Going back to 3.0ohm 510 atty from LR 1.5ohm

[Jiggity-J]

Anybody find it hard to go back to the regular 510 attys after a low resistance one? I've been using my eGos with my 1.5ohm attys and going back to the regular ones is just not the same as you liked before. juice seems to need to be heated more than the regular attys can deliver. I'm afraid my eGos will all of the sudden fail so I have some 2.5ohm and 2.0ohm attys being delivered tomorrow and I'm hoping they come close to the 1.5. Anybody have their eGos or knockoffs fail because of a 2.0 LR atty? I also have a diy box mod coming, but there's nothing like the form factor an eGo presents. I like the Reo mini as well, which will soon-to-be my next PV.

 

[Cee_Jay]

No problems with a 1.5 on my Riva's for 3 months, but find them a bit 'hot' for tobacco juices. Boge 2Ω cartos seem to hit the spot for me.

 

[NCC]

Yah, I've got a fair stock of SR Atomizers and I'm finding that they're a bit disappointing after using LRs for a while. But, since higher voltages might be down the road a piece for me, they may make a come back.

 

[cskent]

I started with standard atty's like everyone else. They were fine until I tried LR's. Now I can't go back. Those standard atty's just don't produce the volume of vapor and TH that an LR will. Now I use 2.0 ohm atty's on everything. I haven't had a problem with them on my eGo's and don't really care if I do. They're just backups to my mods. Once you get your mods you'll likely put those eGo's away too. By the way, those little boxmods rock, just don't drop them onto concrete from mouth height, I'm speaking from experience.

 

[alisab]

But, since higher voltages might be down the road a piece for me, they may make a come back.

Just what I was thinking. I do use 6 volts most of the time so attys that can handle that are good things to have.

There are a lot of combinations I find - LR with 3.7 volts with the juices that really don't work at 6 volts. 6 volts with varying attys - even varying 6 volts. I have more than one and they have a different taste, TH, I think. I am very reluctant to let go of anything right now because many things come in handy down the line. I have a bag that has two things in it - for future sale because these two things are the only things I have felt I will never need again but someone else may like them. It is piling up but I keep it well organized.

 

[Jiggity-J]

I started with standard atty's like everyone else. They were fine until I tried LR's. Now I can't go back. Those standard atty's just don't produce the volume of vapor and TH that an LR will. Now I use 2.0 ohm atty's on everything. I haven't had a problem with them on my eGo's and don't really care if I do. They're just backups to my mods. Once you get your mods you'll likely put those eGo's away too. By the way, those little boxmods rock, just don't drop them onto concrete from mouth height, I'm speaking from experience.

Yeah, on a standard res atty, the juice taste premature. It's like the vapor is not ripe and a little bitter now.

I just love my eGos though, especially my newer steel passthrough with a SuperT steel shorty t-tip. It's so gorgeous! My eGo with the 306 looks like a mini cigar. I definitely have PV fever, but design and form factor comes first to me. It's that extra "proudness" you get when vaping and not smoking, ya know? Now, those Reo Mods are sexy!

 

[cskent]

I guess I'm a "function over form" kind of guy. My Maxi Roughstack is a big fistfull of ugly but you'd be hard pressed to beat its performance.

 

[AngelzFree]

I use the LRs on all of my 3.7 devices and save my SRs for my 5V devices.

 

[AttyPops]

Just what I was thinking. I do use 6 volts most of the time so attys that can handle that are good things to have.

There are a lot of combinations I find - LR with 3.7 volts with the juices that really don't work at 6 volts. 6 volts with varying attys - even varying 6 volts. I have more than one and they have a different taste, TH, I think. I am very reluctant to let go of anything right now because many things come in handy down the line. I have a bag that has two things in it - for future sale because these two things are the only things I have felt I will never need again but someone else may like them. It is piling up but I keep it well organized.

Have you tried HV atties??? SR atties at 6 volts is 12 watts... a bit hot IMO (if you have the amps, that is).

 

[AttyPops]

For those of you that don't do this, or may not have heard:

Sometimes it helps to think of it in watts, rather than ohms. So your voltage and amperage-supply combo is what makes the difference. What I do is "do the math" - or use something like this

Ohm's Law Calculator

You only need two variables. Plug in the voltage, and the ohms resistance and press calculate.
I want around 7-8 watts for a sweet spot. So for most eGo type stuff use 3.4 volts. My 14500 mods 3.7 volts. 5 volt mods and 5-ish volt direct-PT 5 volts.

So.... 2.0 Ω atty on 3.7 volts is 6.8 watts whereas a 1.5 Ω atty 9.1 watts. At 5 volts... 16 watts (forgetaboutit!).

or use V*V / R (voltage squared divided by the resistance in Ω)

Of course, the calculation is somewhat theoretical since your power supply may or may not have the amperage to supply. But this will give you a ball-park figure of "how hot" for any atty/ device combination you want.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I've measured a few standard Joye 510's atty's at 2.2~2.3 ohms. Other brands may be different (I think SLB are much higher resistance for example). For me these work fine at 3.7v, but I do use LR306's @ 1.5 ohms as well.

 

[AttyPops]

Standard Joye 510 atties are about 2.8 -> 3.1 Ω. I use 3.0 as an estimate.

...<snip> .... By the way, those little boxmods rock, just don't drop them onto concrete from mouth height, I'm speaking from experience.

I'm pretty much using 5v box mods exclusively at the moment, and I totally agree, That experience must suck tho... <knocks on wood>

P.S. I'll bet the 2.0 ohm is less likely to fail than the 1.5......but who knows for sure.

 

[cskent]

The 2.0 ohm produces plenty of vapor and th for me. I didn't see an advantage to going to 1.5 ohm in my case. At 6v I'm using 3.5 ohm atty's and they kick ...., however I tend to prefer the 2.0's at 3.7v and don't have a problem with them lasting. I've been getting around 2 months out of them before they die.

 

[NCC]

Have you tried HV atties??? SR atties at 6 volts is 12 watts... a bit hot IMO (if you have the amps, that is).

It is this kind of information that makes me wonder what is the advantage of HV. My single experience with HV (posted elsewhere) was 2x 18350 = 7.4V with an SR atomizer. IMO, intolerably hot. This being the case (needing HR to use HV), what is the point in HV? Doesn't this combo simply consume battery power more quickly, with similar results to LR with 3.x-4 volts?

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Standard Joye 510 atties are about 2.8 -> 3.1 Ω. I use 3.0 as an estimate.

Perhaps you have been getting different specs to the ones I have then. I mainly use Titan's from TW or 510's from Heavens Gifts.

I don't think it's just me - in this video demo Scott mentions most of his 510's measure around 2.2 ohms (so he used 901's to demo the full voltage range on the Provari) - YouTube - PROVARI E-CIG - VAPOUR Vs VOLTAGE DEMO

 

[DC2]

Yeah, standard Joye 510 atomizers are about 2.2 ohms.

 

[BuzzKill]

Well you could just change the voltage and not worry about the resistance !!

chasing resistance is FUTILE !