That's one heckuva plume of vapor you have going there! That's awesome that you have found your personal Nirvana.
No matter how satisfied I think I am, curiosity always compels me to try out new things. Fortunately 3 years of experience has at least tempered that from trying the smallest new incremental changes, to now waiting for much larger technological changes. I have finally succumbed to the temptation to give Sub-ohm and temperature control a try. The prices have plummeted to the point where it made
sense to at least.. (inspired by Mr. Mann) test the waters. After mere hours of intense and concentrated toying with different setups, I have FINALLY reached an earth shattering conclusion! I enjoy
vaping.
BUT, maybe even more importantly, I have made a few observations along the way. Firstly (I hate that word, why do I use it?) More vapor CAN be more flavor. But not necessarily (but you already knew this
@Sirius ).
Also, what I THOUGHT I knew about the relationship between watts and ohms has been stood on it's ear. Lower Ohms need HIGHER watts? Counter intuitive for me, but there it is. A 2 ohm coil is great at 10 watts, but a .5 ohm coil wants 40.
Temp control IS the shiznit. I think this wick at 400F max COULD last my lifetime. It has only been hours, so I might be wrong about that, but after 10ml it still looks brand new.
Sub-Ohm
vaping does NOT make sense with Kanthal, if you have a powerful regulated mod. With Ti, Ni200, and S.S., it is inevitable. There is not enough room in an atty to get out of it.
The Crown is not expensive, until you start using it.
Titanium coils can rejuvenate gear you thought was obsolete. Do NOT trust reviews of products and suggested wattage, without knowing what equipment was being used (A review of the Crown suggested 80 watts for the .5 coil, and I almost burnt the CRAP out of a new OCC, I suspect he was using a Cloupor).
There are 250+ variations of Pure Apple, depending on your gear. Perhaps taste ISN'T as subjective as we thought, given the DRASTIC differences that different gear makes, and it isn't all just better or worse, just.. Different, sometimes. Which really drives home the point of Mr. Mann's blog which he should have posted here. I am embarrassed to be writing this paragraph AFTER reading it, as you all could have already known this part.
New battery technology MIGHT come along before needing to recharge the brand new ones you have in a dual 18650 mod with a .45ohm Ti coil @400F.
Let me save some of you a LOT of research if you decide to try Temp Control. Joules are ONLY a function of how QUICKLY your coil heats up to the set temp. After that, temp control takes over and throttles everything down to maintain the temp. If you don't have ENOUGH set, you may NEVER reach your temp. If you have too MUCH set, your atty will rattlesnake immediately, imposing the "speed limit" on your temp right outta the gate. Fast is good, so I've found that increasing the Joules to the point of instant rattlesnake, then dropping them a bit is optimum imho.
I need more high VG Ahlusion. I hope I get a feedback coupon soon.
Of all the setups I tried, the Crown is the tastiest thus far. But my GOD it gobbles VG.
If you've lived through all this, you ARE a dedicated vaper.
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NO double 5's is not old. (Quoted by an extremely biased 55 year-old, Me!) 
