled section the cap sits snugly against it, so I wasn’t losing any air pressure whilst inhaling on any setting.
Moving the to outside of the chamber; the smallest bottom hole is 0.8mm, middle 1.2 and finally the top is 1.5mm. I reckon they should have added at least one more in this range as there is room on the deck to do so.
I found when adjusting the airflow it would sometimes unscrew the RDA from the deck, I had a similar experience on the Berserker as well except on this one I can’t twist the housing right around because of the stop in place. I had to tighten it down pretty hard on the mod to stop it happening.
The machining quality was much the same on the deck as well, in that it was just ok. Lots of swirls stopping abruptly when you catch the light right.
Each airflow channel is angled upwards at roughly a 30 degrees and as you can see below the two points meet just above where they have the cut out for the coil jig. I position my coil slightly higher than where VapeFly suggest with the deck cut outs. Considering the atomiser is a 22mm there is a rather wide gap in the middle of the posts at 6mm and I feel to make the most of this space and the shallow dome I’ll be running 3.5mm coils.
In addition to the side airflow holes on the housing you can also further restrict the draw by adjusting a screw in each post. To be honest it’s all a bit of a faff because they are a little too lose to stay put. I just left them wide open and re-adjusted when I noticed they had slipped down.
I put the galaxies next to the Berserker RDA, despite the size differences one thing I noticed is the threading length is short so watch out for mods with deep threading as the pin can only be adjusted marginally. Whilst I’m covering the positive pin, both standard and bottom feeding pins sit proud inside and outside the deck.
I received the Galaxies RDA directly from VapeFly for the once over. I will state for the record right up front, ordinarily I’m not a Mouth To Lung (MTL) vaper, in fact this is very much a trial run for me to see how I get on with it all. Whilst reviewing the Galaxies I’m also reviewing the VandyVape Berserker MTL RDA in parallel so will drop its review at the same time.
I don’t like to make recommendations in my reviews instead I’ll share my findings to bolster your research should you be interested in the product.
Manufacturer Specifications
- Diameter: 22mm
- Height 32mm
- Airflow: 6 side holes (0.8mm, 1.2mm & 1.5mm)
- Materials: SS304, PMMA,
- Drip Tip: Delrin
- Bottom Feeding or Dripping
Additional aftermarket cap colours: Clear Orange, Clear Yellow, Clear Blue
Product Information: http://www.vapefly.net/vapefly-galaxy-mtl-rda/
Build Quality and Impressions
You get everything needed to start you off including coils. They didn’t include any cotton, instead you get a cleaning cloth…Erm ok? It had quite the funky smell to it so that’ll be staying in the packet. Otherwise you get some spare O-rings, a 3 in one tool, an Allen key, spare grub screws (hex instead of flat top) but most importantly a bottom feeding pin which I’ll come onto later.
So let’s start at the top with the drip tip. If you pick up the black version you get a Delrin variant, it has a 4mm bore which leaves it wider than the Berserker MTL RDA. Whilst it’s very comfortable to use I feel they could have left the channel just a tad thinner which would help with the eventual throat hit.
Unfortunately my drip tip was pretty messed up underneath. I had to sand it back using 5000 grit before I felt comfortable to use it. Additionally the O-rings in place made it really difficult to remove, I ended up having to use a knife to pry it off, even when lubed it was tight.
The airflow ring (top chamber) is a single stainless steel piece which sits comfortably over the 2 O-Rings on the deck. Thankfully these O-rings offer really nice resistance and popping the chamber on and off is a breeze.
On top of the chamber sits a polished PMMA ring adding to the aesthetics. Its primary function however is for heat dampening which works very effectively (much like the ring found on the Geekvape Peerless RDA). Whilst it never needs to be removed I wanted to strip the RDA down for an initial cleaning and again the thick O-rings were stopping me from getting this piece off easily.
Looking inside the top chamber; the finish was pretty good although I had two scorch marks where they placed the airflow holes. These marks should have been lost in the final machining process.
There is a shallow dome inside, I feel this whole top area could have been left with thicker walls and a smaller bell shape so it really focuses the vapour to the centre of the drip tip. As it stands this is what I’d expect to see on a dual coil set up.
There are two stop points inside the chamber which are used in conjunction will the milled out portions on the deck. You can start with the airflow closed, moving it to one, two or finally three holes open. Whilst the decks’ air intake hole is situated at the far right of the milled section the cap sits snugly against it, so I wasn’t losing any air pressure whilst inhaling on any setting.
Moving the to outside of the chamber; the smallest bottom hole is 0.8mm, middle 1.2 and finally the top is 1.5mm. I reckon they should have added at least one more in this range as there is room on the deck to do so.
I found when adjusting the airflow it would sometimes unscrew the RDA from the deck, I had a similar experience on the Berserker as well except on this one I can’t twist the housing right around because of the stop in place. I had to tighten it down pretty hard on the mod to stop it happening.
The machining quality was much the same on the deck as well, in that it was just ok. Lots of swirls stopping abruptly when you catch the light right.
Each airflow channel is angled upwards at roughly a 30 degrees and as you can see below the two points meet just above where they have the cut out for the coil jig. I position my coil slightly higher than where VapeFly suggest with the deck cut outs. Considering the atomiser is a 22mm there is a rather wide gap in the middle of the posts at 6mm and I feel to make the most of this space and the shallow dome I’ll be running 3.5mm coils.
In addition to the side airflow holes on the housing you can also further restrict the draw by adjusting a screw in each post. To be honest it’s all a bit of a faff because they are a little too lose to stay put. I just left them wide open and re-adjusted when I noticed they had slipped down.
I put the galaxies next to the Berserker RDA, despite the size differences one thing I noticed is the threading length is short so watch out for mods with deep threading as the pin can only be adjusted marginally. Whilst I’m covering the positive pin, both standard and bottom feeding pins sit proud inside and outside the deck.
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