What are ohms

[I know nothing]

Do lower ohms make bigger clouds or do higher ohms make bigger clouds?

 

[bacc.vap]

Lower ohms(resistance to electrical flow) heats up quicker/warmer and will generally produce more vapor.

 

[NightShadow]

For a longer layman's description read this thread: Ohm's Law explained in layman terms.

A short answer is what bacc.vap said above. I would mention power also affects this, for example a 1.6 ohm coil works nicely at 10 watts giving a cool vape. A sub ohm coil at say .25 ohms running at 30-80 watts will be much hotter due to all the power running though it.

If you just want to blow HUGE clouds and do not mind a hot vape then sub ohm is one way.

Luckily there is probably a resistance/power level out there that will suit any specific need, you just need to find yours, so experiment! It is also possible you may enjoy multiple combo's for different moods/ type of juice etc.

 

[IMFire3605]

All that is stated above is the general rule of thumb of how above ohm and sub-ohm work on mechanicals and lower wattage devices (set regulated output or very low variable output devices like and Ego or Innokin MVP 2.0 all under the 15watt output range). In the past 18months at least there have been more and more devices that are very high in output ability to rival and stomp on the output of a mechanical device, so it does kind of throw the relationship of low resistance equals a hot super cloud vape or a high ohm vape is cooler with a lower vapor output on an SVD. Been in this hobby a long time now, I've gone from Ego/Clearomizers and cig-alikes up to super-cloud chasing to back down in between the two. Learn and know what you are doing with all the physics, electrical calculations, tweeking coil and airflow performance, a lot of times I can outblast a cloud competitor on just a mech still using 18month old theory and design with a 1ohm or 1.5ohm single coil at 120plus watts, and the cloud competitor looks dumbfounded looking at his mech with a quad coil at 0.15ohms.

It's all about knowledge and balancing all the variables *shrugs*, have to ask yourself what you are wanting your mod and atomizer to do, clouds, just nic delivery, flavor explosion???? Each has its own variables...

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

I would suggest reading all you can before digging into subohming. There's a huge learning curve involved. If you aren't safe it could be very dangerous. You need to learn what batteries to use, what mod, and what tank goes with that mod the best. You can't just dig in and subohm.

(9) Battery Basics for Mods; the Ultimate Battery Guide | E-Cigarette Forum

 

[zoiDman]

Do lower ohms make bigger clouds or do higher ohms make bigger clouds?

Ohms are a Measure of the amount of Electrical Resistance there is in some Material. Such as the Wire in an Atomizer.

The Higher the Ohms, the More Resistance. The Lower the Ohms, Less Resistance.

If the Voltage of a MOD is Fixed and doesn't change, then Lower Ohms will make Bigger Clouds. But it can Also make the Hit you get Taste Burnt. So you Can't just keep Lowering the Ohms.

Perhaps you could Tell Us more about the type of Hardware (Mod and RTA/RBA/RDA/Clearo/etc.) you are using? And the type of e-Liquid you put in it (PG|VG, mg/ml).

 

[David Wolf]

Lower ohms(resistance to electrical flow) heats up quicker/warmer and will generally produce more vapor.

Only for the same voltage. Increase the voltage with a higher resistance coil and you can get just as fast a heat up as a low resistance coil at a lower voltage. Power (watts) tell the story better.