Best way to get big clouds?

[damedogdig]

I was wondering what the communities ideas are for the most clouds on a mechanical mod + rda. I'm new to this forum and relatively new to vaping, but at the same time whenever I build coils or such I use an Ohm meter and make sure not to get too low. I'm currently running a Plume Veil RDA with two parallel coils at about .2 ohms on top of a Panzer Rainbow Mod. I run my juice about 75-80% VG and its all DIY which I know a lot more about than the actual mods. I know this may seem dangerous to some but please spare me the hatred I'm just looking for input.

I want to know what I can do, coils to build, or mods/rda's to buy to get a nice cloud chucking experience with still a decent flavor on top.

Please be gentle,
Damian

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome to the forum Damian. Glad to have you here!

I don't have the Plume Veil so I won't be of much help to you there. 100% VG would increase your vapor.

 

[aarow]

Also in the plume veil don't block the negative post hole airflow with wick I've mistakenly done that!

 

[edyle]

I was wondering what the communities ideas are for the most clouds on a mechanical mod + RDA. I'm new to this forum and relatively new to vaping, but at the same time whenever I build coils or such I use an Ohm meter and make sure not to get too low. I'm currently running a Plume Veil RDA with two parallel coils at about .2 ohms on top of a Panzer Rainbow Mod. I run my juice about 75-80% VG and its all DIY which I know a lot more about than the actual mods. I know this may seem dangerous to some but please spare me the hatred I'm just looking for input.

I want to know what I can do, coils to build, or mods/rda's to buy to get a nice cloud chucking experience with still a decent flavor on top.

Please be gentle,
Damian

The only thing I can add is pay attention to the wire gauge.
You say you are running two parallel coils at about 0.2ohms but you didn't mention anything about wire gauge.

Making big clouds is easy: use more power.
On a mech mod that mean you have no choice: you have to use low ohms.

The only other thing is surface area: so that means using thinner wire;
So you end up trying to juggle between low ohms and thinner wire.

So you end up with multicoil- in your case for example sounds like a quadcoil equivalent; so I bet you are using 28 gauge kanthal a1

 

[aarow]

Thicker kanthal will provide more contact with your wick and you need more wraps to keep the resistance up again increasing the contact area I like 24 awg

 

[damedogdig]

I run 28 Gauge and the coils are 7 wraps.

 

[damedogdig]

The only thing I can add is pay attention to the wire gauge.
You say you are running two parallel coils at about 0.2ohms but you didn't mention anything about wire gauge.

Making big clouds is easy: use more power.
On a mech mod that mean you have no choice: you have to use low ohms.

The only other thing is surface area: so that means using thinner wire;
So you end up trying to juggle between low ohms and thinner wire.

So you end up with multicoil- in your case for example sounds like a quadcoil equivalent; so I bet you are using 28 gauge kanthal a1

You mention that on a mechanical mod I have no option but to use low ohms. What do you mean by this? Is there some other kind of Vaporizer that I could start to look into that's different? I mean I've always had a mech mod but you seem to suggest something else is plausible.

 

[aarow]

I use a regulated box mod and at 20w with 24awg kanthal and 80vg 20pg juice I can get a big cloud at around 0.8 ohms

 

[BeerGolfClouds]

You mention that on a mechanical mod I have no option but to use low ohms. What do you mean by this? Is there some other kind of Vaporizer that I could start to look into that's different? I mean I've always had a mech mod but you seem to suggest something else is plausible.

Regulated mods are the new big thing, they have a bit of built-in safety and you can push way more power to your coils than with a mech mod. I use a Plume Veil with twisted 28ga duals at .45 ohm, with a mech I'd be getting 40 watts max (in a perfect world with zero voltage drop). But with my iPV3 I'm throwing 65 watts at it and the flavor and clouds are off the charts. That's with a chuff cap too, wide open airflow.

 

[damedogdig]

Regulated mods are the new big thing, they have a bit of built-in safety and you can push way more power to your coils than with a mech mod. I use a Plume Veil with twisted 28ga duals at .45 ohm, with a mech I'd be getting 40 watts max (in a perfect world with zero voltage drop). But with my iPV3 I'm throwing 65 watts at it and the flavor and clouds are off the charts. That's with a chuff cap too, wide open airflow.

Do you run 18650 batteries or larger? If you had the time could you link me some of your favorite regulated box mods? I'm truly interested now.

 

[damedogdig]

And I'm also on a budget so I'd prefer if it were a clone off fasttech or something. I don't have the money to throw $150 down right now.

 

[aarow]

I've got a vapour shark DNA 40 in the post I'm using a hana modz till that arrives and if you want a lot of power then the sigelei 100w is a good option most use 18650 or dual 18650

 

[aarow]

Fasttech have authentic sigelei for a reasonable price

 

[BeerGolfClouds]

Do you run 18650 batteries or larger? If you had the time could you link me some of your favorite regulated box mods? I'm truly interested now.

I have the iPV3, upgraded to 165 watts; it uses two 18650s in series. I only use Sony VTC5 or Orbtronic sx30, 30 amp batteries. The Sigelei 100 watt mod uses two 18650s as well, and it can be had for under $100. Fasttech has it for around $88.

 

[edyle]

You mention that on a mechanical mod I have no option but to use low ohms. What do you mean by this? Is there some other kind of Vaporizer that I could start to look into that's different? I mean I've always had a mech mod but you seem to suggest something else is plausible.

To get more power on a mechanical mod you have to use lower ohms because you can't increase the voltage.

To get more power without decreasing ohms, you can use a regulated mod with voltage or power adjustment.