Wotofo & Mike Vapes Recurve RDA Review: The Hype Is Real

Wotofo & Mike Vapes Recurve RDA Review

The Recurve RDA takes its name from its curvy outer design – in fact, even its two 810 drip tips are curvy. One could even say that the build deck’s half pipe shape is loyal to the name. Curves, curves everywhere.

Price: ~$25
Colors: stainless steel, black, gunmetal, blue, gold, rainbow

Build quality and design

One of my favorite features on the Recurve is the top cap locking mechanism. You just set the top cap on the RDA and turn it until the notches lock on the build deck. That will center it to a fully open airflow. You can then adjust it, but more on that later. The top cap will also stop when turned fully in the other direction, making unscrewing the RDA a very easy process. I am a fan of locking mechanisms on drippers, they just make everyone’s life easier.

Not the biggest fan of the engraving on the side which seems to gather dust like a magnet. It’s also hard to clean with all those thin lines involved. Maybe it will look alright on the other editions, but for my black one, I just wish they weren’t there. Outside of this minor inconvenience, I am very happy with the build quality and design of the Recurve.

Build deck

Building the Recurve is easy as 1-2-3. Insert your coil legs in two of the four holes on the deck, secure them with the Philips/flat head screws and that’s it for coil placement. Cotton can then be stuffed in the two large wicking ports, one on each side of the deck. Everything falls into place. As you might have noticed, I am a fan of the Recurve’s build deck as well. It is clean and intuitive.

Airflow

With all six holes open on each side, the Recurve has the perfect amount of restriction for me – not super airy but not by any means tight. There is absolutely zero whistling, and the draw is smooth like butter. Closing two of the six holes adds a bit of restriction, and leaving only two holes on each side was only good for a couple of puffs for me – I quickly went back to having it fully open. It is worth mentioning that you can’t use it as an MTL RDA even at its tightest setting. For RDAs with an MTL draw, check the Vandy Vape Berserker or the Vapefly Galaxies.

Performance

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Recurve is that it really vapes like a dual-coil RDA. The vape is dense and saturated. It seems like Mike and Wotofo managed to strike the perfect balance when it comes to chamber size and airflow distribution. Flavor is top-notch, and vapor production has been very satisfying with exotic builds, especially considering it is a single-coil RDA.

The angled airflow design makes this one very hard to leak. You can still do it if you over-squonk, but even then it won’t be a disastrous leak. Talking about squonking, I found that the deck and general design of the Recurve favor it. Liquid coming from the squonk pin gets distributed in the wicking channels evenly. The Recurve also wicks like a champ from the bottom so I’d say it's a squonk-first RDA that can also be easily used as a dripping RDA.

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