What’s up with all the high wattage settings?

[KODIAK (TM)]

I see and hear about people vaping 2.0 ohm coils at like 9 or 10 watts. These aren’t cloud chasers either. It’s like they just need that much power for throat hit and a decent vape. I can’t go above 6 or 7 watts no matter what I vape and the throat hit knocks me on my .... Nothing spectacular about the juice either. Just your standard 50/50 at 24mg.


Anyone else or am I just a vaping sissy?

 

[Killaq2188]

your 24mg adds to your throat hit. I vape on 10-12mg nic juice at .3-.5 ohms which is roughly 45 watts but feels like 24+mg nic.

 

[supertrunker]

Once upon a time the way to get a decent vape was to run "standard" resistance coils and stack batteries to get the power to the coil. But new electronics make that now possible on a single battery.

The other side of the coin is low ohm coils and high drain batteries, with the cloud chasing that can entail.

I routinely vape at anywhere between 11-25W, depending on which device i use. Your juice is high in nic for cloud-chasing, most of those guys are at 6mg or less and your coil position in relation to the airhole can also affect your TH.

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[LucentShadow]

Lowering from 24mg/ml would likely allow you to increase wattage, as long as your atty is decent.

Some prefer more vapor with less nicotine concentration.

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

I vape using various juices generally at 6 to 8 watts using 60vg/40 at 6mg nic. Occasionally as high as 10 watts with some dual coils but in every case I'm getting plenty of vapor production and flavor as that's what is most important to me.

 

[cskent]

I just checked my resistance and wattage, 1.8 ohm's and 9.5 watts. I vape 24 mg unflavored 50/50. It's set there because that's where it gives me the throat hit and vapor production I want. If 6 or 7 watts gives you what you want that's great, to each their own. Your batteries probably last longer than mine do too.

 

[twgbonehead]

It's a complicated spectrum. Juices, coils, heads, power levels all play into it.

Most of the heads I use I run at very low power levels. I up it when I'm not getting flavor.

But there are other heads that just want lots of power to get a good vape (some drippers, for example).

And some liquids that just don't vape well at lower temps.

Nothing wrong with vaping at low power. Do what works for you! The only way you could possibly be a "vaping sissy" is if you let someone else tell you how you should vape!!!

 

[Zealous]

I vape a 1.4 ohm coil & a 1.2 ohm coil and both are 8-10 watts depending on battery level. I use 18 & 24mg nic. But when I was using stock factory coils I vaped at a lower watt. I think the higher gauge wire was the reason I didn't desire to go higher watt. The TH was good enough @ the lower watt. But I will say that I like the favor better with the lower gauge wire @ a higher watt.

 

[carrielsal]

I vape at 8-11 watts. My eLiquids are 0-6mg nic, and I use 1.4ohm micro-coils with cotton wicks. Anything more than 12 watts is just too much for me.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

I dunno. Perhaps my throat hit has been easier to please since I quit analogs. I came from some pretty harsh stuff. I'd probably choke on a Marlboro uber ultra light if I light one up now.

 

[Bigflyrodder]

I bet you would...lol, but don't try it!

I have found that with certain devices cranking up the power brings out a whole new experience. Bigger or different flavor, more intense flavor or more "real" if that makes sense, deep thick vapor that delivers satisfaction, and a warmer vape all together.

I've only been vaping cig free for 2 months and when I started my 3.7v stick battery was more than enough. Once I got my first VV/VW mod I wasn't happy with anything below 4 but didn't ever really go above 4.5. Picked up my first mech mod and RBA and it was a whole new world.

Point in fact, tonight I'm vaping on my new Duke mod which have been known to run over 70watts with a sub ohm build.

Don't really know why, for me it was just a progression.

 

[Myk]

I'm convinced some people like a little smoke with their vapor.

(edit) For all those talking about their 1,000w sub-ohm builds, the OP said 2Ω not sub. Horse of a different color.
I have a dual 1Ω which is 2Ω coils that is somewhere around 20w, my normal 2Ω single coils are not. (/edit)

 

[Bigflyrodder]

Right you are but for me anyway I have to start at a much higher watt on higher ohm coils or heads to get any satisfaction (ex. PTMini2 with 1.5ohm I vape at 4.0, same tank with 2.0 I vape at probably 4.5-4.8, 3.0 I start at 5.0.

