First month of Vaping... Not impressed with my eGo!
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Do you like them?
I use Boge 2.0Ω (rarely) and 3.0Ω and AZ Smoke Free (2.4Ω). I like them all, but the 2.0 ones always make me nervous. I lost three Rivas already...
Hi here is a little help on that one, what you are really concerned with is the amount of current passing through the coil. measured in amps more current = more power and hotter atties and cartos.
The equation from OHMS law is Current=Voltage/Resistance. So to get more current you either have to raise the voltage or lower the resistance.
So a 5 volt battery with a 3.3 ohm wire will not produce as good a result (5/3.3=1.51 amp) as a 3.7 volt battery on a 1.3 ohm wire ( 3.7/1.3=2.6 amps).
I guess you have to balance this with the nature of the material of the wire and how much heat is produced before it burns out.
Hope this helps
So far, so good. I did have one of my eGo batteries die right now. Well not DIE, but drain, that's never happened before. Thank god I brought a spare. But at this pace, I'm hoping this will last me until I go home. I may need to bring my 4 eGo batteries to work tomorrow if this carto is gonna drain these batteries like this.
Is this common? A battery usually lasts me a full work day.
LR cartos drain your batteries much faster than regular ones. And they use up your juice faster, too. More power, more heat.
Maybe it's time to invest in some of those Mega Batteries.... or a 5V mod so I can use a regular carto with it...
This is why I built myself a dual battery (14500) box mod. I can run low resistance cartos all day at work. And by all day...I mean all day. I'd kill an eGo (standard 650mAh with standard ~3.2ohm cartos/attys) in about 2 hours or so.
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Because your pass-thru is 5v. All Kr808 pass-thru's are.
So, if you're diggin' on the 5v experience, you can try a couple things.
1. Try LR atomizers. Either a 510 or a 306 atomizer will work on your eGo batteries. LR atomizers are very close in power output to a 5v experience, so it will feel similar.
2. Get a 5v mod. Box mods can be had for pretty cheap, or you can get fancy and get juice feeders, vari-volts, etc. I'm not much of a mod aficionado, so I will wait for them to make recommendations.
EDIT: Wow, I didn't realize there were 5 pages of posts!
Yeah, LR's will drain your batteries faster. I run LR's on a 900mAh eGo battery and get about 10 hours vaping out of it.
If you're really into high-power vaping, getting a 5v mod is probably the best bet in the long run. LR's do die faster, and they do shorten the life of your batteries (both in per-charge and in total life span terms) somewhat.
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Maybe it's time to invest in some of those Mega Batteries.... or a 5V mod so I can use a regular carto with it...
Your call. I have a 900 mAh eGo and a 750 mAh Riva. I never felt the need to own a mod because I don't much care for HV vaping. But a lot of folks like mods. I hear good things about the Big Brother and Buzz--they are variable voltage mods and, frankly, if I ever decide to get a mod, after all, I'll get a variable voltage. One can use pretty much any cartomizer or atty and just adjust the voltage to suit one's particular sweet spot.
Because your pass-thru is 5v. All Kr808 pass-thru's are.
So, if you're diggin' on the 5v experience, you can try a couple things.
1. Try LR atomizers. Either a 510 or a 306 atomizer will work on your eGo batteries. LR atomizers are very close in power output to a 5v experience, so it will feel similar.
2. Get a 5v mod. Box mods can be had for pretty cheap, or you can get fancy and get juice feeders, vari-volts, etc. I'm not much of a mod aficionado, so I will wait for them to make recommendations.
EDIT: Wow, I didn't realize there were 5 pages of posts!
Yeah, LR's will drain your batteries faster. I run LR's on a 900mAh eGo battery and get about 10 hours vaping out of it.
If you're really into high-power vaping, getting a 5v mod is probably the best bet in the long run. LR's do die faster, and they do shorten the life of your batteries (both in per-charge and in total life span terms) somewhat.
I think picking up a 900mah might be the solution. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than one of those fancy mods.
I do plan on buying a mod sometime in the future. Definitely gonna get a wetbox and a 5v or variable voltage mod.
Because your pass-thru is 5v. All Kr808 pass-thru's are.
