Temperature control. Have I been missing something in my life?

[Superuser187]

Actually variable wattage puts the same power into the coil whether the coil is hot or cold. Or whether there is airflow or not. TC takes both into account and throttles back the wattage if the temperature goes too high. It also gives it more wattage if the temperature goes too low. And if the wicking ever starts to go dry for any reason, it won't allow it to fry itself to death. Lots of good reasons to use TC actually.

Yeah sure someone can use it and may find it better for some reason but i haven't seen any advantage in he vaping experience......maybe if someone does veeery long puffs and depending the coil he use then he may need tc to keep the temps stable and nice to their liking....about the vape temp for me I just adjust it to my liking with the wattage and the coil setup I use....my vape never gets warmer than what I want to be and I don't get dry hits ever but someone may experience that I guess...

I guess if someone use huge mass coils would need to pump up the wattage up to get fast ramp up time but then the vapor may be way to hot during the puff and that's where normal wattage won't work good for someone....there is wattage curve tho that can solve this easy...
But yes temp control in a situation like that would be ideal

 

[Opinionated]

.also it's nice to flex to other cavemen that use normal wattage mode in 2021 like whaaaaaaaaaaa....plus and chicks dig temp control

I guess I'm just a cavewoman then... cause I'm definitely not a "chick" who "digs" temp control...

 

[BillW50]

I guess I'm just a cavewoman then... cause I'm definitely not a "chick" who "digs" temp control...

If you setup TC in Power Dominant instead of Temperature Dominant, you wouldn't know the difference until the wick goes dry.

 

[NCC]

I suspect this thread is going for far more mileage than when I first saw it pop up.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

If you setup TC in Power Dominant instead of Temperature Dominant, you wouldn't know the difference until the wick goes dry.

Borrowing part of your post for below...

I guess I'm just a cavewoman then... cause I'm definitely not a "chick" who "digs" temp control...

Power Dominant Cavewoman?

Be careful cuz @Superuser187 might "dig" that.

 

[classwife]

Oh geeez...

 

[Territoo]

 

[smacuser]

You're doing it wrong.

 

[BillW50]

It also forces u to use specific material wires and thats something it may not suit your vaping style....

Quite the opposite really. With a TC mod you have:

• Power mode
  
• TC Power Dominant
• TC Temperature Dominant

That covers every single coil material out there.

my vape never gets warmer than what I want to be

Never??? Gee mine does and I have to adjust my wattage. Especially going from -10°F outside to 68°F inside. And when I chain vape I also have to turn the wattage down. And if my coils gunk up, I have to turn the wattage up until I get home to rebuild. But amazingly that never happens to you.

and I don't get dry hits ever

Never!!! Gee I thought every vaper experienced a dry hit now and then. They even tell stories about how nasty dry hits are. You are fortunate that you never experienced one.

 

[tnt56]

Dry hits are very very nasty. I’ve burnt 5 wicks in my squonk box cause I get in a hurry to vape and don’t give the wick time to recover.

 

[Territoo]

You're doing it wrong.

Looks alright to me.

 

[Ryedan]

Quite the opposite really. With a TC mod you have:

• Power mode
  
• TC Power Dominant
• TC Temperature Dominant

That covers every single coil material out there.

You nailed it Bill

I also don't like the stable vape of TC with a temperature dominant setup, but it can be nice to have TC set so it only kicks in when the wire temp starts climbing because the build needs cleaning.

It's also nice to be able to check what the wire temp is on a new build at the watts you vape it at. You do have to know how to set it up well enough so it gives you useful temperature information, but that's not hard once you understand how it all works.

OTOH it's not for everyone, same as a lot of things in vaping.

 

[NCC]

Quite the opposite really. With a TC mod you have:

• Power mode
  
• TC Power Dominant
• TC Temperature Dominant

That covers every single coil material out there.

But, if you use your TC mod in power mode (as I do), then you're just ignoring that feature altogether, so naturally, you can use any metal you choose. Right?

 

[Superuser187]

Quite the opposite really. With a TC mod you have:

• Power mode
  
• TC Power Dominant
• TC Temperature Dominant

That covers every single coil material out there.



Never??? Gee mine does and I have to adjust my wattage. Especially going from -10°F outside to 68°F inside. And when I chain vape I also have to turn the wattage down. And if my coils gunk up, I have to turn the wattage up until I get home to rebuild. But amazingly that never happens to you.



Never!!! Gee I thought every vaper experienced a dry hit now and then. They even tell stories about how nasty dry hits are. You are fortunate that you never experienced one.

I thought u could only use stainless and nickel and titanium with tc didn't knew those modes.
And yes surprisingly my vape stays always the temp I like it to be I just may need to adjust the wattage a little on the fly....the only problem with the outside temperature is that I have to adjust the amount of cotton I use in summer and winter.
And yes I have experience dry hit ofc I have but it happend the first times I was learning to build and if I get a new atty I guess until I learn to wick it good...
Anyways I am not a tc hater I just don't see any advantage of using it and I like to vape kanthal or nichrome and thought u can't temp control those

 

[BillW50]

But, if you use your TC mod in power mode (as I do), then you're just ignoring that feature altogether, so naturally, you can use any metal you choose. Right?

Well actually, in power mode you are basically stuck with SS, nichrome (also used in hot water heaters), and Kanthal. SS often also contains nickel and nichrome contains a lot of nickel. So if you can't use nickel, you're stuck with just Kanthal or that hard to find no nickel SS.

I thought u could only use stainless and nickel and titanium with tc didn't knew those modes.

Those are the most common ones. But you could also use silver, gold, copper, tungsten, NiFi, etc. I don't know about the health concerns of the first four. TC can also use a mix of non-TC and TC wire. Replay mode makes this super easy to use. Otherwise you would have to calculate the TFR/TCR values without Replay.

 

[NCC]

Well actually, in power mode you are basically stuck with SS, nichrome (also used in hot water heaters), and Kanthal. SS often also contains nickel and nichrome contains a lot of nickel. So if you can't use nickel, you're stuck with just Kanthal or that hard to find no nickel SS.

I'm content with Kanthal!

 

[BillW50]

I'm content with Kanthal!

Careful with Kanthal. It can fracture and start to rust.

 

[NCC]

Careful with Kanthal. It can fracture and start to rust.

Fortunately for me, and I suspect most people, I don't vape at power levels to power a house. And, coils are cheap unless you require fancy stuff like in that photo. Like 3¢ each, premade from FastTech.

 

[Pigs]

Fasttech is where I bought mine.

$24.04 Authentic HUGO VAPOR BF Squeezer Squonk Mechanical Box Mod - 1*18650/20700 / built-in 10ml squonk bottle / nylonfibre at FastTech - Free Shipping

I just added to cart. Thanks. Love a good mech squonk.

 

[BillW50]

Fortunately for me, and I suspect most people, I don't vape at power levels to power a house. And, coils are cheap unless you require fancy stuff like in that photo. Like 3¢ each, premade from FastTech.

The thinner the wire, the more problematic it becomes. For example, I had cheap 28g round Kanthal wire coils rust on me. I had taken a microscope and I found tiny fractures appearing as the coil heats up and cools down and that is where the rust comes from. Funny though I've never seen Kanthal mesh rust yet. Maybe I need more time.