Serious Question: What's the point of vaping low nic juice on a high powered Mod?

[niterider]

If the point of all this is to reduce smoking cigs in an effort to lead a healthier lifestyle then why is the trend going towards high powered sub ohm vaping on lower nic?

Isn't that the opposite of the intended effect? Wouldn't it make more sense to vape a higher nic juice at lower power? You would still be getting the same amount of Nic but use much less juice which may or may not contain harmful flavorings.

Is this all done in the name of "chucking clouds?"

 

[Sirius]

If the point of all this is to reduce smoking cigs in an effort to lead a healthier lifestyle then why is the trend going towards high powered sub ohm vaping on lower nic?

Isn't that the opposite of the intended effect? Wouldn't it make more sense to vape a higher nic juice at lower power? You would still be getting the same amount of Nic but use much less juice which may or may not contain harmful flavorings.

Is this all done in the name of "chucking clouds?"

I think so yes..Cloud chucking is usually done with high wattage and 3mg nicotine. I lung hit but on a single coil usually around .6Ω on a squonker. Modwomping it's called. I do lung hits but I'm no ohmwrecker for sure. Small clouds really,..but I also vape 6mg juice.
Different vaping styles all around here from Tootle Puffers to vapers resembling the Chernobyl Meltdown.

Harmful flavorings is a totally different story..You can still get AP/DA vaping lower nicotine. As far as those go,..you can always just email the supplier and ask for his lab test results on his juices. You know,..if you are diketone aware. That is to say if you are concerned about vaping dyketones. I know I am.

 

[hashtag]

I vape less when I use higher power, in my mind it balances out. A few big puffs at low nic seems to give me the nicotine at about the same rate as a bunch of puffs at higher nicotine on a lower powered device. I find it easier to stay away from cigs with the heavier puffs because it gives me more throat and lung feel. For that same reason I use flavors high in menthol and koolada. I like to feel my puff. It's all just personal preference, whatever helps you best avoid the cigs.

 

[ReigntheGamer]

I use lower nic in a .4-.5 ohm dual coil range because that is the kind of vape I enjoy, there's nothing more to it than that. If I was forced to vape high ohms/high nic I would be back to smoking in a heartbeat because it doesn't satiate my urge to smoke.

 

[sacullen]

The "point" of vaping is what you want it to be. I vape to stay off cigarettes and the harmful junk they have. How I do that is my preference, and what I prefer might be different from what someone else prefers. There is no linear progression everyone needs to follow to keep from smoking.

I vape using all sorts of devices, atties, and resistances. Whether I vape 30ml in one day or one week, I'm still vaping 30ml.

 

[IMFire3605]

Yes, this is true, as I guess I am in the mod whomper camp, I've got devices I am higher nic on lower wattage settings most times, I've got mechs, rda's, and high wattage devices I chuck a decent cloud though in that camp I am a flavor junky, not for the clouds but the better flavor my sub-ohm setups provide, higher output here, lower my nic but I am still at the same nic level (12mg at 8watts normal, but on my .5 drippers I am 20watts or so on a 3 or 6mg liquid)

 

[MattyTny]

It's pretty opinion based. You'll get different answers from everyone, which is the best part about vaping.

I prefer 0.5-0.7ohms for my daily RTAs with 3mg. Might get some 6mg back in rotation.

 

[WattWick]

I guess people has as many different reasons for doing it as others have for not doing it.

(Whoa I think I just solved the ultimate anthropological equation. The answer is "it's zero sum".)

 

[Jimi D.]

3 mg big clouds for me. Thinking of lowering to 1 mg. It just tastes better. Show me the links where flavoring is more harmful than nic base. Many harmful chemicals are used to extract nic. But truthfully It doesn't bother me. So sick of reading that vaping is supposed to be a freakin Atkins diet or a damned apple !

 

[niterider]

I just remember when vaping at 10 watts was considered high and anything less than 2 ohms was considered "low resistance." 18 and 24mg nicotine was pretty normal and provided a substantial throat hit to let you know it was there. But now peeps are vaping 3 times more juice on higher watts with lower nic. So not only are you vaping more food flavoring but your wallet/purse is taking an additional hit as well. If I was a conspiracy theorist and was on the outside looking in, I'd say the vaping industry is purposely pushing out low nic and high power so that community would vape more juice. However, a conspiracy theorist I am not and I just believe people like seeing clouds as a way of verification.

