FYI
THE SUB OHM TANK
REVOLUTION
by Kurt Sonderegger | Cafe Racer Vape
W
ith the popularity of
Rebuildable Dripper Atomizer
(RDAs) and the birth
of the early Rebuildable Atomizers
(RBAs) that allow people to build custom
coils well into the Sub-Ohm realm,
it was pretty clear that some company
would take this concept and apply it to
a tank with a pre-made disposable coil
that was capable of delivering sub ohm
performance. Eventually the engineers
at some of the big vape hardware
companies in China caught on and got
to work to replicate the experience of
using an rebuildable atomizer (RBA)
without the hassle and engineering know
how of building your own coils. In 2014,
Aspire released it's newest tank called
the Atlantis. The Atlantis was the first
Sub Ohm tank to hit the market with premade coils.
As a result, Sub Ohm tanks ushered
in a new era in vaping where it doesn’t
take a lot of experience to reach high
performance with much more vapor
production and much better flavor
delivery for e-liquids.
Sub Ohm tanks with pre-made coils have
quickly established themselves as the
industry’s hottest hardware segment,
with companies like Aspire, Kanger,
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Joyetech and Smok and Herakles
by Sense ( to mention just a few) all
releasing dozens of new models over the
last few months.
All of these represent an exponential
leap forward in terms of vapor production
and flavor, delivering an experience
that has historically been the exclusive
purview of folks with ohm readers and
spools of wire. Technologically speaking,
these new tanks aren’t doing anything
mind-blowing — they’re essentially
taking what RDAs and RBAs have
been doing for years and putting it on a
production line.
So What does this All Mean for Vapers
and the Industry?
Vapor Production
Sub Ohm vaping delivers much
more vapor. Vapor production is a
key component for a satisfying vape
experience. If you’re a smoker and
try vaping for the first time, you would
want to experience a satisfying hit (ie
throat hit) that you can feel as well as
get some nice flavor. Many of the early
e-cigs failed to delivery much vapor
and required a lot of patience and
persistence to get a decent draw, never
mind replacing the experience and ritual
that smokers were looking for.
Since most of the early rebuildable
atomizers required quite a lot of skill to
make - this wasn’t a good option for a
newbie looking to switch from smoking
to vaping. They typically would buy a
cig-alike at a convenience store or if
they were well informed - might actually
seek out a vape shop to see what was
available in the higher end models. The
early open tank vaporizers that used
cartomizers were a big leap forward from
the early cig-alikes, but still didn’t deliver
an experience anything near what the
more advanced RDA’s could.
Enter the new Sub Ohm tanks with premade coils - and you have a real game
changer. Now pretty much anyone with a
few dollars in their pocket can walk into
a Vape Shop and get an advanced sub
ohm tank and battery powerful enough
to safely power the coil and walk out with
a high performance device that delivers
heaps of vapor and lots of flavor.
Does Sub Ohm Vaping Deliver
Better Flavor?
Definitely! You have access to much
higher concentration of vapor and the
extra power being used unlocks many
of the flavor subtleties that you wouldn’t