Questions from a non newbie

[letsrock0303]

Hello all,

So as you can see by my banner I have been vaping for a while. At the same time I have been content in my rut and haven't paid attention to developments in the vaping world. I have recently started looking into things and have a few questions for the experienced people.

1) Do LR attys have a shorter life span compared to their SR counterparts? (they were pretty new technology back in my research phase.)

2) If I pull the filler out of a carto is it basically the same as a atty? Can I drip into a carto with some minor adjustments?

3) What in the world are tanks?

4) What is "dual-coil"?

5) What are your thoughts on mods? Is VV worth the money? Which is better 5V or 6V (not trying to provoke anything. Just curious about different people's opinions.)

You can feel free to use terminology with me. I know most of the acronyms lol. Any help is appreciated. Thanks a million guys.

 

[AttyPops]

Wow. Since Jul 2010 with your current setup (what is is?). Cool. Let's see:
1) General rule yes. Probably varies a lot between make/model tho. So it's more of a try em and see kind of thing. Most common way to get lower ohms seems to be using shorter wire. So less wire = less robust IMO, for a variety of reasons.
2) Cartos have different coils. Some drip into them with the filler, putting a drip tip on them. IDK if anyone does it without filler. Many have coils that are wrapped in mesh stuff, and need constant contact with juice-filled-filler. Others have wicks that need constant feeding (clearos). I'll be interested in the responses here too. But hey, an atty lasts me over a month. Cartos are generally considered much less robust, although cheaper too. So IDK if it makes sense to drip into a fillerless carto vs an atty unless you just "love that carto flavor" or something.
3) Cartos, with a hole/slot cut in the side, around which is a plastic cylinder that holds e-juice. Just think of it as expanding out the sides of the carto to hold more juice. This is distinct from tank-atties (that have a tank type of thing rather than the carts) but use an atty type of thing that the "tank" feeds.
4) two coils in the carto. Lower ohms (1/2 the ohms of the same single coil). Think two cartos side-by-side. Dual connectors. Dual everything... including twice the battery drain. Now combine everything into one...but keep two coils. Kind of a double barreled vape with one carto. Make sure your PV can put out the amps needed for whatever ohm DC you select. Often a cooler vape with more volume.
5) Thinking about that a lot lately. In general, short answer is yes.. but what money? Large price ranges. Nice to be able to adjust in case they change something on you, send you wrong stuff, you want to try something different, different juices vape differently, etc.

 

[cskent]

I started around the same time and I'm in a rut too, but I've got my routine down and it works so I'm hesitant to change it much. In answer to your questions:

1. I don't think LR's last any shorter than SR's, at least in my experience.

2. No, carto's are designed differently. The coil of an atty is wrapped around the wick which holds the juice. In a carto the wick is in a cavity inside the stuffing.

3. Tanks are just that, a reservoir of juice. The eGo T uses special atty's designed for them. There's other types though such as the MAP tank or variations thereof. Here's an example AltSmoke.com | Personal Vaporizers | Electronic Cigarette | Ecigs | Dual Coil 510 Tank Cartomizer. They use carto's that are punched to allow juice from the tank inside.

4. Dual coil is just what the name implies, 2 coils inside the atty or carto. Twice as much vaporizing area so they're supposed to be better at producing vapor. I've tried the dual coil carto's and wasn't too impressed with them, mostly because I don't like carto's anyway since they tend to change the flavor of the juice. They seem to work better at higher voltage, say + 5v.

5. I started out with a 510 a long time ago, moved to eGo's for a short while, then got my first mod. There's no comparison. Even a fixed voltage mod generally runs at 4.2 v with a fresh off the charger batt and the voltage isn't too high for a 1.5 or 1.7 v atty so you'll get great vapor production and throat hit. VV just takes it a step further and allows you to run pretty much any atty or carto. Just adjust the voltage until it's right where you want it. I've been using my Madvapes VV boxmod to use up all the atty's I've acquired over the last year and a half that didn't quite work out on my fixed voltage devices. It also allows fine tuning to each juice. Some taste better at higher voltage, others at lower voltage, even on the same atty. If you're thinking about a 5v or 6v device, just get a VV and it'll give you both options and then some.

I hope this helps.

 

[Stosh]

1) LR may last a bit shorter, mostly due to overpowering them, tooo much voltage through
too little resistance....and pop goes the atty.

2) Cartos are wired different, not wicked the same.

3) Big cartos that can hold bigger supply of juice.

4) Two coils, half the resistance, double the amperage, at 5-6v a lot of vapor

5) I personally don't see a big advantage to vv. If the vape is too hot, pulse the button instead of holding it down.
Too cool, hold the button longer, I use 5-6v and pulse the button on whatever resistance so the the vape is nice
without any burnt taste. The button has all the voltage control I'ver ever needed.

 

[Spartan8029]

Shouldn't you already know this stuff as a non newbie?! JK, it looks like you got some good info from the people above, good luck on your questions. I'm glad you asked because I was wondering about a few of the same questions. Happy vaping!

 

[letsrock0303]

Cool. Thanks a lot, that is some good info. I've just been feeling like I am fighting my eGo for vapor. So I've started looking into mods. Sounds like I have some good ideas about where to go with my vaping now. I'm currently using an eGo with SR atties. I was using an inferno bat (same as ego but with the usb passthrough on the end) for about a year. Then the button died on me. So I just recently went to a local smoke shop and paid waaaay to much for an eGo lol.

 

[AttyPops]

Hate it when that happens. Backups!!!!!

You could try reducing the ohms a bit. More "oomph" that way. Even 2.0 ohm stuff ... don't even have to go down to 1.5 (but you could try that too I guess).

The inferno may be 3.7 volts whereas the eGo is 3.4 volts, for example (too tired to research the #'s. Someone may know them and pipe in). But that would be why you feel you are "fighting the eGo for vapor" compared to what you were used to. IDK for sure tho.

 

[bogeyjim]

If you dont want to buy a mod, get the 1.7ohm resurrectors from CCV, they "resurrect" your eGo Pbusardo has a good review on them.