SteveH

There are some tanks that use high watts, (the baby beast comes to mind), that use over 100w
Like you I very rarely get over 25w, but I do have 3 dual battery mods that will do over 100w, at the watts I run the dual batteries last a long time.
If you have a car that is capable of 150, doesn't mean you have to drive it that fast.
2 of the mods I use daily are Kanger 75w TC mods with a Subtank mini on top, a very good setup in my opinion.

Just jumped on the DIY bandwagon and got my supplies and mixed my first flavor. Tried it and was happy, but going to let it steep few days

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On the flip side, using 22g with more wraps to get to the same resistance provides for more surface area on the coil(s) which in turn allows for more liquid to be vaporized.  That can lead to more vapor and flavor, or it can be a complete disaster all the way around.  It's all about experimentation and finding your personal preference(s) though. 

Using 24g instead of 22g you will need less wraps. Less wraps mean less wire to heat up using the same ohms, you may notice your coil will heat up faster.

Everything I've seen outside of the media selling cokes indicates that it has to be unregulated mods, ripped or torn batteries, etc.  Here's a great video showing just hard it would be to make a battery blow up:   
I think you would really have to work at getting a regulated mod to have a catastrophic battery failure.   

Generally, when we get more information about the exploding battery, we discover that the person who got hurt was carrying a loose battery in his pocket with change, keys, other metal objects, and it created a situation where the battery shorted out. In the case of a woman who put her extra battery in her purse, she thought it was safe because she put it into a separate pocket in the purse and didn't have the battery safely in a protective case. In this situation, I believe her keys were the culprit.
If you're using good batteries in your mod, taking care to lock the mech mod before putting it down/away when not in use, carrying your spare batteries in a case to keep it from coming into  contact with metal... you should be okay. Of course, there are always instances of bad batteries, malfunctioning mods, etc. but those are pretty rare if you take the proper precautions.

Cool.  
I think in general it's hard to really state what a flavor build is.   Probably because it's so subjective.  It's easy to build for clouds.  Flavor is more ellusive.  I don't know why that is.  Perhaps because many more things contribute to flavor.   Flavor appears to be sensitive.  For clouds you need power and airflow. Pretty simple. 
I have a couple of observations and a couple of theories about flavor.
Juice - In the good old days before everybody went batcrap crazy about diacetyl and other additives in ejuice, it used to taste great.  And it wasn't that hard to make it taste great.  It tasted great as long as you didn't scorch it.  It tasted great at 9 watts and it tasted great at 50 watts.  
Dual (or more) coils almost always create  more flavor.  I have no idea why,  since it doesnt seem to be just about clouds.  Perpaps it's surface area. I don't know.  For whatever reason, more cloud does not mean more flavor.  
My sweet spot is 3mm (single or dual) .5 - .6 ohm about 25W - 35W.   But I also love a .8 at about 20W on certain juices.  I rarely vape at 40W or more unless Im fooling with a low ohm RDA for fun. It's just not my thing.  I personally don't see the attraction of massive clouds and wasting juice. 
I do love a good cloud with great flavor.  I'll take flavor any day and i find that in the .5 - .8 range
 

Generally the higher the resistance the better the flavor. The TFV8 has 8 1.2 ohm coils. A single .15 coil won't give the same flavor as single 1.2 coil, when you get 8 1.2 coils firing at once you get a lot of cloud, and a lot of flavor.  

Thanks Bebop.... I do prefer flavor over cloud.  It's hard for me to think to put in words what I am trying to describe, but thanks for taking a stab at it. 
I guess ultimately, I want to build for flavor and using my calculator (I use Vape Tool Pro for my Android Phone), I generally build .5 coils.  What should I be shooting for in regards to stronger flavor?
I think what I was trying to figure out in my original question, but having a hard time explaining.... If I buy pre-made coils, I am unsure where to start (wattage) other than beginning low and working my way up.  For example, I bought premade GM Coils - clapton 26g A1 + 38g TM N80 at 6 wraps on a 3mm bit.  Label shows .2 Ohm (dual) which is pretty much spot on.  So what I was wondering is where is a good wattage to start at and perhaps a average wattage range that one may use.  I do understand that is subjective to the individual.  And, how do you get to that starting point (calculator, etc).

I realize different tanks, coils, etc. will all produce different results from one to the other.  For example, I vape my Avocado 24 around 40-50 watts and found that is the best I can get for me, however it's really no flavor.  Lowering and raising the wattage doesn't get anything better.  Yet if I run my TFV8 with the pre-made T8 .15 ohm coil at 120 watts, I get great flavor.  I know, different set ups.  

I'd love to find great flavor with my Avocado and Griffen RTAs and ultimately looking for what I should build at for xx recommended wattage.  Hope that is little easier to understand, I am at a lose for exactly how to explain it
** On a side note, I am reading some threads about flavor and learning about top vs bottom airflow and about different wire affecting flavor too.  So that helps... Think I just need to find what you mentioned above and that would be building for my preference and sticking with that.