This may be a silly question, but I see lots of darwin owners out the so what the heck.
Is there any Darwin wattage cheat sheet out there? I'd love to have a wattage reference for different atties and carto's. Of there is one, I'd love a link, if not maybe we should make one?
Thanks
Actually Chinner, This is one of the graces of Darwin - just turn to your own liking. There is only one "right watts level" and that is YOUR watts level. Because of the progression of the e-cig, many of us had been conditioned to think in terms of volts levels and finding the "right" ohms attys/cartos for our preferred volts level. Darwin automatically sets the volts for you based on the watts. So, I find it sort of helps to change my thinking from volts/ohms = electronics to more of a cooking analogy. If you have an electric oven and someone told you to cook your roast at 220 volts and use 7000 ohms - you'd think it was strange. But, in effect, that is exactly what we do in an electric oven (don't know about the 7000 ohms part but it does have a huge coil). The oven analogy is not exact because in
vaping we are "cooking" directly on the coil and in an oven we have a thermostat. But Darwin comes closer to that analogy because when you set in .1 watts increments, you have many more settings than .1 volts increments (all other variable volts devices). And, Darwin's automatic adjustments to volts and amps is the closet thing to a thermostat we have so far seen in
vaping devices.
Juices are often a combination of flavors and differing VG and PG mixes. As you experiment, you may find nuances of flavors in your juices you did not know were there. This happens because when we play with watts, we have many more settings.
With Standard and higher ohms levels (2.5+ ohms) you can enjoy a more full range of watts. When using LR attys, even if you turn the watts settings down, you are limited by ohms law. LR attys are designed to simulate higher voltage vaping and run at higher watts at lower volts. So when you use LR attys/cartos, you will still be vaping at the upper range of watts. To know your bottom vapable watts for any given LR atty/carto on Darwin use volts squared and then divide by the ohms of the atty. Darwin has a bottom volts level of 3.6 or 3.7 volts. So lets assume it is 3.6 volts and you are using a 1.7 ohms LR atty: 3.6x3.6/1.7 = 7.6 watts. So, with this combo, even if you turn the watts to 6 watts, ohms law would still produce 7.6 watts. You can achieve higher watts settings but ohms law won't let you vape below that even if Darwin is set lower. But with higher ohms attys, you can reach the lower watts ranges.
Some flavors respond better at lower watts settings and others better at higher - just like cooking, some foods cook best at lower temps and other flavors come out better at higher temps. So, throw on your favorite attys and/or cartos and experiment with YOUR juices to the levels that are "best" for you.
Some generalization I have found (many exceptions):
- VG tends burn at lower temps than PG
- Tobaccos and menthols often hold up better to higher heats
- Some fruity flavors come out more for me at lower temps/watts.
Here is one example (this applies to one particular atty - each atty model has its own vaping characteristics), I have a tobacco menthol juice that if I run it at 7.5 watts I taste mostly tobacco and little menthol. If I run that same juice at 8.5 watts, in that same atty, I get a nice blend of the tobacco and menthol flavors. If I run it at 9.5+ watts, I get mostly menthol flavor.
So, I suggest you forget about anyone else's cheat sheet and just take notes on your results based on your juices and your attys/cartos. The notes will produce your own cheat sheet!
