Advice for a Newbie Continued

[KABird]

The gear is ordered and delivery should be soon.

The Endurance V3, with two 5ml tanks and predrilled carto's, 30 ml of both 36 mg and 24 mg juice as well.

Hours have been spent reading these forums and oh so much has been learned, but I still have a few questions that I am sure can be resolved easily here:

Can and if so how do you store prefilled (Filled at home and take to work) carto's and avoid leaking? I guess this would also apply to tanks?

Thanks in advance and I'm sure I'll be back with order questions ;-p

 

[Tersur]

I use a sandwhich bag to carry my tanks and cartos in. I also will say you may have gotten too high a Nic level in your cartos. if you get headaches or it seems too harsh drop down to 18mg. Good luck!

 

[Huffelpuff]

+1 on the 36 mg. I'd order some cartos that are lower. You may make yourself ill w/36 mg.

 

[Shadow102]

KABird- If you find yourself feeling slightly ill (light headed, kinda woozy and sort of drunk) when vaping the 36mg juice you're taking in too much nic. You can cheaply alleviate this issue by "cutting" your juice. I recommend a trip to your local pharmacy or if you must Wal-mart and picking up a bottle of Vegetable Glycerin to add to it. Now VG is a bit thick and it will dull the flavor some, but you won't be suffering from nicotine poisoning any longer and you'll get oodles of vapor.

 

[swedishfish]

Plenty of people here vape 36 mg. if that's what they need. By continually trying to scare people away from different nicotine strengths you run the chance of people not getting off cigs. And that's the goal for most of us when we start to vape.

As long time smokers, most of us have a pretty high tolerance for nicotine and we generally know from our smoking days when we've had enough. No one smoked themselves into a catonic state. I doubt if they'll do it vaping.

 

[Shadow102]

swedishfish- I agree that many of us vape 36mg (I do on stressful days) with no ill effects. Although I am sure there are just as many people who start to see symptoms when they vape 18 or 24mg. I was just offering a route to alleviate the issue should it arise, without having to spend the time/money of buying more juice outright. I don't think any of us are trying to scare him off, just give him options...you, yourself, mentioned to him the concept of buying juice in a strength lower than 36mg, options...we like options.

 

[swedishfish]

swedishfish- I agree that many of us vape 36mg (I do on stressful days) with no ill effects. Although I am sure there are just as many people who start to see symptoms when they vape 18 or 24mg. I was just offering a route to alleviate the issue should it arise, without having to spend the time/money of buying more juice outright. I don't think any of us are trying to scare him off, just give him options...you, yourself, mentioned to him the concept of buying juice in a strength lower than 36mg, options...we like options.

No, your definitely right. My mom vaped 36 for about 2 weeks to transition off cigs and it was definitely too much for her so I got her VG as well until her new juice came in. She knew it though, she didn't just blindly vape the stuff and make herself sick

I just see a lot of people being cautioned away from higher nic juices and can't get off cigs. I think I read the average vaper is in their 50's so that would mean a lot of people smoked 30-35 years and have tried other methods to quit. I think most people almost know from their first couple of vapes if it's the right strength for them.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/poll-1275-a.html

 

[Retriever]

I agree with Swedishfish. It all depends on how much the OP smoked and, to some degree, whether the cigs were full flavored or lights. I smoked 2 ppd and vape at 24mg. 36mg was a bit too strong, but I recognized that it was when I got all choked up from it.

 

[KABird]

Great Advice - Thanks ;-}

I smoke two plus packs of Non Filter Cigs. Almost chain smoking at times.

I will pick up some VG today just in case.

Also, my mod is the Endulgance V3, not Indurance. I guess my cig smoke was getting in my eyes when I typed that ;-P

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I smoked 1 PAD very strong analogs for 40+ yrs. Started on 36 mg and am now down to 20. Along with VG make sure you also have some PG to dilute your juice because you'll end up with very thick and it could be a problem for your cartos. A tip from swedishfish- I couldn't sleep at night until I began vaping a lower nic juice in the evening.
Congrats and Good Luck, Vapoor.

 

[KABird]

The antipicapation is driving me nuts ;-}

According to the tracking info, it should be delivered today

Quick question, my Endulgance comes with two Ultrafire 3000 mAh Protected 18650 Batteries, how long do they need to charge before I can Vape?
I will fully charge as dirrected, but would like to "Sneak" a few vapes.

All the youvideo's on how to load a Carto have been watch as have those on filling a tank.

VG has been purchased just in case I need to cut the Nicotine.

 

[TomCatt]

Typically batteries arrive with some charge. Li ions have a long 'charge shelf life'. It should be fine to 'sneak' a few vapes.

In regards to the VG; if you find that you want or need to use it to dilute any e-liquid, just dilute it with water (~15% water) to thin it out before using to dilute the e-liquid.


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[hairball]

KABird, you picked a damn good mod IMO. Out of all the high end mods that I have owned and the ones I still own, the Riva Indulgence V3 is fantastic and the price is right. When you get a chance, try it at 6V with 2 x's lifepo4 3.0V batteries. Use a Boge regular resistance (3.0ohm) carto or a dual coil carto on it. Dual coil atomizers from cloudsofvapor.com are excellent on it also.

 

[mynameisrob]

I think you def made a good choice and will be very happy with your purchase.

And if you do go buy some VG or PG, make sure its USP grade. Also if you dilute the VG with alittle bit of water, make sure its distilled water and not tap water

Goodluck!

 

[KABird]

My New Toy Arrived and I have been vaping for about an hour now ;-p

Both batteries were charged, so I started by loading the Cartomizer for the tank, then loaded the tank up - When you add the Tank to the Indulgence V3 it surely is one sexy beast ;-}

After the intial vaping on the tank, it appeared the vapor got weak so I checked the carto - Yep nearly dry. I went ahead and loaded a Boge carto and the hit was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!! I am guessing my juice is to thick for the tank, so I'll add a few drops of VG and let her sit over night to blend, only to occasionally spin her a little to mixe it well.

Last Cig smoked was over an hour and a half ago, so the journey has begun