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The Aeronaut AFC Kit (with spares)

I decide to order one of these to play with (cost £11.99 plus postage)

The kit consists of a number of tubes, plus spare o-rings, screws and clamps:



Spares are always useful, but the important thing here is the collection of tubes. As shipped, the Aeronaut comes with a long and short blank tube (used to optionally shut off upper and lower airflow) and two slotted tubes. A short one with a large slot for bottom airflow, and a longer one with four slots for upper airflow:





I've been using my Aeronaut with the long slotted tube for bottom airflow (this can be adjusted by twisting the cap to open/close the airflow holes) and the upper airflow closed off using the blank short tube.

The spares kit provides new options for both upper and lower tubes (including extra blanks which could be drilled by those who like to do such things).

Here are the lower/short tubes:



Which also have small holes on the opposite side of the tube:



And here are the long/upper tubes (which don't have the small holes):



I've found that you can change even the bottom tube without having to rewick, so for my trials I rewicked and used the Aeronaut in the way I had I already set (original wide-slot bottom tube, blank top tube). I then tried out the two new bottom tubes. In both cases (probably unsurprisingly) I found that the little hole needed to be at the bottom with the bigger hole(s) facing upwards towards the coil. I found both the new choices provided a better MTL vape than the old big slot and that the "two hole" tube performed best. (I also noticed I got less "juice in the tube" when re-dripping).

I'm going to carry on with this set up for a bit, and then experiment with "top tube only" options with a blank bottom tube - will be reporting back...

Well, when I say "The" Nutz 16mm RDA, I should say "A" Nutz 16mm RDA because every Nutz device is made, by hand, by Jhon to order and to the customers specification (BF or not, air hole size and/or airflow control etc).

I had acquired a 20mm Nutz dripper from classifieds and I liked it so much I thought I'd get a 16mm one for my 14500 and "16mm top cap option" mechs.

John replied very quickly my pm, and I specified a normal "flavour dripper" with a 1.1mm side air intake.

John made my RDA on the 8th and posted it on the 9th, it arrived this morning (from Romania via Hungary and Germany). What I got was a jiffy bag with the atomiser wrapped in the same sort of pink bubble-wrap that Hellfire stuff comes wrapped in...

Anyway here is the atomiser:



Nutz drippers just screw together - no o-rings - and the thread machining is excellent - look: here is the join:



The chamber on this is tiny:



And the deck very open:



NOTE: because the atomiser screws together, the position of the air intake relative to the deck is fixed and therefore there is a "right side of the posts" to attach your coil!

I decided on a "modest build - this is a small atty that I will use mainly with 14500 IMR batteries - using three (very thin) strand twisted Kanthal:





It heats up VERY fast - measured out at 1.05 ohms.

Here is my wicking after applying juice but before squashing it down a bit:



And lastly here is the 16mm Nutz on one of my Super T Precise Simplicity 14500 mechs:



Conclusion:

It's great - just what I hoped I would get - work well and gives decent vapour and top-notch flavour - can't really say more. Recommended!

You can view it as a "guest"

I'm another Puff cotton user - I've used nothings else for over a year and remain pleased with it

I should have added that if you search the Reviews section on here for "profbeard" you will find loads of these things I have reviewed (and therefore own and can be asked questions about)

This isn't new! - Why?

The Evil Monk has been out a good while, so why have I just bought one? A simple case of a thread on the forum extolling the virtues of postless designs. I have a Mikro which is postless but the design is different from most (the holes for the wires are "sideways" not vertical). Someone on that thread said that the Evil Monk came with the option of NOT using the big-bore drip tip - which I don't like as a rule - so I looked into it and found it was really cheap... So - what the hey!

What I got

I got a box:





In the box was a smaller box:



This box contained an instruction leaflet (which isn't completely useless):



And a bag of stuff:



(Small spares screws for wire clamping, a couple of spare "micro-chimneys" for the air inlets on the deck, a spare o-ring and two Allen keys. Also, the adapter for standard drip tips)

I also got the atomiser :



About the Evil Monk

Overall, I would rate the build quality as "fair" - more later. Here is the base:



and the top view:



The supplied drip tip unscrews:



The knurled top of the cap also unscrews:



(The threads on this are pretty poor IMHO, but if I'm honest I can't see the point of unscrewing it as the whole cap just pulls off)





Here is the deck with the cap removed:



(The small holes are where the screws to clamp the wires can be accessed using the Allen key, and the larger holes are the air intakes)

Here is a top view of the deck:



The four small holes are for the coil legs (the two inside the "rectangle" are positive, the other two negative). The larger holes with the little (removable) "chimneys" are the airflow and connected to the larger holes around the outside diameter of the deck.

Building the Evil Monk

The airflow on this atomiser is designed for dual or quad coil builds - suspect a single coil build might well work, but decided to go for a dual coil build. Whilst in principle the postless design should be easy, you DO have to remember that you need to get the legs on the coil the right length (this took three tries for me). I went for fairly chunky coils of twisted Kanthal which measured out at 0.35 9ohms as a pair. I wicked the atomiser with space under the two coils to give clear airflow from the outlets under the coil and filled the rest of the deck with cotton. This seems provide for no leakage (provided you don't drip more than the cotton can take):



In Use

Given the pretty low resistance build, I fitted the Evil Monk to my Super T Precise Plus 18650 with a 30amp Shockli battery (the build will be operating at about 50 watts with a fully charged battery). Using the mix of slotted and round holes in the cap I set the airflow to "two coils and fairly tight).

I got a good vape - not one for the faint hearted (I was using 30mg OK Smokey "roll-up" juice) but perfectly mouth to lung usable (in 2 second draws).

Conclusion

I would describe the Evil Monk as "good value for money" rather than "quality" (remember my I have a collection of very high quality RDAs) as its build is "ok" rather than "good". It doesn't look like it will cause problems though. The postless deck is easy to use, but in my view no easier than designs like the Velocity... At the price, I would happily say to those who ask that it is "worth a punt"

This is on this Monday - any AAECers besides Jeff coming?