Kinda disappointed with the hastur...
I mean, I can't really complain because I got it for free with the whiteout pre-order, but I was super excited to use this thing because of all the hype people on this sub created around it.
Right out of the box, reeks of machine oil. Not a big deal, I clean all my RDA's anyways so that's nothing new. Then I take the cap off, and I think to myself, 'hmm, wheres the AFC? This is weird'.
The afc was stuck inside the top cap... I had to pry it out with a screwdriver through the top it was so tight. Furthermore, you can tell the tolerances are off because flipping the AFC and trying to fit it into the topcap won't even fit, it's too big.
I cleaned it, popped a nickel coil in there and juiced it up, vapes pretty nice, though a bit restrictive for some weird reason, and the flavour is awesome... but I can't take the top cap off without the afc popping out as well and getting stuck up in there. I need to drip through the drip tip because if I remove the top when I don't have a screwdriver or something small to pry it out, I wont be able to vape because placing it back on wont make a seal with the afc o-ring and it'll likely leak all up in between.
I can't even adjust the airflow because the whole afc will turn and then I'd need to estimate the placement of the airflow again because it's spiraled going down.
Overall, kinda disappointed. Lots of burrs and machine marks on the deck and afc (though the topcap is pristine) and tolerances are off. I mean, for a cheap atty I don't expect it to be perfect, but I've gotten $9 attys off FT that were machined much better.
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I figure that returnity (I think he works with Cthulu?) would see this and hopefully change the tolerances a bit to work better.
Posted Aug 12, 2015, 11:42 PM UTC
Odd, mine is absolutely perfect and has been my go to dripper since I got in on the first buy. Maybe you got a bad RDA, but I wouldn't judge with a sample size of one.
Yeah it is very weird; the package wasn't damaged or anything, so I could only assume I got a weird batch or maybe something slipped up during machining. Just seems like either the AFC or top cap is slightly conical, because as it's going on, the top will fit fine but as it reaches the base, it gets tighter and tighter.
Vapes wonderfully though, I think I prefer the flavour and style to the derringer; it looks sleek!
Yours is definitely messed up. I would suggest returning for an exchange. Maybe u/Cthulhumod can help out with that? The one I got was nearly perfect and didn't have any of the issues you had.
u/saient pls contact us([email protected]) or smog for a replacement. Thank you.
Great service as always from u/Cthulhumod and I promise you once you get a working one you'll love it. I prefer it to my velocity tbh, the flavor is just rediculous and no leaking to speak of.
Yep will do, thanks. Trying to go through Smog first because they have my info and whatnot, but I don't mind either way.
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You are not alone mine is the same in the machining issues, but my afc tabs look like they were cut into and are going to fall apart from a stiff breeze
I'm going to be honest out of the box after I cleaned it I got an alkaline taste from it but after I kept using it it went away. I didn't see or taste machine oil it was just metallic. Now I love the thing. Sometimes my afc will get stuck but otherwise it's been fine. Perfect flavor and great for my coils. I've stuck to a 12 wrap spaced 24g kanthal build for a long time. Don't regret it.
I dropped mine in the ultrasonic cleaner with some soap for the first run, then did a warm water run the 2nd time. I do this with all of my new atomizers though.
Ah. I just threw some dish soap in there and started scrubbing. It looked clean as a rape whistle in a frat house so I don't think it had oil in it. Though it could have.