What gives a harsh throat hit?

[jondele]

i ordered a sampler of 18mg dose, in varioius flavors from awesomevaper. but i find his stuff to be way harsh on my throat.

is this due to the nicotine dosage? or flavor? should i goto nic free?

[Ryle]

In my experience nic levels seem to be the biggest determining factor for throat hit. Followed by the device used.

[Beer Man]

Good info. Thanks.

-Geoff

[jondele]

awesome, il have to order low dose from now on.

im on a 510 manual btw

[Ryle]

the 510 could be doing it too then. The 510 w/ manual does get pretty toasty and produces a pretty good throat hit. Try watering down some of your juice with either pg or vg (whichever you prefer/can get easier) and test that before ordering lower nic levels.

[Allestaria]

Throat hit has been my biggest problem. I'm down to 8mg and I still can't handle the throat hit. I gag/cough every time. Its rough. I'm currently using cartos made with pg. The pg/vg mix from johnsons creek has weak flavor but at 18mg I can handle the throat hit.

The johnsons I used with my 901. auto battery. Good vapor just not much flavor.

[Ryle]

that sounds like it might be the pg.. have you tried JUST vg? I've heard of people just being PG sensitive and thinking it was "throat hit" rather than their throat going "OMFG GET THIS ***** OFF ME!"

[JebGipson]

yea reminds me of whenever I pass out some of my normal strength for my personal use juice with my loaner e-cig... 24MG is waaaaaaaay too much for most of the folks I've loaned my e-cig too. 18Mg is a far stretch down... usually noobs are best suited to 12-16MG some seasoned vapers I see using 8MG but this is no rule just for the most part... I remember one guy I got onto the e-cig recently vapes straight 36MG all day! first day of vaping he got 36MG and stuck with it, prefered it over the 24MG of mine he tried.

[VapeStar]

As people have said before, I find it to be the nic levels.

[Ryle]

I started with 36 too (and some 24 that came with my first kit) but I much prefer the 36, vape it straight all day every day, sometimes I even vape 48 straight (not recommended for newbies.. ever lol) but for me it's not about the nic level so much as the killer throat hit that the higher nic produces. Whenever I let someone try my pv during a demo.. I ALWAYS tell them "I vape the highest strength juice available, you'll likely want something much weaker, the lower the nic, the less it kicks you in the troat" before I let them take a hit, then when it makes em cough they're not scared of the pv. lol they usually say "I gotta get one.... that's weaker" and we laugh and I give em sites and what busness cards I have on me