Thinking about a chuck

[markimar]

Well I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and spring for a chuck.
Those of you who use one do you feel the 6v kills the TV juice?
I would prefer a 5v but don't want to spend an arm and a leg!
I was thinking 510 6v all the time on it. Got enough 3v and LR. Attys. I'm just afraid it's gonna be to harsh and lose all the flavor. Should I go with hv Atty or standard?
Do you think it's worth the money?
Need some opinions here guys!

 

[Poeia]

Well I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and spring for a chuck.
Those of you who use one do you feel the 6v kills the TV juice?
I would prefer a 5v but don't want to spend an arm and a leg!
I was thinking 510 6v all the time on it. Got enough 3v and LR. Attys. I'm just afraid it's gonna be to harsh and lose all the flavor. Should I go with hv Atty or standard?
Do you think it's worth the money?
Need some opinions here guys!

I've got a Little Chuck -- 3.7V only. But if you head on over to the Thag Built subforum there are lots and lots of big Chuck users.

 

[Moshmarr]

I've got one, and I love it. I don't have any other 6v mods to compare it to but it hits great, tons of vapor. At 6v, TV juices seem to really come alive for me, especially with a hv atty. With a stock Joye 510 atty, although they work well, some flavors can indeed taste burnt to me rather quickly at 6v. But another supplier says on the product description for their hv attys that they will take approximately 1 Volt Off of the Source Voltage, perhaps putting you closer to the sweet 5v mark.

I am still pretty new here, and I know next to nothing about modding/voltage issues, so I could be totally wrong here, but I do know that these attys smoothed out the harsh taste that some juices had for me with a normal atty, and kick the flavor way up, too! I do recommend trying one out to see if you like it. I wasn't sure that hv attys would make much difference, but they really did.

I still got one 18650 for 3.7v vaping, as sometimes the 6v makes one rather dizzy after a bit...
But yep, the Chuck is great, highly recommend it. I got mine in a little over two weeks.

 

[cainne]

I'd recommend against it.

Any mod with a moving switch will have more breakdown issues than one with a solid-state switch (where the switch doesn't physically move up and down but just activates from touch).

Also remember, voltage is voltage. X voltage on any battery mod with the same atty on it will taste exactly the same as on any other battery mod made by anyone else with the same atty. Voltage is voltage. All a battery mod is is one big battery /shrug.

So if I was getting a battery mod I'd just look for 1) solid state switch, 2) smallest size 3) appearance I liked 4) good rep and 5) cheapest one that met those criteria.

Frankly though I think you'd have trouble in a "blind test" telling the difference between a 5v chuck and say a Tornado 1000mah battery with an LR atty on it.

 

[Poeia]

Frankly though I think you'd have trouble in a "blind test" telling the difference between a 5v chuck and say a Tornado 1000mah battery with an LR atty on it.

Bet I could. The 5V Chuck would be completely tasteless inasmuch as it doesn't exist.

But Geoff has asked us not to discuss other hardware on his forum now that he carries electronics. And there are plenty of places at ECF where this can be discussed.

 

[cainne]

Regardless. I was off on the voltage but you understand my point.

 

[timothy]

quit thinking about and get one u wont regret it

 

[chainvapor]

Bet I could. The 5V Chuck would be completely tasteless inasmuch as it doesn't exist.

But Geoff has asked us not to discuss other hardware on his forum now that he carries electronics. And there are plenty of places at ECF where this can be discussed.

I understand not to talk about other hardware he carries. But I would think discussing other Mods would be ok. Correct me if I am wrong, but he does not carry any Mods yet, right? Just wondering cause I discuss the Saber Touch once in awhile because I have one. Is this wrong?

 

[Poeia]

Geoff would have to answer that. But I'm just going by what he said in the electronics thread. I know TV and Thag Built have banners for the other one on their sites.

 

[Ghetto_Cowgirl]

Don't wanna annoy Geoff by talking bout mods but I have to say...Do it. You won't regret it. I use an eGo with a LR atty and it's nice but I still go back to my chuck most the time. I drop it all the time on the concrete floors at work and she still has yet to die. Had her since December. Don't think bout it, just do it!

 

[AmyB66]

Hoepfully I am not breaking any rules. I own three, love them. Go with a regular size, get both sets of batts and decide which you like best. Come talk to poeia and me over in the other subforum along with the rest of us.

