I've been mostly lurking here for the last couple of days and have read so much that my eyes started to hurt before I went to bed last night. I don't claim to have read everything that I probably should have (there is a LOT of information here!) but I've put some effort towards educating myself on this topic regardless.
I re-wrote that title a few times before I gave up and I *know* it would be easy to read it the wrong way... So let me say that I am NOT questioning whether or not people actually DO prefer the most basic of mech but rather I am curious about *how many* do and some of the reasons why? I could have titled this post "Do I really want a mech?", etc. but thought maybe that title would bring forth more of YOUR reasons why.
About me: I'm a tinkerer and I like the K.I.S.S. school of thinking (Keep It Simple, Stupid). I have spinners and I love my Vamo but I also have a lifestyle that makes running to the local B&M for a spare part, etc. difficult. Decades of working with computers has also taught me that circuit boards, like any micro electronics, eventually DO fail... even under the best of care. I like the idea that a mech is something I could take camping with me for a few days and if it stopped working for whatever reason there would be a good chance I could at least MacGyver it back into a functional device, sitting around a campfire and working with a pocket knife and a stick, if I really needed to.
Likewise I enjoy playing with wicks and coils. I buy wire in 100ft spools and have some ranging from 28 up to 34. I have many meters of 1,2 and 3mm silica and a couple of sheets of 400 & 500 SS mesh. I own an AGA-T2, a handful of various phoenix clones and a couple of smok RDAs. I'm already trying to figure out where I will store an AGI, RSST and a couple of IGO-Ls once the right deal falls into place. I recoil *everything* myself, even vivi novas and silly little stardust CE5s and clones. I LOVE my drippers.
Then I come here and I read posts by mech users that even say their expensive VV devices are collecting dust, because they like their mech mods so much better. OK, I'm a compulsive collector as well and I figure that has to fall into the equation somewhere, but is that the whole story? I read posts and watch videos of super low resistance dual coils that look like an industrial strength fog machine that fits in your pocket... OK, cool video and all but does anyone really prefer a vape like that? I read other posts by folks saying that their mech and low ohm coil is the true path to vaping enlightenment... and then I read a post by one of the same guys saying how much he loves his mech... with a *kick* in it... which makes me look fondly at the Vamo in my hand and wonder if I didn't make the right choice in the first place?
Certainly I'd like to explore lower resistance than what my vamo can handle (1.2?), especially if it's a real day-and-night kind of experience. I'd love to wrap something really fat with 28 gauge, maybe just under 1 ohm, and see if it's sponge like qualities might give me the ultimate vaping experience that I've had to date? Is it THAT good, or just some sort of fetish?
From what I understand of mechanicals isn't popping a 1.5 ohm dripper on my Vamo and running it at around 3.7-4.0 volts the same thing as popping it on a mechanical? Is there something lurking below the surface of 1.2-1.4 ohms that I'm missing? If I buy one will I eventually long for the extra features of a kick or the like and just end up going back to my Vamo (or similar) instead?
One last question, for those of you who stuck with me the whole way... I've read *many* different opinions on batteries and am still trying to get my mind wrapped around one thing... If I pickup a fuse or say something like the "shortstop", does that in effect offer the same protection as a "protected" battery? As a vamo user I have a ton of panasonic CGR's, that have no electronic "protection". Do I need to really budget in a slew of protected batteries too or is a fuse/shortstop enough?
Thanks in advance.
I re-wrote that title a few times before I gave up and I *know* it would be easy to read it the wrong way... So let me say that I am NOT questioning whether or not people actually DO prefer the most basic of mech but rather I am curious about *how many* do and some of the reasons why? I could have titled this post "Do I really want a mech?", etc. but thought maybe that title would bring forth more of YOUR reasons why.
About me: I'm a tinkerer and I like the K.I.S.S. school of thinking (Keep It Simple, Stupid). I have spinners and I love my Vamo but I also have a lifestyle that makes running to the local B&M for a spare part, etc. difficult. Decades of working with computers has also taught me that circuit boards, like any micro electronics, eventually DO fail... even under the best of care. I like the idea that a mech is something I could take camping with me for a few days and if it stopped working for whatever reason there would be a good chance I could at least MacGyver it back into a functional device, sitting around a campfire and working with a pocket knife and a stick, if I really needed to.
Likewise I enjoy playing with wicks and coils. I buy wire in 100ft spools and have some ranging from 28 up to 34. I have many meters of 1,2 and 3mm silica and a couple of sheets of 400 & 500 SS mesh. I own an AGA-T2, a handful of various phoenix clones and a couple of smok RDAs. I'm already trying to figure out where I will store an AGI, RSST and a couple of IGO-Ls once the right deal falls into place. I recoil *everything* myself, even vivi novas and silly little stardust CE5s and clones. I LOVE my drippers.
Then I come here and I read posts by mech users that even say their expensive VV devices are collecting dust, because they like their mech mods so much better. OK, I'm a compulsive collector as well and I figure that has to fall into the equation somewhere, but is that the whole story? I read posts and watch videos of super low resistance dual coils that look like an industrial strength fog machine that fits in your pocket... OK, cool video and all but does anyone really prefer a vape like that? I read other posts by folks saying that their mech and low ohm coil is the true path to vaping enlightenment... and then I read a post by one of the same guys saying how much he loves his mech... with a *kick* in it... which makes me look fondly at the Vamo in my hand and wonder if I didn't make the right choice in the first place?
Certainly I'd like to explore lower resistance than what my vamo can handle (1.2?), especially if it's a real day-and-night kind of experience. I'd love to wrap something really fat with 28 gauge, maybe just under 1 ohm, and see if it's sponge like qualities might give me the ultimate vaping experience that I've had to date? Is it THAT good, or just some sort of fetish?
From what I understand of mechanicals isn't popping a 1.5 ohm dripper on my Vamo and running it at around 3.7-4.0 volts the same thing as popping it on a mechanical? Is there something lurking below the surface of 1.2-1.4 ohms that I'm missing? If I buy one will I eventually long for the extra features of a kick or the like and just end up going back to my Vamo (or similar) instead?
One last question, for those of you who stuck with me the whole way... I've read *many* different opinions on batteries and am still trying to get my mind wrapped around one thing... If I pickup a fuse or say something like the "shortstop", does that in effect offer the same protection as a "protected" battery? As a vamo user I have a ton of panasonic CGR's, that have no electronic "protection". Do I need to really budget in a slew of protected batteries too or is a fuse/shortstop enough?
Thanks in advance.
