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Sub-ohm vaping – that is, lowering the resistance that mods and tanks fire at – is becoming more and more popular because it allows people to customize and personalize their vaping experience, as they see fit.

Yet, whatever the juice you’re filling your tank with and actually vaping (Uncles e liquid or any other), sub-ohming isn’t without it’s issues to always bear in mind and keep an eye on. Indeed, three of the most important are resistance, air flow and – of course – safety.

Resistance

Sub-ohming is all about resistance, of course – being that the whole point of it is to lower the resistance (voltage) your device is set at when you vape, so you can enjoy all the benefits of doing so; better vapour production from choice juices like Yankee All Stars and throatier hits, especially.

To lower the resistance of your actual coil, the definite way to go about it is to deploy a thicker coil wire. A thicker, rather than a thinner, wire will always take longer to heat up; therefore, a thicker wire will ensure more resistance in the coil.  

Otherwise, to reduce resistance with a thinner coil wire, you’ll have to use more power (voltage/ wattage), which is fine, of course, but it requires more battery power and will result in a higher temperature – and, ultimately, a shorter hit from each vape because it’s unlikely most coils and their wires will tolerate high wattages/ temperatures for too many lengthy vapes.

Air flow

If you really want to make the most of your sub ohm vaping, then you ought also to consider the significance of air flow through your device. Now, the quality of your equipment doesn’t matter here (whether you’ve purchased your mod, tank, coil or e-juice from well-reviewed e liquid wholesale suppliers or anywhere else), you’ll still have to make sure enough air can reach the coil and the e-liquid, once you’ve fired your device at a low resistance and becoming sub-ohming.

Why? Well, this is to ensure everything remains cool and the vapour doesn’t become unpleasant as you inhale (i.e. get a ‘burnt hit’) and so that, should your device’s drip tip (mouthpiece) be metal, the heat doesn’t burn your lips. The answer to avoid all this happening, then, is to make sure you use a tank with adjustable air flow. It’s also worth bearing in mind the following simple guidelines:

• Less air flow – good for mouth-to-lung (MTL) vaping, experiencing more flavour and throatier hits

• More air flow – good for direct-to-lung (DTL) vaping and experiencing more vapour and a little less flavour.

Safety

The good news, when it comes to safety, is that sub-ohm vaping is becoming increasingly more safe to practice (what with UK Government legislation keeping pace with vaping – check out the likes of TPD online). For instance, nowadays, you’ll find the majority of regulated box mods are sold with in-built safety systems to prevent the heating of a coil with a resistance too low for its battery or, worse, using with the device with a coil that could produce an electrical short.

That said; be aware that, inevitably by their nature, mechanical mods come with no such safety systems – were they to do so they wouldn’t be properly customisable. So, to prevent attaching a (handmade) coil on a mech mod that might short, be sure to check the coil’s resistance via an ohm meter before attempting to use it. See? Simple and easy – and safe, not sorry.