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What Are the Best Vape Mods for Cloud Chasing?
Cloud chasing has been a part of vape culture for years. For some users, it’s not merely about nicotine or flavor, but rather vapor production, density, and performance.
Getting thicker and properly consistent clouds isn’t simply about turning the power up. It comes down to type of vape mod, and knowing what to match with it.
If you want the best setup for cloud chasing, here’s what actually matters.
Start with the Right Type of Mod
Not every vape device is designed for high vapor output. Disposable vapes and pod systems are made for convenience, portability, and controlled performance, and can deliver smooth hits and good flavor, but they aren’t for large cloud production.
For cloud chasing, of course, it’s still box mods that are the standard.
Box Mods
Box modes are the most reliable option for choosing a mod. Even if you’re using other devices alongside, you want full control, adjusting wattage and sometimes temperature, pairing with other tanks or rebuildable atomizers.
Higher wattage output means more battery power sent to the coil and more vapor. Most experienced users are operating in a higher wattage for those dense clouds, but balance, as always, is important, because too much wattage on too little coil can lead to a burnt taste and wasted e liquid.
A well built box mod is usually the first step to someone chasing clouds.
Mechanical Mods (Advanced Only)
Mechanical mods are often talked about in cloud chasing because they send the battery power directly to the coil without regulation.
This can create powerfully strong output but does remove built in safety protections. As such, these are not devices that most novice vapers should look into, and are only suitable for experienced cloud chasers who know the battery limit and coil resistance together with all other safety regulations.
For most users, a conventional regulated box mod with safety features is the better option.
Tank and Coil Matter Just as Much
Even with a powerful mod, you cannot produce a large cloud without the proper setup.
Sub-ohm tanks are where it’s at when it comes to producing serious amounts of vapor, with lower resistance coils allowing greater passage of current through them, heating up the e-juice in the process and creating a thicker cloud.
Used extensively, because you get a beautiful balance of the perfect combination of both performance and usability as you can get right good vaper without advanced building techniques.
Mesh coils burst onto the scene and are the preferred option now as opposed to a conventional wire, as the mesh structure allows for it to heat up more evenly giving you a faster ramp up time, with a smoother flow resulting in denser and more consistent vapor for users wanting strong clouds in a non-complicated installation of an e-juice into an electronic cigarette.
Airflow is a major factor too, although we forget about this in most cases! Airflow is a major consideration and devices designed specifically for cloud chasing usually have an adjustable airflow so you get a wider gap allowing for a larger vapor cloud, whereas a tighter airflow is allowing more focus on flavor.
Airflow and Power
Ultimately, it’s the balance between airflow and power that will define whether your clouds are decent, or “dense”.
In other words, vapour production is determined by finding the sweet spot between airflow to satisfy your lungs, and power to drive the e-juice so it will produce vapour and fill the room.
Battery Performance
And all that needs power, so your battery setup had better keep up. Look for:
- High-capacity (or dual battery mod) devices
- Stable output—the last thing you want is for power to drop over time
- Charging options that are likely to last, type C in many of the newer vapes is becoming standard
Inconsistent battery delivery will reduce the power of the vaporiser and the vaping experience generally.
What about High Puff Disposable Vapes?
While box mod powered cloud chasing is still where the action is, it is quite possible to produce a cloud chasing disposable.
Traditional cloud chasing use mods, and the development of vaping technology is such that traditional cloud chasing mods are catching up.
High puff disposables, 10000 puff or 15000 puffs depending where you’re located;
Using mesh coils for better airflow design;
And also using rechargeable batteries.
It’s likely these won’t be able to satisfy someone who goes for a full box mod cloud kick, however the approach can give a surprise level of satisfaction for the user who wants an easier to use system.
A happy medium?
For many users, the combination of ease of use, along with a level of decent cloud is becoming more and more appealing.
Choosing the Right Setup
Unfortunately, everyone’s idea of the “best” vape mod is different. Because it is a personal choice, it comes down to how much control over your experience you’re after, vs how much time you want to spend on sourcing a working setup.
- If you want maximum clouds and customization → Box mod + sub-ohm or rebuildable setup
- If you want solid maximisation of clouds with a bit less difficulty → Mesh coil sub-ohm tank
- If you want convenient cloud production with a good solid vapour, 10 or 20k disposable vap had choic3 of goodies for you
It’s less about getting the maximum performance per £, and more about what your favourite way of passing the nicotine about is.
Final Thoughts
The whole cloud chasing scene is about more than just blowing big clouds, it’s about the consistency of the delivery of the e-liquid into vapour. The ritual of every step in the whole process, right up to dropping and scorching your throats and panting all day!
Cloud chasing in general is about control, and the successful systems out there are a fine balance to have to keep on top of in your head.
Over the years, however, it seemed to be a changing scenario, modular vaping systems are definitely when you can get mods to hit the spot, look for repairs intentionally designed in, in the case of DIY box mods and vapes when DIY’ing the look up a vaporiser kit unless you feel you can DIY the whole vape. Mods, disposable cloud chasers are going about things in different ways compared to the time just a few years back.
If you’re starting from scratch designing your product line, or just looking for new items to add to your vape store, follow the course market needs in terms of better airflow, more persistent and efficient coils, longer life to the vapes and better overall smoothness in the vape, rather than chase max specs out of things to achieve better results.
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