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Today our guest is Capstone RDA. Another collaboration of Vandy Vape with company Vape Happy
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Yo yo yo! Hello everyone! Alex VapersMD is here and I'm glad to welcome you on my channel
Collaborations, collaborations...I love collaborations
And here, as I said in the beginning, another collaboration of Vandy Vape and company Vape Happy
Vape Happy is the online-store - these guys sells a whole lot of different vape gear and I kinda understand why they made this project
Of course it's for promotion - that's basically what we do right now
Okay, let's not delay the moment of close up, since here we have such a cute RDA. Let's take a closer look at it. So let's dive down
Okay, here we have a standard Vandy Vape trial packaging for reviewers
The most important thing here is this sticker - it says Capstone and Vape Happy
And inside we're met by pretty rich kit contents - metal top cap with 810 drip tip, plastic top cap, the deck, a thing for measuring and cutting the coil leads, two pre-made fused claptons which is made of Nichrome
510 drip tips adapter, 510 drip tip, set of spare o-rings, T-shaped screwdriver, extra screws, replaceable regular pin, extra springs and QC pass
But first things first - a little bit of the specs. This RDA is made of stainless steel and available in 4 colors - SS, Black, Gold and Rainbow
It features 810 non-o-ring drip tips slot, adjustable side airflow for single and dual coils, deck has one post and designed either for single and dual coils
It also has BF option and small juice well
Diameter at landing is 24mm
And now friends, let's sort things in order and as always we start from the top, where we have 810 non-o-ring drip tip
This drip tip is made of plastic and it's transparent, also there is a knurling
And you can use any of your favorite 810 non-o-ring drip tip if you want
Also, don't forget, that you can run this RDA in single coil mode, it means that you are able to use 510 drip tips with adapter as well
By moving forward we're able to see the top cap, which has slight cutouts for convenient adjustment - you're adjusting the airflow by rotating it
So, if you turn it this will happen - airflow hole will be half way closed or completely shut, but it'll be completely shut only on one side, on the opposite side it'll be wide open
Okay, one more time - turn it and we got to the adjustment - so, you can close these airflow holes half way or wide open on both sides or on one side
The inside part of the top cap is look like so - it has spherical machining and step airflow adjustment
It held by a single o-ring and overall this part is pretty heavy
Next part is the barrel. It has some specific machining outside - kinda like little pyramids and it has airflow holes
And here it is, friends, we're got to the heart of this device - the deck
Yeah, here we have another pyramid, to be more exact - this is the post, which is tightened by a single screw. We've seen similar things before, in other RDAs, so Vandy Vape isn't innovators here
But they implemented several convenient solutions and one of them is the knurling on the clamps , which grants you more firm tightening of the coil leads
But everything in order
So, how's this works? Pretty simple - you unscrew this central screw and post starts to raise due to springs, which is installed inside
And it happens like so - we're unscrewing it and the post starts dividing
Everything looks like so in the moment of coil installation. And yes, pay attention on these knurlings on the clamps - it is very convenient for fixating of the coils
Also, here we have a small hole - this cutout - this will be delivering the liquid when you use this RDA in BF mode
So when you squeeze the bottle liquid will appear here and go down to your coils and fill the juice well
I think you already noticed, that we have some free space under the post. Yes, juice well is a bit recessed and divided a bit, so this RDA has some capacity, but it's not much
Let's continue unscrewing this screw and let's take a look how this post is assembled
As you can tell this is pretty long screw, we have a lot of space for coil installation - it's like 2mm or even 3mm
And after you unscrewed it completely you need to be very careful when you take out the top part, because we have a spring inside and all this construction is held by a single screw
Middle part look like so. As you can see it has insulator in the middle
And to take out the lowest part we need to unscrew the BF pin
Now we can remove the bottom part and that's all that we might have disassemble
At the bottom flaunts the inscription that it's is Designed by Vape Happy, Manufactured by Vandy Vape, logo of the RDA and additional o-ring, which is hints right away, that this RDA is purely designed for using as BF
But, obviously, you can use this RDA in standard mode due to regular pin from the kit, but I don't see a point in it
So, folks, this is Capstone RDA in full disassembled state. And I think it's time to assemble it back
So, everything is ready for coil installation and first thing we'll use is this Coil trimming tool - I don't know how to call it correctly (leave a comment - how should I call it) a stand for cutting the leads of your coils
It has several stages - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11mm
I think the optimal for this RDA is using the depth 8mm, and I'll cut the leads flush and only after that install it. Let's go
And before we get to saturating the cotton, I want to recommend you a liquid called Twerps!
