Specifically Boge 2.0 ohm? I've heard you shouldn't go over 4 volts. Is this true?
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I'm currently vaping a 1.7 ohm smoketech at 4.13 volts. It's really nice. I think it's also about the juice, or rather the combo of juice a carto/atty. Some juices burn before others, so on and so forth, granted this is day one of VV for me
If the juice taste like burnt crud lower the voltage. If you are using a VV, which I assume you are start low and go higher until juice stops tasting good. If your using a 5v passthrough then you will be okay. If it taste bad, just use your pv.
Turn it up to whatever tastes the best to you. I like them at around 4.3V. Never tried one above that.
If it doesn't taste burnt or to hot your carto will be ok, just keep it wet with juice. You taste buds will let you know when the voltage is to high.
Safe yes...you won't hurt your mod or anything. But your carto might not last as long if you go above 4.2.
Ok guys, now my Lava Tube's display is blinking of and on and it won't fire.....ARRGGHHH!!! What happened???
Your carto might be dead.
At 5v, you were vaping at 12+ watts.
A good adage to remember:
The candle that shines twice as bright lasts half as long.
At 5v, you were vaping at 12+ watts.
A good adage to remember:
The candle that shines twice as bright lasts half as long.
Up to 4,6 with the ProVari and only with freshly loaded cartom, but it's too hot.
Not wishing to hijack the OP's thread, but... I just bought a VV MEL box and due to the advice of the person in the video showing it off, I selected a pack of 2.0 Ohm cartomizers with it instead of 3.0 Ohm. I'm stepping up from an eGo with LR cartomizers, so I have no 3.0 Ohm carts laying around. Sounds like from the advice in this thread that I need to go order some 3.0 Ohm cartomizers pronto so I'm not limited to about 4.2V. Am I interpreting the advice here correctly? I think my device will arrive in a day or two at most so if that's the case, I best be ordering pretty quickly. 
Not wishing to hijack the OP's thread, but... I just bought a VV MEL box and due to the advice of the person in the video showing it off, I selected a pack of 2.0 Ohm cartomizers with it instead of 3.0 Ohm. I'm stepping up from an eGo with LR cartomizers, so I have no 3.0 Ohm carts laying around. Sounds like from the advice in this thread that I need to go order some 3.0 Ohm cartomizers pronto so I'm not limited to about 4.2V. Am I interpreting the advice here correctly? I think my device will arrive in a day or two at most so if that's the case, I best be ordering pretty quickly.
Yep, I would. I haven't made the leap to VV yet, but am getting ready to, and have started squirreling away SR hardware. In my mind, I'd like to use hardware that will work well with the full range of voltages that the mod I'm planning on getting (Buzz Pro) will present to it. I don't think it is so much a safety issue, as it's possible to singe a LR carto and render it useless at higher voltages.
I still plan on using my Prodigy at 3.7 also, so I'm trying to come up with a way to mark cartos. Maybe one of those paint pens, as sharpie wears off too quick. I'm thinking a red dot of SR stuff should do the trick.
Not wishing to hijack the OP's thread, but... I just bought a VV MEL box and due to the advice of the person in the video showing it off, I selected a pack of 2.0 Ohm cartomizers with it instead of 3.0 Ohm. I'm stepping up from an eGo with LR cartomizers, so I have no 3.0 Ohm carts laying around. Sounds like from the advice in this thread that I need to go order some 3.0 Ohm cartomizers pronto so I'm not limited to about 4.2V. Am I interpreting the advice here correctly? I think my device will arrive in a day or two at most so if that's the case, I best be ordering pretty quickly.
Basically correct.
2 ohm are quite right for 4.0/4.3V: rising up can be dangerous.
Anyway, a Boge 2.0 at 4.2 is a nice, warm, vapor bomb
: I had to cut down the nic, because the hit was too strong ...
