MVP Owners Group-into the next generation

[Ghostie]

Hi all,

I've only been vaping for a couple of months, starting with a Truvape ""pen" style e-cig, but then recently upgraded to an iTaste MVP 2 which I've now for a couple of weeks. I must say that I absolutely adore my new toy! Just a quick question, can someone advise me on whether or not it's best to switch off my iTaste between uses, or just leave it on standby? I don't chain vape, especially at work, so it can be an hour or more between puffing?

Thanks!

 

[garyoa1]

I never shut mine off.

 

[Ghostie]

Thanks garyoa, so battery life is likely unaffected by whether it's on or off then?

 

[JimmyDB]

Yeah, battery life shouldn't be effected to any degree that you could notice.

i.e., an entire day of 'idle' is probably less power than a single 'puff', way less.

 

[Ghostie]

Excellent, thanks guys, I did want to start counting how many puffs a day I was vaping on average, but up till now I was instead erring on the safe side and switching my device off between uses. Now I'll be able to get a better idea of my vaping habits.

P.S.
What a brilliant thing this is, I'm now expounding the virtues of vaping to all my friends and work colleagues, who'd have ever thought that giving up smoking could be this easy. I tried one puff of my friend's cigarette a couple of weeks ago and it was just horrid!!!

 

[PaulBHC]

I turn my 3 off to charge just to reset the counter.

 

[Monotremata]

I think I've turned mine off once. What's funny, the last few days I've been using higher voltages and watts and my battery seems to be stretching longer than when I always ran it at 3.8v or 8w...

 

[Ghostie]

I'm running mine at 3.4 and 6 at the moment, it seems to bring out the best flavour in my favourite toffee juice. I'm not sure how long the battery lasts as I charge it for an hour or two most days so it's never gone down to the Orange setting. Should I let it completely de-charge occasionally? I've recently read somewhere that doing so helps maintain overall battery life.

 

[JimmyDB]

I'm running mine at 3.4 and 6 at the moment, it seems to bring out the best flavour in my favourite toffee juice. I'm not sure how long the battery lasts as I charge it for an hour or two most days so it's never gone down to the Orange setting. Should I let it completely de-charge occasionally? I've recently read somewhere that doing so helps maintain overall battery life.

Generally, with this battery chemistry... you want to keep it on the lower side as far as remaining battery... IF you want to extend how many months/years the battery pack can live. But, it's no biggie unless you really need the MVP to last 5+ years.

You say you are running yours at '3.4 and 6', just so I can understand... what are each of those numbers in reference to?

 

[Ghostie]

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Generally, with this battery chemistry... you want to keep it on the lower side as far as remaining battery... IF you want to extend how many months/years the battery pack can live. But, it's no biggie unless you really need the MVP to last 5+ years.

You say you are running yours at '3.4 and 6', just so I can understand... what are each of those numbers in reference to?

Oh, sorry, that's 3.4 VV (that's the variable voltage reading), and 6.0 VW (which is the variable wattage reading)

 

[JimmyDB]

Ok, I was wondering... You will only get one or the other, and it's whichever you were last in. I figure you know this, but I would feel bad if I didn't mention that.

 

[Ghostie]

Ok, I was wondering... You will only get one or the other, and it's whichever you were last in. I figure you know this, but I would feel bad if I didn't mention that.

Nope, had no clue actually

So yeah, my education is sorely lacking I guess. Which one I'm using is the last one I set then? Well in that case it's 3.4 VV. Why do I have these two choices of VV and VW then please? Sorry, seems you've encountered one of those troublesome newbies who knows nothing except how to spew out a million "Why?" questions. Explain if you can be bothered lol

 

[diceman1000]

Just pulled the trigger on an angelcigs Kayfun Lite clone...

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[PaulBHC]

Nope, had no clue actually

So yeah, my education is sorely lacking I guess. Which one I'm using is the last one I set then? Well in that case it's 3.4 VV. Why do I have these two choices of VV and VW then please? Sorry, seems you've encountered one of those troublesome newbies who knows nothing except how to spew out a million "Why?" questions. Explain if you can be bothered lol

If you change toppers with different ohm coils, you will get 3.4v in the volt setting but you get different volts in the watt setting because watts is a math equation based on ohms and volts.

 

[clnire]

Nope, had no clue actually

So yeah, my education is sorely lacking I guess. Which one I'm using is the last one I set then? Well in that case it's 3.4 VV. Why do I have these two choices of VV and VW then please? Sorry, seems you've encountered one of those troublesome newbies who knows nothing except how to spew out a million "Why?" questions. Explain if you can be bothered lol

Simplest explaination I have read is that VV is like manual transmission. When you change to a topper with different ohm you will manually adjust your preferred voltage accordingly. VW is like automatic transmission. When you change to a different ohm topper it will adjust the voltage for you.

Clear as mud, eh? Just know there is no such thing as a silly question. Ask away! We were all new at some point. Best way to learn is to ask.