You'll find a nice fruit tea inside of this bottle - peach and raspberry tea to be exact - 100ml of liquid and this liquid is really delicious. I strongly recommend it
So I want to say big thanks one more time to Stancia vape shop for sending me this liquid for test and the link, as always, will be in the description
Let's roll
So friends, everything is ready to get back to face-time, try this RDA and give it a verdict
So thanks for your attention in close up
let's go up top
Well, folks, as you can see it chucks and besides, it have a delicious juice inside
If you are a fan of tea and a fan of raspberry-peach tea as well than yes, this one is for you - I strongly recommend this liquid, link will be in the description below this video
And if you're wondering - RDA is sitting on Basium squonk Mod. Damn this screen is flickering
This mod is also a collaboration of Dovpo and reviewer Vaping Biker. But we'll talk about this box mod later, today we're discussing Capstone RDA
So let's begin with cons
Honestly, I don't quite understand, why the lower part of the post should be that wide - it took a lot of space in this RDA
They could've done bottom part narrower and it could've add a lot of space
No, I do understand why they made it that wide - for the purpose of design, to get this pyramid look and so on, but in technically it doesn't matter at all
And in continuation of discussing of cons, I can add, that wicking isn't the most comfortable thing to do in this deck. And again the issue with wicking is because of the wide post
Let's move on, friends and let's talk about nitpicks
I'll give you short backstory - let's figure out how the BF(aka squonk) should work, how and why it was made
You all know, that BF was intended for RDAs, for small RDAs with small juice well.
So the whole point of BF is - when you squeeze the bottle and delivering the juice into the deck, that liquid should have been saturating the cotton and excess juice should've been sucked back to the bottle
So in this RDA we have "something like BF" - you just filling the deck. That's why my nitpick is - this is not the real "BF"
So when you tilt the RDA or when you just carrying it in your pocket it wouldn't leak, just because it's tilted
Next nitpick goes for appearance. Well, uhm, kinda meh, frankly speaking. There is too many angles, I would say. It looks too BDSM (or Pinhead)
And last nitpick goes for this little thingy for measuring and cutting coil leads
I want it to be bigger. Here we have limitations - from 4 to 11mm. There is lack of middle sizes - 4.5mm, 5.5mm, maybe even 3mm. This thing should've been more universal
Takushki rebyatushki (So folks)
Now it's time to talk about pros
And first pro I'll give for quality of manufacturing - I have absolutely no complaints, guys from Vandy Vape did a great job, for sure
No matter what - quality of Vandy Vape products is good
Next pro I'll give to this RDA is for the kit contents - it's very rich and extensive. There's even an additional plastic top cap without airflow adjustment
So you take off the metal one. Nicely done. And after that put on the plastic one
If your lips is on fire, if it's too hot for you - this plastic top cap should help with that
And with plastic top cap it'll look like so. Not that pretty, but it's not hot
Next pro I'll give to this RDA for knurling on the clamps of the post. It's convenient.
And last pro I'll give for flavor. This RDA has decent flavor and I'll explain why - though it has side airflow, but because of proper coil, proper coil positioning and reduced chamber by the huge post - RDA delivers great flavor
It's exactly what I was talking about in my dotMOD RDA review - it was lacking of that knurling. Vandy Vape did these knurling and it really helps to firmly tighten the coil leads
And it has nice cloud production as well
Who I can recommend this RDA to? I think to people who love experimenting, who like non-standard solutions and who like devices which doesn't look like anything else
This RDA is filled with unusual solutions. Guys did a good job in this regard - they didn't innovate anything, but they did it in their own way. Maybe they've done it somewhere good, maybe it's somewhere bad in certain moments
So guys who like unusual things - here it is. Capstone RDA, at you service
And now regarding the price
The price tag is floating, like always.on the Internet I found a price from 27 to 40$
Average price tag for this RDA is 30$. I think you'll easily find this price in the internet and this RDA worth this money. But as always - last word is on you - do you like it or no
And for this we have a voting going in this corner - do you like this device or no(да-yes/нет-no) - cast your vote
And I'll be finalizing at this point
I wish you a delicious vape and let the vaping come into your life and stays there for long
I want to say big thanks to Vandy Vape for sending me this RDA for review
I wanna thank YOU for your attention
And let everything will be great in your life
Take care of yourself and your mods
Vsem poka poka
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