SR 3.0 vs LR 1.7 cartomizers

[snickers]

Am I crazy or does anyone prefer SR (assuming Standard Resistance) cartomizers? I'm still trying a bunch and it seems like LR are way more popular. I've tried some Boge and the Resurrector 1.7 ohm cartomizers. The 'Resurrector's are very nice (except the distributor punched the holes WAY too low) and I can see why people like them. Good taste that lasts is what I'm finding so far.

But the difference between the Boge 2.0 and 3.0 seems to be night and day. I'm not sure if it's my juice selections but I'm loving the SR 3.0 ohm. The LR gives me flooding, tougher pulls, and one day before flavor is diminished. Sure, I can use them at around 3.8-4.0 on my Provari and save some battery life, but 4.5-4.8 is working great on the 3.0 carts. Nice and clean pulls, no flooding, and overall just seems like they work as cartomizers should.

Am I alone? Or getting lucky with the 3.0 carts so far?

 

[darkhood]

Don't use cartos but I generally prefer SR for everything, gives a wider range to play with and LR stuff burns out too quick.

 

[Dana A]

I use a Provari and 3 ohm boges or smoktechs are all I use. When I had a mechanical I used LR boges but with VV there is just no need.

 

[doots]

I also prefer SR

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[snickers]

I use a Provari and 3 ohm boges or smoktechs are all I use. When I had a mechanical I used LR boges but with VV there is just no need.

What benefits do you find from SR? I'm on my 2nd tank of Plume Room Peanut Butter Creme Pie on the SR 3.0 Boge and it's been vaping amazingly. But I can't quite put my finger on or explain why it's so much better. Just nicer, more consistent pulls out of it I think. If I could get good vapes from LR it'd be nice to be able to switch from Provari to twist but a technical reason would just make me stay with the SRs from now on

 

[Baditude]

I use Ikenvape Platinum and 510 Fusions. They're 2.5 ohm I believe. Prior to that I used 3.0 ohm Smoktek.

This ohm range provides me with the widest range of voltage that I use. I use various voltages depending upon the flavor I'm vaping. Even with the coils I build for my RBA tank, I prefer a 2.0 ohm coil. Less than 2.o ohm is too harsh for my taste.

 

[RoaminRome]

LR were the first cartos I bought, and I havent even wanted to try SR. I love LR cartos and have already bought about 30 of em. I think SR are better at higher voltages, but since im not an owner of a VV yet, Im gonna keep putting my money into LR's

 

[guppy]

For RBA's I build .8ohm coils and for my VV/VW mods, I use SR cartos.

 

[Faylool]

I am dumb sometimes but I have question. How could the ohm of a coil affect the pull or draw re flooding? I think maybe your flooding LR carto is mainly packed imperfectly? I vape 2.00-3.00 for Atties but go LR for / tanks mainly because I till have about 75 LR replacement cartos! But also I drip my cartos use If one hole punch is too dry for fresh flavor blast and throat hit. I got spoiled with throat hit and flavor trying Atties. To think I once posted I'd never go there.

 

[snickers]

I'm pretty new to this and don't fully understand the science behind it all. I have no clue why resistance would impact that, I was hoping someone did! Just posting my findings so far.

I just got a 2.0ohm HH.357 atomizer to test juices. I can start a whole new thread about my experiences with that! I thought 1 drip meant two pulls? I can put in 5 drops, get 2-3 solid pulls, then tastes like burnt ..... But I can blow a ton of remaining juice out. Vaping it at 3.8 on my Provari.

(I'm allowed to highjack my own thread, right?)

 

[Faylool]

Yeah high jack it. Keep playing. It'll fall together. It did for me. It's usually, not always, user error. Check ohms. Turn Provari down. That one atty needed some break in time. Some vendor out there selling it really explains it well. Very complete. Sorry. Forget which vendor. You can't hurt that atty much. It puts up with a lot from my experience!

