Variable voltage, what in laymans terms is the advantage of this?

[Silent Scream]

I get that you can adjust the power to the battery but why would you want to do this? Do you get better flavour or TH or just loads of vapour what 'exactly' do you get from VV? And VW does the only advantage of that lie in not having to switch the voltage when you attach different clearos etc?

I'm just wondering if I should get a VV device or one that has VV and VW. The ones with both cost more, that's okay if it's a big advantage, or even a reasonable one.

Any views appreciated, thanks.

 

[devauto]

So the way I understand it, in layman's terms, adjusting the voltage can help with adjusting the flavor, vapor and the throat hit. If your juice tastes "burnt" then adjusting the voltage downwards can help make it taste better (as long as the wicking isn't actually burnt). Adjusting the wattage can give you the same effect as adjusting the voltage, with the added benefit of consistency between coil/tank changes as the voltage is automatically adjusted to the coil detected.

With the juices I vape, adjusting the voltage or wattage downwards tends to increase the flavor, but decrease the vapor and throat hit. Adjusting upwards tends to be the reverse.

I hope that helps!

 

[Silent Scream]

So the way I understand it, in layman's terms, adjusting the voltage can help with adjusting the flavor, vapor and the throat hit. If your juice tastes "burnt" then adjusting the voltage downwards can help make it taste better (as long as the wicking isn't actually burnt). Adjusting the wattage can give you the same effect as adjusting the voltage, with the added benefit of consistency between coil/tank changes as the voltage is automatically adjusted to the coil detected.

With the juices I vape, adjusting the voltage or wattage downwards tends to increase the flavor, but decrease the vapor and throat hit. Adjusting upwards tends to be the reverse.

I hope that helps!

Actually it does, thanks, except I never get these burnt hits people talk about with a normal battery and a mini protank 2. Weird though that you have to sacrifice flavour to get more vapour and TH. I thought they all either went up or down?

 

[Margate69]

Actually it does, thanks, except I never get these burnt hits people talk about with a normal battery and a mini protank 2. Weird though that you have to sacrifice flavour to get more vapour and TH. I thought they all either went up or down?

Higher voltage = hotter vape= less flavor, more vapor, more throat hit

Lower voltage = colder vape = more flavor, less throat, less vapor.

Wattage does about the same thing

 

[DKP#]

With a fixed battery, you have to get the right resistance coil to match your preference. With a VV you can just adjust the battery. You can make small adjustments with a VV. Want a little more vapor in the morning? Just turn the battery up a little. It's a lot more convenient.
I like the big throat hit, so I can just adjust the battery up to where I get a slight burnt taste, then turn it down a little.

does the only advantage of that lie in not having to switch the voltage when you attach different clearos etc?

Yea, you still may have to adjust it a little but it'll put you close right off the bat without having to do the math to determine voltage

 

[Baditude]

Not all flavors taste their best at 3.7 volts (single voltage battery temperature). Variable voltage helps fine tune the voltage (heat) for the so-called "sweet spot" for each individual flavor. For instance, most fruit flavors taste their best at lower voltages. But a flavor such as a coffee or tobacco flavor may taste best at a higher voltage. So variable voltage is a way to allow for more enjoyment of flavors. Is it necessary to enjoy vaping? No, but since I started using variable voltage mods, I have a hard time enjoying a mechanical mod where I can't adjust the voltage to my liking. Think of variable voltage as a "dimmer switch" to control voltage output to the heating coil.

Variable wattage is a little different. Power is adjustable here, too, but for a different reason. Say you enjoy all of your flavors at 8 watts with a 1.5 ohm juice attachment. Set your VW to 8 watts. Now say you have some other juice attachment that is 2.5 ohm. You can put that attachment on your VW mod and the mod will adjust the power to 8 watts. You don't have to adjust the power like you would in variable voltage mode when you change attachments with a different ohm rating.

I don't use variable wattage at all, and I don't need it. All of my juice attachments are of the same resistance. I don't have an all day vape; I switch flavors 3 - 4 times a day - so since I change the voltage for each flavor variable wattage would be counter productive for me.