Thanks guido61. At least I can use what I have at lower voltages for now, while I wait for the 3.0 Ohms. I'll get ordering.
hificat101, yep I'll still use the eGo occasionally, so I got a tank for that and still have many 1.7 LR's left over because they last so long. For keeping LR/SR/Ohm-varied units identified, these (or similar thereto) have proved invaluable for me:
http://www.theofficedealer.com/mm5/...5796-See-Through-Round-Color-Coding-Label.jpg
I'll get ordering. hificat101, yep I'll still use the eGo occasionally, so I got a tank for that and still have many 1.7 LR's left over because they last so long.
For keeping LR/SR/Ohm-varied units identified, these (or similar thereto) have proved invaluable for me:http://www.theofficedealer.com/mm5/...5796-See-Through-Round-Color-Coding-Label.jpg
He's using a LavaTube, the over current protection would kick in at 5v will LR so he was most likely vaping at 3.5v or lower. That's a confusion point with the LavaTube for many it lets you vape when it's adjusted out of spec it just reduces the voltage back down and many don't realize it, they just noticed all the sudden it's a weaker vape.
For many months, I've routinely used 1.7 ohm single-coil Resurrectors (alone or in carto-tanks) on many of my VV boxes at 4.5 volts. Never had a problem. No burning, no destroying the cartos or shortening their lifespans, but then I'm a monster about topping up my cartos to be sure they're nice and wet. That's almost 12 watts, but it works beautifully for me.
On my 18650 tube mods (2 Omegas, 2 MaxiRoughStacks, 2 Diamond flashlight mods, and an Indulgence V3), I use the special lime-green 4.8 volt nimh batteries, which come off the charger at 5.4-5.6 volts, and then gradually settle down to 4.8V. For reasons I don't know, those batteries provide a much gentler vape than their specs imply. Resurrectors work great with those. Again, the wattage seems way, way too high (almost 15 watts), but the vape is smooth and delicious, with no problems at all.
With both those setups (using 1.7 ohm Resurrectors, 2.0 Boges, and 1.5 ohm or 2.0 ohm dual coils), there's a little crackling when the voltage hits the coils, but nothing like the hot, juice-spitting pops that occur running stacked batteries above six volts. Yes, the vape is warmer in my 4.5-5.2 volt setups, but I like that, and it's far from hot. Since I also use eGo-clone batteries, I can attest that the flavors at higher wattage remain very good, and vapor production is huge.
Have I ever popped an atty or burned the filler in a carto? Yes, about five times out of 200 used, and then only after the atty/carto had lived a long and fruitful life.
If my experience is indicative in any way, it just goes to show that there's more leeway in all these electrical calculations of ohms/volts/watts/amps than some folks assume.
On my 18650 tube mods (2 Omegas, 2 MaxiRoughStacks, 2 Diamond flashlight mods, and an Indulgence V3), I use the special lime-green 4.8 volt nimh batteries, which come off the charger at 5.4-5.6 volts, and then gradually settle down to 4.8V. For reasons I don't know, those batteries provide a much gentler vape than their specs imply. Resurrectors work great with those. Again, the wattage seems way, way too high (almost 15 watts), but the vape is smooth and delicious, with no problems at all.
With both those setups (using 1.7 ohm Resurrectors, 2.0 Boges, and 1.5 ohm or 2.0 ohm dual coils), there's a little crackling when the voltage hits the coils, but nothing like the hot, juice-spitting pops that occur running stacked batteries above six volts. Yes, the vape is warmer in my 4.5-5.2 volt setups, but I like that, and it's far from hot. Since I also use eGo-clone batteries, I can attest that the flavors at higher wattage remain very good, and vapor production is huge.
Have I ever popped an atty or burned the filler in a carto? Yes, about five times out of 200 used, and then only after the atty/carto had lived a long and fruitful life.
If my experience is indicative in any way, it just goes to show that there's more leeway in all these electrical calculations of ohms/volts/watts/amps than some folks assume.
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