Why high wattage?

[granolaboy]

I've been vaping for a couple weeks now with a VV mod.

It seems, as many have mentioned on the board, that 8-9 watts is the sweet spot. Some juices are tastier on the lower 8w side, and others taste better closer to 9w. If I push 10w or higher, it starts to taste burned.

This is using Protank 2 mini's with stock 1.8 or 2.2 ohm coils...I do the math on the VV to get the right wattage.

Now, I see VV mods capable of 15w, 20w, and even 30w...I'm not sure what the point is above 10w...

I guess my question is: why or in what cases would one want to vape at such high wattage?

 

[Maestro]

To get bigger clouds and more throat hit. You have to have a setup that will wick fast enough for that much wattage.

 

[lavall39]

it all depends on what you are running for coils

 

[edyle]

I've been vaping for a couple weeks now with a VV mod.

It seems, as many have mentioned on the board, that 8-9 watts is the sweet spot. Some juices are tastier on the lower 8w side, and others taste better closer to 9w. If I push 10w or higher, it starts to taste burned.

This is using Protank 2 mini's with stock 1.8 or 2.2 ohm coils...I do the math on the VV to get the right wattage.

Now, I see VV mods capable of 15w, 20w, and even 30w...I'm not sure what the point is above 10w...

I guess my question is: why or in what cases would one want to vape at such high wattage?

Short answer: dual coils.

Well you have a protank 2 mini with one 2.2 ohm coil.

If you buy a protank 3 mini with two 2.2 ohm coils of the same type as above, (that's a 1.1 ohm combined), it will require twice as much power to get up to temperature.


Longer answer:
If you make your own big coils using thick wire on a rebuildable (more space to work with) the big coil will need more power;

 

[granolaboy]

I see...so bigger coil with bigger wick will wick in more juice, so it doesn't burn.

If you buy a protank 3 mini with two 2.2 ohm coils of the same type as above, (that's a 1.1 ohm combined

Are you sure about that? If one buys a 1.5 ohm protank3 (that's the stock coils), you're telling me that will read 0.75 ohm on a multimeter? I was under the impression that the resistance of dual coils was specified as combined resistance...

 

[Dampmaskin]

It is, but you because you have two 3 Ohm coils, you will have to increase the voltage in order to get each coil as hot as you would one 1.5 Ohm coil.

 

[edyle]

I see...so bigger coil with bigger wick will wick in more juice, so it doesn't burn.



Are you sure about that? If one buys a 1.5 ohm protank3 (that's the stock coils), you're telling me that will read 0.75 ohm on a multimeter? I was under the impression that the resistance of dual coils was specified as combined resistance...

A 1.5 ohm dual coil on a protank3 contains two 3 ohm coils inside.

 

[slappy3139]

To get bigger clouds and more throat hit. You have to have a setup that will wick fast enough for that much wattage.

To handle those high wattages, it takes rebuildables with larger coils than you will find in any stock atty, and the reason we do that is for enhanced flavor and vapor.

 

[slappy3139]

Meant to quote OP

 

[slappy3139]

I see...so bigger coil with bigger wick will wick in more juice, so it doesn't burn.



Are you sure about that? If one buys a 1.5 ohm protank3 (that's the stock coils), you're telling me that will read 0.75 ohm on a multimeter? I was under the impression that the resistance of dual coils was specified as combined resistance...

All multiple coil builds are attached in a parallel circuit, this has the effect of lowering the overall resistance of the cirucuit. 2 3ohm coils in a parallel circuit will indeed give you a total circuit resistance of 1.5 ohms

 

[zoiDman]

I've been vaping for a couple weeks now with a VV mod.

It seems, as many have mentioned on the board, that 8-9 watts is the sweet spot. Some juices are tastier on the lower 8w side, and others taste better closer to 9w. If I push 10w or higher, it starts to taste burned.

This is using Protank 2 mini's with stock 1.8 or 2.2 ohm coils...I do the math on the VV to get the right wattage.

Now, I see VV mods capable of 15w, 20w, and even 30w...I'm not sure what the point is above 10w...

I guess my question is: why or in what cases would one want to vape at such high wattage?

There Really Isn't any one "Magic Watts" that Everyone Likes. And there is a Lot More that goes into what a Hit Tastes like that the Mathematical Derivation of Ohms Law.

And, of Course, there is Always going to be a Small group of People who do One-Ups-Manship. So if someone says that 15W is Good, someone else will say 20W is Better. And so on and so for. I think the Highest I have seen is 110W. Sounds more like a Light Bulb than a Coil. LOL

The Long and the Short of it is Do/Use what You Like.

 

[granolaboy]

Thanks guys, it all makes more sense to me now

 

[edyle]

More watts = more fog

 

[skimmer02]

I think I saw Fasttech had a clone on that device.

 

[zoiDman]

I think I saw Fasttech had a clone on that device.

And it has Free Shipping.

 

[catlady60]

More watts = more fog

If the guy put AiV Cheshire Catnip, 0mg nic, in the fog machine, he'd be sure to drive the cat crazy.

 

[edyle]

I think I saw Fasttech had a clone on that device.

I bet the Fasttech one is an Original!

 

[Trainzz]

I just recently purchased a 30w device and I've definitely been using close to the 30 watts. Each coil has their own sweet spot for sure.

 

[Shootist]

The short answer is Resistance.

Ohms law.

If you have a 1.5 ohm coil, Single-Dual-Quad-Whatever, and you are giving it 3.6 volts that computes to 8.64 watts.
3.6V Squared divided by the resistance of the coil 1.5 = 8.64

If you are using a 1 ohm coil and you give it that same voltage that computes to 12.96 watts

If you have a .5 ohm coil, A Sub-Ohm coil, that computes to 25.92 watts.

These high wattage devices are for people that want to run low resistance coils to Sub Ohm coils. Why they want to do that I'm not sure. Is the flavor that much better? I don't know. Does a low low ohm coil produce more vapor? As far as I can tell it does. Do most people need or want that? For me no. YMMV.

 

[edyle]

The short answer is Resistance.

Ohms law.

If you have a 1.5 ohm coil, Single-Dual-Quad-Whatever, and you are giving it 3.6 volts that computes to 8.64 watts.
3.6V Squared divided by the resistance of the coil 1.5 = 8.64

If you are using a 1 ohm coil and you give it that same voltage that computes to 12.96 watts

If you have a .5 ohm coil, A Sub-Ohm coil, that computes to 25.92 watts.

These high wattage devices are for people that want to run low resistance coils to Sub Ohm coils. Why they want to do that I'm not sure. Is the flavor that much better? I don't know. Does a low low ohm coil produce more vapor? As far as I can tell it does. Do most people need or want that? For me no. YMMV.

People have been using sub ohm coils to get higher wattages not available on the more common mods.
Now with the higher wattage mods, they no longer need to restrict them selves to sub ohm coils and can instead experiment with higher ohm coils at high wattage.

Higher wattage will produce more vapor, just as turning up the heat on the stove will boil water faster;