Compare/Contrast 3.7 w/LR atty to a true 5v

[Krandle]

I recently picked up a BB from altsmoke and am using with a LR atty. It's awesome, but I'd like to know, from those who've used both, how the 3.7 with LR compares/contrasts with a true 5v. I've read that 3.7 with the LR simulates 5v vaping...How close does it come?

Thanks!

 

[WillyB]

There is a big discussion going on now. For my money they are quite similar when it comes heat/throat hit. A true 5V device will probably hit a little harder, more WATTs. I'm in the WATTs camp when it comes to comparing the 'hit'.

A 1.5Ω LR atty at 3.7V = 9 watts

True 5V with a Joye 510 = 11.4 watts. Which many find too harsh.

9 watts with a Joye 510 = about 4.4V

My 4.3V PT with a standard Joye 510 (8.4 watts), does in fact 'hit' about the same as my 18650 with a LR 1.5Ω atty. Coincidence? Maybe.

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[sgtdisturbed47]

I've noticed that with both the 801 and 901 LR atties, the flavor is reduced in comparison to a regular atty at 5v. This could be due to the coil design on LR atties, I'm not sure, but I notice a difference.

Flavor aside, I've noticed that the throat hit and vapor production of LR atties are nearly identical to running a regular atty at 5v.

 

[SimpleSins]

In the compare/contrast category, I have noticed that some flavors get lost on 5 volts (surprisingly most noted this on a thin mint cookie vape...I'd have thought that would stand up well to higher voltages, but not so- the flavors were more distinct in 3.7). What I like best about the LR atomizers and cartomizers is that it gives me the flexibility to either quickly. While I guess in theory it's not much more involved to swap out the batteries on a 5V to get to lower voltage than it is to swap out atties, to me it just seems more convenient to keep an LR carto filled with something I like at higher voltage and pop that on my 3.7V than it would be to swap out batteries. Of course, the easiest solution is to keep one of everything going (right now I'm sitting here surrounded by a 5V passthrough, a 3.7V BSB, and my Riva, each with a different flavor on them.

 

[WillyB]

... Of course, the easiest solution is to keep one of everything going (right now I'm sitting here surrounded by a 5V passthrough, a 3.7V BSB, and my Riva, each with a different flavor on them.

You sure it's a 5V passthrough? Seems retailers these days call anything with a switch and a USB cable 5V.

if you are a Joye 510 user you need about 2.4A of current to get to 5V. Very few do. Those AC USB 2000mA adapters get about 1900mA to the atty. For a Joye that means 4.2V tops.

In the compare/contrast category, I have noticed that some flavors get lost on 5 volts (surprisingly most noted this on a thin mint cookie vape...I'd have thought that would stand up well to higher voltages, but not so- the flavors were more distinct in 3.7).

So are you saying that at 3.7V with a LR atty flavors were more distinct than a standard atty at 5V?

 

[SimpleSins]

Yes, I'm sure it's 5V; I have two passthroughs, one of which is most definitely a 5V.

And what I was saying with the thin mint was that I like the flexibility of going up when I want to with a standard 3.7 by easily swapping out the atomizer to a LR one when needed or called for. The thin mint cookie was better at 3.7 than it was at 5V; I would assume it would also be better than in an LR atomizer, but I'm not enough of a fan of that flavor to 'contaminate' another atti/carto with the mint to conclusively say that.

 

[mwa102464]

In my opinion when going to higher voltages a lot of it is in the juice and how much flavoring is in it and the viscosity of the mix, I DIY often and make my juices in a couple different fashions, say I'm making a juice for 6v I add more flavoring and VG than I would for 3.7, so therefore in my opinion it also depends on you liquids and how there made in reference to voltage & Juice