Kick 2 limits

[zhentipede]

in your experience:


1. will a 0.5 ohm coil fire up using kick 2 ?

2. if so how many watts is it vape wise?

3. since kick 2 only will go 15 watts, does it even matter what kind of ohm resistance coil i make?

4. will kick 2 drain battery faster on a low ohm coil build? or it will drain the same with higher coil ohm build?


questions that just keep jumping on my head before i acquire the kick 2 .... any additional info and experiences will be greatly appreciated.....


right now i am vaping without the kick but as you all know the vape degrades by every puff... carrying couple of fresh batts is not always doable , just to maintain the vape quality..... so i end up using it predominantly at home.....

thanks for any feedback...

sincerely ,

clueless...

 

[zhentipede]

number 2. question was suppose to be how many amperes is it pulling using 0.5 ohm coil set at 15 watts?

 

[JohnD0406]

Just stumbled across this thread. Nobody answered in 2-1/2 months? Did you ever get a Kick?

15W x 0.5ohms = 7.5
Square root of 7.5 = 2.7386V
2.7386V / 0.5ohms = 5.4772A

The Kick 2 is limited to 6A, so it should fire at 0.5ohms/5.48A

I use one with my Nemesis/Kayfun, but not with my Atomo/Omega.

 

[suspectK]

in your experience:



3. since kick 2 only will go 15 watts, does it even matter what kind of ohm resistance coil i make?
not really, but you can utilize lower resistance coils with a kick
4. will kick 2 drain battery faster on a low ohm coil build? or it will drain the same with higher coil ohm build?
Tricky question. The kick uses a buck/boost regulator, so it requires more current to produce higher voltages to work with high resistances. I haven't gotten around to getting one, but you may be able to measure it..some how.. to really figure out the circuitry involved.

I'll help with bumping this until you get a response. Are you there thrasher?...

15W x 0.5ohms = 7.5
Square root of 7.5 = 2.7386V
2.7386V / 0.5ohms = 5.4772A

Or you can just go square root(15÷0.5)=5.4772. Just slightly simpler.

 

[JohnD0406]

Or you can just go square root(15÷0.5)=5.4772. Just slightly simpler.

True, but he was asking if it would fire, and I was working out the voltage in the process to make sure we were above 2V, which is the minimum the Kick 2 will fire. Just left my chalkboard on the screen. Seems 8W is the minimum he'd be able to use at 0.5ohms

 

[Ryan1888]

I won't get into anything technical - as there are others who could answer it more eloquently than myself. From a hands on point of view, the kick will fire a 0.5ohm coil but I feel that sub ohming with the kick 2 is not that good. I would much rather just use a 30amp battery with a 0.5 ohm coil.

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

1). The Kick 2 will fire 0.5Ω up to 3.3Ω

2). A 0.5Ω coil at 4.2v is 35.28w and at 3.7v it's 27.38w. It sounds contradicting, but #1 is taken directly from EvolVapor's website. You can do the math quickly by using Ohm's Law Calculator

3). Yes, see #1 - as long as you stay within those limits, the Kick 2 will fire what you build.

4). Lower Ω requires higher output, so your battery is going to drain. As long as you have a good battery with a good mah rating and the capability to match what you build, you should see decent battery life either way.

 

[Funk Dracula]

There's no sense at all in using a kick with a sub-ohm coil. Wrong use/misunderstanding of what the product is.

 

[John_]

Altsmoke has all of the info about it on their website.

Altsmoke - Kick 2

There's no sense at all in using a kick with a sub-ohm coil. Wrong use/misunderstanding of what the product is.

What if you want less Wattage than what that coil would draw without regulation?

 

[Funk Dracula]

Altsmoke has all of the info about it on their website.

Altsmoke - Kick 2


What if you want less Wattage than what that coil would draw without regulation?

Sounds like misuse and a crappy vape to me. There is no reason to build a sub-ohm coil unless your looking to break well above 20-30 watts. A kick is an awesome device, but really only does it's thing at 1Ω and above.

Again, it makes no sense. "Hey, I'm going to build a potentially dangerous sub-ohm coil, and then choke it's power and vape it like a regular low resistance atty." Just build a nice > 1Ω coil and enjoy. The kick may fire down to .5Ω, but your probably going to brake it in no time by keeping that up.

 

[suspectK]

4). Lower Ω requires higher output, so your battery is going to drain. As long as you have a good battery with a good mah rating and the capability to match what you build, you should see decent battery life either way.

Requires higher current output, when looking at that part of the circuit.
Where does the extra energy come from? >4.2 volts doesn't magically appear because you put a kick in.