I became a tasty vapor freak once I went six volts....Geoffs baked stuff like apple pie, bnb, gingerbread, butterum....absolute heaven at six volts. Big chuck you can go either way, 6 or 3.7

 

[portguy]

Personally i feel that at 6 volts the taste is ruined. A solid one flavor suffers less...but complex flavors like TV produces suffers too much IMO.

 

[AmyB66]

Personally i feel that at 6 volts the taste is ruined. A solid one flavor suffers less...but complex flavors like TV produces suffers too much IMO.

LOL! I am such the opposite, tobaccos and single flavors usually around 3.7, the premium flavors at 6Vs on a 510 carto bring out the full flavors for me. Everybody is different. That is the grand thing about the chuck though, you can bounce back and forth between the two voltages.

 

[chainvapor]

Ok, here is the deal. I will not mention the name of my Mod, but it is 6V. That being said I will put it like this.........

You know that awesome flavor you get when you accidentally flood your atty? You know when you don't get hardly any vapor, but THE FLAVOR is OOOHHHH SO GOOD??!!

At 6V you can pretty much flood the atty, get the AWESOME flavor that comes with it AND get nice vapor production.

Not to mention a nicer throat hit!

Anyway, that is the best way I can describe 6V. Flood the Atty and Vape! Works like a charm for me. I find if I let it run even a little dry, YUCK! That is nasty! But as long as you keep the atty nice and wet. Vaping Bliss!

CV

P.S. I use standard 510 atomizers. Just to let you know. I have not killed one yet and have been vaping at 6V for 2 weeks now. Just remember to let the atty cool down between vapes!

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

I'd recommend against it.

Any mod with a moving switch will have more breakdown issues than one with a solid-state switch (where the switch doesn't physically move up and down but just activates from touch).

Also remember, voltage is voltage. X voltage on any battery mod with the same atty on it will taste exactly the same as on any other battery mod made by anyone else with the same atty. Voltage is voltage. All a battery mod is is one big battery /shrug.

So if I was getting a battery mod I'd just look for 1) solid state switch, 2) smallest size 3) appearance I liked 4) good rep and 5) cheapest one that met those criteria.

Frankly though I think you'd have trouble in a "blind test" telling the difference between a 5v chuck and say a Tornado 1000mah battery with an LR atty on it.

Except that you could use a big 18650 at a true 3.7v unlike an ego and vape all day without worrying about vapor drop off and charging. I noticed quite a big difference between my single 14500 900mah box mod and my parallel 14500 box mod. The extra current to the atty is great and vapor doesn't drop off until the batterys are dead. An 18650 mod just sounds perfect to me.

 

[cainne]

larger size and cost for not having to charge a battery once even every 8 hours if you want to be paranoid about drop off?

It's a personal choice. I just don't think it's worth it. I'd rather have 2 much smaller batterys like on the ego or tornado that are 1000mah and just keep one charging when I'm using the other. My roommate has a large tornado batt and vapes it all day with no issues and just charges it when he goes to sleep. He doesn't need to vape while sleeping so... it all works out.

I just think that there's a "look at my vape-peen" issue where a lot of people are just going for "mine's bigger" without the advantages necessarily justifying the additional cost/size/etc.

I mean like I've said before, you COULD create a custom case around a car battery with a cart to carry it around and vape off that but why would you want to? There's obviously a voltage over which there's either no gain or even as you increase beyond that point, a loss. I've read about custom mods using 4 batteries in parallel that could power a search light for 6 hours, again, what's the point?

 

[satb813]

wow cainne, do you have an issue with all 6v or just a chuck issue? just curious because as far as value goes...for the money and being able to vape at 2 different volts...the chuck beats all others. i mean, yeah the ego or tornado are great for the 3.7 experience/batt life, but if you want a 6v, personally, i think the chuck is the way to go. custom graphics along with the customer service. no comparison.

p.s. my chucks rock...markimar, you will not be disappointed.

 

[cainne]

Actually just with most mods in general.
And the ego/tornado/etc is really about 3.1v of actual voltage, not 3.7

 

[medicate]

I'd be lost without my Chuck. I love it.

 

[satb813]

Actually just with most mods in general.
And the ego/tornado/etc is really about 3.1v of actual voltage, not 3.7

ok, fair about the mod issue. i personally didn't know that 3.1 is the actual voltage as opposed to the 3.7 as stated in the description, so i assume most peeps that don't have the "technical" background would prob not know as well. thanks for the info.