I use TC mode, have done for years now after first discovering it.
I've been a fan since shortly after Evolv rolled it out, and use temp-limiting roughly 80% of the time. It is especially nice with squonk devices to prevent dry hits, but my main reason is an additional layer of harm reduction, which was one of Evolv's primary reasons for developing the tech...
"Had a couple of mods once that could do it, but never bothered with it nor saw the need for it - wattage worked just fine for me!" said the Old Luddite coming out of left field as usual!
Started vaping 8 years ago using TC and still do. I started with an Evic Mini, and moved on to DNA mods with the release of Evolv's escribe.
During a day it's 50-50, I use a lot of cheap mods outdoors, indoors it's mostly dicodes in tc I use.
If I had found suitable cheap tc mods for outdoor use I would have probably been 100% tc, there is nothing that beats a smooth vape.
If I had found suitable cheap tc mods for outdoor use I would have probably been 100% tc, there is nothing that beats a smooth vape.
Like @Tor R, I'm about 50/50.
My DNA and Dicode's mods all run TC. Other regulated mods run TC under Arctic Fox. My Asmodus mods run TC very well (with a properly tweaked TCR setting). The rest of my regulated mods run in simple wattage mode.
However, I will always enjoy vaping on my mechs, squonking and dripping. My mechs see a lot of use.
My DNA and Dicode's mods all run TC. Other regulated mods run TC under Arctic Fox. My Asmodus mods run TC very well (with a properly tweaked TCR setting). The rest of my regulated mods run in simple wattage mode.
However, I will always enjoy vaping on my mechs, squonking and dripping. My mechs see a lot of use.
Seven or eight years ago it was TC on an Evic VTC Mini for me, and then I moved on to DNA mods.
That Evic VTC Mini is still going strong despite being a little beat-up with some missing paint. The display is still bright!!! It's had Arctic Fox on it ever since I found out about AF.
I never went TO it, so nope. By the time it came around, I was pretty set in my vapin' ways.
Still am.
Still am.
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I use stainless and/or kanthal coils and think they taste better (and are arguably safer) than nickel based wires. For stainless, I gave up on temp control as it was just too erratic. No TC supported for Kanthal.
I haven't really missed TC, but lots of folks get along with it perfectly. That said, the best experience I had was with the dicodes chip and their specific branded wire. Not my thing, but it was dead on all the time and never failed! Good luck on your choice. AD
I haven't really missed TC, but lots of folks get along with it perfectly. That said, the best experience I had was with the dicodes chip and their specific branded wire. Not my thing, but it was dead on all the time and never failed! Good luck on your choice. AD
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Actually I never STOPPED using Temperature control.
With the right: mod, WIRE and build IMHO it provides a superior and more consistent vaping experience over other methods.
I went from VV with Nautilus type gear to TC with RTA's in 2014. ~2019 I added TC regulated Squankers to the mix.
All but my CopperVape Mech mod use TC to vape with.
(check my profile image - all but the CopperVape use TC)
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With the right: mod, WIRE and build IMHO it provides a superior and more consistent vaping experience over other methods.
I went from VV with Nautilus type gear to TC with RTA's in 2014. ~2019 I added TC regulated Squankers to the mix.
All but my CopperVape Mech mod use TC to vape with.
(check my profile image - all but the CopperVape use TC)
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Never tried temp control but if i could set it so first 1seconds its like 100watt then it drops off after that 1second to like 70watt just to warm my coils up quickly cause of mass i can do this with TC tho?
I know it can be kind of done with Evolv DNA and YiHi chipsets, no ideas about Dicodes though as no experience with them.
But hopefully someone can answer that question.
I thought temp control was that no? Is it just how hot your coil gets forever?
YiHi you can set joules (watts), temp and then change mode from eco to powerful+.
Evolv DNA you can set watts, temperature, preheat and punch.
And yes, Dicodes has legendary TC performance but I've not a clue of all settings they have available as I've no experience using their chipsets.
Evolv DNA you can set watts, temperature, preheat and punch.
And yes, Dicodes has legendary TC performance but I've not a clue of all settings they have available as I've no experience using their chipsets.
Yes you can do EXACTLY that
For starters the Temperature you set is a LIMIT. The maximum that should not be exceeded. You can ride that limit line, like many do and I did in the beginning but no longer.
So here are definitions for each.
Watts - Maximum # of watts you're allowing the mod to put out (what you would normally use)
Temperature - Maximum temperature your mod should not exceed.
Preheat - Amount of watts to use to quickly start heating the coil (100 in your case) before ending preheat
Punch - On color mods (1-11) value or temperature TO STOP all preheat parameters
On non color mods just 1-11 TO STOP all preheat parameters.
The higher that punch value, the closer to that Temperature Set.
DNA mods use straight DC output and give a smooth line.
Yihi mods use PWM. A rapid watts on off, rinse and repeat.
Edit: ON DNA mods IF you decide to ride that limited temp line, once you reach that limit, the mod will lower the watts (sometimes quite drastically) to maintain the temperature.
Historically...
I think Evolve was the first and then followed by YiHi and then everybody else. By ~2016 most regulated mods on the market had some form of "TC" on them however many other than Evolve, YiHi and Dicodes had/have very crappy implementation's of TC.
Some were mere 'temperature limiters' and others sort of "pulsed" on/off while you were drawing on your mod. Many (other than the 3 mentioned) were unable to regulate SS (which is IMHO really crappy wire to attempt to TC regulate to begin with)
Many users bought cheap/crappy mods and attempted to regulate SS with them (which almost always never worked right) and gave up and switched back to wattage mode.
There were a number of companies using chipsets that 'alternative firmware' could be loaded and could vastly improve the TC vaping experience.
Generally I think most users today are ether using pod or disposables and the majority of the rest are using wattage mode.
In the dozen or more vape shops still open in my area it is nary impossible to find anything rebuildable or with replaceable batteries.
I'm glad I stocked up years ago.
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I think Evolve was the first and then followed by YiHi and then everybody else. By ~2016 most regulated mods on the market had some form of "TC" on them however many other than Evolve, YiHi and Dicodes had/have very crappy implementation's of TC.
Some were mere 'temperature limiters' and others sort of "pulsed" on/off while you were drawing on your mod. Many (other than the 3 mentioned) were unable to regulate SS (which is IMHO really crappy wire to attempt to TC regulate to begin with)
Many users bought cheap/crappy mods and attempted to regulate SS with them (which almost always never worked right) and gave up and switched back to wattage mode.
There were a number of companies using chipsets that 'alternative firmware' could be loaded and could vastly improve the TC vaping experience.
Generally I think most users today are ether using pod or disposables and the majority of the rest are using wattage mode.
In the dozen or more vape shops still open in my area it is nary impossible to find anything rebuildable or with replaceable batteries.
I'm glad I stocked up years ago.
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