Both VV and VW do the same thing, but in different ways...to get to the same place. If my explanations are not clear perhaps these articles will help:

ecig volts watts and ohms

Finding Your Sweet Spot Using Variable Voltage

Taking the Mystery Out of Variable Wattage

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

variable voltage is like a throttle on an engine...laymans terms is the advantage of being able to control the rate at which fuel is being delivered to the engine

 

[SissySpike]

VV allows you to adjust your voltage according to the resistances of what your using. Witch leads us to regulation. Having a regulated mod theoretically means you get consistent power threw charge of the battery. But this is directly relevant to the quality of the mod you are using.

The short answer is yes VV is a good way to go.

 

[Traver]

I would add one more reason to Baditude's excellent explanation. As I vape during the day my taste buds tend to lose flavor and by the end of the day watever juice I am vaping tends to get bland and tasteless. So as the day goes on I raise the voltage to get more vapor and taste. Usually I start at 4.0 volts using a 2.5 ohm vivi nova and by the end of the day I may be up to 4.5 volts.

 

[jclay1192]

I've never really strayed from the VV (now VW) since i started with an Ego twist but yes changing the Voltage or Wattage setting does change the TH, flavor, and vapor production

 

[Mark Anthony]

It's all about being able to dial in your sweet spot.....

 

[Silent Scream]

Thanks for the replies everyone but the TH thing... don't you control that anyway with the level of nicotine in your liquids? I still get big clouds of vapour without VV as well. The flavour thing I suppose could be a huge selling point.

 

[Mohamed]

You may want to take a look at this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/490799-vv-vs-vw.html

Basically with a standard ego-c non variable mod the only way to change the "heat" is by changing the ohms in your atty. A lower ohm will give you a hotter more vapor hit. I higher ohm will give you a lighter vape. And some juices taste better when they are vaped at a lower or higher temperature but that is subjective and varies by individual.

VV and VW do exactly the same thing they just change the amount of heat to vaporizer your juice. The only advantage of VW is you have wide range of attomizers with varying ohms. If all of your atties are the same ohm you can use either one just fine. VW the device picks up on the resistance (ohms) of your attomizer and will convert that for you into volts.

So assuming same juice same tank etc but the atty of one is 1.5 and the other is 3.2 if you stick with say 7 watts the vape should be exactly the same. Now if you are using volts at say X and you change from a 1.5 atty to a 3.2 atty you should notice a much lighter vape. So the advantage to using VW is that you should be able to stay pretty much consistent when changing atties...the device does the math for you and converts your desired watts to volts according to the atty that you are using.

I recently got a vamo v3 and was using VV but have recently switched to VW as I don't have to worry as much when switching my atties/clearomizers etc. I still adjust it up and down a bit but not anywhere near as much as I had to when using VV with a drastic change in atty ohms.

Vamo's are pretty cheap on fast tech and have both features. If you go that route spend a few extra dollars and get 1 or 2 adapters https://www.fasttech.com/products/1284600. The major complaint I've heard with Vamo's is that material is kind of cheap and threading can have issues. Those will protect your main thread and all wear and tear of threading issues will be on your tanks and adapter. I think it was more of an issue with V1 and V2's for threading but I bought a couple just to be on the safe side.

If you wanting something with both I don't think you are going to find anything with more bang for it's buck. I think even the high end provaria's only have VV and not VW. Do some reasearch on different models if you go down this route. I personally like the V3 design but chrome is starting to come off in spots. If that concerns you go with stainless steal V4 or V5.

 

[Mohamed]

Thanks for the replies everyone but the TH thing... don't you control that anyway with the level of nicotine in your liquids? I still get big clouds of vapour without VV as well. The flavour thing I suppose could be a huge selling point.

Yeah PG/VG nic level also controls throat hit but VV or VW allows you to adjust that for any given juice...also depending on mood. I like a good throat hit in the morning but like something a little more smooth in the evenings. With the same juice I can alter that but increasing or decreasing volts or watts.

 

[Penn]

Thanks for the replies everyone but the TH thing... don't you control that anyway with the level of nicotine in your liquids? I still get big clouds of vapour without VV as well. The flavour thing I suppose could be a huge selling point.

Yeah nic and pg level affects throat hit but so does temperature.

 

[Silent Scream]

I'm not going to reply to everyone I just want to say all replies and great information have been listened to and taken on board.

I really love this place, thanks everyone for your input.