Have you had the chance to compare this to the TC on a DNA or Yihi mod? 600F is really pushing it and imo not at all the most enjoyable vape.
We have a Sigelei KAOS Spectrum. Which isnt to bad for temp mode, better than the alien.
I wish we could get a mod with a yihi chip. We will one day
I have a Funky 160, a Geek Vape Aegis, an iJoy Captain, an Envii Loch Ness, a Predator, and two Wismec 100TCs. All of them perform better than the Smok Alien for temp control. My biggest problem with the Alien was that it had such a bad time reading the resistance correctly on my tanks. I do SS 316L 27gauge spaced wires for all 12 of my tanks and while all of the mods listed above would read the resistance on any one tank just about the same, the Alien would always read high. And that variance was not consistent - anywhere from .1 to .4 too high. Needless to say, my Aliens have been retired.
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We dont have enough mods to retire them hahaha
I’m hearing this from all angles, and that’s exactly my experience with my own Alien…
My first mod was a Vaporesso Target Pro. When I tried TC I really said “Fxxx this sxxx”. In power mode it could fire up to a temp that was even too hot but whatever I tried in TC, even at max setting it never even got close to an enjoyable temperature.
It’s only when I got a DNA250 that I really started to enjoy it and that I didn’t have to bump the temp up to max to get a satisfying vape. When you have the chance, I recommend you walk into a vape shop and ask them to try it out.
They’re a bit on the expensive side, but if you look on Gearbest or Alibaba or something, I’m sure you’ll find a DNA mod that you can afford on sale. Once you try it and it works like it should, you’re just not going back to power mode because it doesn’t make sense. Powermode doesn’t really have any advantages over TC, but TC prevents the bad dry hits and burning of your cotton and gives a much more consistent vape too. Worth every penny.
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How is that pushing hard? With the way the resistance is set I would bet it doesn’t get even close to warm. Plus the power isn’t that high.
I just find it’s really hot at 600F, I mostly vape at 250-260C (480-500F). My coils are close to my mouth in my RDAs and I can feel the heat
If you lower the resistance setting on the mod it reads the tempiture differently and with those settings I would bet it’s barely warm. I personally have a smok gx350 and if I have it set at that resistance differential I don’t get any heat.
I can’t say anything about your mod or settings. I have no experience with Smok and I have no clue how good it is with TC. I just know that on my DNA250 500F/250C at 1cm from my lips feels like i’m close to an oven and that feels about right (don’t have an infrared sensor to measure) for a similar operating temperature.
I get the same effect on my Vaporesso though. 600F is a cool to luke-warm vape but I know something is off with it, that definitely is no 600F…
I got a real surprise tonight. I got a Kanger Dripbox 160 in the mail today and I’ve been using it in TC mode with SS wire. From a simple “how feels” it’s real close on actual temperature and is holding the temperature real steady. Working very nicely backing down the vape as the atty gets dry too. I guess I have to add that to my list of decent TC mods. I really didn’t expect this. Right out of the box.
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Exactly, if you don’t have the mod how can you tell what it would do? I don’t have your mod’s I don’t know how they vape. I don’t have the op mod but @Laura5 does so she gave them the settings she uses. But to you that was a “hot vape” I just don’t understand how you can tell someone what they are experiencing if you haven’t ever had the experience.
I feel like this is coming of kinda harsh but I don’t know how else to say it and still get my point across.
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What I’m just trying to say is that Smok, Wismec, iJoy and those brands are not really known for a good TC experience and a lot sounds like what you’re describing. You try to get some heat out of it and the mod just doesn’t give it…
So I just suggest to walk into a vapestore and try a YiHi or a DNA to see what a good working TC mod is doing, that’s all.
I’ve often wondered about that. TC means so many different things to so many makers and users. I watched a reviewer the other day and he was convinced that the TC on the mod was great because it prevented the cotton from burning. That was his only criteria. I know for myself YiHi and DNA brought a totally new meaning to TC after trying it on other mods. I often get the sense that in many of these threads folks are talking apples and oranges.
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My understanding is that TC cuts off power when it reaches the set temperature. When it doesn’t reach the set temperature, it’ll just apply the wattage like in normal power mode.
The allowed temperatures (usually up to 600F) are not supposed to burn cotton when there’s no liquid in it.
I don’t know if different companies apply it all differently. From what I’ve read in my search for a good TC mod, is that it mostly depends on the chipset and how accurate and fast it can read /process the resistance changes.
But that’s just what I got from reading up on different sites and forums… to me it’s kinda like trying to understand what Windows does under the hood. Unless you’re a developer, it’s often just guess work.
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I apologize but that is territory I won’t enter on this forum. I watched this place for about a year before joining and I have seen some vicious attacks on folks just discussing technical specifics. I want no part of that. Reddit would be better for technical details.
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smart move 
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Well said.
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