Where do you stand on power?

[Chas F.]

When I first started vaping I always tried to hit the highest power without getting a dry hit. (After all, isn't what the guys in the videos do to get that great flavor/vapor production?) I even went so far as to modify my coil/wick builds so that I could drive up the power and still feed it enough juice.

Recently though, I find that for some juices lower power is where the flavor sweet spot is.

So, do you run your power on the high side?

Or do you play with it to hit the flavor sweet spot?

Edit: What ohm do you run your coils at and why?

 

[SissySpike]

So many factors to consider. Its really just preference but I do the same sometime use a 5 or 6 ohm coil so I can crank up the voltage. Sometimes it just feels good to do it.

 

[Myrany]

Well these days I mostly use mechs so its a bit different.

When I do use a variable device I go by taste. Start low and keep cranking it up till the taste goes slightly off then back down a tad and vape at that. Varys alot between one topper and another and one juice and another.

 

[Sucker_dad]

I typically run it full bore but have recently received my first mech so now I am experimenting in different coil builds to find what I like. I built a .4 ohm earlier and my battery was just fine. I have 30 amp mnke batts I just didn't like the taste at thatlow resistance, Iwill say though it may have been the style of coil I was trying. Either way I will not do a nano coil like that again.

 

[grandmato5]

My Zmax mini has been set on 6 watts for almost two months now and I'm happy

I've played the game of higher and lower and I'm sure at some point I'll change to a different wattage but right now I like simple so sticking with one wattage works for me

 

[serenity21899]

I am typically around 6 or 7 watts. It varies a bit with different juice. I don't subohm, nor do I want to.

 

[Colleen T]

I take whatever ohm coil I am using and double it and then go up or down from there to find that sweet spot. I am between 4 and 4.2 volts most of the time.

 

[rdwilliamson]

Same here. 6 to 8 watts. Sometimes on my drippers I might crank it up.

 

[GoodNews!]

I was using a 3.5ohm Cisco at 4.1V's, and while it was working (it gunked up fast) it was giving me the deepest, juiciest, cleanest flavor I have ever experienced from an atomizer. I could tell by the taste that it probably needed to be a 3.0 or 3.2 to really help prevent the gunking (as tasting the lower notes and higher notes are a good sign that everything is vaporizing right where it needs to be, and I was only getting predominantly the extremely low, juicy notes of the juices), but when I get an RDA soon, I'm going to be testing high ohm coils out the wazoo.

I'm just not so sure that all of these sub-ohm coils are really giving a full flavor. Sure, they may stay wet enough to still give strong flavor, but if the flavor is still weak, like, say a cotton candy version of the vape, or just a standard flavor instead of the complexities and moist notes that most juices have to offer, I say that lower power could really bring some of the complexities out. It'll be an experiment though, so who knows, I may find that really low ohms are best for that, maybe really high ohms, maybe it has more to do with air flow or just how fast the wick can pull in juice. I really hope to find the sweet spots because I really am a flavor guy, I want to taste vapor that I can really study and find all sorts of things in. It's not a requirement, the only requirement of mine in vapor whatsoever is a "clean" taste, but magical flavor is really that one "sub-ohm"-like thing for me, it's what I'll be tinkering to get.

 

[edyle]

When I first started vaping I always tried to hit the highest power without getting a dry hit. (After all, isn't what the guys in the videos do to get that great flavor/vapor production?) I even went so far as to modify my coil/wick builds so that I could drive up the power and still feed it enough juice.

Recently though, I find that for some juices lower power is where the flavor sweet spot is.

So, do you run your power on the high side?

Or do you play with it to hit the flavor sweet spot?

First of all I have only been off cigs for months, not years don't have great equipment.

In terms of high power, I early on found that raising voltage tended to cause burning taste and so erred more on the side of caution, and tend to use lower power.

Instead of playing with power, I top up with VG or water (water until I can get a good source of PG); If I get my VG burning I dilute with some water, or maybe with some of my purchased bottles of eliquid. If its not foggy enough for me I add some VG. I use the minimum voltage on my vv-usb-minipassthroughs - just measured one at 3.2V. The coil I'm using right now on one tank is measureing 2.2 ohm (surprisingly; usually I get 1.8 ohm; I have different batches though, and I dont measure each time I change one).

