One of the best-tasting 22mm single-coil RTAs tested this year. Building is genuinely easy, the deck takes a proper coil, and the interchangeable airflow pins give it more range than most flavour-focused tanks bother with. Where it loses points is refinement — the tank section spins when you don’t want it to, there’s no true lock position, and it’s PCTG rather than glass at a price where glass would have made more sense.
Outstanding flavour, deck engineering, and airflow versatility wrapped in a shell that falls short on daily usability and tank refinement. If flavour and a compact single-coil setup matter more to you than a completely fuss-free experience, it earns its price. If you want the easiest possible RTA to live with day-to-day, look at something with tighter tolerances and a proper lock mechanism first.
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Check Latest Price →I’ve had the WICK’D NFGTA on and off various mods for a few weeks now, and it’s put me in an odd position. I keep recommending it, and I keep grumbling about it in the same breath.
That sums up this tank pretty well. The NFGTA is a 22mm single-coil RTA built from 316L stainless steel, sold as a full kit with both 3ml and 5ml chimney and tank options, interchangeable airflow pins, and a quick-release deck.
WICK’D is pitching it as a premium, flavour-first atomizer for people who already know what they like in a single-coil build. That’s basically me. I’ve spent hundreds of bucks on Kayfun tanks over the years, so when I saw this I had to get one. But the reality? It’s a little more nuanced than simply saying: yeah, it’s totally worth it, go out and buy one!
What You’re Actually Buying
The kit comes with a 3ml and a 5ml chimney and tank section, so you can run it compact or extend it depending on the mod and how often you want to refill.
The single-coil deck uses a quick-release design that makes building and rewicking straightforward, and there’s enough room on the posts for a proper beefy coil, which isn’t always true on a 22mm platform.
The standout feature is the interchangeable airflow pin system.
You get pins at 2.5mm, 3mm, 3.5mm, 4mm, and 4.5mm, so you’re not locked into whatever draw the manufacturer decided was best.
That’s a genuinely useful bit of engineering on a tank built around flavour, since it lets you tighten things up for a more restricted MTL-leaning pull or open it out for a looser, airier draw without buying a second tank.
How It Actually Vapes
Flavour is where the NFGTA earns its keep. I’ve run it with a few different single-coil builds and it’s consistently one of the better-tasting 22mm RTAs I’ve had on a mod this year. It’s not subtle about it either, the taste is genuinely up there with tanks costing similar money, and it’s the reason I kept coming back to it over the review period instead of swapping it out.
Wicking is fast, which matters more than people give it credit for. A tank that wicks slowly punishes you the moment you chain vape, you get a dry hit right when you don’t want one. The NFGTA doesn’t have that problem. Keep your coil and wick sensible and it keeps up without complaint.
Building is simple enough that I wouldn’t hesitate to hand this to someone building their first single-coil RTA, provided they’ve already got the basics down. The quick-release deck removes a lot of the fiddliness you get on older-style 22mm decks.
Where It Falls Down
Here’s the bit that keeps this from being an easy five-star recommendation: the tank section spins. Not a lot, but enough that it’s annoying every single time you go to refill or take the tank apart.
There’s no true lock position to hold everything steady, so you end up compensating for it rather than the tank just staying put like it should.
The tank material is the other sticking point. It’s PCTG, not glass. On a tank priced the way this one is, I’d have expected glass as standard, or at least as an included option rather than an add-on.
PCTG isn’t a dealbreaker on its own, of course, but combined with the spinning tank, it starts to feel like the finishing details didn’t get quite the same attention as the deck and the airflow system did.
There’s also a small amount of wobble at the tank-to-base connection, and the initial build is a little sensitive to getting everything aligned correctly the first time. None of this affects how it actually vapes but at this price point these are the types of issues you don’t expect to run into.
WICK’D NFGTA vs Kayfun: How Does It Stack Up?
Any premium flavour-focused single-coil RTA in this bracket is going to get compared to SvoeMesto’s Kayfun line, and it’s a comparison worth making here.
