Compenstine Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 I love this quote: "I just can't stop smiling as I vape this juice... It is So Good!" T-Bone 1
Compenstine Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Uh um so do I And you made the classic "Oh wait a sec" play. That is the sign of a good video. I don't think I have seen a review that the reviewer don't do that at least once in the video. LOL I see Grimmgreen do it a lot, so your in good company. T-Bone 1
Bebop Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Bone, we gotta get ya building your own coils. Nice job. Fadora rocks, but now I gotta get me some PBFB. Edited December 21, 2014 by Bebop T-Bone and Compenstine 2
Bebop Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 I just noticed you weren't getting the vapor you could be getting out of that setup and comps juice. I get a lot more vapor (and likely flavor) out of my own builds than stock coils. Or.... Maybe I've put my foot in my mouth....are you using comps coils?
Compenstine Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 I noticed he was using a very low wattage. I run at between 12 to 25 watts depending on the juice. If your running at say 5 watts you will not get the vapor even out of my coils you would at say 13 watts.
Bebop Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Yep. Did you think the vapor was low? Maybe I didn't get a good look but it seemed low
T-Bone Posted December 21, 2014 Author Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) I'm using 4volts and 11 watts. Kangertech coils... Edited December 21, 2014 by The Bone Slummer
T-Bone Posted December 21, 2014 Author Posted December 21, 2014 Going to post a quick video of a few vapes, let me know what you think... Plus, I inhale my draws...I've noticed that people that get big clouds don't inhale.
T-Bone Posted December 21, 2014 Author Posted December 21, 2014 Ok...so I'm still not getting the point...
Compenstine Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Just set the watts for 15 and don't set the volts. When you set the watts it auto adjusts the volts. When you set watts and then the volts, it cancels out the watt setting.
T-Bone Posted December 21, 2014 Author Posted December 21, 2014 Maybe it's the airflow on these minis? Am I hitting it incorrectly? They seem ok to me... Is it my low-to-middle-of-the-road equipment? Just set the watts for 15 and don't set the volts. When you set the watts it auto adjusts the volts. When you set watts and then the volts, it cancels out the watt setting. As far as I can tell, the buttons on the iStick only allow me to adjust the volts. The wattage moves up or down accordingly on its own.
T-Bone Posted December 21, 2014 Author Posted December 21, 2014 Ahh, just figured it out...3 clicks while it's on changes its mode.
Compenstine Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 The fire button has several functions. 5 presses will turn the device on or off, 3 presses will swap between watts and volts mode and (of course) a single press will fire the device. When in watts mode the device will adjust from 2 to 20 watts. In volts mode it can be adjusted between 3.0 and 5.5volts. http://timbozero.com/reviews/eleaf-istick/ T-Bone 1
Compenstine Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 The air flow will make a difference too when it comes to getting better vapor. A tight draw will give less vapor.
jasonculp Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 I don't want to throw too much at you, but you need to know something about the way the iStick calculates voltage. It uses mean instead of RMS. I don't want to be technical, but the easiest way to understand it is that RMS is the most accurate. Your 11 watts is closer to 15 watts on most all other electronic mods. The numbers really don't mean a whole lot, but if you use 11 watts on an MPV or something similar, it is closer to 6 - 8 watts on the iStick. I have attached a chart that shows how much different they are. I can't take any credit for the chart...I stole it off another site. Compenstine 1
jasonculp Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Here is another post I stole and saved to help explain it. I didn't write it, but it is one of the best explanations I have found. In that post you already have a table that could enable you to regulate the iStick. But because of the oscilloscope of the great Busardo we all know the maximum continuous voltage of the iStick; 5.76 volts. So we can build a specific table to regulate the very popular iStick Screen voltage RMS (mean) Effective voltage 5.5 5.63 5.4 5.58 5.3 5.53 5.2 5.47 5.1 5.42 5 5.37 4.9 5.31 4.8 5.26 4.7 5.20 4.6 5.15 4.5 5.09 4.4 5.03 4.3 4.98 4.2 4.92 4.1 4.86 4 4.80 3.9 4.74 3.8 4.68 3.7 4.62 3.6 4.55 3.5 4.49 3.4 4.43 3.3 4.36 3.2 4.29 3.1 4.23 3 4.16 How to use this table? Suppose we want to vape at 10 watts. For example, we screw a 2 ohms atomizer. We select 10 watts. The screen does nothing but show the direct application of Ohm's law, so it’s showed 2 ohm of resistance, 10 watts selected and 4.5 volts delivered. Now, we go to the table to find the closest value to 4.5 in the RMS column, it is 4.49 and it corresponds to a 3.5 voltage in Screen Voltage (mean) column . Now we reduce the power, watts, until the screen shows 3.5 volts. That's it, we can vape at 10 watts. In 2 ohms resistance example, screen is showing 6 watts, but actually we are vaping at 10 watts. The bad news is that the iStick is actually a variable voltage mod 4.16 to 5.5 volts, not 3 to 5.5 volts. If for some reason we use the variable voltage mode, it is even easier. When selecting screen voltage it will deliver effective volts in RMS column. But the watts in screen are still untrue. Edited December 21, 2014 by jasonculp
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