Just got my Riva and I find it enormously satisfying, despite the apparent low voltage and any FET issues, whatever they may be.Actually, I find my vaping experience on the Riva to be superior to that of a kr8 (Kanger) battery, even though, on paper at least, it makes no sense. The vapor and flavor are richer, smoother, fuller and warmer with both the new eGo cartomizer (2.65 Ω) and with 510 cartos (2.9-3.0 Ω). So what accounts for this? How can one explain it? I'm not just imagining things, am I? Has the circuitry been tweaked in the Riva/Hello in comparison to the eGo?
You're probably not imagining things (although I know for a fact that you are prone to hallucinations...), but it's often tough to really compare apples-to-apples without throwing an orange into the mix.
Cartomizers, when used on an eGo class device, will usually have different vape characteristics when you install the cone. And then it changes even more as you vary the air gap between the cone and the cartomizer body (thickness of label, no label, modified cone). The cone can "tighten up the draw" a little bit, change incoming airflow characteristics (primarily temperature), and cause the body temperature of the cartomizer to also rise a bit. All of those things are weighing factors on the "vaping experience". And as far as the Humongo-eGo (HumoneGo) cartomizer is concerned.... I have run it on a "3.1V" RiVa and a modified Riva-class unit that actually puts out 3.7V. There is a difference, and it is more than noticeable. But once again, it's tough for you to run that comparison because once you put the HumoneGo on an adapter to use it on a different device, you change the airflow again.
