Sub Ohm vs High wattage - Differences?

[Rondo9]

Same clearomizer, mod, eliquid at 50/50 pg/vg

Vape method 1: Using 0.5 coil at 15W
Vape method 2: Using 1.0 coil at 20W

-Which method do you prefer?
-Would the eliquid flavor/vapor production be the similar in the end?
-I read somewhere on this website the possible dangers of Sub Ohm vaping, the way the eliquid "burns". But if you sub ohm at 15W vs 30 or 40 + W , would the possible "sub ohm hazards" be minimal to non existent?

Thanks

 

[KGB7]

I prefer Sub-ohm. You use less Voltage, less wattage, and in the end the battery lasts a bit longer and you get more vapor per watt.

Danger only exists if you dont know what you doing with mech mods and use a cheapo batteries. Stick to Regulated mods with good batteries and youll be fine.

 

[Busted knuckles]

I haven't really researched the dangers of burning juice, I don't vape at that high of wattage. But, when you are using a regulated mod, which I believe you are, you can just keep your wattage down to avoid burning. The only thing that using a lower resistance coil will do is lower the voltage you need to get to your specific wattage.

The danger you are talking about only exists when you sub ohm on an unregulated mod or if you run high watts on a regulated one.

I hope that is clearer than I think it is! And I hope that answered the question.

 

[VapinWolf]

I have not dug into the research on juice burning and creating inhalation hazards, but from what I have heard on YouTube, about 600F is where the danger starts??
I imagine that will be the next big vaping issue (Evolve seems to have banked on that being the future)
Time and research will tell

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[Robert Dupre]

I prefer Sub-ohm. You use less Voltage, less wattage, and in the end the battery lasts a bit longer and you get more vapor per watt.

Danger only exists if you dont know what you doing with mech mods and use a cheapo batteries. Stick to Regulated mods with good batteries and youll be fine.

Sorry man you are completely wrong about sub ohm making batteries last longer in fact they drain much faster the lower the resistance coils you use unless you use a regulated mod and still your going to have to crank up the watts a lil higher to get anything out of it. I vape my nautilus mini with 1.8 ohm coils at 10 watts it works great try running an Atlantis at 10 watts you will want your money back i run it at 30 watts minimum other wise it takes to long to heat the coils and the performance is not good at all.

 

[dravell]

Sorry man you are completely wrong about sub ohm making batteries last longer in fact they drain much faster the lower the resistance coils you use unless you use a regulated mod and still your going to have to crank up the watts a lil higher to get anything out of it. I vape my nautilus mini with 1.8 ohm coils at 10 watts it works great try running an Atlantis at 10 watts you will want your money back i run it at 30 watts minimum other wise it takes to long to heat the coils and the performance is not good at all.

On a mech yes, but not on a regulated mod. Resitance doesnt affect amperage draw from the battery, only voltage/wattage does, so a .5ohm build at 15w uses less battery than a 1ohm build at 20w.

Edit: nevermind i didnt see you stated that =) I agree with everything you said.

 

[danca90]

Well, I'm using a 1 ohm build (1.1 actually) at 20 watts right now. (okay, 19.9) 4.6 volts of decentness.

 

[Rondo9]

What about taste and flavor production differences ?

 

[alicewonderland]

its all about current/amps. when you run a mechmod you are stuck at 3.7volts basically, making you have to use sub ohm vaping for more current. personally i see no point in subohming with variable wattage/voltage devices. Since you are controlling the volt/watts you are controlling the current directly, instead of having to control the current through the coil resistance as if you were building in a mech mod. You get the same current with a 0.5ohm coil on a 3.7v battery as you would a 2.2ohm coil set at 25watts on a vv/vw device.

i can tell no significant differences between a 0.5 mech and a 2.2 vv/vw set at same current personally, but if you want to get technical there are differences in surface area which basically the one with more surface area is the one vaporizing more ejuice, if the wicking system can keep up.


also, on the subject of vaporizing temperature etc. There is more that goes into it such as airflow, airflow cools down the temperature of the coils, and the only way to measure the vaporizing temperature of any coil would technically be irrelevant due to the fact that you would have to measure it without air flow, it would have too many variables as it all depends on how much one inhales and how much airflow is produced which cools down the coils by x amount.

tl;dr - imo there is no point in subohming if you have a vv/vw device. you control the power directly compared to having to control the power through coil resistance.

 

[Robert Dupre]

The reasons for going sub ohm on a vv/vw mod is 1. pre buil coils i.e. Atlantis or 2. An rda used for cloud chasing. Before my ivp3 broke last week i was running a competition doge with dual coils of 24 gauge at 10 wraps and about .5 ohms thats alot of coil to heat up on a mech and was taking too long for me so i put it on the ivp3 and cranked uo the watts to around 75 or so. It gave me about the same performance as my mutation x same guage wire but 5 wraps or so and at .34 ohms. But with the doge i had twice the surface area and could produce bigger clouds.

 

[dravell]

Theres point in sub ohm if youre staying lower wattage, however if you like 70, 80, 100+ watts you have to sub ohm as thed device usually doesnt have the voltage to compensate. Also with higher wattage you want a thicker gauge wire as thin wire doesnt handle high power well.
So while not needing to sub ohm on regulated devices is the case for some, its the opposite for others, like me.