VW question

[Hijack]

Golf GTi or Beetle cabriolet?


No not that question. I have been using a protank 2 mini on my little eGo and an iClear 30s in my VTR. When I use the iclear I have VW set to 8.5W. Just tonight I thought I would try my protank mini on my VTR using the adapter to see what it was like. so I just swapped them over and had a vape. On the 3rd vape I thought 'This is tasting like its burning to me'. Only I thought using VW was supposed to enable you to just swap clearo's over without worrying about the settings? My protank 2 mini is reading 2.6 Ohm and the iClear30s is reading 2.1 Ohm but as I was in VW mode isn't it supposed to adjust the voltage to compensate. Found the protank flavour was compairable to the iclear when I turned it down to 6.0W just not as much vapour was produced.

Why do you think that is?

 

[The Ocelot]

That is what people say about VW, but in reality, unless you like all of your juices in all of your devices at the same temperature, you will be fine tuning it as much as VV.

ETA: I vape the same juice in one device at roughly 9-10 watts and it another at roughly 7-8 watts. Juices can taste different in different devices. Ultimately, one vapes for taste, not by numbers.

 

[Weizenheimer]

I think it is the fact that protank 2s seem to taste burnt at higher wattages (not that 8.5 is high by any means). At least with stock or nearly stock coils. When I used them I was vaping them around 6 watts also. Much higher started to taste burnt.

 

[Mrs C]

Just the difference in the type of coil and your taste buds. Fwiw I run my pt2's and minis on 6-8w depending on the juice.

 

[Hijack]

Ultimately, one vapes for taste, not by numbers.

I agree, I was just a bit mystified by all I had heard and read about not needing to change settings when you change tanks.

 

[The Ocelot]

I agree, I was just a bit mystified by all I had heard and read about not need to change settings when you change tanks.

Voltage measures the pressure, or FORCE, of electricity; Wattage is a measure of the amount of use, or WORK, that can be produced. It is dependent on voltage, resistance and amperage.

There is no such thing as "variable wattage" in electronics, it is a slang term for a type of variable power device. With VV you set the voltage to produce the wattage you want, in VW you set the wattage you want and the device adjusts the voltage, in relation to the resistance, to produce it. They are two methods to get to the same place, but the end cannot create the beginning. As I posted before, unless you like every juice, in every topper, at the same wattage all the time, you will be adjusting VW as much as VV.

It's the Law

Note to new vapers:
1) More math is required to use a mechanical device than a variable voltage device.
2) After you use the same set-ups for awhile, they pretty much all become set it and forget it, since you will know what you like.

 

[trentstephens91]

i would just adjust the wattage or voltage for each tank and juice i use to make it the way i like it

 

[itskohler]

Neither, gli.

Sent from my GS5.

 

[Hijack]

i would just adjust the wattage or voltage for each tank and juice i use to make it the way i like it

That's what I did I just turned it down and it was ok. I don't know why reviewers and the like do these tutorials on the benefits of VW over VV by saying, 'Just change to a different tank and You wont need to fiddle around with the volts because using wattage mode will ultimately do the math for you and produce the same sort of vape you had on the last tank'. I understand the relationship between resistance,voltage and power, and I don't mind using either VV or VW both are easy enough to do. I just think that well know reviewers and the like should say 'Your less likely to blow out a coil when changing tanks around using VW'. Instead for using the 'youll get the same vaping experience when changing tanks around.'.

 

[mkbilbo]

I agree, I was just a bit mystified by all I had heard and read about not needing to change settings when you change tanks.

Eh... yes and no. I find it to mean less twiddling and more consistency across the inevitable variance of coils (seriously, the tolerance for a consumer coil head isn't exactly NASA level ya know? ). But changing to a wholly different tank and/or juice, you have to expect some fiddling...

 

[dice57]

All attys aren't built equally, not all can handle the same watts. I usually set my regulated mods at maximum watts, so start everything a 30, but do tend to dial it down to 25 sometimes. Depends on the juice, build, wicking and air supply. No matter how one gets there, we all tend to dial it in by taste. Well, sometimes at least. lol

 

[DrByteh]

I found this also. The smaller tank/dripper require less wattage than the larger ones.

 

[dice57]

I found this also. The smaller tank/dripper require less wattage than the larger ones.

umm, yeah, no. One of my smaller tanks and drippers can handle much, much higher watts than some of my large tanks. All depends on the architecture of the rba, wicking and breathing potential, builds, and of course your building skills, and mods.