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What wattage do you vape

Just curious about the wattage you vape in. I know there are devices that go to around 200 watts.
Are those devices ideal for cloud chasers or does it give you more flavour as well?
 

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Anywhere from 12-120w depending on the juice, RDA and my mood. Higher wattage usually gives you a hotter vape and faster hits. I rarely go over 90w but it does happen. Most of my more flavorful juices taste better around or below 70w.
Just chilling and relaxing I'm usually around 25-35w.
I usually have 4 or more devices set up all different ways but, I am an addict. :giggle:
 

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Generally speaking, airflow and wattage = cloudage. It's also coil dependent.
imo 200ishW mods are ideal for the run time gained from the 2 or more batteries and not so much the 200w since 200 is pretty outlandish.
High wattage isn't a mandate for more flavor.
I vape between 25 and 65 or so watts depending on the setup. Usually 30-45w.
 

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19-28 watts
 

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My everyday rta setup. On average 65w. But like mentioned above even that varies depending on variables.
 

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Lately I only use my Rafale with the SS316L Coils in TC Mode at 35-40 Watts which I switch back and forth all day. But I have vaped from 8W to 120W over the years with the High Wattage being only using TC.
 

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My usual is 33 -55 with coils and mesh strips, 58 - 75 with sub ohms. For me closing down the airflow and reducing wattage increases flavor. Your mileage may vary.
 

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Anywhere from 15-135w depending on build and mood.
For my mtl single coil
Builds - 15-30w

For my dL single coil
Builds - 60-70w

For dual coil dL builds- 80-135w
 

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I'll hazard an estimate. An estimate it'll be too since I use a mech. I've worked it out once or twice before but suffer C.R.A.F.T (Can't Remember A F*ing Thing). At any given I vape from about 5 - 48 watts depending on my coil build, battery drain off. I usually like to take a battery to a point where it has around 20% of a charge left. Can see that coming in the quality of the vapor and the "feel" of it as I vape. Sometimes I'm hit or miss on that I'll admit. But I try to not push my batteries too hard, even if they are good quality batteries.

I know there are devices that go to around 200 watts.
Are those devices ideal for cloud chasers or does it give you more flavour as well?

I like using RDAs as I find they help boost flavor. Then again, be mindful I have no sense of smell ergo limited sense of taste. For me the texture of vapor is different from a tank(RDTA) using an RDA. Both of these atomizers. Each one is a different style. Some folks like Tanks, others like Volkswagon Beatles. I put squonk pins in my RDAs to squonk with them. I might get into regular "dripping" later on and am thinking I'll use a regulated device for that, or maybe just some tube mech.

For myself it's not so much the wattage as it is in the build of the coil, airflow control. I use an Ohm meter to test most of my builds. After a certain while you get used to knowing X number of wraps with Y wire type gets you Z ohms and so you can skip testing builds. I'm not saying that's wise, good or bad either way, merely that experience can act as a teacher. It can also teach you that it's good practice checking all builds, until you have further experience.
 
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It depends mostly on what coil build I have inside... it's always possible to adjust both the airflow and the draw strength, to be in accordance with the wattage used and in order to determine how cool/warm/hot the vapor that results is going to feel like, but every atomizer (and every vaper also in addition to that) has its/his/her own unique set of limitations as for how comfortable/satisfying the vape feels. This 'feel' of the vape also shapes human perception of flavor, which is a whole world filled with subjective experiences that one can decide to want to explore. Or not want to explore. So I concur that checking different builds (that is, checking different atomizer/build combinations by using them with different airflow settings and different draw strengths as well as different durations of your draw, in cohort with different wattage settings) is the way to go.

That said, usually I'm at ~120 watts on a single battery tube mech mod using a set of two handbuilt alien coils (Ni80, 27/36, 4.5 wraps, 2.5mm ID) with a 24mm or 25mm dual coil RDA, or occasionally with the Reload RTA. Anything too far below 90 watts starts to feel like trying to get a taste by licking crumbs... there's just no 'oomph' in that at all. Typically everyone always talks about getting MORE flavor. I get THE MOST flavor from drinking e-liquid. THE BEST flavor I get from finetuning the various parameters with advanced coil builds in a suitable RBA.
 
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Just curious about the wattage you vape in. I know there are devices that go to around 200 watts.
Are those devices ideal for cloud chasers or does it give you more flavour as well?
It depends totally on the coil I am using.. Some coils I vape 70-80w and others 150-170w, but I like a fairly warm vape. Currently Im vaping around 95 to 115w.
 

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14W with my STM
23W with My merlin
around 35W with my Wasp/Squeeze combo

I really have no need for over a 50W mod. Have a few though that go to 150 or so.
 

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25-40 max watts for me,,,,, fwiw,, someone on another site ran several tests and in a nutshell it's not a good idea to go over 80watts very often as it can change the chemical profile of the ejuice
 

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35-65 watts, I prefer restricted pulls and single coils or for the last year single mesh squonkers. Along with some sub ohm tanks for when I’m lazy and don’t feel like building and wicking, so pretty often. My newest setup will be for out and about and is a tiny squonker which I vape at 20-30 watts I believe. It’s that auto squonker IPV V3 mini and it’s pretty great. But now I’m off topic so in conclusion 35-65 watts with one exception for my new mod which I vape at 20-30 watts but technically it’s a TC.
 

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I average between 35w - 100ish w. My daily driver is a single coil RTA at 45w but many I also have 14 other setups going average 70-100w depending on coils and juice.
 

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25 to 45 watts with somewhat restricted airflow, depending on the atomizer

With fully charged batteries, mech squonkers probably somewhat higher than 45
 

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Normally I would say about 65 watts. However I recently got a Steam Crave Glaz and some of VAPEROXX's aliens and I am running it at 140 watts. Great flavor and huge clouds. I am a happy vaper.
 

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