A "
juice attachment" is any device which has a heating coil which can vaporize e-liquid when powered by a battery or battery device.
One of the first words you'll read about is "
atomizer". This word can be confusing to many novices, because it can have different meanings depending upon the context the word is used.
- It can be a "catch-all" word meaning any and all juice attachments.
- It can also be a synonym for the heating coil itself.
- It can also refer to a more specific juice attachment, like a "510 drip atomizer" or a "rebuildable atomizer" (RBA).
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"
Mods", or APV's (advanced personal vaporizers), are
battery devices used power juice attachments. They are available in two form factors:
Tube or
Box shaped. Both tube and box mods can be either
regulated (containing an electronic microchip) or
unregulated (basic box or tube mod with no electronics)
mechanical.
The term "mod" originally came from modifying the common flashlight to become a battery holder to create a larger e-cigarette. This allowed vapers to use larger batteries and larger juice attachments. Now "mods" are created from scratch without using a flashlight. The term mod stuck and is still used to this day.
There is a larger variety of choices in this class of vaporizer than any other. They are the most popular class among experienced vapers. Everyone is different in what they are looking for in a vaping setup. The widest variety and potential options certainly are available in this class. There are single, double, triple, and even four battery models available. Wattages of up to 250 watts are available in four battery mods; even if you will never vape at those power levels, having 3 - 4 batteries allow you to vape up to 3 - 4 days before needing to change batteries.
Regulated mods also have built-in battery voltage/atomizer readers so that you can know the battery's voltage level and the resistance of the heating coil in the atomizer. Regulated mods have "protection circuitry", which protect against short circuits which could destroy the chip or battery, and protect against putting the battery in backwards (reverse polarity protection).
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