So, if you're diggin' on the 5v experience, you can try a couple things.
1. Try LR atomizers. Either a 510 or a 306 atomizer will work on your eGo batteries. LR atomizers are very close in power output to a 5v experience, so it will feel similar.
2. Get a 5v mod. Box mods can be had for pretty cheap, or you can get fancy and get juice feeders, vari-volts, etc. I'm not much of a mod aficionado, so I will wait for them to make recommendations.
EDIT: Wow, I didn't realize there were 5 pages of posts!
Yeah, LR's will drain your batteries faster. I run LR's on a 900mAh eGo battery and get about 10 hours vaping out of it.
If you're really into high-power vaping, getting a 5v mod is probably the best bet in the long run. LR's do die faster, and they do shorten the life of your batteries (both in per-charge and in total life span terms) somewhat.
BTW, I really enjoyed watching your n00bie videos, they were great...
Yeah, just dont do a 5v mod with a LR atty. Some like it, but most just say its too hot and burns the atty's too fast. Id do one or the other. Either a LR atty or a Higher voltage battery.
You can try mixing em, you might like it. But i dont recommend that to my friends as you will be putting many more watts through the circuit than it was initially designed for.
You can try mixing em, you might like it. But i dont recommend that to my friends as you will be putting many more watts through the circuit than it was initially designed for.
Remeber, the Wattage (heat, power) = V/Ω x V. If you have a 3.7v battery and a 3.0Ω atty, your W = 3.7/3.0 x 3.7 = 4.6 W. That's my sweet spot. Some people like it much hotter...
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I ordered a Little Sister yesterday! Looking forward to receiving it. The wait is gonna be a killer...
Without a doubt StevefromNY your pass through is giving you something like 5 volts thats why you have a better hit......
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/members/45132/stevefromny.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/members/45132/stevefromny.html
I gotta ask, I guess I'd still be a noobie but I've been vaping for about 2 months. (analog free, yea) I have the ego but mostly still use all my V4L stuff, (kr808). I've seen you say many times, 'ugh' to the KR, why? what am I missing on the ego? About the same to me in fact with V4L's bigger bat, (just ordered another today and have 3 but wanted a chrome) I actually like it better! Am I missing something, doing something wrong or what. I'm using the KR carts with ego
I have 6 eGos and 7 PTs (3 different brands, including KR808D-1). Have used Boge 510 and KR808D-1 cartos with all of them.
My favorite setup is the eGo batteries (I prefer the 900mAh the best because the length is perfect for my hand) with the KR808D-1 cartos, using the 808/901-atty to 510-battery adapters from goodprophets.com (99 cents each). The flavor, vapor, and throat hits are the absolute best I've had in the last seven weeks since I started vaping.
Lately, I've rarely been using the 808 PTs or the other PTs I have, and it looks like I won't be using the 510 Boge cartos much anymore.
Of course, if it wasn't for the liquid I'm vaping all the time (FSUSA's RY4, caramel, apple, and nut mix, with about 20% Glycerin added), I might still be looking for a good eliquid and probably wouldn't have a favorite setup yet. I mixed the four flavors all together yesterday into a quart-sized bottle (all 946mL or 32oz worth), and it's even better today than when I used to mix smaller amounts into a 20mL bottle every couple-three days.
I am a new member, so I will probably catch hell for this, but from what I have "read" on the internet on other sites, the eGo was invented by Janty and that others copied it. I also read several reviews of the Janty eGo XL and there wasn't near the complaints about it as some of the other suppliers.
Based on those reviews, I decided to order the Janty eGo XL but as luck would have it, Janty is out of stock on it! Does anyone have personal experience with the Janty eGo XL? I would rather buy an original versus a knock-off unless the knock-off has corrected defects found int he original.
Based on those reviews, I decided to order the Janty eGo XL but as luck would have it, Janty is out of stock on it! Does anyone have personal experience with the Janty eGo XL? I would rather buy an original versus a knock-off unless the knock-off has corrected defects found int he original.
Just because it's a "knock-off" doesn't mean it's bad. Hell...Henry Ford mass-produced the first automobile. Won't catch me owning a Ford...ever.
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