When you look at popular vapes like the Geek Bar Pulse or the Raz DC25000, you’ll immediately notice a particular feature that all of the best disposable vapes have these days: multiple vaping modes. When a disposable vape offers this feature, the most powerful mode usually has a name that sounds very forceful, like Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode or Boost Mode. Whatever name a particular brand uses for this mode, the result is the same: The device produces dramatically bigger vapor clouds but consumes its e-liquid more quickly.
Using Pulse Mode or Turbo Mode on a disposable vape can give you a very intense, satisfying and flavorful experience. It isn’t for everyone, though, and it has a couple of drawbacks that you should be aware of before you just throw your device into Pulse Mode and start puffing away.
So, what is Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode or Boost Most on a vape? We’ll start by talking about what this mode actually is from a technical standpoint, and then we’ll discuss the pros and cons. We’ll even share the surprising reason why you might want to buy a vape that offers Pulse Mode even if you don’t plan to use that feature at all. Are you intrigued yet? Let’s jump in.
What Is Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode or Boost Mode?
Whether your vape calls it Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode or Boost Mode, the underlying technology is basically the same regardless of which brand of vape you happen to use. Going forward, we’ll just call it Pulse Mode for brevity’s sake.
Every vaping device has an atomizer coil. This component is either a spiral-shaped wire or a strip of mesh. When you vape, the coil becomes hot and vaporizes the e-liquid in your device. A standard disposable vape has one coil, but a vape with Pulse Mode has two. When you use your device in the normal vaping mode, only one coil is active at a time. The device switches from one coil to the other each time you puff on it. When you use Pulse Mode, both coils are active at the same time.
Pulse Mode has two effects.
- Since both coils are used simultaneously, it essentially doubles the device’s vapor production.
- Since the vapor production is doubled, the e-liquid consumption is also doubled. Therefore, the total number of puffs that you’ll get out of the device will be reduced by about half.
Benefits of Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode or Boost Mode
Now that you understand what Pulse Mode is on a vape, what does it actually mean for you? Although some people buy the latest vapes and simply throw them right into Pulse Mode and forget about it, others only use it part of the time. As we mentioned above, you may actually benefit from owning a vape that offers Pulse Mode even if you don’t use it at all. Here are the main benefits.
- Pulse Mode essentially doubles a disposable vape’s vapor production. This means that you’ll enjoy bigger clouds and bolder flavors. You’ll also inhale more nicotine per puff, which is important for vapers who have higher nicotine requirements and don’t quite find single-coil vapes satisfying enough.
- Since Pulse Mode produces bigger clouds in a shorter period of time, you can reach your desired level of satisfaction without taking extremely long puffs. If you’re already taking very long, deep puffs when you use a single-coil disposable vape, you may actually find that using a vape with Pulse Mode won’t increase your total nicotine consumption at all because you’ll just start taking shorter puffs.
- Using a device with Pulse Mode may allow you to switch to a low-nicotine vape without compromising your satisfaction.
- You can switch between the normal vaping mode and Pulse Mode whenever you like, using Pulse Mode only when you need a little extra nicotine. For example, you might find the additional vapor production helpful if you haven’t been able to vape for a while because you were stuck in a long meeting.
Here’s the big secret that we alluded to above: Even if you don’t use Pulse Mode at all, you may still appreciate having a device with this feature because in the normal vaping mode, a dual-coil disposable vape divides the load evenly between the two coils by alternating from one coil to the other on each puff. If you enjoy using high-capacity disposable vapes that provide thousands of puffs, you know that they can sometimes taste a bit burnt by the time you get to the end because of the dark residue that sweetened e-liquid creates on the coil. A device with Pulse Mode can eliminate that issue.
Because a dual-coil vape divides the work between the two coils when it’s in the regular vaping mode, a device that has Pulse Mode will give you about twice as many puffs before it begins to taste burnt. Many people find that a disposable vape with a dual-coil configuration can provide nearly flawless flavor all the way to the last drop, and that feature on its own can make a disposable vape with Pulse Mode worth buying even if you never use the dual-coil vaping mode.
Drawbacks of Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode or Boost Mode
As fun as it can be to have a disposable vape with the ability to double its own vapor production, Pulse Mode does have a couple of drawbacks that you should be aware of before you begin using it.
- Since Pulse Mode uses both of the device’s coils simultaneously to provide double the vapor production, it also uses about twice as much e-liquid. In the process, it will cut the total number of puffs that you get from the device in half. For example, the Geek Bar Pulse delivers up to 15,000 puffs in the standard vaping mode and up to 7,500 puffs in Pulse Mode. The device’s total nicotine output is the same either way, but it’s important to understand that if you use your vapes in Pulse Mode in a full-time basis, you’ll need to buy new vapes more often.
- A disposable vape typically has a nicotine strength of 50 mg/ml and delivers nicotine very efficiently even with a single-coil configuration. For some people, Pulse Mode is simply too much. Of course, having a vape with Pulse Mode doesn’t mean that you’re obligated to use that mode – and in fact, there are certain benefits to not using it, as we described above. It’s important to understand that Pulse Mode isn’t for everyone, though, and it could end up being something that you’ll try once and not use again.
Whether You Use It or Not, Pulse Mode Is a Game Changer
Even if you don’t end up using the feature yourself, the fact is that vapes with multiple vaping modes are definitely here to stay because consumers are demanding disposable vapes that offer more advanced capabilities and behave more like full-fledged vape mods. Whether you call it Pulse Mode, Turbo Mode, Boost Mode or something else, a dual-coil vaping mode offers more benefits than drawbacks because it provides bigger clouds and bolder flavors for those who need them. For those who don’t need the extra vapor, a dual-coil configuration helps a disposable vape maintain top flavor quality longer because it splits the work between the two coils to cut down on residue buildup. Either way, you win.