So WHat Lasts and Hits Longer and Better...A LR510 at 3.7v or a RegularAtty at 5v

[MikeDeason]

Switching up from LR510's at 3.7v.... I been hitting regular and HV 510's at 5-6V.

Much prefer the latter...they seem to last longer and hit better...especially at 5v but thats a preference.

 

[Stownz]

LR are finiky at best. The 1.5-17 ones die insanely fast at 3.7 volts in my experience. I use them only on a mod I can turn down to 3 volts now. 2.0 ohm is called LR also, and I use those extensively on every mod me and the wife own. We bought about 100 of the smoktech ones a few months ago, and we have used maybe 10 of them so far. I can crank them up to around 4.5 volts and they rock, or turn them down for stealth vaping. Increadible life out of them compared to the Joye's we will no longer buy.

Due to the fact that both me and the wifey are stuck on VV now, all out old HV attys and cartomizers just sit there. The 4 ohm ones had a good life on them, but they didn't have the performance at 6v that we wanted. We have 3 attys between 4-5 ohm, and a couple of boxes of cartomizers in the same range, and none of them ever died. Battery life was an issue, and performance so they never got stress tested enough. I only have 2 mods that go over 7 volts, my GG and my Little Sister. The GG is locked at 7.4 (which burns) and at 6 volt battery stack it seems weak. The lil sis does fantastic, but it is an UBER small VV that uses 2 10440s, So at that voltage, batteries last about 30 mins. Fail.

 

[MikeDeason]

Yea, I was thinking about getting a VV but 5v-6v is my sweet spot and I can hit that all day long with a regular atty on 2 cra123's or a LR on an 18650 batt or on a 5v PT so I don't see any point in investing in VV....seems like more stuff to possibly break than a standard batt tube.

 

[Stownz]

Its to give you options. There is always a variance on the ohms, even when you say you want 3.0 ohm, that is not what you always get. On battery mods with no regulator, you voltage drops as your battery drains. With VV the voltage is always the same, and you can compensate for OHMs, or aged attys, or let it self adjust for draining batteries. Most the VVs have amp protection as well for when you forget and screw a 1.5 ohm onto your 6 volt setting: they will shut themselves off and save the atty.

Price is not even a concern anymore as VVs are costing close to the same as a non VV.

 

[MikeDeason]

Dunno if I need the options. I swap out an 18560 batt every day an put on a fresh LR510 every 2 and I get the hit I want...allways.

I guess the VV would be good to give a dying atty some kick again?

 

[wv2win]

Definitely the regular attys at 5 volts is better than LR's at 3.7v. But I agree that variable volt is the overall best option. Some attys/cartos/liquids actually are better at 4.5 - 4.8 volts.