 

[Rule62]

I remember, just 3 or 4 years ago, when 18mg and 24mg juice was fairly common. There were even folks who vaped as high as 36mg. I also recall when 1.5ohm dual coil cartos first came out, and they were called 'Low Resistance'. Even among early genisis builders, building below 1 ohm was considered crazy, by many. The early vv/vw devices cut off at 15 or 20 watts.

 

[Eekins]

I started vaping when subohms were hitting the market. Personally, I like the flavor of the juice more than the nicotine hit. So sub ohm with 3 or 6 mg juice is perfect for me because I can taste the flavor a lot better. I have a nautilus mini for when I go to work and I use 18mg in it, but at that I don't taste anything. It was to the point where rather than buy a 30ml bottle for $15, I just get one thats unflavored for 8. If I'm not going to taste it anyways, might as well get the cheap stuff right? In any case, I love flavor, so I use sub ohm low mg to get my flavor and nic fix all at once.

 

[coolerat]

I find low wattage vaping very unsatisfying.

To my body the only thing that mattered from smoking was the nic. I was and am an addict. I do not want to be controled anymore. I can even do the old alcoholic dance with nic. I don't need it, I want it. I can quit anytime. Studies have shown...................

I've played with some addictive stuff in my life and I gotta say nothing else is even close to nic. Not even in the same ballpark. When nicotine say jump I ask how high. But I think its beatable which leads me to..................

The mind. Something in my hand. Something in my mouth. A visible exhale. And of coarse nic.

So high wattage lets me keep something in my hand. And low nic juice lets me keep on puffing. When I think how much nic I was taking in back in the low watt days it sickens me. But it is what it is.

Flavoring?? I don't wanna get into this really. To me heavy flavoring is 10%. 90% of flavoring is PG. So a massively flavored batch is 1% flavoring. And 10% is really high or subohm juice. Many people who make high nic juice use 25%+ flavoring.

Since I switched to subohming I have...

Cut my total daily nic intake with more to come.

Cut my daily PG intake by alot with total elimination close cause I can't stand what it does to me.

Cut my total daily intake of flavoring by alot, prolly better then 50%.

Increased my VG intake by some.

Goal is to get down to pure VG with a bottle of flavoring waved over it. And then quitting vaping outright.

This all may well be years out. But the nic much go no matter what it takes.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

I vape 85% of the time at 14.4W, but I really enjoy the 15% hitting a subohm build or tank...sipping a beer is fine but every now and again it is nice to take a few big gulps

 

[tj99959]

Vendors love it. You buy 2 to 4 times as much juice to get the same amount of nicotine.
Nicotine is the most expensive ingredient in e-liquids. So it's a win-win for the vendor.

 

[stormjib]

Not everyone buys ejuice, lots of people make their own. to me, what keeps me vaping is the feeling of a lungful of hot vape, I mostly use .2 ohm dual fused claptons anywhere from 45 to 120 watts, depending on my mood. cost isn't really a factor, although it *should* be...it's not because 'what price better health?"....I smoked for 41 years until I started vaping. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Alien Traveler]

If the point of all this is to reduce smoking cigs in an effort to lead a healthier lifestyle then why is the trend going towards high powered sub ohm vaping on lower nic?

Isn't that the opposite of the intended effect? Wouldn't it make more sense to vape a higher nic juice at lower power? You would still be getting the same amount of Nic but use much less juice which may or may not contain harmful flavorings.

Is this all done in the name of "chucking clouds?"

You are right. And we should remember there was not scientific research on high-powered vaping. In all previous works only old style devices were used. Everything in excess is deadly: salt, sugar, oxygen... It is not known yet what level of exposure could be harmful (excessive) in vaping.
I keep myself to 5 ml/day. In a year I have decreased nicotine from 24 mg to 9 mg without changing juice consumption.

 

[Zakillah]

It's a steady progress when "upgrading".
12 mg or more are fine with clearos.
You buy your first rebuildable and the 12 hit way too hard.
So you cut down the nic.
The nic also doesnt taste all that pleasant.

 

[tj99959]

It's a steady progress when "upgrading".
12 mg are fine with clearos

12mg also works fine in my RDAs (A7s)

 

[Brkdnc]

I do both 16mg when at work with a tank and around the house sometimes. I save the sub ohming with 5mg for the house and maybe when I am at a couple friends houses