30 watts!?

[samwrighteous]

Here is my question:

So checking on these forums and vaping power charts I can see that the "sweet spot" for vaping is somewhere around 4-8 watts. But I often see mods that advertise that they can go up to 30 watts or even 50 or 100! My question is, how can anyone use that much wattage without burning out their coils and ruining their e-juice? I understand that when you build your own coils on a RBA/RDA that you can custom-tailor your ohm levels, but how does that effect the safe amount of wattage you can use?

For example: if I have a mech-mod putting out 4 volts of power on a sub-ohm 0.5 ohm coil: thats 32 watts! Isn't that WAY above the "sweet spot" of somewhere around 5-8 watts?

Basically, I'm interested in getting into mech mods and RBAs but I dont understand why I need a device that can generate so much wattage. Someone please help.

Thank you!

 

[Equilibrium]

Factory tanks with factory coils can't handle that kind of power.

The high wattage devices are for rebuildable atty's. AND it's not really about the coil itself. It's about the wick. Factory coils have small wicks. Rebuildable RDA's and RTA's have huge wicks in comparison.


See... that wick is huge and wicks very quickly and the twisted wire coil can handle a ton of power

 

[samwrighteous]

I see. So how many watts do people using RDAs generally use? Is there an upper limit on what can be used wattage-wise with mechs?

 

[Equilibrium]

I see. So how many watts do people using RDAs generally use? Is there an upper limit on what can be used wattage-wise with mechs?

With a mechanical mod (not regulated) It's all dependent on the batteries limitations, honestly.

The best batteries available today are 30 amp batteries. So in my opinion you shouldn't exceed 90% of the batteries capabilities. That would put you at 27 amps and 113 watts with a .15 ohm build.

Something like that is only for experienced vapors though and is not recommended.

 

[Kaezziel]

Equilibrium is pretty much spot on... I usually run around 100W on my mechanical with drippers... but I'm not quite right in the head...
With tanks, I stay around 30-50W... all rebuildable...
With my regulated mod and a carto-tank, I stay between 10-15W...
It's more about preference than anything else... you just play with it until you're happy with it.... then a week later, you get bored and start playing around again.... it's a very demanding spiral..
But with pre-built coils (as Equilibrium said), you can't really crank the wattage.... it just ruins the vape..

 

[djsvapour]

The charts are a bit silly...

Nobody is going to call vaping at 4 or 5 watts the "sweet spot". That's about the same as a disposable from the gas station.

7-9 watts is more normal on standard factory coils. 10-12w is popular with the better atomizers.

RDAs start to make sense once you are into double figures...

35 watts is too much for me.