Tips on buiding for a good vape without going super low?

[Dioxyde]

The one thing that really keeps me from enjoying my mech mods is the fact that it seems like I have to build extremely low resistance coils to get the warm vape I like, which of course drains the battery incredibly fast. I'm just curious if there's something I could do differently to improve my performance with higher resistances. I mainly use 24 and 26g kanthal, building at .5 and lower, best vape I've gotten so far on a mech is from .16 dual coils, which draws pretty close to the max continuous of the batteries I'm using. Does thinner wire help? Single coil or dual coil? Should I get a kick? Would love it if I could get a nice warm vape from coils in .5 to 1.0 ohm range but haven't figured it out yet.

EDIT: Someone suggested I try nichrome because it heats up faster and has a lower resistance, considering I'm trying to raise the resistance of my builds wouldn't this be redundant? Lol.

 

[Fuzzy Bruce]

Try some different atomizers. There are some very small chamber atomizers with decent air flow that would probably offer a warm vape at 0.5 to 0.8 ohms.

 

[retic1959]

The one thing that really keeps me from enjoying my mech mods is the fact that it seems like I have to build extremely low resistance coils to get the warm vape I like, which of course drains the battery incredibly fast. I'm just curious if there's something I could do differently to improve my performance with higher resistances. I mainly use 24 and 26g kanthal, building at .5 and lower, best vape I've gotten so far on a mech is from .16 dual coils, which draws pretty close to the max continuous of the batteries I'm using. Does thinner wire help? Single coil or dual coil? Should I get a kick? Would love it if I could get a nice warm vape from coils in .5 to 1.0 ohm range but haven't figured it out yet. EDIT: Someone suggested I try nichrome because it heats up faster and has a lower resistance, considering I'm trying to raise the resistance of my builds wouldn't this be redundant? Lol.

Nichrome or Gplat heat up faster than kanthal , you might consider 28g and lowering the ID of your coils as well .

 

[Thrasher]

Nichrome or Gplat heat up faster than kanthal , you might consider 28g and lowering the ID of your coils as well .

+1
One thing overlooked many times is wire gauge vs reaction time

A mech can't brute force a large amount of heavy wire as you have already noticed

Like suggested a tight dripper will offer a warmer vape.

For me I forfeit number of wraps on a higher gauge wire for fast reaction times. And doing so means the coil gets up to temp fast

I really like ribbon a lot, I use 28g equivalent around .6 in my drippers the vapor gets very warm very fast. If I try to chain vape the Atty is smoldering hot in no time.

 

[Dioxyde]

Okay, next time I build I'm gonna try out some micros with 28g nichrome, thanks guys.

 

[MattyTny]

Try some different atomizers. There are some very small chamber atomizers with decent air flow that would probably offer a warm vape at 0.5 to 0.8 ohms.

Yeah I agree, there are plenty of reduced chamber atomizers that have very good vapor production and heat with higher resistance builds and single coils.

 

[javyn]

Have you considered trying an RTA?

 

[roxynoodle]

I've discovered twisted 30g heats up fast. So that's one option.

Another is an RTA. I run my Aqua v2 using dual 28g coils at 0.7 ohm. Same with m UD Aga t-7.

I don't know why, but Erlkonigins vape great on mechs even with a single 28g coil at 1.3 ohm . If I put that coil in other single coil RTAs I would say its too wimpy.

Just put two tiny stacked coils using 28g wire for 0.64 ohm in a Tilemahos, and its rocking!

Small chamber drippers like the Viscious Ant Cyclone or Divo. Run one tiny microcoil using 27 or 28g wire.

 

[shadco]

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Vertex V2 is small chamber and vapes warmer than my derringer, or cascata with the same .3 build while the flavor is on par.

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[javyn]

Excited to get my Aqua V2 in the mail hopefully soon. I already have a Launcher V2 I'm going to dedicate to it for some sweet hybrid action.