It's the monster multiquote post! That's what I get for going back to bed... or that's what you guys get... or... never mind, here we go:
It's sure as heck inspirational to *me*! Also, picking things up from the floor with your toes. Also running. How do people *do* that? I suspect witchcraft.
Seriously, as a writer I find myself asking my ablebodied friends and family the *weirdest* questions.
"What does your field of vision look like when you do that whole *running* thing?"
Them: "Uh.... I have no idea. I'll get back to you. Why?"
Me: "Well, I "run" in my dreams, but my body doesn't know what that feels like or looks like from my perspective, so it cuts out all my feeling from the waist down and my field of vision is completely smooth, as if I'm in my chair... and then I get to a flight of stairs and it's like my brain goes "wait a minute, this isn't right," and suddenly I have CP again and fall down them.... and I really don't think real running looks glidey, and I have a character running, so just for my own edification, yeah, get back to me? Oh, while you're thinking about things like that, how does that *stairs* concept go? What's it look like when you guys are doing that whole Rocky thing?"
Them: "Rocky?"
Me: Look, in the rare event I take the stairs, I'm clinging to the railing like a dying spider and taking roughly five minutes per stair. You guys just walk up them. It's cool, I'm just saying, I'd like a realistic idea of what it feels like to do that stuff *normally* so that maybe my characters can take the stairs someday without me being scared I screwed up something obvious."
Them: You worry too much.
Me: Really? Do you know how many books I've read by ablebodied authors who describe pushing a chair so badly that I'm yelling "Manual wheelchairs don't work that way!"? Their advantage is, most of their readers will never know the difference. I screw up something like *walking*? *Everyone* but me will know I got it wrong.
Them:..... you yell at your books?
Me: All the time. I yell at my own characters more often, though. It's a writer thing, I promise."
Welcome to the cult - er, I mean, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. (evil grin) I'm still going to pick up something a little more portable for when I want decent battery life but I'm not sitting at home all day - most likely the vv3 - but really, the MVP2 is my main mod, and I suspect it will remain so for a loooong time. I know everyone says that and then they upgrade, but this thing is such a jack of all trades, master of most that I can't see using anything else as my *main*. I'm sure I'll accumulate other mods for specific purposes or because they're shiny and new, but in terms of what I see myself reaching for for everyday relatively hassle free vaping? The MVP2 is it, for me. It's cheap enough that I'm not scared to actually *use* the thing, yet it does everything I want it to do. Good stuff.
Mowgli is correct - recharging at 3.5 will give you the best life on any li-ion battery. Topping them up all the way to 4.2 doesn't hurt them at all... in fact, I'd recommend it, *as long as* those batteries are not going to then sit unused for a while. There are two things you want to try to avoid if you're looking to extend battery life - draining them completely dry, and letting them *sit* with a full charge on them. Li-ions like to be discharged regularly. Letting them sit for a week or so fully charged probably won't hurt them too much, but habitually letting them sit fully charged will affect their ability to take a full charge the *next* time around. (Same goes for leaving them plugged in after they've charged, which, if you're dealing with naked batteries, is also a bad idea for overcharge reasons, of course). Hope that helps!
Couple things.... Voltage works the same way it does on any VV PV, so if you've ever used *anything* VV, that knowledge is transferable in its entirety.
If not, don't panic, there are some really good charts out there to help you figure out both volts *and* watts. Here you go: Variable Voltage, Variable Wattage, and Ohms
I used that for the first week or so just to make sure I didn't pop my coils - hit the ohm checker, find the resistance of that particular tank/clearo/carto on the chart, and there's your range for watts *or* volts. After a week, I had the ranges memorized. (I vape a *lot* and switch tanks a *lot*, so I got a lot of practice in that one week!) It's worth noting that the resistance of your tank/carto/clearo will often be slightly different every time you screw it on - it depends on exactly how tight it's screwed on, whether you're using an adapter, and how clean or dirty your coil is. (At this point, I think the tides and the gravitational pull of the sun may also have an effect. And gremlins.) Anyway, that's why the ohm checker is useful. I still doublecheck every time I screw something on, because just because it was 2.0 an hour ago doesn't mean it won't be 2.7 this time... but at this point, as long as I know what the resistance is, I can set my voltage accordingly (wattage, of course, won't vary according to your coil, cause that's the whole point of wattage.)
I use volts more often than watts, though, because volts allow for more fine tuning (volts go up in 0.1 increments, watts in 0.5). I switch to watts when I'm tired or distracted and don't want to/don't trust myself to fiddle according to which tank I've got screwed on.
Re: coils - if you vape a lot of dark/sweet liquids, you may want to consider going up on your coil resistance a little bit (2.4 or so). I personally find 1.8-2.0 a little hot for the juices I like to vape on the MVP2, as often as I like to vape them. But no, you're definitely not going to ruin anything or set anything on fire. At worst, you could pop your coil if you're running a 1.8 coil and you're not paying attention and have it set to 5 volts or 11 watts.
I'm noticing the length of my coils has extended dramatically too. Just a week ago I was wondering if I'd have enough to last me till Black Friday... then I dryburned them (which previously had only given me a few extra days at most), and wow... they look brand new. No wear and tear whatsoever. I can only assume that's from being able to set the voltage/wattage exactly as high as I need it, no more, no less.
i put my pants on two legs at a time. does that mean i am more inspirational than you are?
