Vamo Vaping Question?

[BigDC]

I have been vaping for 1 year and 3 months now, I have been using an ego twist VV and I usually vape the same liquid all the time, I vape it in an evod with 1.8 ohm resistance and I vape at around 3.7 to 3.8 Volts.

Question, I just bought and received a Vamo 5 today and got two original Panasonic 18650 batteries, everything is fine. My evod works great on the Vamo and I use it at 3.7 volts just like I did on the ego twist. My question is this, what is the difference between vaping using voltage or vaping using wattage and which should I do and why in reference to my Vamo 5?

Also if I use voltage setting does it auto adjust the wattage or if I use wattage setting does it auto adjust the voltage, also what is the advantages and disadvantages of both in the Vamo 5?

Thanks!

 

[Thrasher]

Also if I use voltage setting does it auto adjust the wattage or if I use wattage setting does it auto adjust the voltage



Yes.

But in the older VW chips there really isn't a difference.
4 v at 8 w is 8 watts at 4v


The theory is, using voltage- as the coil heats up the resistance changes meaning the wattage changes and there might be a small difference in vape quality going up and down like that.

In wattage mode you set 10 watts and the chip will always adjust the voltage to the resistance to keep it steady.


Now, here's where many people are getting hoodwinked.

Many of the cheaper chips only check resistance when you press the fire button., so vw may really only be working to keep an old or dirty coil hot.

The better chips constantly check the coil and will keep adjusting as you hold the button.


Really its preference, try both, see if you like one better

 

[BigDC]

Thanks for the info, will do!

One last question on this line, should I be worried that my Vamo 5 doesn't have an RMS/Mean mode? I can hold the left button in forever and no mode of any kind comes up, I can do the same for the right button and no mode of any kind comes up, no matter what button I hold down I can never get an RMS/Mean mode to come up, so should I be worried about that? Everything else works perfectly.

 

[DingerCPA]

Hey BigDC!

It's all about your preferences. I typically set my rigs for VW, for no real well understood reason. I have a Vamo V6, and its VW jumps in 0.5W increments. My iSticks and iPV Minis scale up at 0.1W increments. I don't really have a "defined" setting - just set it to what I like and go with it. I basically started with a Spinner 1300, and that was VV only. I guess when I got my MVP2.0s and my VV3s, I thought I was "cool" 'cause I now had VW and that's how I was gonna use 'em

As mentioned above, you might get a slight fluctuation while in VW mode, if your Vamo reads your heads differently. Otherwise, VV mode - you should be getting whatever output voltage you've set.

It's certainly quicker to determine amp draw in VV mode, but you're well within safety ranges with your 1.8ohm EVODs. (BTW, I loved my EVODs before I upped my game and went to newer tanks.... They just worked well for me!)

Your rig, your choice Do what works for you

 

[DingerCPA]

Thanks for the info, will do!

One last question on this line, should I be worried that my Vamo 5 doesn't have an RMS/Mean mode? I can hold the left button in forever and no mode of any kind comes up, I can do the same for the right button and no mode of any kind comes up, no matter what button I hold down I can never get an RMS/Mean mode to come up, so should I be worried about that? Everything else works perfectly.

Just did some poking around - If I'm reading correctly, specs on the V5 indicate Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), so there's no changing from RMS to Mean or vice versa

 

[Shadav]

unless i'm missing something i don't understand what you are asking about rms/means mode
the chip is either built using one or the other not both and i forget which is which, someone will correct me later i'm sure but i think rms is the standard and means is outdated (only the 20w istick came out with it lately)
but i may have that backwards...

 

[BigDC]

@DingerCPA and @ Shadav Check this review video out at the 16:41 mark about RMS/Mean mode in the Vamo 5 >>>

 

[Thrasher]

unless i'm missing something i don't understand what you are asking about rms/means mode
the chip is either built using one or the other not both and i forget which is which, someone will correct me later i'm sure but i think rms is the standard and means is outdated (only the 20w istick came out with it lately)
but i may have that backwards...

When vw was new there weren't many Chinese chips out yet. And RMS was still new, many of these early chips offered both. The vamo had a choice for the first 3 or 4 versions

 

[GaryInTexas]

Thanks for the info, will do!

One last question on this line, should I be worried that my Vamo 5 doesn't have an RMS/Mean mode? I can hold the left button in forever and no mode of any kind comes up, I can do the same for the right button and no mode of any kind comes up, no matter what button I hold down I can never get an RMS/Mean mode to come up, so should I be worried about that? Everything else works perfectly.

If I remember correctly on my V5 you have to hold the left and right button down at the same time. You should get the power or voltage option that you toggle through with left button.

 

[BigDC]

@GaryInTexas Nope not on my Vamo 5. There is no way to pull up an RMS/Mean mode, none at all.

 

[Thrasher]

Something else to consider, there's like 8 companies making vamos, not all of them left the MEAN setting user accessible, mean sux anyways so your not missing anything lol

 

[edyle]

Thanks for the info, will do!

One last question on this line, should I be worried that my Vamo 5 doesn't have an RMS/Mean mode? I can hold the left button in forever and no mode of any kind comes up, I can do the same for the right button and no mode of any kind comes up, no matter what button I hold down I can never get an RMS/Mean mode to come up, so should I be worried about that? Everything else works perfectly.

No, nothing to worry about; if it doesn't have a RMS/Mean mode option then it's probably just RMS which is what it is supposed to be.

 

[edyle]

I have been vaping for 1 year and 3 months now, I have been using an ego twist VV and I usually vape the same liquid all the time, I vape it in an evod with 1.8 ohm resistance and I vape at around 3.7 to 3.8 Volts.

Question, I just bought and received a Vamo 5 today and got two original Panasonic 18650 batteries, everything is fine. My evod works great on the Vamo and I use it at 3.7 volts just like I did on the ego twist. My question is this, what is the difference between vaping using voltage or vaping using wattage and which should I do and why in reference to my Vamo 5?

Also if I use voltage setting does it auto adjust the wattage or if I use wattage setting does it auto adjust the voltage, also what is the advantages and disadvantages of both in the Vamo 5?

Thanks!

1: What is the difference between vaping using voltage or vaping using wattage:
In VV mode you set the voltage.
In VW mode, you set the wattage, and the device measures your coil and you device sets the voltage for you.

2:
When you set the voltage, the wattage would be
volts x volts / ohms.
When you set the wattage, yes, the device auto adjusts the voltage.



If you are using 1.8 ohm coils, there will be some variation; some will be 1.7, some will be 1.9
If you set the wattage, it will auto compensate for that variation.

 

[BigDC]

Great info from all of you, very appreciated, wanted and needed, and received from you, thank you!

 

[Monotremata]

I have a Vamo v7 (real KSD) and I believe in the v5 they just made it strictly RMS. It may have been the v6 but I think it was the v5. I know mines RMS only.

 

[OGNDY]

@GaryInTexas Nope not on my Vamo 5. There is no way to pull up an RMS/Mean mode, none at all.

I just checked my Vamo v5 that I got from Fasttech. It behaves just like PBusardo's in the video. I never knew the option to switch between RMS/Mean was there, and frankly I can't tell the difference.