I was a bit overwhelmed a few years ago when I started vaping. The other thing back then was not everything worked well and the only way to get more than about 15 watts was to use mech mods.
It's been said already, but these days power is pretty much irrelevent if you buy enough of it to be able to experiment and find out what you want. With a bit of research we can find out which mods are the best for what we want to try and get one that works well and is quite inexpensive. They are after all just power supplies with added features for vaping and the feature set to chose from is pretty limited as these things go. Once the amount of power wanted is known it's all about form factor, battery life, a couple of technical details, warranty, quality and durability.
There is a lot more to choose from in attys IMO. Rebuildable or not, tanks or drippers, bottom fed, wicking style, power, does it leak easily, quality, etc.
I know my preferences pretty well now and I didn't buy a whole lot of stuff to figure it out. The variety of good hardware on the market now is great. Pretty much everyone can find something that works for them. It's the same with smart phones, computers, cameras, cars, etc. I don't buy the latest and greatest of any of those things, I get what I need and want and if it works for me I stick with it until I need or want something more. That works for me
