Hi-Res / Lo-Res Carto / Clearo OHMs ??? suggestions

[mike n]

I am new and have a VV Lavatube clone. I don't like throat hit but want flavor and vapor. Any suggestions on Cartos or Clearos and what OHMS. Also what OHMs should I set my Lavatube for the best flavor and vapor.


I currently have 3.0 Boge on 3.8 on the tube and not getting much flavor.


thanks
Mike

 

[the_austrian]

Hi, I guess you meant to write "volts" for your LT setting.
Since you already have a variable voltage device I would go and try out what setting you like best.

Tastes differ - so it's hard to tell where your sweet-spot is. With the 3 ohm cartos you made a good choice in my opinion. Dual coils would be another option (but you will not get top performance of these on a lavatube) or the much hyped CE4+ / Vision Ego / whatever name clearos, which have higher ohm ratings.

Cheers, Alex

 

[B4DJ1N64N]

3.0 ohm boge shines @ 4.5-6.0 volts. My favorite spot are between 5.0-5.8 volts depending on juice. Clearos or something-mizers are not for me. I'm an avid fans of boge cartos. But you should try them, maybe you'll love them, or maybe not.

 

[LucentShadow]

Hi. Seems to me that many people around here like to vape at around 7 to 9 watts of power.

3 ohms at 3.8 volts is considered about standard, and generates about 4.8 watts of power. You may want to try up to around 5v with a 3 ohm resistance carto.

You can figure how much power you get pretty simply:

power = voltage * voltage / resistance

Or, use a handy online calculator:

Ohm's Law / Watt's Law Calculator

Higher power vaping will drain batteries faster (and strain them if you try to go way overboard,) and use e-liquid faster, so it's a trade-off.

 

[Off Topic]

Mike N,

Some here like to overcomplicate it.

Set your voltage on the lowest setting. Put any atty/carto on. Play with the voltage till it tastes best.

 

[elfstone]

Follow Ohm's law, of course

The thing is the Lavatube has a hard amperage limit, and it will not let you exceed a certain voltage for certain lower resistance cartos without telling you. This is in a way good, because you can just put on it whatever you want and play, it will not break and the carto will not pop. It will just not increase the voltage. It's not that good because you'll wonder why the vape doesn't change as you keep dialing up the voltage. But now you won't. The problem is only a problem for dual coil cartos, because these need higher voltage to work well. So the only thing I'd avoid on the LT are dual coils.

Also be aware that cartos have various resistances, usually within 0.6 ohm of what is stated, but rarely way off. And that resistance actually changes as you use them.

I found that juices have different sweet spots, so take that into account - if a juice tastes great at 5 V on a 3 Ohm, another juice may need a lower or higher power to shine. But, I 3.0 Ohm Boges start getting awesome above 4.0 V, probably above 4.4 even...