Been reading and just want to make sure I understand

[bfitz]

Hello everyone,

I am sure one day I will be knowledgable about this and about to help some one starting out, but today is not that day

I am looking into getting a mod and just want to make sure that I understand what I have been reading. I have narrowed my choices down to an evic or a vamo v2 (but lets be honest, I'll probably end up with both and just have to justify it somehow). I want to get something that has variable voltage/wattage, but here is where my questions begin.

It seems like what I am more interested in is variable wattage. If I understand this correctly it eliminates the need to figure out how high or low you need to set the device depending on the delivery system's ohms. It does the math for you. Is this correct? If I am using variable wattage do I have to worry about burning or blowing out the coil from to much power?

I can't remember where I read about the evic, it might have been a youtube video even, but if I remember correctly, even though it is variable wattage, you still have to go into the menu and have the device read the ohms of a new delivery system that you put on it before it will change the voltage accordingly. Is that right or did I not understand it correctly? Will the vamo v2 just change things automatically?

Thank you everyone for your help

 

[xanderxman]

Variable wattage will indeed adjust the voltage of your device to match the resistance of your coil. That is why so many people like it. It takes away figuring out where to set the voltage on different resistance coils. You just pop a new atty on and go. Once you know what wattage you like, you set it and forget it.

 

[The Ocelot]

Hi and welcome! I'm sure you'll get far more technical advice from other members about the eVic, but I've found that VW isn't as "set it and forget it" as I thought it would be. Just because I like 8 watts for some juices, I don't like it for all of them. I was fiddling just as much as with VV.

 

[xanderxman]

Good point Ocelot. I guess VW is just the next iteration of VV. I does give you more freedom if you like all your juices at the same wattage but if you have different juices that taste better at different wattages (like I do) then VW is nothing more that VV.

For those that can vape at one wattage I can see the draw of VW.

 

[The Ocelot]

Good point Ocelot. I guess VW is just the next iteration of VV. I does give you more freedom if you like all your juices at the same wattage but if you have different juices that taste better at different wattages (like I do) then VW is nothing more that VV.

For those that can vape at one wattage I can see the draw of VW.

I do too! I was ready to go with VW, until I paid close attention to what I had my gear set to. Sometimes I end up with configurations that go against all conventional wisdom. I switch tanks around a lot, so VW would seem to be ideal for me, but one of the tanks I'm using today reads at 2.9ohms and fries over 4v

 

[bfitz]

Thanks everyone.

I am not to worried about changing setting to each juice, my problem is that I can never remember what ohm the device I am using is. I don't have a ton of different set ups, but am slowly growing my collection like everyone else seems to be. I find myself more likely to buy new delivery systems (tanks, cartos, clearomizers, etc.) than I am mods, although there are many nice mods out there. I am just looking for the most user friendly (read: klutz proof) mod out there that I don't need to worry as much about different numbers.

 

[DJ RyckRak]

Hi bfitz !
I have an eVic (Nick)...I like it alot
Just because it checks the atty ohms everytime you turn it on (it does) doesn't mean you do not play with the volts or watts...(you do).
And yes- you can crank it up enough to fry the atty...I did it to a Kanger T3 atty.
Playing with the volts/watts does allow you to match the juice to the 'juice', warmer, cooler, more vapor, less vapor, different PG/VG etc.

There you go.

 

[The Ocelot]

Thanks everyone.

I am not to worried about changing setting to each juice, my problem is that I can never remember what ohm the device I am using is. I don't have a ton of different set ups, but am slowly growing my collection like everyone else seems to be. I find myself more likely to buy new delivery systems (tanks, cartos, clearomizers, etc.) than I am mods, although there are many nice mods out there. I am just looking for the most user friendly (read: klutz proof) mod out there that I don't need to worry as much about different numbers.

Both the eVic and the VAMO have a function that tells you what the resistance is of the device that's screwed on.

ETA: I usually buy equipment within the 1.7-2.0 range and don't worry about it. I only got some higher resistance lately to play around with.

 

[xanderxman]

I do too! I was ready to go with VW, until I paid close attention to what I had my gear set to. Sometimes I end up with configurations that go against all conventional wisdom. I switch tanks around a lot, so VW would seem to be ideal for me, but one of the tanks I'm using today reads at 2.9ohms and fries over 4v

I am using one of my supposed 2.4 ohm Nova heads (really 2.8 ohms) and it fried my Ecto Cooler above 3.7V. Go figure!!

I guess that is why I do not have an interest in VW. I tend to change my voltage too much depending on juice so VW would just become VV for me.

@bfitz - If you want to know what resistance your atty is running then a VW device that can check the resistance is right up your alley. If you do not want to concern yourself with the resistance of an atty and would rather plug and play at the same wattage then VW is the way to go.

 

[edking66]

I have a Vamo and find the variable wattage easier to use than variable voltage, it gets you in the ballpark of your vape range easier without as much chance of frying your atty. I tend to like to vape between 7 and 8 watts, so with a new juice I start out at 7 and go up or down from there until I find the sweet spot. Judging from the reviews (I don't have an Evic, at least not yet ), the Vamo menu system seems a little easier to navigate for a new user.