I am wondering what shop set someone up with a very sub ohm coil who didnt ask for one?!?! (i am assuming OP didnt ask)
That concerns me greatly.
That concerns me greatly.
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I've seen/heard of this happening before, just some people are playing with this stuff without fully understanding all involved and not realizing what they are doing, for it to be a B&M is just bad though, because a novice don't know better and they assume the guy behind the counter is a pro, how are they to know that they are clueless, the blind leading the blind is a bad situation and a B&M does have a certain liability here so it's pretty stupid, but then again there is a whole lot of stupid out there, enough to go around it seems, the beginning vapor is not stupid, they're just ignorant because they obviously don't know better, but to become "an authority" on something and still do something like this is not ignorance, it's stupidity
It is infuriating that a shop would do that and stupid with the litigious society that we live in. With the batteries that you have 1 ohm is honestly as low as you should be considering going and even that is pretty low for a beginner. Who in their right mind sells a pair of $100 setups to new vapers and sets them up like that? Please, please, please, put them down and start doing some research. You can get some good starter vaping rigs for less than $50. I spent $30 on my wife's and it is perfectly safe. A battery bursting is no joke. vaping am extreme rig like that without experience is nuts, if it is as you say. I would never even consider a coil resistance that low and I am a total noob. I wrap mine no less than 1 ohm. Just my two cents, it's your money and safety, not mine at risk. Good luck.
Good that you're getting the ohm checker. No, batteries do not shut off before they get too hot. The shutoff mechanism is between your ears. If you buy a regulated e-cig, it will have circuitry in it that takes care of this. This whole thing is really the result of the shop you bought from not telling you this stuff. What will probably happen is that someone will get hurt, sue them and win the case. Then the other shops will wise up and be more careful. Hopefully it won't be your girlfriend that is the first one to get hurt. Between the two of you, her e-cig is more dangerous.
Yup, her battery has a lower maximum amp output than yours does, so it will heat up sooner and get hotter. Look at the info I gave you about them both. If your battery is getting hot while you are vaping you are really pushing it. This is not safe.
The mod and that battery are reasonably safe if you don't draw too much current from the battery. Make a higher resistance coil for them and you're looking pretty good.
Check out micro coils. I use one at 1.2 ohms on my IGO and it does as well as my AGA-T at 0.7 ohms. They don't need as much power to make the same amount of vapor, but they have to be made right. Here's a video on them. Make one like this and it will work. Leave the wick tails a bit longer than Super_X_Drifter does though because you are not using a bottom feeding Reo. I find about 1/2 inch at each end is good.
Thank you t2ak! I was looking for that post and couldn't find it. Good example of a shorted IMR battery that was supposed to be safe and not burn when shorted.
Yup. And it seems some shops in California are doing this regularly now. Only a matter of time until someone gets hurt. Hopefully it's not going to be too bad.
all this will do is add yet another black mark to the face of vaping, last thing we need is for this to be considered so dangerous that you might blow your face off to avoid smoking cigarettes, and this really isn't necessary. I think many B&M's are more like gypsy shops rather than professional businesses and I guess some just hire kids and let them just do there thing, whatever that thing may be, even if it's shear stupidity the owner either isn't there or doesn't really give a crap or perhaps doesn't even know better themselves... you would think someone who has invested a ton of money in a business would be more careful but I think to open a vape shop doesn't really take all that much money so little investment can mean little concern, many won't be there for the long haul is my guess, just hope they don't ruin someones lives with there stupidity and carelessness
It's supposed to snap, crackle, & pop. That's the good stuff right there!! If it doesn't do that then you need a fresh battery.
Also, to reiterate a previously mentioned point - Don't use 18350 with sub-ohm coils... the low resistance is too much pull for those little batteries. Step it up to a 490 or 500... OR build a 1.0-0.8 res coil for the smaller setups.
Also, to reiterate a previously mentioned point - Don't use 18350 with sub-ohm coils... the low resistance is too much pull for those little batteries. Step it up to a 490 or 500... OR build a 1.0-0.8 res coil for the smaller setups.
