Not every vaper feels the need to become an expert on the different type of coils that are out there, but every vaper should at least have a basic understanding of how different coils produce different vaping experiences.  Knowing how coils work will help you fine-tune your experience like never before while preventing unwanted things like dry hits and spitback.  When it comes to coil knowledge, it’s pretty much essential that you grasp the main differences between single and dual coils.  These are the two most popular coils you can find, and they are extremely different in terms of structure and performance.

Luckily, The Sauce LA made things simple.  We’ve created a very easy guide to understanding how these two coil configurations differ from each other.  By the end of this article, you should hopefully be able to determine whether or not you should be going with a single or a dual coil build.

The Basics on Coils

As you know, you can’t vape without coils.  Coils are sort of the middleman between the battery and your vape juice.  Basically, your battery provides heat to your coil, which allows the coil to heat up to the right temperature in order to turn your e-liquid into a vapor.  Therefore, it’s safe to say that which coil you use has a lot to do with your overall vaping experience.

Coils come in a wide variety of metals, wicking styles and general configurations.  When we talk about single and dual coils, we refer to the wires that are inside of the coil structures.

Single Coils

As the name implies, a single coil utilizes a single wire to turn that e-liquid into luscious vapor.  All of the battery power is conducted through that single wire which then heats the juice.  For numerous vaping setups, a single coil is adequate. 

Many vapers prefer single coil configurations because they require and produce less power.  With single coils, you’ll find that your battery life is much longer because the coil doesn’t require nearly as much power.  You’ll also find that your vape juice lasts longer because the coil isn’t burning through as much when you fire a hit.

Single coils are also great for those who are just starting to build their own.  A single coil is easily the simplest type of coil configuration to build.

A drawback of using a single coil is that it’s not as good at turning your vape juice into huge, fluffy and dense clouds, because it’s not heating as much vape juice at one time.  Another disadvantage is that the ramp-up time is a bit slower.

Dual Coils

Dual coils consist of two wires inside of the coil structure.  When the device is fired, the battery evenly heats both coils which allows for more e-liquid to be processed per hit.  Dual coils are, therefore, more powerful, and more favored among cloud chasers who prefer extremely high wattages.

When you’re using a dual coil configuration, you can expect your clouds to be huge and extremely thick, which is what so many vapers crave.  That’s because two coils are heating your e-juice at once, which means that each hit actually gives you double the amount of juice.

Of course, that comes at a cost.  Dual coil configurations will cause you to go through your e-liquid at a faster rate, which means that you’ll be spending more money on vape juice over time.  Dual coils also drain your battery more quickly because they require twice as much power to be activated, so to speak.

Also, if you’re getting into DIY vaping, dual coils are a bit more complicated in terms of construction.

The Coil Choice is Yours!

Whether you choose a single or dual coil is completely up to you.  Neither is objectively better than the other.  We recommend trying out both in order to see which one satisfies your particular vaping needs.