Higher voltage, low ohms, less flavor?

[TheChad]

Recently built a new Puck mod using a 510 connector after coming to the realization I wasn't going to be finding anything fancy in the RN4081 size that I'd been using. Assembled everything, but accidentally ordered 2.0 ohm cartos instead of higher ohm for the 4.8v this thing puts out. I'm noticing my vapor is extremely warm, incredible throat hit compared to the 3.7v 510, but the flavor seems a lot more muted, barely noticeable just a few hits after a fresh fill. Figured I might have let the carto go dry, attempted to refill, ended up leaking juice out the bottom in just two drops.

I have some 3ohm cartos coming to me, and should be in Monday, but in the meantime... am I dealing with bad juice, or is this normal with a higher voltage lower ohm setup?

 

[durgidog]

Right now with the 2.0s you're vaping around 11 watts. It's all subjective, but for me the flavor comes through best between 8-9 watts, but I'm not big on throat hit which I'm sure you're getting a lot of! The 3.0 ohm cartos will put you around 7.5 watts, which will obviously lower as your batteries wear down.

 

[frosting]

It should be better with 3.0 cartos.

It sounds about normal to me though. If your Ohms are too low with high volts you typically get a "crispy" kind of hit as a call it. Almost tastes like burnt sugar with some juices. If you DIY as well, you could try to add some VG/ to hit maybe the 30/70 mark if your juice is plain burning.

 

[vappour]

I have a ego-c twist and startdust clearomizer low ohm version, when I put the voltage up to 4.8 volts I can't taste as much flavour, at around 4 volts more of the flavours come through, as said it is subjective but higher voltage does seem to dull the flavour for me.

 

[Motoman101]

A lot of stuff to learn I know. I learned a lot of stuff watching utube videos. Did a search under ecigs hundreds of reviews. Can learn a lot.

 

[latnem]

If the vapor is warm I would say that's a sign to lower the voltage or increase the ohms of the carto. I had a similar thing happen to me and when my voltage was too high for my carto the vapor was hot and tasted pretty bad.

 

[TheChad]

Awesome guys thanks for all the responses. I knew when I was refilling the cartos that came with my cheapo starter kit this juice tasted great, but since moving to the Puck it seemed the flavor was vanishing, good to know my suspicions are correct. Thanks!

 

[ShogaNinja]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tutorials/260292-selecting-cartomizers-match-your-battery-temperature-preferences-excel.html

 

[iowajosh]

Muted is a good word. I have one that gets bitter, one that gets kind of metallic tasting when too hot.

 

[DaveP]

I vape 3 ohm cartos at 4.2v and 2 ohm cartos around 3.4v. The wonderful thing about variable voltage vaping is that it's like a volume control for your ecig. If it doesn't taste right, crank it up or down. I also like some juices on a 3 ohm carto at 3.7v or lower.