Yuk - these are vile, vile, vile

[Hatsepsut]

While I'm not loving the flavour of my e-cig either (still prefer "analogs"), I'm hoping to get used to it, and to try different liquids until I find one I'm happy with. Just a pity I ordered 140 cartridges with my starter pack... ><

[surbitonPete]

I must say the taste I got from the Evo cartridges when I started vaping was very 'odd' but at the same time I quite liked it so for me it was a good first experience..it's a pity they don't sell that in bottles because it's still my favourite.

[RatInDaHat]

explore all the flavor options that have been offered to you. They are numerous. i don't like the "stock" taste much, it is doable but not great by anymeans. I hate mushrooms, but i know people who love them. flavor above almost everything else, is subjective.

[yvilla]

Also remember that anyone trying these out who is also currently smoking cigarettes - nearly everyone - has totally whacked out tastebuds!

It's only after you've left cigarettes behind for a while that you can trust your sense of taste.

[karenwest1961]

I agree...the stock carts suck! But once you top it with something else, it's not bad.

You couldn't get me to vape oriental flavor ever! I did once and that was all she wrote. I don't care if Hugh Jackman is doing a striptease in front of me...although I may be tempted, I ain't vapin' that crap again. But yeah, there are some people here who love it.

I don't do the fruity flavors either. Don't like 'em. I'm more of a 555, Virginia, regular tobacco, coffee kinda vaper. It up to the individual...that's why it's nice to have a sample pack of flavor juice.

[FenMan]

I suppose I'd find a conventional cigarette pretty horrible just now as well. It's been 2.5 months since I last smoked. As 3 months is usually the point where I fall off the wagon, I thought I'd try keeping an e-cigarette around the place - something to relapse to but without starting all the old routines of smoking.

On the one hand, maybe I should be glad that I don't like e-cigs; maybe I'm off nicotine altogether. On the other hand, I really pine for the routines and rituals of smoking and would rather take up e-cigs than, oh so easily, pick up where I left off.

[D_Struct]

I suppose I'd find a conventional cigarette pretty horrible just now as well. It's been 2.5 months since I last smoked. As 3 months is usually the point where I fall off the wagon, I thought I'd try keeping an e-cigarette around the place - something to relapse to but without starting all the old routines of smoking.

On the one hand, maybe I should be glad that I don't like e-cigs; maybe I'm off nicotine altogether. On the other hand, I really pine for the routines and rituals of smoking and would rather take up e-cigs than, oh so easily, pick up where I left off.

If you really want to quit altogether, that will always be the best of choices.

However, if you're still wanting the ritual and routine, pay attention to the multitude of responses that directly address your particular problem.

You've got a new atomizer that probably needs to be broken in. Get all the primer liquid off over the next day or so, try a new flavor and come back and tell us what you think.

Many of us experienced the same issue.

[sherid]

While I'm not loving the flavour of my e-cig either (still prefer "analogs"), I'm hoping to get used to it, and to try different liquids until I find one I'm happy with. Just a pity I ordered 140 cartridges with my starter pack... ><

You can ease into it by simply continuing to smoke some regular cigs and filling in with e cigarettes. It is a great way to cut back on cigs while learning to enjoy e smoking. That's what I did. I did not like the e cig at all when I first got it, but over time, I learned to love it. I am still smoking some regular cigs, but I often now enjoy the e cig more than the regular ones. That is always a good thing, but I put no pressure on myself. As others suggested, the atomizer tastes absolutely awful at first. Take their suggestions to get past that new atomizer taste.

[Doostin]

I'm awaiting my first e-cig too...couple of questions about getting rid of the factory/packaging taste...

Could you just wash it prior to use?

Can you dry-run your e-cigs without a cartridge? Maybe get all the parts hot and all the bad vapours out of there without inhaling them...does it need liquid for some sort of temperature-regulation?

Doost

[JustJulie]

Doostin--

Personally, I wouldn't clean a new atomizer. So long as it was functioning well, I'd simply vape to clean out the taste. (It doesn't take all that long--just puff and don't inhale at first.)

And, no, you do NOT want to vape on an empty cartridge/dry atomizer. It's a great way to burn out the atomizer by overheating.