It's sure as heck inspirational to *me*! Also, picking things up from the floor with your toes. Also running. How do people *do* that? I suspect witchcraft.
Seriously, as a writer I find myself asking my ablebodied friends and family the *weirdest* questions.
"What does your field of vision look like when you do that whole *running* thing?"
Them: "Uh.... I have no idea. I'll get back to you. Why?"
Me: "Well, I "run" in my dreams, but my body doesn't know what that feels like or looks like from my perspective, so it cuts out all my feeling from the waist down and my field of vision is completely smooth, as if I'm in my chair... and then I get to a flight of stairs and it's like my brain goes "wait a minute, this isn't right," and suddenly I have CP again and fall down them.... and I really don't think real running looks glidey, and I have a character running, so just for my own edification, yeah, get back to me? Oh, while you're thinking about things like that, how does that *stairs* concept go? What's it look like when you guys are doing that whole Rocky thing?"
Them: "Rocky?"
Me: Look, in the rare event I take the stairs, I'm clinging to the railing like a dying spider and taking roughly five minutes per stair. You guys just walk up them. It's cool, I'm just saying, I'd like a realistic idea of what it feels like to do that stuff *normally* so that maybe my characters can take the stairs someday without me being scared I screwed up something obvious."
Them: You worry too much.
Me: Really? Do you know how many books I've read by ablebodied authors who describe pushing a chair so badly that I'm yelling "Manual wheelchairs don't work that way!"? Their advantage is, most of their readers will never know the difference. I screw up something like *walking*? *Everyone* but me will know I got it wrong.
Them:..... you yell at your books?
Me: All the time. I yell at my own characters more often, though. It's a writer thing, I promise."
Welcome to the cult - er, I mean, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. (evil grin) I'm still going to pick up something a little more portable for when I want decent battery life but I'm not sitting at home all day - most likely the vv3 - but really, the MVP2 is my main mod, and I suspect it will remain so for a loooong time. I know everyone says that and then they upgrade, but this thing is such a jack of all trades, master of most that I can't see using anything else as my *main*. I'm sure I'll accumulate other mods for specific purposes or because they're shiny and new, but in terms of what I see myself reaching for for everyday relatively hassle free vaping? The MVP2 is it, for me. It's cheap enough that I'm not scared to actually *use* the thing, yet it does everything I want it to do. Good stuff.
Mowgli is correct - recharging at 3.5 will give you the best life on any li-ion battery. Topping them up all the way to 4.2 doesn't hurt them at all... in fact, I'd recommend it, *as long as* those batteries are not going to then sit unused for a while. There are two things you want to try to avoid if you're looking to extend battery life - draining them completely dry, and letting them *sit* with a full charge on them. Li-ions like to be discharged regularly. Letting them sit for a week or so fully charged probably won't hurt them too much, but habitually letting them sit fully charged will affect their ability to take a full charge the *next* time around. (Same goes for leaving them plugged in after they've charged, which, if you're dealing with naked batteries, is also a bad idea for overcharge reasons, of course). Hope that helps!
Couple things.... Voltage works the same way it does on any VV PV, so if you've ever used *anything* VV, that knowledge is transferable in its entirety.
If not, don't panic, there are some really good charts out there to help you figure out both volts *and* watts. Here you go: Variable Voltage, Variable Wattage, and OhmsI used that for the first week or so just to make sure I didn't pop my coils - hit the ohm checker, find the resistance of that particular tank/clearo/carto on the chart, and there's your range for watts *or* volts. After a week, I had the ranges memorized. (I vape a *lot* and switch tanks a *lot*, so I got a lot of practice in that one week!) It's worth noting that the resistance of your tank/carto/clearo will often be slightly different every time you screw it on - it depends on exactly how tight it's screwed on, whether you're using an adapter, and how clean or dirty your coil is. (At this point, I think the tides and the gravitational pull of the sun may also have an effect. And gremlins.) Anyway, that's why the ohm checker is useful. I still doublecheck every time I screw something on, because just because it was 2.0 an hour ago doesn't mean it won't be 2.7 this time... but at this point, as long as I know what the resistance is, I can set my voltage accordingly (wattage, of course, won't vary according to your coil, cause that's the whole point of wattage.)
I use volts more often than watts, though, because volts allow for more fine tuning (volts go up in 0.1 increments, watts in 0.5). I switch to watts when I'm tired or distracted and don't want to/don't trust myself to fiddle according to which tank I've got screwed on.
Re: coils - if you vape a lot of dark/sweet liquids, you may want to consider going up on your coil resistance a little bit (2.4 or so). I personally find 1.8-2.0 a little hot for the juices I like to vape on the MVP2, as often as I like to vape them. But no, you're definitely not going to ruin anything or set anything on fire. At worst, you could pop your coil if you're running a 1.8 coil and you're not paying attention and have it set to 5 volts or 11 watts.
I'm noticing the length of my coils has extended dramatically too. Just a week ago I was wondering if I'd have enough to last me till Black Friday... then I dryburned them (which previously had only given me a few extra days at most), and wow... they look brand new. No wear and tear whatsoever. I can only assume that's from being able to set the voltage/wattage exactly as high as I need it, no more, no less.
