During the time the coil is heating up there is little vapor or flavor. Granted, its only a second or two - but you have to get used to hitting the button earlier when you have more wire mass (more wraps or lower gauge). Not only does it take longer to heat up, but it also takes longer to cool down which cooks any unvaporized juice on the coil - eventually leaving caramelized / carbonized residue that turns your juice into something that looks (and sometimes tastes) like used motor oil.
Lag (heat up and cool down time) is mostly a matter of wire mass - more wraps, or lower gauge. I say "mostly" because lag for nichrome is less than for kanthal. Also, if you're using a regulated device (variable voltage or variable watt) then pushing higher voltage through the coil can reduce heat up time but not cool down time.
However, more heat is not necessarily a bad thing. More heat can mean better vaporization - denser, tastier vapor with more nicotine in it.
The trick is to find a balance of heat and lag that works for you. Resistance, volts, watts, number of coils, number of wraps, gauge, wire type, coil diameter, wicking material, airflow, etc., are all just variables in that balance.
Lag (heat up and cool down time) is mostly a matter of wire mass - more wraps, or lower gauge. I say "mostly" because lag for nichrome is less than for kanthal. Also, if you're using a regulated device (variable voltage or variable watt) then pushing higher voltage through the coil can reduce heat up time but not cool down time.
However, more heat is not necessarily a bad thing. More heat can mean better vaporization - denser, tastier vapor with more nicotine in it.
The trick is to find a balance of heat and lag that works for you. Resistance, volts, watts, number of coils, number of wraps, gauge, wire type, coil diameter, wicking material, airflow, etc., are all just variables in that balance.
