We have many customers who frequently visit our shops to purchase sub-ohm/MTL devices, coils. And appropriate liquid. Across our site. You will see that we mention sub-ohm & MTL (mouth-to-lung) a lot in our product descriptions. After a recent survey. We found that many people did not understand the two terms and what they really mean. There is a major difference between the two types of devices.

Get the Correct Device!

Getting the wrong device is a major factor for people failing to make the transition from cigarettes to vaping. Here we will go into more detail to fully explain the two different terms. Giving you pros and cons for each, and the do’s and don’ts.

Whichever vaping device you use, be that a modest pen-style device to a large box mod device, they all have the same four important components:

• Battery (sometimes called a mod)
• Tank
• Coil
• E-Liquid

As we all know, once you activate your battery, it places an electrical charge into the coil, which in turn heats up the e-liquid in the tank, turning it into vapour. Simple!

When we talk about sub-ohm and MTL, what we’re really talking about is the resistance of the coil – but all other components play their part and we will explain below.

What is MTL?

MTL stands for mouth-to-lung, which refers to the way in which you inhale using a MTL device. Pretty much just like you would with a cigarette, gently drawing vapour into your mouth, before taking a double inhale down into your lungs. We might also call these devices plus-ohm devices.

MTL devices are generally smaller than sub-ohm devices, operate at lower settings, produce less vapour, and feel a bit more like a cigarette. When looking at MTL coils, they will all have a resistance above 1 ohm. For example; 1.2 ohm, 1.6 ohm, 1.8 ohm etc etc. Most MTL coils at this kind of resistance would not require a lot of power (wattage) to fire up. On average, most will work between 8-17W. If you check the side of your coil, it should tell you the resistance, and the recommended wattage range in small writing.