{"id":1321,"date":"2010-11-03T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1321"},"modified":"2011-08-02T20:50:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:50:58","slug":"faq-i-want-more-power-and-battery-life-than-my-510-what-pv-should-i-get","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/faq\/faq-i-want-more-power-and-battery-life-than-my-510-what-pv-should-i-get\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: I want more <em>power<\/em> and <em>battery life<\/em> than my 510. What PV should I get?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;PV&#8221; is a misleading term in this context. What delivers the attributes that you (and most vapers) are looking for is a <strong>combination <\/strong>of: atomizer model, atomizer resistance, battery mAh, battery voltage, <strong>and <\/strong>e-liquid (its nicotine level, PG\/VG balance, flavor, and how the mixer puts it all together).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m      going to pass on getting into<strong> e-liquid<\/strong> here (but see <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1274\" target=\"_self\">this FAQ answer<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Atomizer      <strong>model <\/strong>preference varies from vaper to vaper. The most popular is      the one you&#8217;ve been using, the 510. Its vapor production is extraordinary.      The compatible Joye 306 (atty, not tiny battery) is becoming increasingly      popular. The DSE901 is the &#8220;tried and true&#8221; (and one of the two      most common mod fittings). And Kr8 cartomizers continue to be popular. <strong>My <\/strong>favorite is the penstyle (e.g., DSE801 or Joye 302): I get much more      TH and better flavor from it than any other atty. [NOTE: I&#8217;ve never tried      the 306.] And some vapers like the M401 or RN4081, although there are few      mods designed for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Today&#8217;s      PV batteries range in <strong>recharge frequency<\/strong> from 90 mAh      (puff-recharge-puff-recharge) of the smallest  super-minis to 4000 mAh of      the largest capacity mods (e.g., the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudsofvapor.com\/index.php?page=shop.product_details&amp;flypage=flypage.tpl&amp;product_id=132&amp;category_id=20&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;Itemid=1\" target=\"_blank\">Tekk<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Atomizer      <strong>resistance <\/strong>(measured in <em>ohms<\/em>) and battery <strong>voltage <\/strong>go      hand in hand: equally important in creating the <strong>power <\/strong>(i.e.,      intensity) of the vape (e.g., TH and vapor), measured in <em>watts<\/em>. The      formula is:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Watts<\/strong><strong> = Volts X Volts \/ Ohms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve attempted to summarize (in a manner accessible to non-techies like me \ud83d\ude09 ) how this works <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=343\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a> (bottom half of page), elaborating on it in <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1328\" target=\"_self\">this FAQ answer<\/a>. Basically, to increase the intensity of the vape: increase battery voltage (e.g., 5V) <strong>or <\/strong>decrease atomizer resistance (e.g., LR attys); <strong>not <\/strong>both.<\/p>\n<p>Putting the hardware aspects of all this (i.e., other than e-liquid) together, my suggestion is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Try out the various <strong>models of atomizer<\/strong> (e.g., <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1172\" target=\"_self\">306<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=813\" target=\"_self\">801<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=690\" target=\"_self\">Kr8<\/a> cartomizer) in addition to the 510 you already know. You might also want to check out <em>other <\/em>attys, like the M401 and RN4081 &#8230; and 510 cartomizers. [You can try out the 306 and 510 cartomizers even using your current 510 battery. The others would require an inexpensive adapter (e.g., from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shop.goodprophets.com\/product.sc?productId=89&amp;categoryId=38\" target=\"_blank\">GoodProphets<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madvapes.com\/?AffId=1\" target=\"_blank\">MadVapes<\/a>) &#8230; I think the 801 and Kr8 need a higher voltage battery than the 510&#8217;s 3.4V.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Think about what level of <strong>mAh<\/strong> you really want: 650 (the eGO), 750 (the Riva or most of the mods using stacked 3.0 batts), 900 (the Mega eGO or 14500-based mods), 1300 (the Hello 016), ~2500 (the 18650-based mods), or 4000 (two 18650s in parallel).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>If <strong>750 mAh<\/strong> is enough for you, then you can go with an HV (high-voltage) mod or <em>variable <\/em>voltage mod (e.g., Buzz, Joker AV, Big Brother) as the way to increase the intensity of the vape. [IMO, now that variable voltage mods are available, I don&#8217;t see the point of fixed 5V, 6V, 7.4V mods, other than perhaps form factor. The odds are pretty good that a vaper will prefer, for example, 4.8V or 5.3V to any fixed voltage.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>If you want <strong>more <\/strong>mAh than that and\/or would prefer the <strong>smaller form factor<\/strong> of the &#8220;Fat Batts&#8221; (e.g., eGO\/Tornado, Riva, Hello 016), then you will need to rely on <strong>LR attys<\/strong> to increase vape intensity. LR atomizers (801 or 510) are available at 1.5 ohms, 2.0 ohms, and 2.5 ohms. [NOTE: 2.5 is &#8220;low&#8221; for the 3.5 ohm 801, but not for the 2.3 ohm 510.] There also is a 1.5 ohm 306 and 2.0 ohm 901.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>Then go <strong>search <\/strong>out the PVs that fit the bill in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1384\" target=\"_self\"><em>eGOs and Rivas, Hellos, Oh My!<\/em><\/a><\/strong> and our <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1041\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>Mods Buyers Guide<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and\/or on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecigarette-mods.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">ViZi&#8217;s outstanding database of mods<\/a> (including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecigarette-mods.com\/custom_battery_mods.html\" target=\"_blank\">fat batts<\/a>) and the relevant atomizers (e.g., including the 2.0s and 2.5s at <a href=\"http:\/\/ikenvape192.corecommerce.com\/LR-Low-Resistance-Atomizers-c16\/\" target=\"_blank\">IkenVape<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>FYI: <strong>My <\/strong>favorite PV at the moment is the semi-LR (unspecified ohm) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastmall.net\/Products\/Products.aspx?type=100000033&amp;name=DSE801%20Manual\/Auto\" target=\"_blank\">EastMall 801<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/ikenvape192.corecommerce.com\/LR-Low-Resistance-Atomizers\/IKV-HV-LR-801-2-5-Semi-Atomizer-p95.html\" target=\"_blank\">2.5 ohm 801 atomizer<\/a> with adapter on a true 3.7V battery (either the Kr8 or a good 3.7V mod). When I can put together $135, I want to put those attys on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnrmanufacturing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ali&#8217;i<\/a> (one of the 18650-based<strong> juice-fed<\/strong> box mods). Of course, if I get a variable voltage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxmods.net\/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&amp;page=shop.product_details&amp;flypage=flypage.tpl&amp;product_id=13&amp;vmcchk=1&amp;Itemid=1\" target=\"_blank\">Little Sister<\/a>, I can use my formerly-beloved Joye 302 attys again. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 382px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=1384<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;PV&#8221; is a misleading term in this context. What delivers the attributes that you (and most vapers) are looking for is a combination of: atomizer model, atomizer resistance, battery mAh, battery voltage, and e-liquid (its nicotine level, PG\/VG balance, flavor, and how the mixer puts it all together). I&#8217;m going to pass on getting into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1223,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1321"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2720,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1321\/revisions\/2720"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}