Little itty bitty mods under $100.
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It seems to me that the Aspire ESP 30W with Aspire's K1 atomizer or Anyvape's CeroTank Mini, both with Aspire's 1.8Ω BVCs, would be a good vape for @fourthrok . Where do you find the 2.1Ω BVCs? Aspire doesn't have them listed...
Aspire's BVCs don't produce much of anything for me at 5W. (I have the 1.6Ω BVCs.) BVCs tend to like a bit more power just to get started. 8W on the BVC gives me the vape of a standard coil at 5W. fourth may just find herself vaping above 6W with the BVCs. But the ESP setup with the BVCs would give her all the options...
I appreciate all the input! I will be the first to admit that I'm a bit clueless about the tank thing. From what I'm understanding from an earlier post here, however, is that for me to get my 5.5 watts with a lower ohm coil, I need a device that can do it. The Coolfire and MVP and all those seem to be saying they go from 6w to (whatever) w. 6 watts might be a bit high? The Aspire I was looking at adjusts only wattage...but lists 5 watts as it's low point and goes up from there. It also states that it does display the voltage on the little screen thingy. I mostly wouldn't worry about it too much (i.e. the Coolfire and Defender, etc.) but if I am unable to get my favored 2.1 ohm coils....I need to be able to fall back on something else. Be it 1.8ohm or 1.5ohm...in a pinch. I need to be able to get a 5.4 or 5.5 wattage. I'm not sure, from reading these descriptions, if most of the other mods go as low wattage-wise as Aspire's ESP. Does anyone have any thoughts? If I can get a VV/VW device with a decent battery and (hopefully) passthrough abilities that will produce the cool vape I want...I am ambivalent to what tank I use so long as it works. I can compensate for the ohms with the PV device, right?
the cero mini also takes the bvc coils View attachment 464605
And for $1.99 each (if you buy 2 of them) there's not much "$ risk" involved in trying them.
5S Dual coil Clearomizer
Kanger Vertical Coils 5 Pack - 1.5ohms (New VOCC)
You can get the T3s VOCC coils at 2.2 ohm!!!
Kanger T3S Coils TOCC Organic Cotton - Kanger Coils - Kangertech - Clearomizers Tanks
Those are compatible with the t3s kanger tank that gerrymin just posted to above. They are inexpensive plastic tanks, but I really liked the t3 tank when I was still using kanger coils.
The highest that the VOCC coils for the genitank/aerotank/evod glass go to is 1.8 ohms. You can get vocc single coils (which will fit a protank, protank mini or evod original) which go up to 2.5 ohms.
Fourthrok - a Martian? :- ) The newest Defenders (the ones where you see "defender" upon turning on and "goodbye" upon turning off) have the passthrough capability disabled. The original ones - no message on on/off - had passthrough - I have both versions.
That said, what aldenf says above is true - no need for the passthrough since it has good batt life and it's easy enough to charge. It's my favorite internal batt type mod - no issues at all with this. My first istick 20 went bad early on and my wife's just died this week. I also have the istick 30 - without problems, but like the fit of the Defender better and the little bit more battery time in mAhs.
I have no personal experience with the Aspire ESP, but it proclaims to have a 'new safer lipo batt with passthrough technology' - however, I haven't found out why that claim is made
However, there was one customer at a local vape shop that had 'heat problems' with his first one, so perhaps they changed something.
The Defender has a reversible adapter that accepts ego threading - the Kanger T3/T3S on the right:
... so you could use 2.6ohm coils with it. But the same is true with the istick's eGo adapter. But again, you can still dial both of them down to 5Watts.
edit: re: pokemom's and gerry's comments on Kanger occ coils. I have them in both the T3S and the Aerotanks and I like them a lot. Better flavor and have held up well.
That said, what aldenf says above is true - no need for the passthrough since it has good batt life and it's easy enough to charge. It's my favorite internal batt type mod - no issues at all with this. My first istick 20 went bad early on and my wife's just died this week. I also have the istick 30 - without problems, but like the fit of the Defender better and the little bit more battery time in mAhs.
