Some things for those of you with the istick 40 watt tc

[Foofightervapegirl]

Well,in short, the temperature shown that you are vaping,is not the temperature you are vaping at.I noticed this looking at the display while I was vaping one day,the vapor wasn't as warm as I expected.I kept cranking the temp up because I was not satisfied.at six hundred degrees,you are only vaping at about three hundred and eighty,which is plenty warm enough for me,but I hate to crank it up that far,because it drains the battery.another thing is it is supposedly 'fixed ' at forty watts.I looked at the display while taking a puff,at six hundred degrees,you are only pulling about twenty nine,watts.plenty of vapor production,but again,not true to form.I love this mod,but I am dissapointed.I am most likely getting a sub box platinum soon,and it will still have it's place as a reliable back up,but I just,want a little more control over my vaping experience!I hope this helps some of you out there; )

[FXRich]

The watts will vary when using TC, once the temp reaches the desired limit the watts will drop to what the coil needs to retain the temp. I use a Kanger 75 w TC mostly, and the wattage jumps all over the place when in TC. I usually vape between 360f and 380f, and the temp seems pretty accurate. If you are getting a sub box platinum get the 75w and not the 60w, the 60w is only good for Ni and Ti, the 75w is good for Ni, Ti, SS, and NiCr. I find the 75w to be a very good mod, and using a LG HG2 battery it lasts all day using TC.

[Bebop]

2 hours ago, Foofightervapegirl said:

Well,in short, the temperature shown that you are vaping,is not the temperature you are vaping at.I noticed this looking at the display while I was vaping one day,the vapor wasn't as warm as I expected.I kept cranking the temp up because I was not satisfied.at six hundred degrees,you are only vaping at about three hundred and eighty,which is plenty warm enough for me,but I hate to crank it up that far,because it drains the battery.another thing is it is supposedly 'fixed ' at forty watts.I looked at the display while taking a puff,at six hundred degrees,you are only pulling about twenty nine,watts.plenty of vapor production,but again,not true to form.I love this mod,but I am dissapointed.I am most likely getting a sub box platinum soon,and it will still have it's place as a reliable back up,but I just,want a little more control over my vaping experience!I hope this helps some of you out there; )

This is a common error when vaping TC.

 

You have to pick a balance between wattage and temp. You dont want heat to ramp up too quickly with high watts just to have TC shut it down.  I think it's an error to boost wattage any higher than about 75% of what you might expect to vape normally at, then bump the temp around to get the best vape.  It's kind of pointless to keep bumping up the wattage. 

 

Anytime i see someone pushing 600 deg with TC I know they're way beyond "TC" at that point.  Most juices and cotton wicks reall are breaking down at that temp. If you can get a good long pull with good vapor production in the mid 400s to 480 say,  then you'll get good vapor, flavor and coil and wick longevity.  (and you'll see your watts bumping around 10 -15 if you watch to maintain it) If you're seeing your watts drop to 5 or less then you are totally defeating TC. 

TC was really designed to avoid the dreaded "dry wick" (and subsequent cotton burn). It has the side benefit of longer lasting coils and wicks when set properly. 

[FXRich]

The istick 40w TC must be similar to the Kanger TC, in the way it does not let you set the initial watts. Using the 120w Kanger TC with a .5 SS coil at 380f it fluctuates between 7w and 13w, but what the initial watts is I have no idea. According to the manual that came with it the initial wattage is automatically determined by the coil resistance, how the mod does that is a mystery to me. But I do know that it works very well.