Thanks! That thread about Tootle Puffers is very funny, but not very enlightening. I guess I need to read the specs for my e-cigs, but yeah, I think I'm a tootle puffer.
Who came up with that name?
So low-resistance means more vapor? Trying to figure out the "why".
ANTZ - got it.
At first, "tootle puffer" was a mildly derogatory term invented by the cloud chasers to describe low watt MTL vapers. THey have since, however, united in tootle puffery and become quite proud of it. I am proud to say I personally invented the term "steam thrower" as a mildly derogatory term for the cloud chasers. And, feeling left out, those in the middle-- call 'em 30-100 watt types-- decided they wanted to be "modwompers." I happen to be a modwomper myself, and I am quite proud of it. But it's all in fun. The bottom line on that is if it's keeping you off the sticks, you're doing it right.
The why of low watts making more vapor gets technical. What makes vapor is power radiated from the surface of the coil wire, in contact with wet wick. The more surface area you have, and the more power radiating from it, the more vapor you get. Low Ω coils are able to tolerate higher power levels without burning up the wick, primarily because they are built with lower gauge (bigger diameter) wire and thus have a lower surface:volume ratio. However, being bigger wire, the actual coil mass is greater (sometimes
much greater) than a high Ω coil and thus has a larger surface area in total. You don't need to know any of that, really: high Ω low watt= less and cooler vapor. Low Ω high watt = more and hotter vapor.
