HV vaping

[krash007]

I recently upgraded from a 510-t system to a Vmax, and WOW what a difference! I greatly think this forum for all of the information in helping me make this decision!

I have found that I can get a good vape at 3-4v on a 2.4 ohm vivi or 3 ohm boge carto. Anything higher than that just tastes burnt. Can higher voltage be obtained without the burn taste?

Im open to any recommendations, but I would like to try the higher volts without the burning.

Thanks!

 

[A17kawboy]

Ok. I'll be the first smartarse. Buy a Provari!
Sorry. Had to get that in. Seriously, the Vmax is known to be a HV device. It is actually firing at more like 4.2 or so volts when it's set at 3.0. Recent information is that it is not really calibrated very accurately. This suits some vapers, the ones that like high voltage, but a lot of people like the lower settings. If you're up for it you could try re-building your Nova with different wick materials to try to increase your juice delivery.

 

[billherbst]

When the Vmax first appeared, people were all agog about how "powerful" it was. That opinion is changing among many users now.

Because I happen to like the way LR cartos taste, and also because I have a lot of Boge LRs and SmokTech LRs already stockpiled, I'm coming around to the viewpoint that my Vmax v2 is in reality a non-variable voltage device. By that, I mean that the jacked up voltage calibration (based on Vavg rather than Vrms) makes it impossible to run any atty/carto in the 1.7-2.2 ohm range (not just filler cartos, but Phoenix CE3 bottom coils and the low-res coils in Kanger T2s) at anything other than 3.0 volts. Any higher voltage setting than that with such LR coils and I start to get flavor loss and a slight burned taste. So---in fact---I have only a single voltage choice with the Vmax. So much for variable voltage.

I don't have that problem with any of my three Young-June Vtubes, Penguin tin VV mod, ProVari, or many other VV boxes. Set any of those to 3.7 volts, and the vape feels like I'm actually getting 3.7 volts.

I strongly suggest that SmokTech and Ovale, to use two obvious examples, should re-calibrate their Vmax and V8 devices in future production runs to allow for accurate display voltages and lower voltage settings.

 

[krash007]

Ok. I'll be the first smartarse. Buy a Provari!
If you're up for it you could try re-building your Nova with different wick materials to try to increase your juice delivery.

I may give this a shot down the road. I have seen several people post that this has been effective.

I would love to have a Provari, but only had the funds at the time for the vmax... maybe next time.

 

[iamtumus]

buy a provari when your vmax inevitably breaks