510 Atomizer question

[Sly9377]

There seems to be many more atomizer choices out there since the last time I bought some (last year). I am now back to vaping full time for approx a month now. I have an atty that is starting to go bad and need to get some new ones. I have tried carto's and don't like them as much as the atty/cart combo.

My question is, with my regular manual 510 battery, what is better to use; I see LR ones, high voltage ones and others out there. What is the difference in all these?

Thank you for the help!!

 

[Hoosier]

If you have a standard 510 battery, it is best to stick with the standard resistance atomizers to help keep your battery from being damaged.

LR atomizers have a Low Resistance and require more current from the battery. It is usually recommended to have at least a 650 mah battery. (Standard 510 battery is 180 mah.)

A High Voltage, HV, or high resistance, is for high voltage battery mods. Obviously that does not apply to a standard 510 battery.

The purpose of these different atomizers is so folks can dial in the power they want to vape at. (Power is heat). P=VV/R. Power, in watts, is equal to Voltage, in volts, squared divided by Resistance in Ohms. Since a 510 battery (and the eGo with the same thread, but greater capacity, aka: mah) is 3.2 volts loaded, it should be pretty easy for calculate the power you are vaping with.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

Hoosier provided a good introductory explanation of LR. For a bit more – also written for (and by) a nontechnical layperson – check out my answer to this FAQ.

If a regular resistance 510 atomizer on your 180 mAh 510 battery is continuing to provide a satisfying vaping experience for you, great!

Most of us, however, have embraced the dramatically enhanced and varied world enabled by fat batts like the eGo: 650+ mAh (for many more hours of vaping prior to recharge) and LR atomizers (for increased vapor and TH). And some of the new breed of cartomizers (including LR ones) are excellent, now delivering on the big three (vapor/flavor/TH) while continuing to deliver e-liquid to the atomizer portion much more effectively than cartridges (an advantage they've always had). [A new alternative to cartomizers are the tanks, which, in a sense, are cartridges without polyfill. They are fairly popular although many of us prefer the taste and performance of the cartos.]

Now that Liberty-Flights has exhausted its stock of bargain basement-priced 750 mAh Rivas, two of the best deals on high mAh 510-based fat batts I know of are the $50 1100 mAh Riva from Vapor Junction and the $45 1100 mAh KGO (true 3.7V) from Hoosier E-Cig Supply. Both are two-battery kits. The Riva comes with two attys; the KGO with only one. Since I was only interested in using it with cartos and tanks – and I wanted 3.7 rather than ~3.3V – I went with the KGO. Hoosier (the supplier, not my esteemed fellow vet) also is one of the suppliers, which carries the outstanding Smok Tech dual coil LR 510 cartomizer (one of the new excellent cartos I mentioned).