I DIY my juice, so that cost is negligible. The crown made a huge cloud, but it was loose and thin. The arctic made a nice, thick cloud with tons of flavor, but only about half the size of the cloud the crown made. I used my iPV4 for a power source and played with the wattage on both tanks. The arctic seemed to have a sweet spot around 50W, and the crown was at about 70W. But @ 70W the crown was a really hot vape and the flavor was off. When I cranked it down to get the flavor back, the cloud production fell off as well. The arctic seemed to be a lot more well balanced while the crown was geared more towards clouds.