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I will not attempt to correct anything Credo said because everything in that post is correct. However, I can add to it a little bit.
Many will argue that watts are watts and from the electrical perspective - they are correct. However, it is clear that many have preferences and some of them (me included) are adamant about their preferences. I have seen many who swear by LR and will not vape anything else. Personally, I do not like anything LR and have not liked LR gear since about 2 months into my
vaping experiences.
EVERYTHING
vaping is completely subjective. In any combination of device(s), batteries, attys/cartos, juices and/or regulation (of any type) - if you change any component the vape experience will change at least to some degree. 510 LR is different from 901 LR as is 306 LR, 801 style LR etc. The same goes for standard resistance and higher resistances. Change from IMR batts to non IMR batts when using LR gear and you will see differences in the vape as well. Obviously, changing juices will change everything as will if you merely change the VG/PG ratios in the very same juice.
I like to think of the vape experience more like cooking. If you cook the very same food, with the very same seasonings all at the very same temperature and just change the cooking surfaces - you will see differences in the food taste, texture, etc. For example - if you were to do this side-by-side comparison using an aluminum pan, a cast iron pan, and a grill - all same food and same temps - you will see the final cooked food will be different from each cooking surface. With
vaping, we are sort of cooking the juices and the various ingredients in those juices respond differently to different heat levels (in vaping watts are expressed as heat) and so - to me - switching the same Ωs but different model attys is like the cooking analogy using the different pans/cooking surfaces. To take this analogy one step further, as Credo has indicated, higher resistances will give you more range to the achievable watts scale and therefore more access to a wider range of temperatures (vaping watts). LR gear is designed to simulate/imitate higher voltage vaping using lower volts so by its very design it limits you to the upper range of vapable watts.
Some people may even find they like one style atty/carto in LR, another model in standard resistance and yet another in higher Ωs. Some may find they prefer certain juices in certain attys/cartos in one of the various Ωs ratings and yet others in something completely different. It is all completely subjective and as I have posted in the past, there really is no "better/best" there is only YOUR "better/best". So you sort of have to experiment and see what YOU like.
For the first year+ I vaped pretty much only tobacco and tobacco/menthol juices. I tried pretty much every atty and carto on the market and many different devices (including several variable voltage devices). After many comparisons, I concluded that I (for my tastes) did not enjoy tobacco/tobacco-menthol juices in cartos and that I preferred one atty model/version/Ωs over all others. Then I switched to fruit and sweeter juices and found I prefer those in cartos (again with one model and Ωs level preferred above all others).
So, experiment and have fun - you will find what YOU like better/best and that is all that matters.
and Happy