The Kayfun 5 and Kayfun Prime have built their reputation over years on exactly the kind of refinement the NFGTA is missing.
Both come with a proper locking mechanism, you turn the tank to shut off juice flow completely before you refill or pull the tank apart, and there’s no ambiguity about whether it’s secure.
The Kayfun Prime in particular ships with both a full stainless tank section and a borosilicate glass tank, so you’re not stuck choosing between premium materials and premium price the way you are here.
Where the NFGTA pulls ahead is flexibility and approachability. The Kayfun Prime is tuned specifically for MTL vaping with a tight airflow range from 1mm to 2mm, and while the standard Kayfun 5 does offer both MTL and DTL options out of the box, neither gives you the same spread as five interchangeable pins running from 2.5mm right up to 4.5mm.
If you want one tank that can go from a tight, cigarette-like draw to a properly open lung hit just by swapping a pin, the NFGTA is more versatile.
Flavour-wise, both lines are genuinely excellent, and I wouldn’t tell someone they’re making a mistake picking either one on taste alone. The real difference is that Kayfun has spent multiple generations sanding off exactly the kind of rough edges the NFGTA still has. You’re paying more-than-Kayfun-money here without quite getting Kayfun-level polish on the tank mechanism which is a bummer.
Why It Costs What It Costs
Pricing on the NFGTA sits well inside premium territory. UK retailers currently list the full kit at around £159.99, and in the USA you’re looking at $229.99. For a 22mm RTA, that’s hella expensive and there’s no polite way of describing it as anything else.
What you’re paying for isn’t raw materials so much as the whole package:
- 316L stainless steel construction,
- two tank sizing options included in the kit,
- the interchangeable pin system,
- and a build and finish that reads as boutique rather than mass-market.
It’s a similar logic to why the Kayfun range commands the money it does, you’re paying for design, tolerances, and a specific enthusiast ecosystem, not just a tube that holds e-liquid.
Is It Worth The Price?
For the right person, yes. If you already know you like tight-to-medium single-coil RTAs and flavour is the thing you actually care about, rather than tank convenience or raw value, the NFGTA delivers where it counts.
- Excellent flavour,
- fast wicking,
- an easy build,
- and genuine airflow range across five pins is a strong combination.
In today’s disposable-focused market, the NFGTA is something you’ll buy today and then use, potentially, for the next decade (maybe more). Put in this context, the pricing makes sense. It’s designed to deliver value for the long haul and is, for want of a better phrase, the antithesis of a disposable product. Everything is replaceable, reusable.
Where the price is a harder sell is if you’re weighing it purely against what it costs to own and use day to day. A tank with a proper locking mechanism and a glass tank section, at a similar or even lower price, exists elsewhere.
If daily-use simplicity matters as much to you as outright flavour, that’s a legitimate reason to look at the Kayfun range instead, or to wait and see if WICK’D addresses the tank-lock issue in a future revision.
Who This Is For
This is a tank for experienced or confident single-coil builders who want a premium, flavour-first RTA and don’t mind a couple of quirks in exchange for the taste and the compact 22mm form factor.
It suits anyone who likes running 22mm atomizers on compact mods or in a side-by-side setup, and anyone who wants proper airflow flexibility without buying multiple tanks.
It’s a harder recommendation if you want the simplest possible everyday tank, the best value on the market, or a completely no-fuss design with a locking tank and a glass reservoir as standard. For that buyer, the Kayfun line or something cheaper (but equally good) is still the safer bet.
The Bottom Line
The WICK’D NFGTA is a genuinely good flavour tank wrapped around a couple of design decisions that don’t quite match the price tag. The deck, the wicking, and the airflow system are all excellent.
The spinning tank and the lack of a proper lock are the kind of thing that should have been sorted before it launched at this price.
With those two things fixed, this moves from a good RTA into an excellent one.
As it stands, it’s a strong pick for enthusiasts who prioritise taste over convenience, and a pass for anyone who wants their tank to just behave itself.
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