E-cig tastes bad! Help!

[Candigirl]

I posted last week asking for advice. The e-cig (joye 510) was not tasting good and I was not enjoying it. I still wanted analogs. Many told me to try flavors since I only had the tobacco flavor. I ordered several ones to try. My e-cig still tastes bad and I'm not really tasting much of the flavor. What do I need to do? I want to quit analogs!!!!!!
THANKS for any advice!

 

[EDDIE D]

did you switch atomizers? if not, you contaminated it by mixing liquids.

 

[nastos.]

does it taste like burning? can you be more specific with the "bad taste"?

 

[EDDIE D]

also, are using cartridges or dripping? dripping you can get a little bit fuller flavor but if you're using tobacco, my original juice of tobacco tasted like sheet. once you find your perfect flavor to your tastebuds it'll be awesome. bump up your nicotine level if you're still craving analogs. over time you should prefer the ecig over analogs and it'll be a natural transition and you'll eventually phase out your cigarette use, some people are immediate others over time...

 

[Candigirl]

I pulled the inside stuff out and rinsed and dried it, then added the new liquid. I am very new and totally clueless to all this.

 

[EDDIE D]

nastos. makes a good point, if you're getting a nasty burnt taste you're atty is dry and you're probably burning the wick, keep your stuff wet.

 

[Candigirl]

I assume I am using cartridges. I feel very ignorant when it comes to e cigs. I dont know much. I just think it tastes yucky!

 

[EDDIE D]

i tried to salvage a used atty for a different liquid and water impurities contaminated my atty with an awful taste, had to junk it even though it had good vapor production due to the aftertaste...

 

[Candigirl]

Yes it tastes burnt!! How do I keep it wet?

 

[EDDIE D]

what other flavors did you pick? tobacco for me tastes like crap in a synthetic form. good flavors i've tried were: coffee (madvapes topvapor), green apple (madvapes), and killvanilla (ecigexpress).

 

[nastos.]

well you might have tried vaping it while it was too dry and burned a little bit of the filling. If you are using cartomizers you may want to open a new one.

If using an atomizer you may want to try cleaning it with vodka. Whichever method you use you need to always make sure it doesnt dry out too much inside. You may just not be using enough juice?

 

[EDDIE D]

to keep it wet, you gotta prime it. pop out the cartridge and drip a drop or two on the bent up bar inside the atomizer, just be careful not to flood the thing or you'll gurgle it. then fill up the cartridge. no burnt taste and good vapor is what is supposed to happen. when just starting is a little tricky to get the exact proportion, not too dry and not too wet where it's flooded.

 

[Scootypuff]

Ah, you cleaned out your cartridge (cart) but not the atomizer. There will still be liquid in the atomizer you were using. You can remedy this partially by blowing out the liquid (blow from the cart side with the battery hole into a paper towel) and then prime the atomizer with a couple of drops of the new liquid that you put into your cart. There will still be a residue of the old flavor for a bit, but that will help to get it out faster so that you can taste the new flavor more accurately.

 

[Candigirl]

I have tried cream and cappuccino so far. I also bought 3 other flavors. I can barely taste any flavor. Just tastes burnt.

 

[Candigirl]

Ok. Going to try that. Thanks all!!!!!

 

[nastos.]

Let us know how it turns out.

 

[EDDIE D]

i don't really use cartridges, when i drip, i put a few drops in, if it tastes burnt i can either wait a few seconds for it to have time to soak into the wick or i can just add another drop, if it still tastes burnt i add another drop, and so on until i hit the right level of wetness on the atomizer. the atomizer is a little coil with a wick above it with a bent up bridge that touches the filler material of the cartridge. cartridges take some time to wick down so most people prime it with a predrop before popping the cartridge on.

 

[Candigirl]

I blew it out and I think that is helping. It is tasting less "burnt". Thanks y'all!!!