Mechanical Mod Info

[DoubleDecker]

Hey all!

About to scoop up a kayfun Lite clone (tobecco) after mastering my Protank 2 rebuilds (thanks to all the help from the community here)

I've heard about Mechanical mods being "dangerous". Can you tell me why? I understand that they are not vw/vv and there is not chip to regulate the battery power output. Also, what does Sub Ohm mean?

On another note, what Mechanical Mods do you recommend? I'm looking to stay in the $50 to $100 price range. I just want something that will work great with my Protank 2 and kayfun Lite clone.

Thanks as always!

 

[Steam Turbine]

Mechs can be dangerous because of their lack of electronic battery protection. There is no circuitry in there to prevent you from overdischarging your battery, firing amps over what your battery can handle or firing a shorted out atomizer.

Sub Ohm means under 1ohm. Anything from 0.9 and below is sub ohm. Sub ohm atomizers are use to deliver more power (watts) to a coil out of a unregulated battery. You should not attempt sub ohm until you know exactly what you are doing since sub ohm requires alot of amperage and every battery has a safe amp limit.

You will need to know how ohms law relates to your battery max discharge rate. Understand how to convert a C-rating into an amp limit. Know which battery to use. Understand the difference between ICR, IMR, hybrid etc...

 

[Nataani]

A mech mod is dangerous in the same way a firearm is dangerous. In the hands of an experienced user, the device is not at all dangerous, in the hands of an idiot, they are indeed very dangerous.

They are "dangerous" for a few reasons:
1) No reverse battery protection. Stick the battery in the wrong way and it will still fire, the number of problems that this can cause are too numerous to list.
2) No short circuit protection. If you build badly and have a short, its going to just pump amps into the coil, resulting in battery failure, ranging from an explosion to venting to a leak.
3) No resistance limit. Same problem as above, if you build a coil with too low of a resistance it can exceed the battery limit, resulting in battery failure.

To be perfectly honest, if you have no intention of sub ohming, there is no good reason why you might want a mech mod over a good VV. The only possible reason is durability, its really hard to break a mech mod. A decent VV is going to pack a bunch of different useful features, the best of which is safety, mitigating all of the above dangers. It will also allow you to change up your vape without having to rebuild the coil.

My all time favorite cheap mechanical is the kamry k101. It is a "clone" of the empire mod, but is far superior imo. Myvaporstore has them for $32. Link

However, if you dont plan to sub ohm, I would strongly suggest getting a vamo v5, also available at myvaporstore, $78.75 with a battery and charger. Link

 

[eda123]

A regulated mod has safety built in- they are usually not going to deliver high current that can damage batteries, and have short circuit protection. Mechanical mods do not.

Mechanical mods do not have the ability to change voltage to higher/lower values- you get whatever charge the battery has. So, a maximum of 4.2 volts.

Higher power delivers bigger clouds. Power is equal to voltage squared divided by resistance. So the only way you can increase power/wattage on a mechanical is to lower resistance. When you go below 1.0 ohms, that V^2/R equation starts to increase rapidly with a small reduction in coil resistance. Hence the chase for sub-ohm.

BUT-- when using a VV/VW device, there is pretty much no advantage to sub-ohm. You dont have resistance as the only way to get higher power- you can also increase your voltage. But you are of course limited as the regulated mods will cap the current draw you can obtain. It makes it impossible to design a coil with super low resistance, it simply wont fire it because it is too demanding of curent from your battery.

Hope this helps!