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The Ocelot

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I've heard that Unicorn vomit is really good from mymadeupvaporstore Ocey...

I just got some Unicorn CSI from heatherandalicearespecialfriends.com, how long should I let it decompose steep?

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Resistance isn't inherently meaningful, it's all about the build of the coil and the atomizer. No one variable can fully describe what any given setup does. The infamous resistance chart should be thrown out or heavily revised because some of the statements on it are just false and it does not reflect our current understanding of atomizers and devices.

For the OP, I bet those are voltage numbers. Pretty much nothing will burn at 5.5 watts in the vaping world.

Sure but that 7 watts does in your atty totally depends on the atty.

I have to, respectively, disagree. With vaping EVERYTHING is subjective! I like juice "A" it tastes like this and finishes with a hint of that. You try it and get none of those flavor's, you and I taste things differently.
I constantly hear people rave about sub ohm coils, I've tried it, it tastes like burnt .... to me, but I can't say they are wrong, they like what they like.
I like 8 watts, my buddy likes 8 watts, his girlfriend likes 5.5 watts, same juice, same delivery, who's wrong?
In the end, nobody! I like it how I like it, you like it how you like it, the OP likes it their way, no biggie!
As I stated earlier, it's great we have these choices so everyone can find what they like now! Back when I started out there was no such thing as VV, VW, RBA's and if you got really lucky, your favorite vender had 2 ohm cartomizers so you didn't have to modify the ones you could get at the time!
 

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I have to, respectively, disagree. With vaping EVERYTHING is subjective! I like juice "A" it tastes like this and finishes with a hint of that. You try it and get none of those flavor's, you and I taste things differently.
I constantly hear people rave about sub ohm coils, I've tried it, it tastes like burnt .... to me, but I can't say they are wrong, they like what they like.
I like 8 watts, my buddy likes 8 watts, his girlfriend likes 5.5 watts, same juice, same delivery, who's wrong?
In the end, nobody! I like it how I like it, you like it how you like it, the OP likes it their way, no biggie!
As I stated earlier, it's great we have these choices so everyone can find what they like now! Back when I started out there was no such thing as VV, VW, RBA's and if you got really lucky, your favorite vender had 2 ohm cartomizers so you didn't have to modify the ones you could get at the time!

What are you disagreeing with? Nothing you said in any way contradicts anything I said.

But I will say that if your subohm setup tasted like burnt anything, you did it wrong. And that includes everything up to nic rate selection.
 

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What are you disagreeing with? Nothing you said in any way contradicts anything I said.

But I will say that if your subohm setup tasted like burnt anything, you did it wrong. And that includes everything up to nic rate selection.

Saying that anything at 5.5 watts can taste burnt, my buddy's girlfriend will eagerly disagree! (Don't argue with her, trust me!)
As for me, I vape 36mg when I can get it, 24 when I can't.
 

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Saying that anything at 5.5 watts can taste burnt, my buddy's girlfriend will eagerly disagree! (Don't argue with her, trust me!)
As for me, I vape 36mg when I can get it, 24 when I can't.

Again I didn't say nothing will taste burnt at that wattage, just that very little does. If we took a survey we would find people burning anything at 5.5w to be an extreme minority. That's a 3 ohm carto on a fresh battery.

If you subohmed with 36 or 24, you way overnic'd. A properly functioning subohm atomizer will produce huge vapor volume, so they require far less nicotine rate to deliver similar effects to a lower volume device.
 

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What are you disagreeing with? Nothing you said in any way contradicts anything I said.

But I will say that if your subohm setup tasted like burnt anything, you did it wrong. And that includes everything up to nic rate selection.

Golly gosh, you're amiable. Does your statement apply only to sub-ohm or is everything wrong whenever one gets a burnt taste?
 

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Well the "implication" was there, we'll just have to agree to disagree on that.
As for the OD'ing, lets just say pain does a lot to ones body after a while! I wish I could find a regular source with decent juice well over 36mg!

You don't need to justify your choices. ;)
 

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Golly gosh, you're amiable. Does your statement apply only to sub-ohm or is everything wrong whenever one gets a burnt taste?

A burnt taste represents a failure somewhere in the system, yes. However it is a common misconception about subohm that it involves overpowering and therefore must taste burnt. That is not true.

Well the "implication" was there, we'll just have to agree to disagree on that.
As for the OD'ing, lets just say pain does a lot to ones body after a while! I wish I could find a regular source with decent juice well over 36mg!

If you cannot find a source for a high enough nicotine level for your current setup, increasing vapor volume is one solution. However with proper subohm you are increasing volume 2,3,4 maybe even many more times than that, so many find that with the same nic level they were using before, throat hit is too heavy and nic absorption too high. You may find that even if you lower nic rate to be able to tolerate heavy vapor clouds, you end up with more total nic absorbed.
 
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A burnt taste represents a failure somewhere in the system, yes. However it is a common misconception about subohm that it involves overpowering and therefore must taste burnt. That is not true.

I believe there are so many factors in burnt taste it is hard to pin it on any one thing or to have hard rules for things like wattage, particularly something as unreliable as VW...


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A burnt taste represents a failure somewhere in the system, yes. However it is a common misconception about subohm that it involves overpowering and therefore must taste burnt. That is not true.

I think "failure" is a rather strong word, since despite my hope that you meant an equipment failure, the word is often perceived as a personal shortcoming. In case you have forgotten, it is very stressful for people to quit smoking. Many have tried to quit and failed in the past and aren't confident vaping will work either. Any hint of failure might make some people give up. I'm not suggesting you censor yourself, but a little decorum might be called for. And what does sub-ohm have to do with the OP?
 
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I think "failure" is a rather strong word, since despite my hope that you meant an equipment failure, the word is often perceived as a personal shortcoming. In case you have forgotten, it is very stressful for people to quit smoking. Many have tried to quit and failed in the past and aren't confident vaping will work either. Any hint of failure might make some people give up.

You're being foolish, stop. This has nothing to do with anything.

I'm not suggesting you censor yourself, but a little decorum might be called for. And what does sub-ohm have to do with the OP?

You might ask the guy who brought it up.
 

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You should not even worry about what everyone is vaping at. What ever wattege works best for you, go for it. I vape from 4 watts to 12 watts. It depends what the coil ohms are and the make up of the juice what wattage I might use and most importantly to me, what tastes the best. Also, whether using an RDA (hi watts), RBA (low watts)or clearos (medium) makes a difference. Finally, some people like a very warm vape other not so much. So don't worry about it, use what tastes best to you.
 

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You're being foolish, stop. This has nothing to do with anything.

You might ask the guy who brought it up.

Perhaps you might have ignored the guy who brought it up and focused on the OP. I have a feeling a sub-ohm debate may have been a bit more than what to OP was curious about, otherwise he might have posted in the RBA sub-forum.

I'll see your foolish and raise you an irrelevant.

ETA: Oh oops. I forgot a smiley again. ;)
 
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