I pretty much mainly use mech mods (18650 tubes) and can say I'd go clone for first mod to see if you like it. They are very different from VV/VW as they are battery dependent. They may not hit as fast as a high wattage mod, which is why I still love them, it's just a different vape.
Now the first thing you need to ask yourself is, what resistance do you usually build at. Depending on that, a mech may or may not be for you, as no more super low coils are an option. You'll have to look at your batteries and see how many amps they are rated for to determine how low you can build, for example on mine, .25 is my limit that still leaves some headroom. I however rarely build below .4, just to have more headroom (difference between amps atty is drawing and max amps battery can handle).
You need to get a vape calculator, ohm meter, read up on ohms law and study about batteries (not all are created equal), if you haven't done already. Knowledge is your only safety with a mech, there's nothing else there to keep you from getting injured.
I'll be honest when I went to mech mods, it was back when we had no options really. VV/VW mods were expensive and low power (compared to now), the lowest they would fire was .9 I believe. Imagine .9 being the sub-ohm range, long time ago, lol. If I were new to vaping say within the last year, I don't know that I'd even mess with mechs, to be honest.
I know I said it's a different vape and it is but you're not going to GAIN anything over a high watt multi-battery VW mod. A single tube mech isn't going to hit harder (safely), it doesn't have the power.
Most of us mech people are just holding onto nostalgia and/or love the art over the convenience. They're like old muscle cars, they just go but VW mods are like supercars (more efficient, safer and have more power) downside is they just don't have the style (to some of us).
If you want hard hitting get the biggest VW you can, use an RDA with huge airflow, put a .2 (or as low as you mod can go) build of clapton, alien, tiger, staple or zipper coils in it, use a max VG liquid and crank it up. Just buy good batteries and look for a tri-battery mod, it'll hit harder than you'll ever need and be safer doing it.
If you still want a mech, nothing wrong with that, just see it for what it is, know and ACCEPT the limitations. Then study as much as you can about safety and ask all the questions you can, never assume with a mech. If you don't know or don't understand something, STOP and ASK, better to be safe than sorry.