To start off, I am no electronics engineer, just someone asking a question. If any of this sounds dumb, then please correct me or lead me in the right direction.
Okay, so I've been doing some research as to what makes the Provari's power regulation so great compared to cheaper regulated mods. I do not own a Provari, but I do own a Vamo and eVic. Please note, this has nothing to do with build quality, but with the voltage regulation circuitry and how it affects vape quality.
I've read the Provari on an Oscope thread, and how the Provari regulates voltage versus a Vamo. The Vamo shoots up to 6V and then varies the duration of the pulse to achieve a particular voltage, whereas the Provari boosts voltage and then regulates it at a much finer rate resulting in a much flatter line.
According to this post here on another forum, you can achieve a similar effect by stacking two 3.7V batteries and then regulating down to the desired voltage. According to that poster, there would be no difference between this and a Provari.
Which got me wondering, how DOES the Vamo regulate voltage with stacked batteries in series totaling 7.4/8.4V (off full charge) versus its normal method with a single 3.7/4.2V battery? Does it simply take that higher voltage and then regulate it down? Does it have a separate circuit that it switches to when it senses the increase in voltage?
I know that according to Pbusardo's review of the Vamo, it can not put out more than 11 or 12W using only a single battery, it simply doesn't have enough power to work with. To get the full 15W, you must stack batteries. Same power output as an eVic with a single battery, except the eVic doesn't accept stacked batteries and can not achieve a higher power output (probably due to the same thing). A little off-topic, but as far as eVic vs Vamo, without stacked batteries they should be about the same, especially considering the Vamo's resistance measurement usually reads higher than it should, resulting in more voltage and more power than what you asked for, whereas when compared to the eVic's more accurate measurement, would make the Vamo seem more powerful or the eVic seem weaker given the same power setting..but if you bump the power on the eVic so that it's the same voltage that the Vamo is giving the atty/carto, they taste the same. But I digress...
Other posters on this forum, including myself, DO notice a difference between stacked versus single batteries in a Vamo. I don't think this is placebo. There is a clear difference between the two. Me personally I notice a less harsh but fuller, richer vape, and of course the power is there when I crank it up, easily. The flavor is better, the vapor production goes up, and it is a much more satisfying vape, all at the same power setting, using the same atomizer, even if the power setting is below the 11/12W limit of a single battery. Stacked batteries just work better.
Now I have never had the chance to vape a Provari, so I do not have that to compare to, but from what I've read the differences in vape quality are similar on a Provari and single vs stacked batteries on a Vamo.
What is everyone's thoughts on this?
Okay, so I've been doing some research as to what makes the Provari's power regulation so great compared to cheaper regulated mods. I do not own a Provari, but I do own a Vamo and eVic. Please note, this has nothing to do with build quality, but with the voltage regulation circuitry and how it affects vape quality.
I've read the Provari on an Oscope thread, and how the Provari regulates voltage versus a Vamo. The Vamo shoots up to 6V and then varies the duration of the pulse to achieve a particular voltage, whereas the Provari boosts voltage and then regulates it at a much finer rate resulting in a much flatter line.
According to this post here on another forum, you can achieve a similar effect by stacking two 3.7V batteries and then regulating down to the desired voltage. According to that poster, there would be no difference between this and a Provari.
Which got me wondering, how DOES the Vamo regulate voltage with stacked batteries in series totaling 7.4/8.4V (off full charge) versus its normal method with a single 3.7/4.2V battery? Does it simply take that higher voltage and then regulate it down? Does it have a separate circuit that it switches to when it senses the increase in voltage?
I know that according to Pbusardo's review of the Vamo, it can not put out more than 11 or 12W using only a single battery, it simply doesn't have enough power to work with. To get the full 15W, you must stack batteries. Same power output as an eVic with a single battery, except the eVic doesn't accept stacked batteries and can not achieve a higher power output (probably due to the same thing). A little off-topic, but as far as eVic vs Vamo, without stacked batteries they should be about the same, especially considering the Vamo's resistance measurement usually reads higher than it should, resulting in more voltage and more power than what you asked for, whereas when compared to the eVic's more accurate measurement, would make the Vamo seem more powerful or the eVic seem weaker given the same power setting..but if you bump the power on the eVic so that it's the same voltage that the Vamo is giving the atty/carto, they taste the same. But I digress...
Other posters on this forum, including myself, DO notice a difference between stacked versus single batteries in a Vamo. I don't think this is placebo. There is a clear difference between the two. Me personally I notice a less harsh but fuller, richer vape, and of course the power is there when I crank it up, easily. The flavor is better, the vapor production goes up, and it is a much more satisfying vape, all at the same power setting, using the same atomizer, even if the power setting is below the 11/12W limit of a single battery. Stacked batteries just work better.
Now I have never had the chance to vape a Provari, so I do not have that to compare to, but from what I've read the differences in vape quality are similar on a Provari and single vs stacked batteries on a Vamo.
What is everyone's thoughts on this?
) and DFW Vapors I believe has them as well (but they like to sell knock-off gear soooo...). I know there are a few others I haven't hit up yet, they may have them as well.
