VW: truly set it and forget it?

[crawler65]

Just wondering if all the VW mods are an automatically adjusting system? Or do you have to re set your wattage if you change the ohms by a large amount? (IE: go from a 1.5 ohm to a 4 ohm carto)

I'm finding that for my vaping tastes it's all about the wattage, 6-7W is what I like. Any thing above or below that and it's just not doing it for me. So an automatic PV just seems to good to be true LOL!

 

[Dougiestyle]

I built my VW bottomfeeder specifically for the ability to use rebuildable coils. I generally don't know what resistance my coil is. I'm sure it's within spec of my DNA and the adjustment is set. I adjust for flavor, depending on the type of juice I have loaded. Heat remains the same once it's set. Vapor production can suffer if the juice is a coil-gunker-upper. In that case I have to be sure to do a dry-burn and clean the coil. Once that's done it's back to vapin like a boss.

 

[kiwivap]

Just wondering if all the VW mods are an automatically adjusting system? Or do you have to re set your wattage if you change the ohms by a large amount? (IE: go from a 1.5 ohm to a 4 ohm carto)

I'm finding that for my vaping tastes it's all about the wattage, 6-7W is what I like. Any thing above or below that and it's just not doing it for me. So an automatic PV just seems to good to be true LOL!

The short answer is yes - if you have a juice and like vaping it at say, 7 watts, then the pv will reads the ohms of your attachment and then automatically adjust the volts to give you 7 watts.
Its also variable wattage - because obviously not every single juice is going to taste how you best like it at 7 watts - so you can change it.
I have different variable wattage pvs and this is what I like about them - I change the attachment and keep vaping at the same watts for the same juice. I don't generally go from 1.5 ohms all the way to 4 ohms - but you could.
For you, knowing you like to vape at 6-7 watts, vw would keep you at the watts you set, and when you change to a different juice you might click up or down 1 watt.

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

+ 1. Certainly closer to set and forget than without variable wattage. Still we must adjust to taste whether vv or vw, but frequent juice changes and/or topper changes is a little easier with vw. The most important part of the vw device is the Ohm's meter. I can get the right power with either vv/vw, or both, in any case, but having a multimeter built in is the most useful part to me. Read my signature. I'm a fan of vw. The display on the eVic that displays both voltage and wattage, battery life and resistance is really excellent. Wish they weren't so delicate. My ultimate vw device may be the SvoeMesto Semovar with the Nivel chip. Bit hard to get now and pricey if I buy from Europe (VAT tax). I love the new iTaste 3.0 because of vw, display, +/-, Ohms, etc., now replacing all my other stick batteries. Anyway, just my musings/ramblings on the subject. Welcome, good luck, thanks for sharing, Power Up and Vape On!

 

[crawler65]

Thanks! I have noticed that different juices work better at different watts, and I am just doing the math and checking ohms on my carto/tanks now to get what I need. Sounds like it's time to buy/build a VW mod now. Oh the time it will save me

 

[Boiler]

I suspect folks change their wattage as much as they changed their voltage. People are finicky that way. I don't see one as better than the other.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Like others have said, change in delivery device using same juice, watt adjustments are rare.
Change in juice, watt adjustments range from common to necessary.

Set it and forget it, not for people that like to vape a variety of juices (flavors/pg/vg ratio).

 

[kiwivap]

I suspect folks change their wattage as much as they changed their voltage. People are finicky that way. I don't see one as better than the other.

Well you suspect wrong for me and many others who have said they use it. I'm not finicky at all. Sounds like you haven't actually used it so don't know practically what its like.

 

[kiwivap]

Like others have said, change in delivery device using same juice, watt adjustments are rare.
Change in juice, watt adjustments range from common to necessary.

Set it and forget it, not for people that like to vape a variety of flavors.

I go through periods of trying a lot of flavors, and periods of concentrating on a few - either way I still prefer vw over vv myself. I really do find it more convenient - and I have a number of pvs that have both options.

 

[Boiler]

Well you suspect wrong for me and many others who have said they use it. I'm not finicky at all. Sounds like you haven't actually used it so don't know practically what its like.

You're right, but in your earlier post you mentioned that you change your wattage depending on your juice, so I think I have sufficient cause for my suspicions.

 

[kiwivap]

You're right, but in your earlier post you mentioned that you change your wattage depending on your juice, so I think I have sufficient cause for my suspicions.