 

[chemicalsno]

I use SR too, I always seem to have trouble with LR, be it strange taste or burning or something else - not worth the hassle (to me) when SR works just fine for me

 

[leda]

For VV i am using 3 ohm cartos and vape it at 4,5v
For mechanical mods i using in mechanical mods
But SR is much better in my opinion

 

[UncleChuck]

I am dumb sometimes but I have question. How could the ohm of a coil affect the pull or draw re flooding? I think maybe your flooding LR carto is mainly packed imperfectly? I vape 2.00-3.00 for Atties but go LR for / tanks mainly because I till have about 75 LR replacement cartos! But also I drip my cartos use If one hole punch is too dry for fresh flavor blast and throat hit. I got spoiled with throat hit and flavor trying Atties. To think I once posted I'd never go there.

Your not dumb, resistance of the coil won't effect flooding or the pull of the carto. Airflow through the connector and through the center of the carto effects the pull, and there are a million things that can effect flooding. Air pressure, temp changes, holes to big, juice too thin, sucking too hard when vaping, etc etc etc.

I would imagine user error is responsible here somewhere, especially after hearing that the HH357 puts out burnt flavor after two draws.

If not user error, I'd say it's just some junky cartos you got. ST's QC is pretty lame on their cartos (if it exists at all) and I've seen a ton of variance between different ones of the exact same resistance, and even purchased at the same time and vendor.

LR stuff came out because back in the day people were vaping straight battery voltage (or even lower voltage regulated) devices that wouldn't perform well with SR stuff. Now with VV/VW they don't really have a use, other than for people still vaping on direct voltage devices, which there are still plenty of.

It may even be a problem with juice or whatever device is powering the heads.

 

[VapnWitch]

I'm still pretty new to vaping (started in December), but so far I LOATHE LR stuff! Everyone I've talked to seems to usually prefer LR, but I hate it. I've tried LR cartos & clearos and can only get an "eh, it's just barely vapeable" kind of vape from them. I use 2.4ohm or higher because it almost always gives me a good vape. But, I'm using ego twists, so maybe after I get a VV/VW device (soon, I hope) I'll change my mind.

 

[Genbu75]

This is just personal experience, I feel like my 3.0o cartos give a much fuller vape, it actually feels like I'm inhaling something and the clouds are more dense. When I use LR, I still get clouds but it seems more airy, like it's just throat hit without the inhaling feeling.

 

[Geezoos]

I'd vote for SR ( @ 4,4V-4,8V). Im getting more vapor, TH and flavour is much deeper. For VV/VW devices its the best choice but it's only a personal opinion.

 

[UncleChuck]

This is just personal experience, I feel like my 3.0o cartos give a much fuller vape, it actually feels like I'm inhaling something and the clouds are more dense. When I use LR, I still get clouds but it seems more airy, like it's just throat hit without the inhaling feeling.

Higher resistance coils are generally accomplished with a longer coil, which will give you more surface area, which would theoretically result in more vapor. The only issue is powering them enough to take advantage of that additional surface area, which is pretty easy for most modern devices.

I didn't mention this before as it totally depends on how the coil is built, two coils of the same resistance could be built to have a totally different surface area. You could build a LR coil that has more surface area than a SR one, but in general, from what I've seen when tearing apart cartos and attys, is that higher resistance stuff generally uses a longer coil, and will then have more surface area, compared to a shorter coil of the same wire gauge.

I generally stick with 2ohm stuff, as I can get good results on my VV/VW devices, but still use them on my eGos if I feel the need. Going up to 3ohm, for instance, would give me crap performance (for my preferences) on standard voltage eGos, or any of my other non-boosted devices.

But back when all I used were eGos, I usually went with 1.5-1.7 ohm heads to get the vape I wanted.

It really just depends on matching up the coil to the voltage you can supply to it. And by the coil, I don't mean simply resistance as that doesn't describe the design of the coil, but as I said, in general most commercial higher resistance stuff will use a longer coil.