I’ll chime in as an owner of the SOC as well. I got mine on DHGate for around $80. It certainly can rip through a dab, no doubt. I haven’t tried any other e-rigs to compare it to, but I do have an EZ Sai, traditional quartz banger and torch rig, and a Boundless Terp pen that I use to vape concentrate.
Of the non-torch options, the SOC is my favorite. I did have a defective atomizer on delivery, but the seller sent another. I also bought a Puffco atomizer to use with it, they work as well. I like the Puffco atomizer better, but it eventually failed. So now I’m using the SOC atomizer. It runs a little hotter than I like.
I’m curious which atomizer yours came with? The faulty one I got was small perfectly round wire that made up the coil under the bucket. The replacement atomizer they sent me is much thicker, flat wire in the atomizer.