 

[Stosh]

I've always adjusted for best taste regardless of numbers. Changing a coil on a topper even if it's the same ohms changes the best power to taste setting for me. Changing to a different style topper will always prompt a power change for taste, as will a change in ohms of the coil.....

 

[stumpfreeman]

I've just recently discovered exactly what your addressing here. I now modify my coil or device to fit the juice profile. A lot of juices taste great in my Kayfuns with a mechanical. But more subtle flavors do much better in a regulated device with a clearo so you can fine tune the power.

 

[Chas F.]

I've updated my original question to include coil resistance, thanks GoodNews!

I run my coils from 1.4 - 2.0.

Jeez Buzzlove, why build a coil so high? Are there any advantages?

 

[Portertown]

I like for my coils have between 1.5 ohms and 2 ohms. I use Kayfun Lites and Protank2's on both mech and regulated mods.
I run my regulated mods at 7 to 11 watts and the mechanical mods work out about the same with my coils I build.
I find different juices need various amounts of heat for the best taste.

 

[crxess]

I have found my favorites work well in the 6.8-8 watt range. For the most part Oms don't matter much.
Even in my Mechanical Mods, most run a chip(Kick) to keep the Vape smooth.
If I have to take an Ego anywhere, I use 1.8ohm coils for best performance with reasonable duration of charge.

A Few of my specialty builds are 1.3-1.6ohm and I do run one Dual Coil Dripper at .85ohm.

 

[stumpfreeman]

I'm running my Kayfuns on a mech at .9-1.3 ohms depending on the juice (rich tobacco/bakery/custard flavors). And I use 1.8 ohm BDC coils in my clearos on a Vamo at about 3.7-4.3 volts depending on the juice (mellow fruit flavors),

 

[edyle]

I've updated my original question to include coil resistance, thanks GoodNews!

I run my coils from 1.4 - 2.0.

Jeez Buzzlove, why build a coil so high? Are there any advantages?

At 5 and 6 ohms that means he's got more metal surface area to contact eliquid; he could get dual coil performance with that.

 

[D. Waterhouse]

My ARO runs at 6 watts and my Igo-S at 22. It's all about wicking and airflow.

 

[Trenton J. Elkin]

I was using a 3.5ohm Cisco at 4.1V's, and while it was working (it gunked up fast) it was giving me the deepest, juiciest, cleanest flavor I have ever experienced from an atomizer. I could tell by the taste that it probably needed to be a 3.0 or 3.2 to really help prevent the gunking (as tasting the lower notes and higher notes are a good sign that everything is vaporizing right where it needs to be, and I was only getting predominantly the extremely low, juicy notes of the juices), but when I get an RDA soon, I'm going to be testing high ohm coils out the wazoo.

I'm just not so sure that all of these sub-ohm coils are really giving a full flavor. Sure, they may stay wet enough to still give strong flavor, but if the flavor is still weak, like, say a cotton candy version of the vape, or just a standard flavor instead of the complexities and moist notes that most juices have to offer, I say that lower power could really bring some of the complexities out. It'll be an experiment though, so who knows, I may find that really low ohms are best for that, maybe really high ohms, maybe it has more to do with air flow or just how fast the wick can pull in juice. I really hope to find the sweet spots because I really am a flavor guy, I want to taste vapor that I can really study and find all sorts of things in. It's not a requirement, the only requirement of mine in vapor whatsoever is a "clean" taste, but magical flavor is really that one "sub-ohm"-like thing for me, it's what I'll be tinkering to get.

I vape between 0.29-0.43 ohm. I have tried multiple builds of varying resistances and I can tell you from experience that a proper 0.4 ohm coil will bring out the flavors as they were intended to taste like. You won't wanna use a tank after dripping unless you absolutely have to lol.


Trident / Magneto
IGO-W / K101
0.29 ohm

#VapingSince-July5th2013

 

[Myrany]

I vape between 0.29-0.43 ohm. I have tried multiple builds of varying resistances and I can tell you from experience that a proper 0.4 ohm coil will bring out the flavors as they were intended to taste like. You won't wanna use a tank after dripping unless you absolutely have to lol.


Trident / Magneto
IGO-W / K101
0.29 ohm

#VapingSince-July5th2013

Seriously sub ohm for the guy you are responding to is probably not a good idea. He needs to do a ton more homework before it is even close to safe for him.