Updated report on the Aspire Atlantis with factory 0.5 ohm coils.
Background:
In February I was asking questions about the Atlantis, which I had never tried. I said I was going to buy one. But it turned out I had opened my mouth at the right time, because Cavenerd said he was going to send me one, which I received in the 3rd week of February.
My initial reaction was not positive. I found it too strong and harsh for some reason, and I continued using my Aspire Nautilus for the most part. Occasionally, I'd take a hit or three on the Atlantis to see if it had gotten any better. I discovered that if I used minimal wattage and the smallest air intake hole, it worked better for me than it had. Still, I only took a few hits off it each day, then resumed my Nautilus use for 99% of my daily vaping.
Latest news and change of outlook:
3 or 4 days ago I suddenly found the Atlantis experience more pleasing. I couldn't really figure out why. I went and watched Phil Busardo's video review. That video made me realize that Busardo had in recent months corrected just about all of the things that previously made me find him tedious and hard to watch. Please correct your records to reflect that I've moved from the Phil Mocker column to the Phil Fan column.
So anyways, I'm like watching the video and Phil is talking about optimal wattage for the Atlantis of 20 to 30 watts with the stock 0.5 ohm coils. He's also talking about dripping joose into the open end of the coil assembly before installing it into the base of the Atlantis, which seems like a really good idea. In addition, he's talking about the airflow being sufficient to do lung hits.
Summary:
I'm startin' to have a thing for my Atlantis. Realizing that the taste had been getting better, I cranked up from the 9 watts I'd been using to 13 watts, and within an hour or two, to 20 watts. I tried a little higher than that, even, but came back down to 20.
1. Yes, works as a lung hit. It's been so long since I'd done lung hits that I had to kind of train myself to do it, since in my last couple of decades of smoking my lungs had gotten too messed up for me to do that, and I had learned with other vaping delivery devices that I had to take in even less direct vapor than the small amount I was still taking directly into my lungs when I was still smoking.
2. I'm virtually certain that when I first used the Atlantis, I burnt the wicking somewhat, due to it being insufficiently wetted with joose. Even though I'm still using that same coil, I'm no longer getting burnt hits. I think I finally put enough joose through it to put out the coals, so to speak. At any right, the coil chamber is much bigger in diameter than on the Nautilus, which makes pre-wetting the coil a really great idea. Phil emphasizes this in his video.
3. The Atlantis DOES eat up the charge in a battery significantly faster than the Nautilus.
4. In the last 48 hours, the Nautilus has started to feel like it has too little airflow. I've always used the largest air hole in the Nautilus base but now, I find myself reaching for the Atlantis instead of the Nautilus.
5. I don't perceive much of an increase in vapor. The Nautilus was always plenty sufficient for me in that regard, but I think I'm becoming an Atlantis convert. I like the phrase that Busardo uses: "volume vaper" instead of "cloud chaser".
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