TC vs Wattage with pre-heat

[Adam Paseman]

Ive been wondering what is it about TC that is a benefit-other than allowing one to vape cotton dry.

For me, TC can allow you to vape any kind of coil and essentially produce a very similar temperature vape. If the coil has a lot of mass to it-in wattage mode it starts off cool and warms up with time-all dependent on how much time it takes your coil to heat up-but in TC-you can set your wattage high-and the temp low-and even if your coils require high wats to warm up-once it reaches desired temp it controls the watts by lowering to maintain the temp.

I found myself in watts mode getting a pretty consistent vape with sub ohm tanks. Set it to 40 watts-and the vape is warm and consistent. Lower it, its cooler but still consistent. It wasn't until I built coils with more mass that I found it took more watts to get the warmth-which presented a problem as at the "ideal" wattage range it would require too much time to reach a temp i liked-and when chain vaping it would reach a good temp fast but get too hot.

Now-pre-heat functionality has given another option to fix this as i dial in a higher wattage that which then ramps down to maintain the consistency. Seems to work very similarly experience wise for me as TC.

Anyways, broke my foot yesterday and laid up in bed out of work and bored off my arse. Just some rambling.


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[Deucesjack]

Ive been wondering what is it about TC that is a benefit-other than allowing one to vape cotton dry.

For me, TC can allow you to vape any kind of coil and essentially produce a very similar temperature vape. If the coil has a lot of mass to it-in wattage mode it starts off cool and warms up with time-all dependent on how much time it takes your coil to heat up-but in TC-you can set your wattage high-and the temp low-and even if your coils require high wats to warm up-once it reaches desired temp it controls the watts by lowering to maintain the temp.

I found myself in watts mode getting a pretty consistent vape with sub ohm tanks. Set it to 40 watts-and the vape is warm and consistent. Lower it, its cooler but still consistent. It wasn't until I built coils with more mass that I found it took more watts to get the warmth-which presented a problem as at the "ideal" wattage range it would require too much time to reach a temp i liked-and when chain vaping it would reach a good temp fast but get too hot.

Now-pre-heat functionality has given another option to fix this as i dial in a higher wattage that which then ramps down to maintain the consistency. Seems to work very similarly experience wise for me as TC.

Anyways, broke my foot yesterday and laid up in bed out of work and bored off my arse. Just some rambling.


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Feel better bro.

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[Neunerball]

Ive been wondering what is it about TC that is a benefit-other than allowing one to vape cotton dry.

For me, TC can allow you to vape any kind of coil and essentially produce a very similar temperature vape. If the coil has a lot of mass to it-in wattage mode it starts off cool and warms up with time-all dependent on how much time it takes your coil to heat up-but in TC-you can set your wattage high-and the temp low-and even if your coils require high wats to warm up-once it reaches desired temp it controls the watts by lowering to maintain the temp.

I found myself in watts mode getting a pretty consistent vape with sub ohm tanks. Set it to 40 watts-and the vape is warm and consistent. Lower it, its cooler but still consistent. It wasn't until I built coils with more mass that I found it took more watts to get the warmth-which presented a problem as at the "ideal" wattage range it would require too much time to reach a temp i liked-and when chain vaping it would reach a good temp fast but get too hot.

Now-pre-heat functionality has given another option to fix this as i dial in a higher wattage that which then ramps down to maintain the consistency. Seems to work very similarly experience wise for me as TC.

Anyways, broke my foot yesterday and laid up in bed out of work and bored off my arse. Just some rambling.


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You seem to have either one of the Sigelei 213 mods.

Get well soon!

 

[Adam Paseman]

Indeed I do. I have 4 other mods as well. All but the 213 do TC acceptability. i used TC in the beginning but gravitated back to wattage on all mods.

Got an appointment with orthopedist tomorrow to find out if surgery is in my future. Hope thats not the case-it's 50/50 at this point. Just want to go back to work, being on short term disability isn't my idea of a good time.


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[Topweasel]

The down side I find with TC vs VW PH on my 213. Is that it's a very unsteady drop. There was a very distinct and off putting feeling of the very drastic power level lost. It's probably best used with as high a watt as possible for the shortest amount of time so that before you are actually getting the vapor from the coil its back to the regular voltage.

 

[Adam Paseman]

Im referring more to pre-heat in wattage mode. I set mine to 65w for .7 seconds and 45w as the ramp down. Comparing the way that vapes to just strait 45w no pre heat it does a nice job of giving me a nice even vape on larger mass coils-to me it simulates the TC experience, if that makes any sense.


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[Topweasel]

Im referring more to pre-heat in wattage mode. I set mine to 65w for .7 seconds and 45w as the ramp down. Comparing the way that vapes to just strait 45w no pre heat it does a nice job of giving me a nice even vape on larger mass coils-to me it simulates the TC experience, if that makes any sense.


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I get what your saying. I guess I am looking at it from a SS level. More mass on the SS the longer it takes to get hot enough to vape. Problems is the more immediate you want it the quicker and the more dramatic the drop you need to have. On my Boreas I had to have my preheat at nearly 100 watts to get a quick enough hit, then had it dropping down to 70w. I felt that in the vape. Just all of a sudden volume disappeared. So even in this case it might be better to have a 155w (because that is the best it can do) .01 second PH. SS escalates in heat so quickly when it gets going and needs so much less power to keep the same level it can be a bit nerve wrecking to get the best vaping experience from larger builds at least for me.

 

[Adam Paseman]

Ya ive struggled to get the perfect vape with big coils. Either takes too long to heat up or they get too hot too quickly. Im meeting in the middle with medium coils and pre-heat.


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[NickyGiaccone]

There are the Koopor Primus 300W and the Smoktech Xcube Ultra shipping to vendors as we speak so on sale in days time. At about 70 bucks. Also the H-Priv 220....all have vape hit power options. Soft-med-hard initial hit. plus all the TCR TC crap you can get. I don't use TC so all I know is it has all these detailed options for TC, the Primus 300 I own is what I'm referring to.