Wattage

[scrubzz]

A noob here who is filled with dumb questions - Been trying to read all I can here so as to not ask too many questions but if I didn't ask at least some of them then nobody would know I am here lol

Have been looking at the isticks and note that the originals were 20 watts and that they now have 30 watts out and are also coming out in a 50 watts now - what are the advantages of the extra wattages?
Any negatives?

I am new to all this but am already wanting to upgrade from my evod and have read a lot of good things about the istick with a nautilus mini - from what I have read most people seem to consider this a good first upgrade

I want something that I can still get the occasional stealth vape from while at work and also want a good taste and sufficient vape from as a regular rig at home and in the car

Thanks

 

[Jwaterski]

Mostly, more watts, bigger clouds.

 

[Hitmetwice]

Welcome scrybzz, the higher (wattage) it's AMP I think battery will allow you to use a low ohm
topper(coil) it heats up faster and produces large amounts of vapour.
There are many "sub ohm" vapers nowadays. I'm sure one of them will be by soon to enlighten you further. Going low ohm can open a can of worms as far as safety is concerned and folks that do need to be well versed in the risk factors.

I was able to quit easily using a 2 ohm topper at around 7-10 watts.
So got away with using a 10 amp battery, no probs.

The need to be a cloud chaser never played on me, I found the vape too hot
and the flavour suffered too. But some folks have got it to work well for them and have quit smoking doing it so who am I to judge? If it works for you? Do it!

 

[mastatom85]

all wattage does is control how fast the coil is being heated up; so the more watts being utilized on a device the faster it will heat up the coil of the atomizer you are using. If you are not building your own coild you may want to look at a device that can handle the new cartomizers like the atlantis of kanger subtank. these are perfect devices for new vapors looking to upgrade and take the next step with their devices.

 

[scrubzz]

Thanks for the info everyone - thats the great thing about this forum - everyone is so willing to share their knowledge

 

[Susan~S]

I have the full size Nautilus with the new BVC's (bottom vertical coils) and run it on the original iStick (20 watt). With a 1.6ohm coil I can run it at around 18 watts. Both work very well together. The Nautilus won't go much higher than 18 watts before it starts to get dry hits.

I would recommend the 30 or 50 watt over the 20 watt just for the improvements eLeaf made (floating 510, stainless steel threading)

IF you would think at some point you might be interested in one of the sub ohm tanks (Aspire Atlantis, KangerTech Subohm, JoyeTech Delta II) you might be interested in looking at the iStick 50 watt. For me, the Atlantis shines at +35 watts. A few 1st look reviews are out on YouTube regarding the Delta II.

 

[LMS62]

In some cases, more watts can equal more options down the road, if you choose. For normal, everyday on the go vaping I usually run a Kayfun with a 1.5ohm coil at about 12w. While at home, just relaxing, I like to drip with a .5ohm duel coil at about 45w.

Many vapers may never want to vape above 20w, and if that works for them, great.....but if you think you may want to experiment in the near future, with dripping, duel coils, etc, it is nice to have a mod that will already accommodate that.

 

[Withdrewandi]

More watts more options basically.... Main reason for getting the newer versions 30 or 50 watt I sticks is the improvements that have been made plus a 50 watt box mod for the rumoured $60 or $50 price tag is a bargain that's going to be hard to beat

 

[scrubzz]

lol - just when I think I have it figured out ya'll give me more to think on lol

that's great tho - I like that and I understand exactly what you are saying