My e-cigarette has arrived.... from ecig.com

[jamie]

the atomizer need to be dry and free from any liquid to be durable.

If the atomizer is dry and free of liquid it will burn out when used.

[McSocker]

alrite had my e-cig for approx. 2 days and starting to get the hang of e-smoking....

the feeling of e-smoking does not fully replicate that of tobacco smoking, as what many experienced e-smokers have said ard this forum, but in certain ways does makes it similar

i'm beginning to think that the 'drying' effect of the throat caused by the PG is actually a plus in creating a feel of inhaling anything other than air, but it does makes me want to take sips of water more frequently.

the amount of smoke my e-cig is producing seems more like the "1-week after" e-cig that ratindahat shows in his video review for myecig.com... not too much but good enough for wat i paid... btw i highly recommend anyone new to e-smoking to check out his video tutorials. definitely helped me especially on my drawing technique
check it out Tutorials - Tutorials


dats all for now... will review further after a few more days.....

btw a few of my smoking frens have already enquired abt my e-cigs and asking me to help buy for them after i validates my experience with e-smoking....

EDIT: btw i think i'll have to mix the usage between e-cig and tobacco, and gradually cut down on the grass.... still have the habit of wanting to light up.... but this has been extremely useful to lengthen the time between light ups..

[McSocker]

If you want more vapor, drop a drip of good vegetable Glycerin (make sure it's food-grade glycerin and only glycerin- no other ingredients) on the atomizer mesh- let it settle for a bit, then pop the cartridge back in- but do so at own risk- I do this all the time and my atomizer is holding up and producing clouds of vapor

The pen looks liek the smartfixx & NJoy, although it's a little hard to tell- the Cartridges look similar too. What was the price for the starter kit? The smartfixx starter kit costs $80

where can i find glycerin? preferably off the shelf.... pharmacies? or supermarkets?

btw i paid in total approx 85USD including shipping....
includes starter kit(2batt, 1 atomizer, charger, 22 menthol carts) 10 flue-cured carts, 5 vanilla, 5 coffee, additional atomizer, 1 carrying case

and btw the carrying case is pretty useless... i'll use my regular cigarette box to carry my e-cig around

[Nazareth]

McSocker- Amazon.com has pure vegetable Glycerin- don't get stuff that doesn't say Vegetable Glycerin or has other stuff in it. I found mine in Walmarts in the skin care department, but I'm not sure if it's vegetable glycerin or not- it probably is though as it's used on the skin as a moisterizer- but I'd order from Amazon next time as their product definately says vegetable glycerin- just do a search for 'vegetable glycerin" in Amazon search- it's a bit expensive, but it goes a long ways- it's are 15-20 dollars if I remember right

EDIT: btw i think i'll have to mix the usage between e-cig and tobacco, and gradually cut down on the grass.... still have the habit of wanting to light up.... but this has been extremely useful to lengthen the time between light ups..

Yeah most of us are in same boat- it really does help lengenthen time between regular smokes- I was a 20 cigg a dayer, and now am down to 8

[jamie]

Moved Glycerin discussion to thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/for...-glycerin.html

[bishybob]

sorry to add on
one point I not sure you mention"store vertically after a few hours of smoking, to make sure the liquid falls down towards the atomizer"

the liquid will not leak spoil the atomizer???
sorry if I didn;t research enough becos what I know
the atomizer need to be dry and free from any liquid to be durable.

I make sure to do this only after a bit of smoking out of that cartridge. Check the Tips section there's a Ruyan cartridge tips post that explains all of that really well. But basically you don't store it that way until the liquid is about half gone. I've never had any leaking problems that way.
The atomizer staying wet is fine. As long as it's not drowned...

the amount of smoke my e-cig is producing seems more like the "1-week after" e-cig that ratindahat shows in his video review for myecig.com... not too much but good enough for wat i paid... btw i highly recommend anyone new to e-smoking to check out his video tutorials. definitely helped me especially on my drawing technique

Drawing technique does make a big difference. There's a small learning curve for these things and it took me a while to get a good hit out of my devices.
Also... There's a break in period sometimes. I got the same penstyle from Mel that is on one of Rat's videos. The vapor I got out of it at first was exactly like his one week follow up video.
After 2-3 days, the vapor is now more like his first day video.
So some just need a beak in period.

[McSocker]

btw i tried the coffee flavour... i HATED it... it's got this burnt smell dat make me wonder did my atomizer burnt up....

[pattyjo]

I just bouhgt the pen style from ecig tonight the prices are the best i have seen and the website is really good they have alot of products, accessories are really cheap. I started with a smoking everywhere kit and paid a small fortune i wanted to try a different brand to compare. Hope it works well yours looks like the same one i bought. How is yours working so far?

[ZambucaLu]

I just bouhgt the pen style from ecig tonight the prices are the best i have seen and the website is really good they have alot of products, accessories are really cheap. I started with a smoking everywhere kit and paid a small fortune i wanted to try a different brand to compare. Hope it works well yours looks like the same one i bought. How is yours working so far?

Pattyjo, this thread is from 7/08. You might want to start a new one.

Lu