2ohms cartomizers in Riva 510?

[Enlightenment]

Can I use 2ohm (LR) Boge cartomizers in my Riva 510? I've heard LR cartos don't go well with the Riva 750mah battery. Is this true?

I'm currently using (SR) Boge cartos but I've now got some LR ones. Will they be OK?

Thanks in advance.

 

[swedishfish]

Sure. I use them all the time. In fact that's pretty much all I've ever used.

 

[Dougiestyle]

Yes you can

 

[Enlightenment]

Excellent! As soon as this SR carto that I'm using is done, I'm in with the 'lowie'

Not sure where I read that you can't use LR cartos with the Riva 510. If this isn't the case, then us newbie could really be missing out by reading this kinda thing.

Thanks for the heads up

 

[tj99959]

Most suppliers "suggest" not using LR cartos on bats less than 450mAh (little cigarette look alike bats)
At 750mAh, you are just fine using them.

 

[swedishfish]

Well, I bought them with my very first kit and I've been using them for almost a year. If they're a problem, no one mentioned it to me.

You're going to like them better than the 3.0. Some people don't, but I definitely do. You might have to charge your battery more frequently.

 

[markfm]

Historically the problem with LR and Rivas/eGos was related to the surrounding electronics.

At least in the eGo case the problem was a MOSFET switch that was rated for 2A. If you went to "real" LR, down near 1.6 - 1.7 ohms, the current draw would notionally be 3.2V/1.6 ohms = 2A, borderline for the MOSFET. People did lose eGo batteries due to MOSFETs failing (there's engineering variability, so any given MOSFET might have done okay, while another one would fail, and there's variability in the resistance of cartos, both between two cartos and over time for a single carto).

A 2 ohm boge is within the safe zone, as I believe even latest Rivas top out at about 3.7V fresh off the charger, and they may well have a different MOSFET anyhow.

 

[Chrissie]

Hi Enlightenment,

Markfm is spot on. Some folks have lost Riva/Ego batteries due to switch failure when using very low resistance atties, but the 2 ohm Boges will be fine on your Riva.

 

[swedishfish]

Maybe cheap batteries. I think everyone that has a Riva/ego pretty much uses LR or 2.0 cartos.

 

[markfm]

Like I said, there's probably been design change. LRs were just popping up last Summer and Fall, people were definitely getting failures. Back then the Rivas were regulated 3.2 - 3.4V, like eGo (though I don't believe they used eGo PWM).

This occured back in the dark ages, BSF (Before SwedishFish)

 

[nomosmok]

Yes , you can use the 2.0 ohm boges. I have been using them for a while now without any problems. I just found a 2.0 ohm tank that I'm going to try.

 

[swedishfish]

Like I said, there's probably been design change. LRs were just popping up last Summer and Fall, people were definitely getting failures. Back then the Rivas were regulated 3.2 - 3.4V, like eGo (though I don't believe they used eGo PWM).

This occured back in the dark ages, BSF (Before SwedishFish)

That's funny!

OT- one of my very first batteries from my Joye kit still works. Granted, I lost it for a couple months and found it again. Now if I can find a bottle of juice that somehow disappeared, I'll be happy.

 

[stephpd]

The 2.0 ohms will be fine. I regularly use the Smoktech 1.7 ohm cartomizers from CCV and haven't killed a battery yet. Whatever problems they had with the larger batteries seems to have been fixed.

Now using them on the thinner batteries (less the 650mAh) I'd suspect might be a problem.

 

[Tersur]

You will LOVE the 2.0

 

[swedishfish]

The 2.0 ohms will be fine. I regularly use the Smoktech 1.7 ohm cartomizers from CCV and haven't killed a battery yet. Whatever problems they had with the larger batteries seems to have been fixed.

Now using them on the thinner batteries (less the 650mAh) I'd suspect might be a problem.

I've done it. I bought a few boxes of LR and SR and put them both in a storage container and then realized I couldn't tell them apart.

I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone but did use the LR on my 510. I'm sure it didn't do the battery any good.

 

[Enlightenment]

Thanks for all your help!

I'm now using a LR Boge and loving it! A lot more vaper than the SR which I'm used to, and there's also more of a TH Definitely be ordered more of these... when I can find UK online vendors that have them in stock again.

 

[Chrissie]

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