 

[JimmyDB]

Nope, had no clue actually

So yeah, my education is sorely lacking I guess. Which one I'm using is the last one I set then? Well in that case it's 3.4 VV. Why do I have these two choices of VV and VW then please? Sorry, seems you've encountered one of those troublesome newbies who knows nothing except how to spew out a million "Why?" questions. Explain if you can be bothered lol

If you change toppers with different ohm coils, you will get 3.4v in the volt setting but you get different volts in the watt setting because watts is a math equation based on ohms and volts.

Yup, Paul lays it out there for you. Basically, you can think of it similar to your option for 'manual' or 'automatic' transmission in your car. When using VV, you would want to know what your atty resistance is since the two values interact to consume a set amount of power/watts... just as your gear and RPM will interact to determine speed. In VW mode, you just set the wattage once and the tiny computer figures out the rest just as you would set cruise control in the car and let that and the auto transmission handle the rest. Just like in this off-the-cuff car scenario, different juices (roads) may require different (watts) speeds to be fun for you.

There are instances where you may know that 2+ tanks with different juices are just right for you at a single particular voltage, even though that would come out to different wattages... so controlling the voltage manually is also a nice option to have.

 

[Monotremata]

Nope, had no clue actually

So yeah, my education is sorely lacking I guess. Which one I'm using is the last one I set then? Well in that case it's 3.4 VV. Why do I have these two choices of VV and VW then please? Sorry, seems you've encountered one of those troublesome newbies who knows nothing except how to spew out a million "Why?" questions. Explain if you can be bothered lol

Yes it will use whatever you last set it at.. As far as the choices, I think they both have different means to achieve their end.. I might not be correct but I think alot of the posts so far are backwards.. If you go by voltage, it will set things according to Ohm's law based on the resistance of your coil.. Which I THINK means that no matter what its going to try to drop you somewhere in the comfy range of 7-8 watts, although no one has ever said what the wattage the MVP settles on when you use Voltage mode.. Now with wattage, you crank it up to wherever, it takes into account the resistance of your coil, and then sets voltage appropriately but Im not sure what it uses to achieve this since you can go way into the 'red zone' based on Ohms law with the wattage and resistance of your coil, and once again I havent seen any formula for how or where this number arrives.. Its all kind of a crap shoot until you just practice and get it down.. And even then, you might have it working smoothly one week, buy a new juice that requires you to 'adjust' and its back to square one! I find wattage is easier to use than voltage, but Ive had a couple random cases where I got better results tweaking voltage instead.. Alot of it comes down to the particular juice youre vaping and also the atomizer youre using.. No way I could go over 8 watts with my Protanks or its burnt juice city, but so far with my Kayfun, Ive used from 8 to 11 in varying degrees depending on what was in the tank and my coil/wick at the time..

 

[JimmyDB]

Simplest explaination I have read is that VV is like manual transmission. When you change to a topper with different ohm you will manually adjust your preferred voltage accordingly. VW is like automatic transmission. When you change to a different ohm topper it will adjust the voltage for you.

Clear as mud, eh? Just know there is no such thing as a silly question. Ask away! We were all new at some point. Best way to learn is to ask.

Jinx! You owe me a coke!

 

[JimmyDB]

Yes it will use whatever you last set it at.. As far as the choices, I think they both have different means to achieve their end.. I might not be correct but I think alot of the posts so far are backwards.. If you go by voltage, it will set things according to Ohm's law based on the resistance of your coil.. Which I THINK means that no matter what its going to drop you somewhere in the comfy range of 7-8 watts, although no one has ever said what the wattage the MVP settles on when you use Voltage mode.. Now with wattage, you crank it up to wherever, it takes into account the resistance of your coil, and then sets voltage appropriately but Im not sure what it uses to achieve this and once again I havent seen any formula for how or where this number arrives.. Its all kind of a crap shoot until you just practice and get it down.. And even then, you might have it working smoothly one week, buy a new juice that requires you to 'adjust' and its back to square one! I find wattage is easier to use than voltage, but Ive had a couple random cases where I got better results tweaking voltage instead.. Alot of it comes down to the particular juice youre vaping and also the atomizer youre using.. No way I could go over 8 watts with my Protanks or its burnt juice city, but so far with my Kayfun, Ive used from 8 to 11 in varying degrees depending on what was in the tank and my coil/wick at the time..

Just check out Ohms law elsewhere online, or elsewhere here on ECF. Different resistances will lead to different wattages if you keep voltage the same. It's really simple though... Volts squared (volts), divided by resistance (ohms) yields the power (watts). Attomizers heads/coils come in a wide range of resistances... let's say from 1.5 up to 3.5 ohms.

4V @ 1.5 Ohms -> 4^2 / 1.5 -> 16 / 1.5 -> 10.667 Watts
4V @ 3 Ohms -> 4^2 / 3 -> 16 / 3 -> 5.333 Watts
6V @ 1.5 Ohms -> 6^2 / 1.5 -> 36 / 1.5 -> 24 Watts

Any atty that works, set at 10 Watts -> 10 watts

 

[clnire]

Jinx! You owe me a coke!

I know it as you owe me a beer LOL! I would send you a coke cuz you called it but I am afraid USPS would kill it and all you would get is a gunky sticky package