I have no personal experience with the Aspire ESP, but it proclaims to have a 'new safer lipo batt with passthrough technology' - however, I haven't found out why that claim is made
However, there was one customer at a local vape shop that had 'heat problems' with his first one, so perhaps they changed something.The Defender has a reversible adapter that accepts ego threading - the Kanger T3/T3S on the right:
... so you could use 2.6ohm coils with it. But the same is true with the istick's eGo adapter. But again, you can still dial both of them down to 5Watts.
edit: re: pokemom's and gerry's comments on Kanger occ coils. I have them in both the T3S and the Aerotanks and I like them a lot. Better flavor and have held up well.
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They are compatible with all Kanger BDC clearomizers (Subtank V1 25mm, EVOD Mega, Aerotank, Aerotank Mini, Aerotank Mega, Aerotank V2, Aerotank Giant, Aerotank Turbo, Aerotank Mow 1.8ml, Aerotank Mow Mega 2.8ml, Genitank (V2), Genitank Mini, Genitank Mega, Genitank Giant, Protank 3, Mini Protank 3, EVOD Glass, EVOD 2, T3D) and any tank designed to work with said coil heads, like the linked 5S and Anyvape's CeroTank series.
LOTS of great Mod suggestions here.
For me...unless I already had 1-2 of each of them...I would consider nothing other than a $29.35 (free ship) Heatvape Defender or $34.99 (free ship) iStick-30W. (Both are 5-Watt minimum.)
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I didn't realize that the t3s heads worked with everything. I thought they were limited to the t3s tanks. That is great to know. But they are single coil, right? The dual coils don't work in the protanks, evod regulars and t3 tanks, right? Or have I missed an entire boat????
My iStick 30W is currently firing at 2.9V with a 1.7 carto. 5 Watts. It might be perfect. Not sure if it is a safe pass through, but I do use it like that in the car sometimes and it works well.
Kanger T3S is the 'universal donor' and you can use the single coils in the aerotank if you do this:
.. .but the aerotank, etc. have their own occ coils as well
Kanger New dual heating coil – KangerTech
You are correct! There are multiple versions of the T3. The T3S takes the original, single coil heads (ProTank, ProTank2, EVOD, etc). The T3D takes the BDCs from the ProTank3/AeroTank. The new VOCC is a single vertical coil (like Aspire's) that replaces the BDC. The SOCC is a single (horizontal) coil, wicked with cotton that replaces the original BCCs.
Could this be much more confusing for people?
I was also going to suggest the MVP2 (11watts with pass through) because I've seen it on sale for as low as $20 (VaporBeast?) and it has an excellent reputation for lasting a long time. Some of the newer stuff isn't proven yet and on a fixed income that becomes important. I also know the MVP works well with higher resistances, like the Evods and Evod coils are easily available and cheap. They look nice together too.
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I'd be hard pressed to find anything much MORE confusing! Which is why it's discouraging.
One of the reasons I was wanting a passthrough is that I can charge it in places I normally sit. To charge something that isn't passthrough means I have to go into another room and hope hubby isn't charging his stuff at the time. Or set up a charging area somewhere else. With the passthrough, I can charge off my internet radio/clock device (Dash) and I have them positioned in areas I normally am. If I'm not out shopping or in the hospital. Everyone says that the Defender and others last a long time. I've heard that claim a lot...but I'm often a chain vaper, heavy double hitter into the lungs and I vape nearly constantly from the time I get up around 8am until I go to bed and finish reading around midnight to 1:00am. Okay...so I do take a 30 minute nap in the afternoon. The only times I slow down the vaping a bit is if I'm really into a craft or crochet project. And even then I vape a lot!!! Being old isn't easy. I'm pre-diabetic, had to give up smoking and drinking, have heart problems etc. Vaping is my one little vice I cling to! hahahaha!!!!
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