You don't have any cause for suspicion - and that sort of comment sounds too much like trolling. Which I hope is not what you are doing. Of course I sometimes change the watts - that was the point - its variable, you can change it. But that is not being finicky, and I often get the benefit of "set and forget". The OP was asking how this works. People who use it are able to say. You obviously don't use vw, so are just interjecting your opinions here. You don't know how I vape and you don't know what you are talking about here. In a nutshell.

 

[ziggytrix]

I change flavors and tank units constantly so I love VW. I set mine anywhere from 6-8W, but it's more dependant on the juice than the atty/cart/whatver, except I've got a RDA that I sometimes crank way up cuz for some reason it doesn't seem to give that burnt juice flavor like everything else does above 8W.

But if it were VV I would have to be even more fiddly with it, so to reiterate I love VW.

 

[zg444]

I find that I like to fiddle with my VW depending on what delivery and juice is. Some I've zero'ed in on, some I haven't.. Point is.. Knock Yourself out and enjoy finding out what works best for you. Do I want a thick warm hit, or a light flavor hit? Click, Click. Ahh.. Z

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

+ 1. Certainly closer to set and forget than without variable wattage. Still we must adjust to taste whether vv or vw, but frequent juice changes and/or topper changes is a little easier with vw. The most important part of the vw device is the Ohm's meter. I can get the right power with either vv/vw, or both, in any case, but having a multimeter built in is the most useful part to me. Read my signature. I'm a fan of vw. The display on the eVic that displays both voltage and wattage, battery life and resistance is really excellent. Wish they weren't so delicate. My ultimate vw device may be the SvoeMesto Semovar with the Nivel chip. Bit hard to get now and pricey if I buy from Europe (VAT tax). I love the new iTaste 3.0 because of vw, display, +/-, Ohms, etc., now replacing all my other stick batteries. Anyway, just my musings/ramblings on the subject. Welcome, good luck, thanks for sharing, Power Up and Vape On!

The only thing that gives me hesitation is the durability and longevity of the meter. You can buy a throwaway multimeter at Harbor Freight for less than $10, but it really is a throwaway. They're not suited for daily or heavy duty use at all and last about six months. I just wonder how long the circuitry in the VW devices will hold up under the near constant use of vaping.

 

[Boiler]

You don't have any cause for suspicion - and that sort of comment sounds too much like trolling. Which I hope is not what you are doing. Of course I sometimes change the watts - that was the point - its variable, you can change it. But that is not being finicky, and I often get the benefit of "set and forget". The OP was asking how this works. People who use it are able to say. You obviously don't use vw, so are just interjecting your opinions here. You don't know how I vape and you don't know what you are talking about here. In a nutshell.

I guess I just don't see how adjusting the wattage is any different than adjusting the volts. Makes no sense to me - but I'm happy to defer to experience

 

[crawler65]

For me, the difference will be no more having to check the ohms of every new coil/carto, do the math, and then adjust my volts accordingly to vape. Just screw it on and go Facilitating my laziness is the bottom line here

 

[kiwivap]

I guess I just don't see how adjusting the wattage is any different than adjusting the volts. Makes no sense to me - but I'm happy to defer to experience

Boiler I don't want a fight here, but frankly it should be possible to discuss how vw works without vv only or non-vw vapers continuously interjecting opinions and creating an argument. I'm aware its been happening on other threads. And that is what is happening here. So yes, please leave it and let those who use it comment. It is different using vw for me - its like having cruise control. And for the OP, who knows what watts he likes to vape at its a great feature to have - he can set and forget most of the time.

 

[kiwivap]

The only thing that gives me hesitation is the durability and longevity of the meter. You can buy a throwaway multimeter at Harbor Freight for less than $10, but it really is a throwaway. They're not suited for daily or heavy duty use at all and last about six months. I just wonder how long the circuitry in the VW devices will hold up under the near constant use of vaping.

Pretty good I've found. I've used on of my vv/vw pvs heavily for over 7 months and its still going strong. All of mine work well. I'm currently enjoying an Innokin SVD I got a week ago. That's a nice vv/vw mod and well made. Its had very good reviews too.

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

Pretty good I've found. I've used on of my vv/vw pvs heavily for over 7 months and its still going strong. All of mine work well. I'm currently enjoying an Innokin SVD I got a week ago. That's a nice vv/vw mod and well made. Its had very good reviews too.

That certainly sounds promising. I like the cruise control analogy, too.

Now, if the manufacturers can ever get the devices down to a form and size that doesn't resemble a tactical nuclear weapon, I'll be in the market.

 

[crawler65]

Yes, but come on! How great is it to know you HAVE a tac nuke IN YOUR POCKET