Quick summary
- Wattage determines how hard the resistance works: more watts = bigger and hotter vapor; less = a smoother and cooler hit.
- Each resistance (coil) has a recommended power range; exceeding it burns the cotton and ruins the flavor.
- If your coils burn out very quickly, you are probably vaping at too high a wattage.
- Start with the range recommended by the coil manufacturer and adjust gradually to suit your taste.
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Have you ever wished you had greater control over your vaping experience? Maybe you would like your current vaping device to produce slightly bigger clouds - or maybe your experience with your current device is a little too intense, and you would like to tone it down a bit. Many advanced vaping kits offer the option to operate at different power levels for exactly these reasons.
You may already own a variable-wattage vaping device and, in that case, instinctively know how to use it. You know perfectly well that higher wattage makes your device produce bigger and hotter clouds. A lower wattage, on the other hand, provides a cooler and smoother vaping experience, but at what wattage should you vape? Are some settings better than others?
By reading this article, you will learn everything you need to consider when choosing your vaping wattage. To a certain extent, it is a matter of personal preference. However, there are also some things you need to consider if you want your experience to be the best it can be. Are your coils burning out too quickly? If so, it is very likely that your device's wattage is too high, and this is just one of the many things you will understand much better when you finish reading.
What is wattage in vaping?
What exactly do you do when you select the wattage on your vaping device? You can think of wattage as the amount of work performed by the atomizer coil in your device. Your vaping mod scans the coil's resistance, and given that resistance, the device regulates the battery voltage to reach the wattage you select. Higher wattage means that the coil is operating at a higher temperature, which means it produces bigger and hotter vapor clouds - up to a point. Each coil has its own performance limit, and you will likely have an unpleasant experience if you exceed that limit.
Each coil has a certain power range in which it operates most efficiently, and the power range depends on the coil's ability to draw e-liquid from the tank or pod as quickly as the heating element can vaporize it. Some of the features of a vaping coil that can operate at high power without creating a burnt taste include:
Large wick openings to allow the e-liquid to reach the heating element as quickly as possible. If the heating element dries out during the vape, the coil will produce an unpleasant burnt taste.
Wicking material that effectively transports the e-liquid and withstands heat. Most coils have organic cotton wicks. For greater heat resistance and efficiency, some Innokin vape coils blend cotton with other materials such as wood pulp and seaweed fiber.
Good wick-to-wire contact. One of the biggest benefits of mesh coils is that a mesh heating surface has a very flat profile, which eliminates the uneven heating zones that can sometimes occur with coils made of wound wires.
Good airflow management. A vaping coil should allow a lot of air to circulate through it, as the air helps prevent the coil from overheating.
How to find the right wattage for a vaping coil
If you want to find the right wattage for a vaping coil, it is usually very easy because you can find it in two places. You will see the suggested wattage range for the coil on the packaging, and you will also see it engraved on the side of the coil itself. The coil should operate efficiently at any power level within that range.
So, how do you decide at what wattage to vape? The easiest way is to set the device at the lower end of the coil's wattage range and gradually increase the power. The suggested wattage for a vaping coil is partly based on the length of the hit: if you usually take one- or two-second hits each time, you probably won't have any problems using a coil at the upper end of its suggested wattage range. If your hits usually last several seconds, you will probably have to reduce the power a bit.
What can happen if your device's power is too high?
If your device's wattage is too high, the coil's wick will not be able to replenish itself with vape juice as quickly as the heating element can vaporize it. If the wick dries out while you are vaping, the coil's heating element will overheat and burn. At that point, you will experience a very unpleasant burnt taste.
If you release the device's fire button or stop vaping as soon as you experience a "dry hit," the coil is unlikely to suffer permanent damage. However, if you continue vaping at too high a wattage, the coil's wick will burn. In that case, the coil's flavor will be permanently altered, and you will have to replace it to restore the normal flavor quality of your device. The ultimate effect of vaping at too high a wattage is that you will need to replace your coils more often because they will burn out too quickly.
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