"knock off" in the e-cig world doesn't mean much
atomizer ohms
battery voltage & mah
those matter
it's the same atomizer technology, deep inside there's this coil being heated as liquid is sprayed against the wire, but in use it should not be red hot as that causes VG degradation products that are bad for you. Mine doesn't glow red unless it runs dry. I'm carefull not to let it burn bright red for more than a second. With fluid I only run it for 4-5 seconds at 11 watts.
Even though some people flavor E-Liquid with a few percent oil, it causes a need for additional maintenance of the atomizer (weekly boiling)
it's made to vaporize PG and VG mixes at relatively low heat, which is the opposite of what you want to do with hash oil
and then there's the problem with potency...if each e-cig vaping session is 3-6 drops, and your actives can only occupy 20% of those six drops, will you be able to get fully medicated?
also, you may exhale 30-40% of your actives, if vaped with PG, as it's droplet size is too large to be absorbed through the lungs...this may reduce the bio-availability of the actives
...unless you ghost each hit, and then you may be ingesting too much PG
no, I believe we're talking about trying to get that coil of nichrome to do something it's not built to do, it's not a ti-nail and globe, and adding PG or PG/VG makes it a poor mix...but i'll keep an open mind because i really want it to work
maybe making a custom atomizer with a 510 connection...? to just vape straight dabs tho, not with PG
I think better to miniaturize an oil rig than to use an e-cig
there's another thread on the board where people are theorizing about the needed elements of the "next gen" vape, portability should probably be added.