Welcome to VU, Dawn...
Your post is interesting. A little vague and gushy, perhaps a few misguided assumptions and some terminology weakness... but interesting, because you're new, seemingly sincere... and you're trying.
I'm kinda surprised no one has tried to respond yet. Perhaps because to give you a decent answer, it would take more than a sentence or two, or that a good percentage simply don't know how to respond.
I read that you currently use a MVP and a Nautilus... so you just toss in a new coil head and go. You're limited to 11 watts/3 amps with a MVP... which means you're also limited to 1.2Ω resistance. All in all, not a bad set-up... but it does have it's limits, especially with the atomizer you currently use.
With RDAs (Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer), you have to make your own coils from scratch using the appropriate gauge of Kanthal wire.Once you've done that, you fit the coil, and then verify the desired resistance with an ohm meter.
Then, if you're using a high wattage APV, you do a basic Ohm's Law calculation to obtain a baseline wattage starting point... and adjust up or down a bit for best performance.
If you're using an unregulated mech mod (and I'm not sure that's what you want, so I won't spend much time on it), you approach from a slightly different direction where current (amperage) is your critical value (and I do mean critical... unregulated means no built in safety limiters) and use a battery that will support your desired resistance. Resistance to amperage parity is the prime factor.
Depending on the juice you like... you may also find yourself replacing wicks ever day or two, and dry burning coils just as often.
All this still sound interesting... something you want to do? Let me offer a few suggestions. First, read the article found at the end of my second sig line hyperlink... and all the articles contained within. For now, you'll still be using your MVP... because I don't want you to piss away money like a mad woman, just yet.
Go ahead and get a 3 post
RDA (or RTA - Rebuildable TANK Atomizer - the Kayfun Lite Plus is still the most popular) - if an RDA, one with AFC (Air Flow Control) that will allow for single or dual coils.
Get some
Kanthal wire in 28 (and 30 gauge if you get an RDA). Get a
cheap little coil building tool. Get
a good ohm meter/build box. You'll need a few "personal care" tools, which you probably already have, like cutters and tweezers. I've used 101 & VaporTek for most links, because it's just convenient... you can buy from whoever you want.
You might want to look at my first sig line hyperlink now... but it's not that important just yet.
Build a 1.3Ω single coil with 28 gauge Kanthal. On a 2mm mandrel, it will end up being around 9 wraps. Verify it's 1.2Ω +/- 0.1Ω. Screw it onto your MVP, set at 11 watts... and vape away.
Like that? Want more? "Do not want a box mod"... but want a tube type APV with more power? Scroll through
this link and look at what's available, that you like and can afford.
Some members may now decide to hop on and offer suggestions for a higher wattage, tube type APV. A consensus isn't a bad thing, but 50 watts is more than enough for most, and 30 watts may be just fine.
Now you have enough power to support sub-ohm coils... down to what ever the maximum current output will allow.
That's it... I could go on for several more paragraphs, but you're probably already spinning from the above. Good luck, don't believe every bit of pin-headed BS that you read... and have fun!
