Volts, cartomizer resistanse and milliamps?

[Skipper Lars]

Hi everyone! (Bad spelling because I'm from Denmark and my english is a bit rusty) I've had my ecig for about a month and I'm down from 20-25 cigs to 5..and I wasn't actually planning to quit smoking. But tomorrow I'll run out of analog cigs and I don't think I'll be buying anymore

SO..my question to y'all is a bit technical: What battery to use with what carto? It's a jungle out there! I'm looking to buy something with a LOT of vape+kick and it does not have to look fancy..any ideas?

VAPE ON!

Lars from Denmark (as in far-far-away)

 

[pumasforpets]

Are you on the low, medium or high end in terms of money you are willing to spend? Higher voltage tends to mean more vapor, hotter vapor and higher throat hit. You might be better off going with a variable voltage mod right away so you can find the best setting for you and save yourself money trying different devices. Provari is very popular but expensive. I've heard good things about the Volcano Lavatube which is cheaper. A Reo Grand would be a good investment. You can choose batteries for a couple different voltages and it's a feeder mod which is less fuss.

For the voltage versus ohms I'll just post what MadVapes puts on the back of their business cards.

Battery | Single Coil | Dual Coil

Slim | 2.0-3.2ohms | Not Recommended
eGo |2.0-3.2ohms | 1.5-1.7ohms
3.7v | 1.7-3.2ohms | 1.5-1.7ohms
5v | 2.5-3.2ohms | 2ohms
6v | 3.2-4.5ohms | 2.5ohms
7.4v | 4-5ohms | 3ohms

 

[artt]

Welcome to the forum. If your next purchase doesn't have to be cigarette size, you might want to consider a device that takes a 18650 battery. Combined with a low resistance atty for dripping or a carto works great. I"m using AW 2600 mah 18650 batteries and with vaping all day the large capacity allows me to use one battery all day and seldom is it depleted under 3.7 volts before I put it back on the charger.

 

[Skipper Lars]

Thanks guys. I borrowed a VV and found 4,5-5V working nicely for me. Bought a 5V mod - working great. No bells or whistles. Just Vapor. Oh, and thanks for the battery/cartomizer-overview PfP.

 

[Stef64]

First of, you should only use low resistance (less than 2.5-3 ohm) attys/cartos on high capacity batteries (more than 450 mAh).

As to matching resistance to voltage, I use the formula for Ohm's Law:

Power=(voltage * voltage) / resistance

I prefer 8.3-8.5 watts, which on a 3.7V device means I should use a carto at about 1.7 ohm.

To get a lot of "kick", you should try a 5V or VV device. A VV device would allow you to play with the different settings and get the hit you're looking for. I really like my Provari, as I can adjust the voltage to match any carto I happen to have. I also use a 5V box mod that works great with 1.5 ohm DCC.