Anything to be said about lower power, vaporization, and health risks?

[MattyTny]

I've been thinking about the amount of power put through certain coils and how it effects vape quality. Obviously some coils need a certain amount of wattage to really shine, but is there any downside to vaping at a lower wattage?

Let's say you have a coil heating up quickly and it vapes well at a certain wattage. Will lowering the power effect how well the liquid vaporizes in terms of health risks? Will there be partially unvaporized liquid that you don't want to inhale? I'm not referring to liquid spit back either.

Is there information pertaining to this topic? Thanks.

 

[smacuser]

Definitely, with high watt sub-ohm direct lung vaping, you will hold vapor in your lungs up to 5x longer than low watt mouth-to-lung.

I believe Dr. Farsalinos has conducted a study on this.

http://vapefight.com/dr-farsalinos-...vapers-temperature-of-evaporation/?ao_confirm

 

[MattyTny]

Ah thank you, I remember seeing this. It reminds me of the whole "do not dry burn your coils thing" a while back too. Although that study is more pointed toward excessive heat rather than less heat. I guess my question is somewhat pushed back in order of importance since most of us are curious about high wattage and what it does to the liquid.

I'm assuming as long as we feel we are inhaling aerosol or vapor and not partially unvaporized liquid there isn't much worry. Although too much heat could cause the same thing, rapid heat causing those little "jet streams" of vapor off the coil, it doesn't look as fine as the usual vapor.

 

[smacuser]

I'm guessing if it's not vaporized, then it's not inhaled as vapor.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

Unless you have had your salivary glands removed, you inhale liquid every day dontcha?

 

[MattyTny]

Unless you have had your salivary glands removed, you inhale liquid every day dontcha?

Lol good point, but we do have reflexes to keep liquid out of out lungs like coughing and other body functions. I guess its safe to say we would feel uncomfortable vaping if there was actual liquid going into our lungs. The "news article" about the guy with the hole in his lung from vaping got me thinking about this.

 

[MaxwellPink]

Lol good point, but we do have reflexes to keep liquid out of out lungs like coughing and other body functions. I guess its safe to say we would feel uncomfortable vaping if there was actual liquid going into our lungs. The "news article" about the guy with the hole in his lung from vaping got me thinking about this.

That story... I printed out several copies of it (we needed toilet paper).

Think of it in terms of water vs. steam. Heat the water, it becomes steam. Doesn't matter if it's boiling or just hot enough to produce vapor. The only difference is that at the higher heat you produce more steam.

The same is true for e liquid. Regardless of what wattage you use you're still vaporizing the liquid. Well, I suppose if it's too high you'll burn the liquid instead, but otherwise you get the same results as heating water.

So I would believe vaping at higher wattages would be more problematic, health wise. The only problems I ever have with vaping at a lower wattage than recommended by the coils is gurgling due to flooding.