If I get an IPV2 50 W, why would I need to get a Mech Mod?

[The Cloud Minder]

I had originally been planning on getting a couple more mods and tanks* before I moved into dripping, but recently I've been reading about the IPV2 50W and it can handle coils down to 0.2 ohms.

So why would I ever need a Mech Mod, even if I wanted to get into rebuildable drippers?


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*- On the To Be Acquired List : Itaste 134 / Provari 2.5 / LP REOGrand / Aspire Nautilus tank / Itaste VTR / E-LVT /

 

[ENAUD]

I personally don't think it is necessary to use a mech and still enjoy RDA's. I primarily drip when at home, and do so quite enjoyably, on my regulated mods. It's about learning to build efficiently for each particular atomizer, and for your particular likes, such as heat, density of vapor, throat hit, etc. by controlling wicking, airflow, coil size and wire diameter, you can really make some pretty simple atomizers perform very well.

P.S. I learned to drip with a Lavatube with an IGO-L on top

 

[rusirius]

I don't think anyone "needs" to get anything... LOL... Why might someone want a mech mod? A good mod will have extremely low voltage drop... They are typically much smaller than a VV/VW mod, especially one that can do high wattage... They can also be quite fancy... And with the right battery can power coils well below .1 ohm...

Now does any of that mean you "need" it? Nope... But if those things are important to you, then you just might want it...

On the other hand, if those things aren't important... Then no, you certainly don't... Powering a coil at 30 watts is going to be the same rather it's a mech or regulated mod doing the driving.. In fact, the honest truth is, if you're not worried about Ultra low ohm coils, or the looks, then the regulated mod is a much easier way to go since it can step up or down the voltage to give you a consistent vape across the life of the battery...

And if you want to run a .3 ohm coil in a dripper there is NO reason you can't do so on a regulated mod...

 

[The Cloud Minder]

LOL
Thanks.

I guess when I said "need" I was more thinking, "what can it do, that's worth doing, that I can't do with the IPV2?" rather than why will my life come to an abrupt screeching halt if I don't get one.

 

[ENAUD]

A mech will let you fire coils as "low as you dare to go", including dead shorts

 

[Marc411]

I turned a coworking onto vaping and she is already pretty good building R91's after just a couple weeks. I brought my Vanilla and Viking and she really loved the flavor but didn't want the other equipment.

She now has a Patriot on her MVP2 with a 1.4 ohm coil and is a big fan. She swaps out with a tank for the ride home.

You don't need to go mechanical or sub-ohm to enjoy the great flavor of dripping.

I use my IPV with Kangers a 7 watts to my drippers at 30 W. I like mine, it was a good purchase for the price.

 

[Ryedan]

The only thing you can do with a mechanical mod you can't do with a 50 watt mod is go over 50 watts. With a 30A battery at 0.14 ohms using all the 30A of the battery, you'll be vaping at around 90 watts with a fully charged battery. At 0.2 ohms you'll be at 21A and around 65 watts.

The mechanical mod will also likely be a lot tougher than the IPV2. So if that's important to you, it is another difference.

 

[TomGeorge]

I normally drip on a mech between .2 and .3 but I got an IPV2 50 watt last week and built a 1.47 ohm dual coil set up that fires at 50 watts and 8.6 volts that works just as good if not better than my mechs at .2 or .3

This set up also gets 6 to 8 hours of battery life

 

[XJ-linux]

Mechs can be good if you are shooting for a certain form factor. For me, the mechanical Microstick is as small as a mod gets while remaining usable with readily available attys. If someone made a VV the size of a Microstick, I'd give it a try. Thus far, no one has anything close for $170 or less.

 

[p7willm]

It is not a safe idea, it draws over 42 amps, but a mechanical with a fresh battery and a .1 ohm, again NOT recommended,, will run 176.4 watts. Even a little safer 25 amp draw will produce 105 watts. So, if you throw caution to the wind you can go with a much higher wattage than your 50.

I have also seen a mechanical with 2 batteries in parallel so it should, with the correct batteries, be theoretically capable of 60 amps, and theoretically 252 watts, and weld the button when you press it.

 

[The Cloud Minder]

It is not a safe idea, it draws over 42 amps, but a mechanical with a fresh battery and a .1 ohm, again NOT recommended,, will run 176.4 watts. Even a little safer 25 amp draw will produce 105 watts. So, if you throw caution to the wind you can go with a much higher wattage than your 50.

I have also seen a mechanical with 2 batteries in parallel so it should, with the correct batteries, be theoretically capable of 60 amps, and theoretically 252 watts, and weld the button when you press it.

OK yes, but what does that accomplish? a 15% bigger cloud?, denser? More flavorful? Because you can?

 

[dopamine1]

You need something indestructible for when the ipv breaks.

 

[v1k1ng1001]

You can get a nice clone for less than $20 these days. Great for back up.

 

[Ryedan]

OK yes, but what does that accomplish? a 15% bigger cloud?, denser? More flavorful? Because you can?

I've never gone that high, but from what I do know I can say with reasonable certainty that it accomplishes nothing if you don't use the extra power correctly for what you want to achieve.

More flavorful, yes, but that can also be achieved by changing the recipe of your juice and/or the design of your atty. And if you do it wrong you'll get less flavor.

Bigger, denser cloud, yes. More power is not the only way to achieve this, but once you've exhausted the other options this is all that's left that can help you.

Because you can? Well, yes