Introduction

There usually comes a point, for most vapers, where curiosity takes hold. You may find yourself looking at more advanced systems and wondering what it would be like to hold one in your hand, to use it, to see what it offers that the pod based system doesn’t.

You may be ready to satisfy that curiosity; if you are, here are a few things you should know that will prepare you.

Pen Style Systems

In function, pen style vaporizers aren’t that different from pod based systems. In form, they’re almost identical except for the size of the parts. While pod based systems use batteries that almost disappear in your hand, pen style systems use a long, cylindrical battery, which powers a sub-ohm tank. The battery itself features a firing button, a micr-USB charging port, and a connection for the tank.

This tank consists most commonly of a mouthpiece (sometimes called a drip tip) a top cap, a glass wall, an airflow adjustment system, an atomizer coil head, and a base that screws onto your battery or mod.

Changing The Atomizer Head

Because an atomizer coil head essentially acts the same way the filament in an incandescent lightbulb does (electricity is pumped through a coil of wire surrounding eliquid-soaked cotton wick, causing the wire to heat up until it turns eliquid into vapor) these heads have to periodically be thrown away and replaced.

In modern sub-ohm tanks, this is generally as simple as emptying the tank, removing the base from the glass wall, then unscrewing the old head from the base and screwing the new one in. Reassemble and refill the tank, give it about five minutes for the eliquid to fully saturate the wick, and you’re good to go.

Sub-Ohm: What It Means

Electrical resistance in a wire is measured in Ohms; when electrical resistance is measure in less than 1 Ohm, these measurements are said to be “sub-ohm”. Typically, the lower the resistance of an atomizer head, the more quickly it reaches the optimum temperature to atomizer eliquid and the “harder hitting” the resulting vapor is; meaning that nicotine is delivered more efficiently, the vapor is warmer, flavor is more full and vivid, and the clouds of vapor are bigger and more full looking.

The Benefits

Pen style vaporizers, as mentioned above, have a more regular upkeep routine than pod based vaporizers. You need to keep the tank from being empty, unless you mean to change the atomizer head, which you’ll also want to do regularly — depending on the atomizer heads your tank uses, this could be anywhere from once every week or so to once every month or so — different brands have different lifespans.

What you gain, however, is not a small thing: pen style vaporizers have longer battery life, can carry more liquid inside their tanks, the tanks can be filled with eliquid in the flavor and nicotine strength of your choice, and that all adds up to a vaping experienced that’s more powerful, longer lasting, and chosen by you to suit your exact tastes.

Conclusion

If you’re ready to try the more powerful pen style vaporizer, I hope this has helped you with the knowledge you need to know to make your choice the best one for you. Take a look at the link at the top of the page to see what Kidney Puncher has to offer you for your next great vape.