Wow! I am so amazed at the amount of help on ECF, i got to admit, it's .....ing awesome. I really appreciate everyone's posting here and Im reading all of them so thank you. I would reply to you guys individually but that seems a bit much with the amount of responses Im getting. Anyways, I've learned my lesson. Chucking the 18350 on my gf's setup away. Will give her an 18650 (was looking at the efest high drain batts? I think theyre like around 2250 mah...something like that.) That, or just stick with the 18350 and build only as low at 1.0 ohms.
So I would be lying if I didn't tell you guys more details on why we got these "advanced" set-ups without much prior knowledge to them. Lets just say...where I am from. You got so many vape shops in the city, and they are all kinda just tryna one up each other. Or at least It kinda seems like that. Anyways, what Im really trying to say is that a lot of them are for the "coolness" and "hype" and such. They try to be the most trendy vape shop in the city so...they follow the trends? The trend where i live is sub-ohm vaping, and "cloud chasing" as what many people might call it. People like me and my girlfriend (and probably a ton of other people too) just get so amazed by these thick vapor clouds, so of course the natural response is to be like... "HEY, I WANT ONE TOO!". At that point, the vape shops got you lured in. One minute your looking at their mech mods...then their atomizers...then they even build it for you (since you probably dont know how). Then they dont really explain much cause they're busy talking to their coworkers or new customers that come in...and thats kinda just what happened. Idk, I do take part of the blame on this. I really should have done more research. And that was my plan actually....I had a SmokTech Magneto which came in like last week, used my protank II on it for a while cause I wanted to ease into the world of sub-ohms and RBA's...etc. Then we just happened to stop by the local vape shop on saturday cause we were bored...then my gf end up buying her whole set up there (she never owned a single vape before) and I saw how the IGO-W was firing on her's, so I just went ahead and bought one myself.
Please keep the advice,tips, and comments coming because I would like to keep learning and all that good stuff! Thank you for the warm welcome to ECF also!
So I would be lying if I didn't tell you guys more details on why we got these "advanced" set-ups without much prior knowledge to them. Lets just say...where I am from. You got so many vape shops in the city, and they are all kinda just tryna one up each other. Or at least It kinda seems like that. Anyways, what Im really trying to say is that a lot of them are for the "coolness" and "hype" and such. They try to be the most trendy vape shop in the city so...they follow the trends? The trend where i live is sub-ohm vaping, and "cloud chasing" as what many people might call it. People like me and my girlfriend (and probably a ton of other people too) just get so amazed by these thick vapor clouds, so of course the natural response is to be like... "HEY, I WANT ONE TOO!". At that point, the vape shops got you lured in. One minute your looking at their mech mods...then their atomizers...then they even build it for you (since you probably dont know how). Then they dont really explain much cause they're busy talking to their coworkers or new customers that come in...and thats kinda just what happened. Idk, I do take part of the blame on this. I really should have done more research. And that was my plan actually....I had a SmokTech Magneto which came in like last week, used my protank II on it for a while cause I wanted to ease into the world of sub-ohms and RBA's...etc. Then we just happened to stop by the local vape shop on saturday cause we were bored...then my gf end up buying her whole set up there (she never owned a single vape before) and I saw how the IGO-W was firing on her's, so I just went ahead and bought one myself.
Please keep the advice,tips, and comments coming because I would like to keep learning and all that good stuff! Thank you for the warm welcome to ECF also!
Oh yeah...one more question? Are there air vents on the SmokTech Magneto? I dont see any....or maybe I am just looking in the wrong place. Lol
I had a look at this video review. I can't see any either. My K100 has three holes at the top of the battery, some more on the middle tube and more at the bottom of the battery. All I think you have with the magneto is what may vent through the switch. Personally I don't find this enough and I would drill holes in it. Surprises me that they would do this.
My magneto has 2 in main body, but if running a 18350 the telescopic tube would block, plus the vents built into bottom button. I agree some more wouldn't hurt! OP, glad you got on here asking questions, not a min too late!! 
I second the microcoils too. Between micro and nano coils I've caught any clouds I was chasing, and I have no desire or need to go sub-ohm
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