So I posted a thread last week in regards to cartos. I was having trouble finding available flanged single coil cartos. Talked to IBTanked and they told me that they should have the 2.0 ohm single coil smoks in sometime this week.
Well I broke down and went to my local b&m and bought some of their cartos. I verified that they were smok brand too. They had double punch 2.0 ohm ones and I thought I was a happy man. That is until I got home, got my carto in my tank, primed it and started vaping. These barely made any noise whatsoever compared to the cartos I had received from ibtanked. Vapor production was very poor too. Went back to the store yesterday and they informed me that the cartos they sold me are double coil instead of single coil. They didn't carry any single coils so the sales person offered to exchange them for some 1.2 ohm ones. These work better but they are still no where near as satisfying as the single coil ones. Vapor production, flavor, and throat hit are far superior with the single coil cartos IMO.
Searched around here and it seems that my opinion is definitely not in the minority. One question I do have that I haven't thought about....when you are dealing with dual coils does each coil get the same wattage as a single coil or is the wattage halved? I understand how the ohms are halved when dealing with dual coils but I'm unsure on the wattage. So in theory, on a 1.2 ohm double coil, there are two 2.4 ohm coils. If I set my mvp to 8 watts, is each coil getting 8 watts or are they getting only 4 individually? Should I just blast these with more voltage in order to get the same vape as the 2.0 ohm single coils? Either way once I'm finished with these I'm stocking up on single coil cartos. Also, before I got into carto tanks I was using 1.8 ohm aspire bdc tanks. Always vaped around 3.8 - 4 volts and the vape was satisfying. Good flavor, vapor production, and throat it. Is there something different about dual coil atomizers vs dual coil cartomizers?
Well I broke down and went to my local b&m and bought some of their cartos. I verified that they were smok brand too. They had double punch 2.0 ohm ones and I thought I was a happy man. That is until I got home, got my carto in my tank, primed it and started vaping. These barely made any noise whatsoever compared to the cartos I had received from ibtanked. Vapor production was very poor too. Went back to the store yesterday and they informed me that the cartos they sold me are double coil instead of single coil. They didn't carry any single coils so the sales person offered to exchange them for some 1.2 ohm ones. These work better but they are still no where near as satisfying as the single coil ones. Vapor production, flavor, and throat hit are far superior with the single coil cartos IMO.
Searched around here and it seems that my opinion is definitely not in the minority. One question I do have that I haven't thought about....when you are dealing with dual coils does each coil get the same wattage as a single coil or is the wattage halved? I understand how the ohms are halved when dealing with dual coils but I'm unsure on the wattage. So in theory, on a 1.2 ohm double coil, there are two 2.4 ohm coils. If I set my mvp to 8 watts, is each coil getting 8 watts or are they getting only 4 individually? Should I just blast these with more voltage in order to get the same vape as the 2.0 ohm single coils? Either way once I'm finished with these I'm stocking up on single coil cartos. Also, before I got into carto tanks I was using 1.8 ohm aspire bdc tanks. Always vaped around 3.8 - 4 volts and the vape was satisfying. Good flavor, vapor production, and throat it. Is there something different about dual coil atomizers vs dual coil cartomizers?
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Personally, when I started out with cartotanks I used the supplied dual coil carts. I often would get a burnt taste from them. I switched to single coils and have never gone back.
