How many watts is too many?

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MattyTny

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You can't really answer that question because it all depends on what you are firing. Resistance has a big play in it. I believe most of the low resistance tanks have a recommended wattage setting for their coils. If you look at steam engine coil building calculator available online you can plug in a wattage to get an estimate of heat flux, which can be same for different resistances at different wattages.

So it kind of comes down to the specific build and the temperature from the wattage you use. This also depends on the wicking that build has and if it can keep up. I think the low res tank atomizers function well around 30, not sure since I do not own one. What I like to do sometimes is play around with wattages, go up in small increments until I feel I can not push it anymore, I take shorter draws to test it, listen to the heating, you will hear it sizzle badly if it's too high. Then I back to down to where I like it. But the steam engine calc takes that guess work out for me and I can get an idea of what is too much. You don't want to pump up the voltage to the point where the device is pulling too many amps from the battery either.
 

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Hi Zazoie,

How is the Delta II ? Since I would like to get one but still compare the Subtank Mini.

Thanks.

The Delta II is nice just harder to get use to filling than the Mini and the airflow can whistle if not opened up all the way, a bit bulky. Having got the cons out of the way it has big flavor and clouds. I also have a Istick 30 with the Nano and I don't know which I like best they both perform extremely well. :p

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Bingo!

I have a few really high powered mods, but I rarely, if ever, run it to the max.
However, I was hit pretty bad by "because I can syndrome" and built one of my drippers to run at 150w on my Sigelei.

So B, tell me about this build, specs please :?)

I think Iv hit 80 @ .4 and it was way too hot and wicking would just barely keep up for a 1-2 second hit, I would`d needed a 100mm drip tip I think, :?)
 

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I think most people buying these higher wattage mods aren't using the full wattage. Now a car that can go 160mph will perform a lot better at 70mph then a little compact car that can't go over 90mph. You can bet it's similar with with the performance of these higher wattage mods as well as battery life.

Now I'm loving my iPV 2S at 60w with a .2 ohm build but the single 18650 it holds doesn't make it efficient enough to vape all day unless I'm carrying extra batteries. Something like a God Mod however should last you a very long time.

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LMAO

I guess this proves 400 watts is too much. That cracked me up - and it looks like that rig rips through juice. Talk about a crazy nic buzz.

OMG, I'm still laughing at that 5 minutes after watching it. Finally, someone who chucks clouds bigger than Rip(Tripper). I love the 5 foot "drip tip". No delrim needed. Rip needs to review that one next :)
 

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Since I moved on to rebuildables, I found I needed something with a little more wattage than an MVP2. I got an IPV mini and it does the job for me. I run my Nautilus mini around 12.5w, run my 1.2 ohm builds on my Kayfuns around 14 watts, and run my Subtank mini with the .5 ohm RBA deck at around 17-20 watts. I personally don't see the need to run much higher as I get the vape I like at these settings. Would I buy something with more wattage? Yes. But only because the battery life was better. I don't see the need to get the IPV mini 2 since it uses the same battery that my regular mini uses - won't get any extended life out of that. I'm looking at either the MVP 3 or the iStick 50 only because they have 3800 or 4400 mah of power. At my usage levels, it just means a longer time between charges. If they made 18650 batteries that went beyond 2500 mah, I'd just buy newer batteries so I could extend my vaping between charging. I just can't get a full day's vaping out of one battery.
 

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I'm currently rocking an Aspire Atlantis on top of a IPV mini 30w mod. I love this set up! The flavor isn't quite as good as my subtank, but it's still great with nice clouds to boot. I vape Max VG juices at 3mg nic and keep the watts at 30. I have 4 18650 batteries that I rotate and so I'm never without power. I'm a chain vapor, especially if I'm working from home behind a computer.

My question is, how many watts is too many? There are so many mods out now with higher watts. I'm looking at getting a Delta II tank with the new IPV Mini V2 that goes up to 70 watts. I just remember rocking a MVP2 at 11 watts then a istick at 20 watts. How many is too many? There has got to be a threshold as to what is safe, right? How many watts can you vape before it's considered unsafe? I am just curious.

I find that running my Atlantis on my Sigelei 150 anywhere above 27 watts will cause burning especially when I chain vape. If you are looking to take advantage of the higher wattage devices, use a dripper or build your own coil on your subtank
 

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