Variable wattage???

[apuck]

Hello all.

A couple of questions about variable power devices:

What is the deal with variable wattage? What are some advantages/disadvantages of wattage vs. voltage? What is the difference between the two? It seems that most folks run 3.7-4.5 volts, what would be an average (roughly) setting for wattage? What is PWM (or maybe it is PMW???) and how does it affect me?

Thanks for the help as always.

 

[SheerLuckHolmes]

Advantage of VW is to set the wattage to what you consider a sweet spot for you. Then you can switch atty's all day long of varying ohms and the voltage is regulated for you, via ohms law, without you doing any thing to get the same sweet experience out of each atty. If you only use on or two atty within a given day it might not make that big a difference to you.

 

[mightymen]

Simply put taste, fix volt device go so far, varible go higher more taste options "sweet spot" to high can get burnt taste.

 

[tc1]

Even wattage settings might need changed from atomizer to atomizer ... juice to juice.

For instance ... my mini novas do not operate at the same wattage as my genesis attys. However, the change is generally slight and usually only requiries 1 or 2 "clicks" up or down.

Variable wattage is the cruise control of vaping.

 

[Faylool]

Ha ha cruise control of vaping. Yes. I prefer it muself

 

[Trick]

What Holmes said. In theory, variable wattage just bumps the voltage up or down to adjust for changes in resistance (how many ohms your atomizer has) to provide consistency across different atomizers.

In practice, I find it of limited usefulness. Personally, I adjust voltage based on other factors as well, like the juice I'm vaping at the time, and whether I'm looking for flavor, throat hit, mellowness, or whatever, so even with variable wattage I'm still finding I need to adjust things just as often as I would without it.

Some people love variable wattage and think it's the best thing since sliced bread. I could take it or leave it; it doesn't really give me anything that variable voltage didn't give me already.

 

[Adam the Aussie]

I'll admit I'm a bit of a variable wattage fan boy, find it a better option for me. You still need to make adjustments, but you're always very close to your preferred power, regardless of what you screw on. Most of the variable wattage mods allow you to make 0.5 watt adjustments, this is fine for me, but I've seen people complain this doesn't allow them to dial in to their exact sweet spot. If you notice a big difference between 4.1 and 4.2 volts, maybe stick with variable voltage, but otherwise, there's no down side to variable wattage.

From my experience reading these forums, most ProVari owners don't think variable wattage if necessary, nearly everyone else loves it.

 

[apuck]

Ok, that makes things a little clearer. Now, what is considered an average (I know that this is a bit subjective) range setting for wattage for say a 2.0 ohm atty?

 

[tc1]

Ok, that makes things a little clearer. Now, what is considered an average (I know that this is a bit subjective) range setting for wattage for say a 2.0 ohm atty?

Depends on the persons sensitivity to vapor and taste. Some vape at 6-7 watts while the majority are probably around 8-10. Of course there are those who vape even higher.

Your best bet is to start around 6 watts and work your way up until it becomes harsh/dry then back off until everything is great.

 

[mightymen]

Ok, that makes things a little clearer. Now, what is considered an average (I know that this is a bit subjective) range setting for wattage for say a 2.0 ohm atty?

What ever you like as long as you do not pop coils or burn your wicks.

 

[Thrasher]

From my experience reading these forums, most ProVari owners don't think variable wattage if necessary, nearly everyone else loves it.

and you forgot all the people who tried it, saw it wasnt all that for their situation and bought a provari anyways.


if you only use one or two devices its the same thing in the end, screw it on, a small tweak and forget it.
if you use a lot of devices or cant remember to turn the voltage down when switching it works great.

 

[kiwivap]

and you forgot all the people who tried it, saw it wasnt all that for their situation and bought a provari anyways.

I've not seen a great many of those Thrasher. And I think one reason is that most variable wattage devices come with variable voltage as well - so either one can be used.

For myself, I prefer variable wattage over variable voltage because I can switch from one accessory to another and stay at the same watts. Or I can adjust watts and not worry about calculating whether the volts are ok with the ohms - the device adjusts the volts automatically to the right level.

I can also adjust watts with different juices, and again not worry about volts and ohms being mismatched since it adjusts the volts automatically. Since I have a lot of different juices this works well for me. Sometimes I just change the watts with the same juice - depending whether I want it a little cooler, or I feel like getting the warmer taste. I like some juices at more than one temperature. So I adjust the watts, which is the power, with a simple click or two and vape.