4 Days into Vaping and No Analogs: Impressions

[dopeh]

Got my eGo Monday. Smoked my last analog while assembling/admiring/filling my kit. I got a ton of juices in 16 and 24mg. I got carts, cartos, and drip tips. Here's what's happening for me:

Carts: Standard 510 atty. They last like 4 seconds, taste ok. I removed the poly, cut it to make a plug. Seems to wick a little better, the taste is good, but waiting between drags and refilling 60 times a day....is a drag.

Cartos: I have standard boge 510 from HV. They wick like crap, so I have to wait or swap cartos around after 2 drags. They don't taste or TH as good as the carts, and the condom refill gets juice in the straw. They are kind of a pita.

Drip: I got a wide mouth delrin tip. This seems to give the best flavor and TH, sometimes tastes like it needs another drip after 8-10 drags, sometimes after only 2-3. Blowing atty out often seems to help a little.

Juices: 16mg seems OK to satisfy my cravings, though I seem unable to put the PV down for any extended period (like over 5 minutes lol). So I'm basically chain vaping, which exacerbates the problems of each method listed above. With 24mg, I quickly OD, getting heart palpitations and feeling speedy, so I can't use it enough to stay satisfied.


With all the methods listed, I find the biggest issue is having to suck until I'm blue to get a good hit, and the atty gets so hot I have to wait a bit to take the next drag, as sucking on a hot atty seems to produce no TH. I feel very pleased to be off the analogs, but feel like I need 3 PVs in rotation to deal with wicking and hot attys, since the higher mg juice makes me ill. Just to be clear, I'd rather deal with all of these issues til the end of time than ever go back to smoking.

What's the solution? I'm looking at the impossible to get box mods, but not sure that would be better if I could even get one.. any thoughts? (read: PLZ HAAAALP!!)

 

[Sooner]

Just my experience here but I had the same issues when I first assembled my eGo. So thankfully I had ordered some of the MEGA carto's with my original order. As of right now these still provide the best TH of anything i have tried and the most consistent TH and vapor. One of the hard things to get used to is not sucking on it like you are trying to suck the soul out of your analog. You almost need to let the atty do the work for you, because the more you suck the less vapor you are going to get due to the influx of clean air coming through the atty. I find this especially true with the 510 style cylindrical XL cartos. These are the ones withthe soft white rubber tip. The MEGA carto's are the flat tip ones that are the same outer diameter as the eGo Battery. I have attached a picture with both tips to be clear.

Basically I have found that taking a 3-4 second long slow pull produces much better TH and flavor than what you are used to with an analog where you could lip lock that thing like the local harlot....

 

[Cil]

Hi and welcome,

I think you might just need to change the way you think about it.

1. You aren't smoking so brilliant.
2. Atties sometimes need a bit of time to break in, so usually improve after a bit of use.
3. Although you might think there's a lot of messing about, think of what you used to go through with regular cigarettes; going out side, trying to find an ashtray, smelling truly awful, having to find your lighter...etc
4. I think most of us chain vaped initially (some continue to do so) until we got the hang of it and found our sweet spot.
5. You have the option of low res atties to give more vapour and TH or alternatively move to a 5 or 6 V Mod. (Just expect to destroy many atties I do!)
6. They have just released the new TANK for the ego, so this might be an option for you.

7. You will get plenty of advise, help and support for this forum.

Oh and last but not least, you've stopped smoking so brilliant.

Hope it works for you, I haven't smoked for over a year now and can't imagine lighting a real cig and boy, smokers smell bad now.

 

[JTman]

Like has already been said try and focus on taking lighter draws on the PV. There is a little bit of a learning curve, but it will become natural after a short time. There is a lot of variation even in the same categories. Not all hardware is equal, even from the same manufacturer. Indeed attys get better after some break-in time.

I too hated fumbling with cartridges and quickly gave up on them. I used cartos for a short time (and still do use them when I have to drive anywhere more than 10 minutes away). I mostly drip. Remember that after you blow out the atty you will need to drip a few extra drops into a dry atty. (I drop 5 on a dry atty, and then 3 drops to top off whenever the flavor starts to get weak)

If your cartos have a soft mouth piece you can pry them off with a paperclip or something and drip juice right onto the polyfil, much less messy that way. If they have the hard plastic mouthpiece they are typically glued in and thus much harder to remove. You can still remove it, just pry at it slowly while working around it at different angles. You may damage the plastic part but you can put the drip tip in the end of the carto and use it that way. Then its really easy to refill as you can just pop the drip tip off and drop more juice in there.

I've never tried the ego mega cartos but I read about a lot of people who are happy with them so perhaps you may want to give them a try. Keep at it and you'll find what works best for you. Good luck and congrats on giving up the analogs!

 

[pianoguy]

Try to nab a REO Grand - Rob will have more for sale tomorrow at 7PM Eastern time. Watch this thread and have an e-mail ready to send with your first and second color choices after he posts available units:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...s-supplier-forum/134438-www-reosmods-com.html

It's a no-brainer - if for some reason you don't like it, someone will buy it from you in a heartbeat. But a 6ml bottle and an 18650 battery make for all-day, no hassle vaping.

 

[dopeh]

Thanks for the replies and words of encouragement, much appreciated. I'll try all the great tips for my current gear, and will order some mega stuff to try out.

When I blow out an atty, if I prime it with 3-4 drops, then add 2 more and puff, it leaks. I was adding 3 drops at first but reduced to 2, same effect. After a few times it feels like I can't get a good hit anymore, so I blow it out and a ton of juice comes out onto the tissue. Makes me feel like I'm flooding, although I'm following instructions that seem to work for others. Blowing it out does seem to "reset" the atty so that's good at least.

I will keep trying different things, and try to improve my practices as well. Thanks again and by all means, keep the advice coming

(yes, I love the dancing banana)

Edit: @ pianoguy: I would LOVE a REO, grand or otherwise. Or an Ali'i. They all seem so hard to get! I'll be trying though.

 

[benjayman2]

Try to nab a REO Grand - Rob will have more for sale tomorrow at 7PM Eastern time. Watch this thread and have an e-mail ready to send with your first and second color choices after he posts available units:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...s-supplier-forum/134438-www-reosmods-com.html

It's a no-brainer - if for some reason you don't like it, someone will buy it from you in a heartbeat. But a 6ml bottle and an 18650 battery make for all-day, no hassle vaping.

I second this. If I just had gotten a REO the first go around I would have saved a lot of money that way. REO grand w/ your preferred atty, a batt, and your favorite juice. Doesn't get much better than that. Like he said if you don't like it will be quickly scooped up on the classifieds

 

[pianoguy]

Keep up the good work, and I hope them mega stuff will work for you in the meantime. Don't get discouraged - check out the huge REO thread - lots of good folks in there who can answer any questions:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-suppliers-forum/95123-reo-grand-opening-sale.html