Temp Control Settings

[gofishtx]

When I decided to update my 2 year old vape gear I decided to buy a couple of temp control devices. I bought the Heatvape Invader Mini TC and the Sigelei 75 Watt TC. I also purchased a Subtank Mini and a Sigelei Elite tank v2 with NI200 coils. I like the Sigelei 75 w/ just the Subtank and .5 ohm occ coils but when I put the Elite tank w/ Ni200 coils on it, it seemed to get too hot. I started out at 350 (too low) and moved it up to find my perfect blend of flavor which is around 422 degress F and 35 watts. This is just too hot, so I moved it down to 400 degrees and 30 watts and it is still just not that good of a vape. Long Story short, my heatvape Invader Mini after owning it a month, it only wants to work in temp control, so I moved the elite tank w/ Ni200 coils to it and at 400 degrees and 30 watts it is a decent vape but still a bit too warm.

Maybe I am just not understanding the settings as I thought TC would give me a cooler vape and help with battery life and juice consumption. It has done none of this, in fact in TC my battery life is reduced by half. My juice consumption is the same and my juices are warm if not down right hot. At least my coils aren't burning. Any advice for a rookie TCer?

 

[GeorgeS]

Depending on the mod (and tank) there are a few things you can control. On the mod you may have power and temperature and on the tank you'll likely have air flow and sometimes a drip tip air flow.

If you have drip tip air flow that is likely the easy way of reducing your vape temp. The other options are to open the air flow up on your tank and/or reduce your temperature setting.

Keep in mind that while modern APV gear allow the user to adjust many things the coil, wick and juice play a part in the experience as well.

Personally I vape at ~380-420F and adjust/restrict the tanks main air flow to 'warm up' the vapor. Additionally, I can't see how a TC build over a non-TC sub ohm build could/would reduce juice consumption at all. The extended battery life is more theory then reality as I find myself taking longer draws/hits on TC then I did on VV/VW as the vapor temperature remains constant the whole time.

 

[gofishtx]

Depending on the mod (and tank) there are a few things you can control. On the mod you may have power and temperature and on the tank you'll likely have air flow and sometimes a drip tip air flow.

If you have drip tip air flow that is likely the easy way of reducing your vape temp. The other options are to open the air flow up on your tank and/or reduce your temperature setting.

Keep in mind that while modern APV gear allow the user to adjust many things the coil, wick and juice play a part in the experience as well.

Personally I vape at ~380-420F and adjust/restrict the tanks main air flow to 'warm up' the vapor. Additionally, I can't see how a TC build over a non-TC sub ohm build could/would reduce juice consumption at all. The extended battery life is more theory then reality as I find myself taking longer draws/hits on TC then I did on VV/VW as the vapor temperature remains constant the whole time.

Thanks for the response, I had heard that TC would reduce juice consumption but like you I take longer draws so using more juice and battery. 390 at 30 watts seems to be about right, warm but not too hot. I just thought I was missing something.