Please allow me to introduce myself

[adept1]

On and off (mostly on) smoker for about 30 years. Now enjoying the vape life. I have a Pico 25 and a smok AL85, and I've been using the Naked 100 menthol juices. I wanted to get another Pico 25, but was having trouble getting one, so I got the smok AL85 instead. I do prefer the Pico 25 a little more overall for a few reasons, but the SMOK AL85 does the job too.

First time I bought 6mg liquid, and now I'm using 3mg. I'm contemplating mixing to get 4.5mg next time. Considering buying another tank too so I can swap flavors more easily if I want. Looking at the SMOK Big Baby, or I might just get another Ello.

Been learning a lot lately about coils and figuring out which kind I prefer. I was already an 18650 battery expert due to one of my other hobbies, flashlights.

-adept1

 

[Tonee N]

Hello and Welcome

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[Winchester]

Howdy! Welcome to ECF!

 

[r77r7r]

Welcome. We used to get more of you flashlight guys awhile back on here. I'm sure you know batteries as much or better than we do here. Good to have you visit or join us.

 

[QcVaper]

Nice another battery expert that's awesome Welcome to ecf kind sir !
for your tank choice i'd stay a bit away from smok,too many coils issues tbh unless you're willing to learn the art of building your own coils with the rba head that's included with the tfv8 (mostly thinking about the big baby beast here). I assume you do dtl inhales (direct lung) which do not replicate how you'd smoke a cigarette,if so i'd recommend something else but i won't make suggestions since the only drop in coils tank i've liked so far was my Fat Scylla sv from freemax (their stainless .5 coils are awesome if you can find em tbh). I already got bored with those after 3 months lol so can't help you more than that

 

[April05]

I'd like to introduce myself as well! I just found this site as I'm a newbie. I'm a 20 yr 1 pack a day smoker and am going on day 8 off cigs and on a simple SMOK that the vap store recommended. I'm on 3mg and I have been fighting urges like crazy but wow I never thought I could put the sticks down. So happy!! I'm here to learn so thanks all that like to share.

 

[QcVaper]

I'd like to introduce myself as well! I just found this site as I'm a newbie. I'm a 20 yr 1 pack a day smoker and am going on day 8 off cigs and on a simple SMOK that the vap store recommended. I'm on 3mg and I have been fighting urges like crazy but wow I never thought I could put the sticks down. So happy!! I'm here to learn so thanks all that like to share.

If you find yourself craving too much try 6mgs instead? I started with a mtl setup with 15mg lol (1p/day for 10 years) 6mg is what i'm using atm and i absolutely love it, 3mg made me vape too many mls in a single day lolz.

 

[April05]

That's a question I have which seems to be hard to answer. How much is too much? I'm on day 8 and still have about 1/4 of my first bottle left.

 

[QcVaper]

That's a question I have which seems to be hard to answer. How much is too much? I'm on day 8 and still have about 1/4 of my first bottle left.

the first sign of a "too much" is whenever you get somewhat of a nic high, if you're starting to feel nauseated,headaches or generally sick stop vaping those are sign of nic poisoning. Don't worry about nic high though,in my most stressfull moments i often get those and i simply stop vaping,sure you feel a bit high from it but i doubt it's dangerous (done it multiple times without noticing lol) I vape mostly and only 6mg atm so don't worry about the nicotine level,just find what satisfies you the most,which in my case was 6. You can keep doing 3mg too if you want,but you might go through your juice much faster to satisfy yourself with a lower dosage,which i've done aswell and why i went back up to 6 instead.

 

[Letitia]

Welcome to both of you. If looking for new tank I'm enjoying my Asvape Cobra. Coils are very good, mid watt, nice profile, flavorful, nice well rounded tank.

 

[Tonee N]

Welcome to both of you. If looking for new tank I'm enjoying my Asvape Cobra. Coils are very good, mid watt, nice profile, flavorful, nice well rounded tank.

When did you start working for Asvape?[emoji6]

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[Letitia]

When did you start working for Asvape?[emoji6]

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lol Not often I find a tank I like this much. Have a box full of benched tanks to prove it.

 

[adept1]

Nice another battery expert that's awesome Welcome to ecf kind sir !
for your tank choice i'd stay a bit away from smok,too many coils issues tbh unless you're willing to learn the art of building your own coils with the rba head that's included with the tfv8 (mostly thinking about the big baby beast here). I assume you do dtl inhales (direct lung) which do not replicate how you'd smoke a cigarette,if so i'd recommend something else but i won't make suggestions since the only drop in coils tank i've liked so far was my Fat Scylla sv from freemax (their stainless .5 coils are awesome if you can find em tbh). I already got bored with those after 3 months lol so can't help you more than that

Thanks. Eventually I might build coils, but it probably would not be with the Big Baby - would probably buy a dedicated RTA for that. Turns out that my Eleaf Ello and SMOK Baby Beast both use the same dimension coils, so I'm free to try various coils from quite a few different brands including eLeaf, SMOK, Joytech, and others.

 

[stols001]

Hey Adept, welcome to ECF! Sounds like you are getting going in a good direction.

Nic strength is so variable and people have different preferences. If you are at 3, there's nothing wrong with a step up to 4.5, that sounds reasonable. Just keep an eye out for nic overload, but it's pretty simple-- headaches, yawning (sometimes), nausea, lightheadedness, etc. Also drink plenty of fluids, vaping can dry you out to start, and it helps with cigarette detox anyway. Best of luck!

Ann

 

[adept1]

Hey Adept, welcome to ECF! Sounds like you are getting going in a good direction.

Nic strength is so variable and people have different preferences. If you are at 3, there's nothing wrong with a step up to 4.5, that sounds reasonable. Just keep an eye out for nic overload, but it's pretty simple-- headaches, yawning (sometimes), nausea, lightheadedness, etc. Also drink plenty of fluids, vaping can dry you out to start, and it helps with cigarette detox anyway. Best of luck!

Ann

Thanks. That's actually why I went from 6 down to 3 - I was getting some headaches (don't mind the lightheadedness really ). But 3mg is a bit too weak, and now I'm blowing through juice like crazy. Juice is very expensive (about double the normal price) here due its legal status! I also figured out already about the dehydration from the PG as well.

 

[adept1]

I'd like to introduce myself as well! I just found this site as I'm a newbie. I'm a 20 yr 1 pack a day smoker and am going on day 8 off cigs and on a simple SMOK that the vap store recommended. I'm on 3mg and I have been fighting urges like crazy but wow I never thought I could put the sticks down. So happy!! I'm here to learn so thanks all that like to share.

Maybe try some 6mg to start! When I'm vaping the 6mg, I don't get any urge to smoke cigs at all - the nicotine is plenty and I like vaping so much more. Now I'm vaping 3mg and it's not as satisfying.

 

[Marc411]

Now I can't get that damn song out of my head.

Welcome to the site!

 

[redeuce]

Sounds like you are in a much better position, knowledge wise, than many starters. Good for you. Welcome.

 

[Letitia]

You can always combine 6mg with 3mg and see if resulting 4.5mg is better.

 

[redeuce]

It would seem that collecting flashlights might be a very interesting hobby.