Thank you for both of your replies
. Your point may be pretty much proven solely due to the fact that I have no idea what anything you said means. I found an article that gives me a pretty bare bones explanation of what a mech is, but but I'm still not 100% sure. I didn't see anything on the iStick 30W page that said it was a mech or non-regulated (although I didn't see anything that said contrary to me either).
Thank you for your help, I DO appreciate both of your replies. That link you gave contains a LOT of information. But while I have you here, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind answering a few (or not so few) more questions you raised
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How do you tell if it is a mech?
I misspoke. A mech is going to be a tube that has no computer chip to control/regulate the voltage. It runs at what the battery voltage is so you have to build your coils to take advantage of the amount of voltage the battery is providing. Much better explanations in the Battitude blogs in that thread I provided you. I am not a good math person so not the one to ask for advice on this topic.
What are the problems with using sub-ohm, along with the benefits?
Again, I do not sub ohm. I know it is building your coils under 1 ohm. They are supposed to provide intense flavor and vapor. There are now a few mods out there that are controlled by a computer chip that will take sub ohm coils. That is going to take you some research or head over to the sub ohm threads and the people over there will help you out. I have tried a friend's .6 ohm build a couple of times. The flavor was quite intense and wonderful but I found it was not something I could do like I smoked. I vape like I used to smoke. A lot and often.
Also, what is the deal with coils? From what I can tell from the articles I've been looking through they're mainly in clearos right? What is the difference between the wicks and the coils, or is a coil literally the name for a coiled up wick?
There is a coil in pretty much every topper. It is what heats up the eliquid and turns it into vapor. It is exactly what it sounds like, a piece of wire that is fashioned into a coil and the wick is usually threaded through the center of the coil. The heads are little devices that have coils and wicks in them in one little package that you can screw into your topper. It is mostly with clearos. They are now just coming out with toppers that you can get sub ohm heads in. I am not familiar with them. The Atlantis and the Kanger Sub Ohm are 2 that I have heard about.
Would I have this problem with coils if I were to use an atomizer tank? I believe this eGo I have (Vapin Plus 1100 MAH) is an atomizer (it says it on the box at least). All I have to do is fill it up with liquid and it vapes for a while (2.5 ML tank but it recommends only going to 2.3 so it doesn't overflow into the center on accident).
9/10 you have a clearo or clearomizer. The head inside it has a coil (or 2) and wick and you buy the whole head and just screw a new one in when the one you are using loses flavor or dies.
The same article doesn't say anything about coils in an atomizer, although it does mention dripping. Does having a tank the can hold liquid like my eGo eliminate the need to drip an atomizer?
Now I can confuse you with a bunch of letters. lol For practical purposes all toppers have an atomizer in them to heat the liquid. The clearos where you can put a quantity of liquid in them allows you to vape for quite a time without dripping and juice. You just refill the tank with liquid and carry on.
An rda, rebuildable dripping atomizer, is the usually steel body with the coil/coils in it and a small well to hold anywhere from a few to up to 25 to 40 drops of liquid. These you can vape for a much shorter period of time. Depending on the eliquid, it can take from around 25 to 35 or so drops for a ml of liquid. So you will be dripping more juice into the atty more often and many of them will leak if you tip them or turn them upside down. Not usually convenient for out and about for all day.
Sorry for having so many questions, I'm like sitting on the fence of which one to purchase, and I was getting closer to the iStick 30W but you made some valid points, and the last thing I want to do is buy it and it explodes in my hand or something the first day I use it because I've set it up wrong.
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