Zmax settings

[jamentertainment]

So ive received my zmax and am having fun with the vari watt setting that im not used 2 yet..i have always been a vari volt vapor, so i cranked it up to 8 watts and after a couple drags i start to get a burnt carto taste, 6.5 watts seems to keep it nice as a 5 volt vape would feel on my provari..anyone else notice this? My setup is a glass tank and 3ohm boges...to the people who use vari watt what it ur watt settings??..thanks

 

[Jefferson62]

I use my darwin at 7.0 w. Any higher than 8.0 and I get that burnt taste.

 

[MikeA5]

I use my Zmax at 8 watts. I'm using a 1.8 ohm Ody rebuildable with silica wick.

 

[retird]

This may help....explain why 8 watts on Zmax is not the same as 8 watts on, say, a Darwin...

VPLive Vape Team Episode #41: "A few billion reasons..." - YouTube

 

[donnah]

I watched a zmax review video yesterday. It is one of those with PWM. I wonder if the wattage settings are higher than "normal" like the voltage setting are. What I'm saying.. if 3v feels like 3.7v.. does a setting of say, 6 watts feel like it's higher? I wish all the calibrations on all these devices were the same. Not that I'd buy one... it would just be a lot simpler.

 

[johnnymaestro]

Moved to Smoktech VV Z/V Max Sub Forum

 

[Morandir835]

5 volts on a Provari with a 3.0ohm atty/carto would be 8.3 watts. Are you using a single 18650 or two 18350 batts Jamentertainment (guessing sir)? With mine is it's set to 6.5w with single 18650 it's usually in the 7.1w range with mine, with two 18350's it's closer to 7.8w range.

 

[jamentertainment]

5 volts on a Provari with a 3.0ohm atty/carto would be 8.3 watts. Are you using a single 18650 or two 18350 batts Jamentertainment (guessing sir)? With mine is it's set to 6.5w with single 18650 it's usually in the 7.1w range with mine, with two 18350's it's closer to 7.8w range.

Using a single 18650

I hear ya, and if i put the zmax to 8.5 watts it would be burnt, ive tested a couple different cartos and my main cartos are boge 3.0's...have been using them slotted in a tank on my provari for over a year now, 6.5 watts on the smoktec " for me anyway" hits like 5 volts.....7 watts works ok but begins to taste burnt

 

[RsK0807]

From what i get from the ECD Meter vids are that some of the Chinese PWM mods (SMOKtech) have been tuned incoorectly using the V-average as the tuning point, when the V-RMS should be what they're tuning to. This resuts in higher outputs than you have set. about 1-1.2 volts higher. So when the ZMAX is doing its internal calculations in wattage mode, it's setting it to the "right" voltage, but your still getting that higher ACTUAL voltage output.
Basically, if you want to vape at 8 watts, set your ZMAX to 6 watts and work up from there...

 

[kwcharlie]

Here's a review that goes into the power difference, it's a lot farther off at the bottom watts settings than the top.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...n-here-check-here-new-alpha-products-445.html

 

[Ravenscroft]

There is some pre testing on the Aussie vapers forum by Stoney (inventor of the ECD meter).

There are differences on single and stacked. Not sure if I am allowed to link to other forums.

RC