New Vamo - Volts or Watts?

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XopherJ

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They should all work on the Vamo. As long as what you are putting on has a 510 or eGo cone threading the Vamo will accept it. Except for the Kanger T3, it's too wide in diameter. Most clearomizers are made in a moderate ohm range so there isn't really a chance of stepping outside of the Vamo's safe zone.

If you go with a single 18350 battery you can shorten the overall height of the vamo by almost 2 inches. Shorter overall vape time that way but it's less of a lightsaber/sonic screwdriver.
 

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I personally really liked the idea of VW in the beginning because I could switch any carto or clearo I wanted and the vapor would be the same. Then I ended up realizing that different juices and delivery methods don't respond alike to the same power levels so you will need to make an adjustment anyway. I prefer clearomizers in the 2.0-2.4 ohm range so the adjustment for me in volts is comparable to the adjustment in watts. I also feel that volts are more accurate considering on a 2.4 ohm coil between 6-8 watts say, you would have 5 potential power settings 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8. Between 6-8 watts voltage wise on a 2.4 ohm coil you would have 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 so that would be an extra 2 settings you could potentially dial into.
 
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Big watts = big vapour.

Higher volt = higher watt
Lower ohm = higher watt

If you use vv (variable voltage) and if you set it to, lets say 4v, on a 2,0 ohms mizer, it will give you 8 watts. Volt x volt / ohm

If you put a 1,4 ohm mizer on that, it will give you way too many watts, and will taste burned. You will have to calculate: V = square (ohm x wanted watts) = square (1,4 x 8) = 3,3 v, and set your vv device to this, in order to get the same vape as 2 ohms @ 4 v.

A vw device does all this for you, and gives you the wanted watts with any ohm mizer.

Rms or not rms? Same same. Rms are "true" watts, and 8 watts rms are more than 8 watts not rms. Find the spot you like and keep it there
 

XopherJ

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If you want to get into the nitty gritty of electronics and calculating resistance, volts, watts and amps we can do that. It's part of what I did in the Navy. But probably not. :)

Any cartomizer, atomizer or what-have-you that you use is going to have a resistance value measured in ohms. Usually 1.5 to 3 depending on what you get. The Vamo is going to power that device at a certain level depending on what voltage or wattage you set it to.

One of the benefits of variable wattage (power) is that it's almost set it and forget it. I mostly use 1.5 ohm cartomizers on my Vamo at about 8 watts. Gives me good vapor, throat hit and taste for my everyday vape. If I switched to a 2.0 or 3.0 ohm carto I could probably keep that same 8 watt setting and still get the same vape. Might have to adjust up a little but likely not. With the higher ohm load the voltage output of the Vamo will increase to compensate with that same wattage setting.

If you want to see what different loads will do to a given power or voltage setting check out this calculator. http://www.the12volt.com/ohm/ohmslawcalculators.asp

But mostly I adhere to the motto, vape to taste.

That being said I have a Phoenix with a 1.1 ohm coil that billows clouds at 3.7 volts. It's not on the Vamo.
 
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