It's really all about taste. I only use the volt/watts as a guide or marker if you will.

 

[My Name Is Treetop]

If I go above around 7.5 watts I get a burned taste. VTR or 134. Nautilus 1.6 ohm coil

 

[beckdg]

i vape anywhere from 6.5 to 18 watts depending on build and equipment. i get good flavor, vapor and TH throughout the range. then again, it's very dependent on the equipment. i try to tailor my vape accordingly to match the texture/feel of fulfillment in the mouth and throat on all my equipment. never really cloud chasing, but certainly looking for a good lung/mouth fill to get a decent TH and just that feeling that everything's been filled properly.

i do not vary my nic level for any of my equipment. all is vaped at 36mg. i might call you a sissy in jest if we were close friends.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

If I go above around 7.5 watts I get a burned taste. VTR or 134. Nautilus 1.6 ohm coil

Exactly. On a Protank, 7 watts at 1.8ohms I'm frying wick. (or it smells like it). Now, a 2.5ohm Evod might take 7.5 watts but that's when my battery is about to give up the ghost.

Yes, there are a lot of variables and I know one wattage setting doesn't suit all. But 12, and 14 watts? My hair would stand up.

 

[Bigflyrodder]

Hmmm....I was talking volts. Let's see, currently vaping a .5ohm dual coil an a Scar RDA on a fresh battery which puts me at 33.62 watts and it's just peachy. Even if you build a 2ohm coil in an RDA you're still running roughly 8.5 watts on any mech mod and I haven't heard many people say they wrap their RDA coils that high. Personally I've never tried it, maybe it's great! I'll try it tomorrow, what the heck.

 

[beckdg]

what kind of equipment are you working with?

a protank with kanger built heads & original coil and wick are very limited, i'd agree. if rebuilt properly, 8 to 10 watts shouldn't be out of the question as far as performance without consequence is concerned (unless it's simply above your personal limit). though, one could certainly make a protank sing like a canary at 6 watts with the right build. even the stock heads sometimes perform decently in the lower powered range.

with a carto tank, 12 watts that some people mention, i think is severely pushing it, personally. maybe i just haven't tried their preferred brand or spec'd carto too. the ones i've tried so far really produce well at 6 watts or above.

then there's the iclear 16B for which i personally feel doesn't really sing until about 8 watts or so, but the wife rather enjoyed closer to 6.5 or 7.

if i'm rebuilding with 28 gauge kanthal and micro coils, i tend toward the upper limit of those ranges i posted. with 30 gauge, i tend closer to the 10 to 12 watt range with a tight coil. the heat just isn't there like the thinner gauges IMO. though, it tends to perform similarly and last a lot longer between builds.

maybe those specifics might clear some things up. maybe not. dunno...

 

[Myk]

Exactly. On a Protank, 7 watts at 1.8ohms I'm frying wick. (or it smells like it). Now, a 2.5ohm Evod might take 7.5 watts but that's when my battery is about to give up the ghost.

Yes, there are a lot of variables and I know one wattage setting doesn't suit all. But 12, and 14 watts? My hair would stand up.

2Ω single is my preferred coil. I had some eVic programs that do a quick 1 second burst of 10w to heat things up faster but then they drop to 7w.
I'm anywhere from 6w to 8w depending on how caked my coils are. Any more and it's burnt.

There was a tank on a Vivi-Nova of a really cakey tobacco juice that I ended up at 12w but it really needed cleaned. I was heating a huge blob. Maybe people don't clean their coils.

 

[sawtoothscream]

with 24mg nic I can see why. im at 6mg

witha 2.5ohm coil I run 4.8-5.2v on the zmax and it does the job

on the mech I vape 25w , I went to a 1ohm coil today and honestly I lost alot of flavor and throat hit. Went right back to my .7ohm coil and thats where this thing is staying