Better coils?
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What exactly are you trying to accomplish with lower ohm coils? Or what did you tell the person for them to tell you to get lower ohm coils? TBH, you probably don't need lower ohm coils. The stock coils are usually like 1.8-2.2 ohms. Give or take of course. I have an MVP2 and my nautilus has 1.8 I think. Now my RDA has .5 dual coils but thats sub ohm vaping. Are you not satisfied with your vape experience with the coils you have now? If not, why?
Well I'm just getting into vaping and am learning as I go. I have been getting advice and listening,reading and watching stuff people have to say about it. I am using a evod VV now and am waiting on my MVP2. The thing I noticed with the evod twist and pro tank is that I'm not getting much flavor at all. I think it is probably the juice I have though but I'm not sure
1.8 ohm is fine with the MVP 2. Keep experimenting with settings when you get it.
That could very well be the problem. What juices are you trying? I'm very picky when it comes to juices and most don't appeal to me. It's all about finding a good vendor IMO. The MVP2 is great and you'll love it. As for clearos.. The best one I've tried is the Aspire Nautilus. That's only my opinion.
And like George said. When you get the MVP2, play around with the settings. I prefer watts over volts and some prefer volts over watts. Using the VW feature just means it will pull power from the battery to keep you constantly vaping at X watts. The rule with volts is to add 2 to the ohm of the coil.. IE 1.8 ohm coil.. 3.8 volts. Play around with both. Start at 3.3 volts or 6 watts and see what tickles your fancy. Some juices taste better with higher volts/watts and some lower. Whenever you get a burnt taste lower your power.
I currently have 2 ohm coils in my PT2 on my MVP2 that I built myself. It is quite a satisfying vape and I use it at 10 watts. The stock heads are junk IMO which is why I rebuild them myself with 30 gauge microcoils and organic cotton wicks. I don't see why someone would advise you to use lower ohm coils when you can just put it in VW mode and it will auto-adjust the voltage despite what the resistance is within the 3 amp parameter. With all the variables involved in the MVP2 processing unit I cannot see why it was advised for you to use a lower ohm coil?
good advice. if you want good flavor you will need to learn to rebuild those stock coils cause IMO they aren't good and are flavor muters.
Trite response incoming.... Learn how to wrap your own coils. Its really not hard, its way cheaper than buying coils. $10 for 100ft of kanthal, $2 for some cotton yarn, and you can make around $100 worth of 'way better than factory' coils. There are plenty of good tutorials out there, or if you need some more specific guidance, shoot me a pm.
I bought my first pack of protank2 coils and have been rebuilding them for at least 6 months. Its a very liberating experience to make a better product for much cheaper than you would have paid.
I bought my first pack of protank2 coils and have been rebuilding them for at least 6 months. Its a very liberating experience to make a better product for much cheaper than you would have paid.
Hi Trevor! The MVP 2 is not much different power-wise from your Evod VV; Evod goes up to 4.8 volts while the MVP--to 5 volts. Since both are variable voltage devices, it doesn't much matter what resistance your coils are, as you can adjust the voltage (or Wattage on your MVP) to suit your taste. I prefer 2.0-2.2Ω single coils myself. Dual coils are different because you are dealing with two high-ohm coils configured in parallel--dual coils require more voltage (wattage) to perform well than their single-coil counterparts of the same resistance.
Please bear in mind that your ProTank mini has a single coil; the ProTank 3 is a dual coil device.
I don't rebuild anything--I'm happy with the stock coils. I clean them by soaking them in PGA (cheap vodka and denture cleaning tablets work well too) for a few hours when they become gunked up. Thats it.
If you want to know more about wattages and volts and ohms, you may find this helpful:
Disclaimer: This is the most simplistic explanation and is addressed to new vapers or vapers who are happy within the recommended "just right" power zone (4.5-8 watts) and use stock coils.
Ohm's Law as it pertains to vaping is really not that complicated--and it's very useful when you want to know what you're doing.
Voltage and wattage are often misunderstood by new vapers. Wattage is the power (heat, sweet spot) that your PV (battery and atomizer) generates. Wattage = Voltage (of your battery) squared divided by Resistance (Ω) of your atomizer [P=V[SUP]2[/SUP]/R]. If you're not good at math, don't worry, use this easy calculator:
Online Conversion - Ohm's Law Calculator
Of course, if you own a VW (variable wattage) device, you don't really need this calculator because your device will do the math for you.
The wattage you want, especially at the beginning of your vaping career, should be somewhere between 4.5 and 8.5 Watts. Anything lower than 4.5 watts may not vaporize your juice properly and will not produce enough warmth and vapor. Anything above 8.5 watts increases the risk of burning the filler in your cartomizers (if you're using them) and even some juices, especially the delicate ones.
There are, of course, other variables, like eliquid and JDD (juice delivery devices) that you're using on your batteries. Seven watts on a filler type cartomizer may feel different than the same 7 watts on a fillerless clearomizer or a dripping atomizer. The same is true for different eliquids; tobaccos, chocolate and coffees generally require more wattage (heat), while fruit and other delicate flavors do better with less heat. Everyone's sweet spot is different--those are just very general guidelines.
If you are using dual coil atomizers, things get a bit more confusing. Dual coil atties consist of two coils configured in parallel, which means that a 2.1Ω atty is really two 4.2Ω coils--so you have to calculate your wattage based on the 4.2Ω number--not 2.1Ω--roughly. Dual coil atties require more wattage than singles, but not quite twice as much. They produce more vapor due to increased surface. I usually increase the power (wattage) by 30-50% when using dual coils; for example, if I like 6 watts with a single coil atty, I start at 8-9 watts with a dual coil atty. That's just my preference--YMMV. When in doubt--start low and adjust up as needed.
If you are interested in high wattage vaping, that's a different conversation altogether--and not my area of expertise.
Experiment and you'll find your own bliss in no time!
The chart below is a good guide to safe vaping, even though some think it's a bit conservative.
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