Difference Between Variable Voltage And Variable Wattage

Variable Wattage allows you to set the device to your favorite setting which will then automatically adjust the voltage for you to match the resistance of whatever atomizer or clearomizer you’re using. Variable Voltage on the other hand is what controls the level of heat coming to your coil.

What does that mean in simple terms? Variable wattage is like autopilot mode. Basically what variable wattage is doing is it’s taking care of your voltage for you. So whatever wattage you set it to, it’s going to go ahead and automatically adjust the voltage for you. Whereas variable voltage mode is like manual mode. You have to keep manually adjusting the voltage as a resistance of that build or whatever you’re using goes up.

For example let’s just say I’m using a variable voltage variable wattage device like something like a sigelei zmax, I’ve got a Nautilus tank on top or a pro tank, it doesn’t matter let’s just say the stock coil that came with it is a 1.8 ohm coil, I got a set in variable voltage mode and I’m vaping on it. A couple days goes by, the resistance jumps up to 2 ohm, from 1.8 ohm to 2 ohm. Well that means if I’ve got a set in variable voltage mode I noticed that it’s going to start hitting weaker because that variable voltage that I’ve set it to, it’s not going anywhere, it’s standing right there, it’s a manual mode so that means I got to hike the voltage up 0.1, 0.2 increments. I’m vaping on it and I’m back to normal. I’m getting that strong hit and then a couple days later I noticed the resistance jumps a little bit more, let’s say jump to 2.1 ohm that means I got to keep adjusting the voltage to the resistance that’s constantly changing. I’ve dealt with that numerous times. There have been so many times where I’m vaping on a pro tank or Nautilus and I’ve run into an issue like that where I’m using it in variable voltage mode. But with something like Hana mods or something else that offers a variable wattage mode you stick it in variable wattage and you don’t have to worry about the resistance jumping up because as that resistance jumps up in that spot call from let’s say 1.8 to 2 ohms to 2.1, that wattage adjusts everything for you it’s on autopilot mode. So those are the two differences.

Well then why are the variable wattage devices also include variable voltage options? The good thing about variable voltage is that it allows you to fine-tune your settings. Most of the time with a lot of vape devices that offer a variable wattage setting they also offer a variable voltage setting. But I noticed that with those products the variable wattage setting isn’t the most accurate. It’s close but it’s not accurate. The Hana mods okay it has a DNA chip in there the DNA 20s the DNA 30s those are super accurate. But you’re getting what you pay for. I mean this device is $250. And it is automatically set in watts. So right now I’ve got this set to 24 watts I’ve got a 1.3 ohm coil and I know it’s given me 24 watts. It’s consistent unlike something like the iTaste MVP version 2. I noticed that for the iTaste MVP version 2 at its maximum wattage setting it’s not even close to what it’s saying. It’s like a watt and a half off and that is where I switch it to variable voltage mode. Because the wattage isn’t the most accurate and some of those devices I can set it’s a variable voltage mode I can fine-tune and get exactly what I’m looking for it’s like a photographer. They’re setting their devices in manual mode. They’re setting their lenses in manual mode. Everything they do is manual mode. It’s fine-tuning versus someone that picks up a point-and-shoot and it puts in automatic mode. The automatic mode for that point shoot is like variable wattage. It takes care of everything. It takes care of the exposure. It takes care of the shutter speed and the aperture. You don’t have to worry about all that stuff because that variable wattage takes care of. That’s automatic mode. For variable voltage manual mode, you have to take care of all those details. But you can fine-tune it to whichever juice or coil you’re using at that time. So those are the differences between variable voltage mode and variable wattage mode.