VERSION 2.5 Vision ViVi Nova Is IN STOCK Now, VIVI NOVA Review Thread

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Apologies in advance, I haven't read through much of the thread, but is it generally known that you need to use a much lower voltage on these than you would on a carto of the same resistance? Even the 2.8ohm head needs low voltage for me, normally on a 2.8 or so carto I would run 4.5-5v, seems on this if I use more than 3.6-3.7v I get dry/burnt taste pretty quickly. Is this normal or do I need to fiddle with something, lol?
 

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Apologies in advance, I haven't read through much of the thread, but is it generally known that you need to use a much lower voltage on these than you would on a carto of the same resistance? Even the 2.8ohm head needs low voltage for me, normally on a 2.8 or so carto I would run 4.5-5v, seems on this if I use more than 3.6-3.7v I get dry/burnt taste pretty quickly. Is this normal or do I need to fiddle with something, lol?

I normally vape mine at between 6-8w... On a 2.8 ohm head that would put it somewhere between 4-4.7v... I use a Kick ( which is why I mentioned wattage earlier ) ... On a device that uses pulse width modulation ( PWM ), it would require a lower setting since they pulse the voltage from their lowest setting voltage to their highest and the voltage they display is just an average of those two numbers...

Of course there is another attribute that comes into play... the juice. Some juices can stand higher voltage settings than others without tasting "burnt". In short, there are several factors that come into play... the type of output of the PV ( straight voltage vs pulsed ), the coil itself as well as the juice being vaped.

On the Vivi's and most of the Vision products... they vape about like other coils to me so I think of them as "standard" as far as voltage/wattage goes. The E1 Reload and the Phoenix products seem to like lower voltages... so I vape them at lower voltage/wattage settings.
 

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Sandy.......I have several heads that I rotate around on my one vivi, so I usually rinse it really well under running tap water and put it in a bowl that is lined with paper towel that I always have sitting near the sink. Later when it's dry, I'll dry burn in about 4 second bursts til the coil glows really well several times and I can see each coil glowing. Then I rinse it well again, to get off any gunk from the dry burn, put it back on the vivi while still wet (if that's the one I want to use at that point) and fill it up. Does it taste burnt after you dry burn? I usually dry burn after about 3 tanks. Mine have lasted easily a couple months, and still going.

Yes it does taste burnt before and after I dry burn. Perhaps I need to do it several times, like you do. I only do it twice, and don't rinse it again. I'll try your method, thanks
 

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Next you'll probably be saying you should do an oil change on your car every 10,000 miles.:)

Ohhhh, Noooo Wally....every 3,000....
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Yes it does taste burnt before and after I dry burn. Perhaps I need to do it several times, like you do. I only do it twice, and don't rinse it again. I'll try your method, thanks

Rinsing after dry burning is really important for me, personally - I'm very sensitive to burnt taste, and if I don't rinse, I get this ashy, icky flavor. Brrrrg. :)
 

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Same here briar. I did one that I dry burned, and it only took like 2 dry burns to see the coils glowing, so I thought....meh, no need to rinse this one, nothing burned off of it. Wow was I wrong! lol

also Sandy, make sure that even once you see the coils glowing, if there is any smoke or smell coming off, keep doing it til there isn't any. The ce3 bc's you can only do in 2 second bursts, but I do about 4 second bursts with these since they're like the stardust heads.
 

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briar is correct, you must rinse after the dry burn. I was missing this step for a while and dry burning never worked for me either. After i started rinsing, its been working for me. When you dry burn, your burning off all the gunk on the coil which leaves a burnt ash on the coil. If there is enough gunk you'll see a grey ash on the coil. You want to rinse that off thoroughly or its all you will taste.
 

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Rinsing after dry burning is really important for me, personally - I'm very sensitive to burnt taste, and if I don't rinse, I get this ashy, icky flavor. Brrrrg. :)

What do I know... I also reheat and drink day old coffee ( when I didn't drink the whole pot the previous day ) and eat cold pizza... :D
 
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