Anyone else not care much for the "throat hit"?

[Robert Cromwell]

I prefer my vapes to be smooth and mellow with lots of vapor but not much throat hit. Yes I was a 30+ year smoker who converted to vaping a couple of months ago, but I do not care for the throat hit that many seem to try and get more of.

Am I abbie normal?

BTW I do enjoy vaping and still do vape tobacco flavor. To reduce the throat hit on that I buy high nic tobacco juice and blend in some VG to reduce the nic level down to 12mg and make the vape smoother. The Clayton and Buck naked juice works well for this, they wind up tasting good and vaping like a lite cig.

 

[patsfan1130]

Different strokes...

I am very different. I won't vape it if I can't get a nice TH

 

[sonicbomb]

Me too. I like a smooth coolish vape, but the throat hit is essential for me.

 

[m00shie]

During the transition from analogue to vaping, I was thinking that I would prefer throat hit. However, I ended up preferring smooth vapes as well.

Similarly, I buy 12mg nic and dilute it down to approx 5-6 mg and higher vg ratio.

 

[BraveNewWorld]

I hate the throat hit but love the content of 12 mg nic. Max vg doesn't help either. I weaned myself to 6 which is perfect but still have a tank of 12 for when I need it. I strangely started craving cigs out of nowhere when I switched but I always have to tweak which I don't enjoy....addictions stink!

 

[NancyR]

I don't care much for the TH, having breathing issues at times TH causes me problems.

 

[KattMamma]

I have always been a "super taster" - even when I was a heavy smoker (promises of "your sense of taste and smell will improve if you quit smoking" actually made me NOT want to quit smoking, because I already tasted and smelled more than I wanted to!)

As a result of my over-achieving sense of taste and smell, I have always been fond of foods with delicate flavors, although the occasional spicy food was welcomed. Hubby hates delicate flavors because he cannot taste them!

So it's no surprise that I prefer milder flavored ejuices - and have no desire for a throat hit. I just want a good flavor that doesn't overwhelm my senses. Maybe you're a "super taster" too? (I learned that term from a program on PBS - "super tasters" have as much as 3 times the number of taste buds as some people - they even showed how to test it using a piece of card stock, a hole punch, and some food coloring)

 

[Asbestos4004]

I don't care for it either. Never liked it from the start.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I have always been a "super taster" - even when I was a heavy smoker (promises of "your sense of taste and smell will improve if you quit smoking" actually made me NOT want to quit smoking, because I already tasted and smelled more than I wanted to!)

As a result of my over-achieving sense of taste and smell, I have always been fond of foods with delicate flavors, although the occasional spicy food was welcomed. Hubby hates delicate flavors because he cannot taste them!

So it's no surprise that I prefer milder flavored ejuices - and have no desire for a throat hit. I just want a good flavor that doesn't overwhelm my senses. Maybe you're a "super taster" too? (I learned that term from a program on PBS - "super tasters" have as much as 3 times the number of taste buds as some people - they even showed how to test it using a piece of card stock, a hole punch, and some food coloring)

Yes even when I smoked I could taste stuff better than my wife who had quit smoking years ago. I can handle mildly spicy foods and enjoy them but the uber hot stuff NO WAY, just too much pain involved. I am also sensitive to bitter and Aspertame is purely horrible stuff.

Many of the juices I have tried are just VERY much too strong in flavor. The vanilla ones seem horrible to me.

IExcept for tobacco flavor I make all my own juices.

I do inhale when I vape btw if anyone is interested.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Many of the juices I have tried are just VERY much too strong in flavor. The vanilla ones seem horrible to me.

When I started to DIY the first thing I have done was to I dilute my store bought juices 4-8 times (1 part of juice for 3-7 parts of base solution).

EDIT: And yes, I do not need any throat hit.

 

[dbrandt01]

I don't like throat hit either. My Unflavored nic base 100% vg doesn't have throat hit, so that's part of the reason why I love it so much.

 

[Dougiestyle]

I also prefer the fullness of the vapor in my lungs. TH isn't my main concern, but a mild TH is enjoyable. Too much TH and my throat gets scratchy. I don't like that. You're not abnormal, Robert. We're all different.

 

[roxynoodle]

I also don't care for a lot of TH. I smoked Marlboros, which are actually a smooth cigarette IMO. I'm getting more TH from my k4 than I care for and need to play with my coil height on that one.

 

[Jugband]

These responses really surprised me. Interesting to read what people prefer. I smoked Marlboro Smooth for years, before making the switch. I've been Vapeing for years and TH is still at the top of my list. Everyone is diffrent, whatever works to keep you off analogs. I just can't imangine TH not being important, guess it's just me

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I have been mixing my base at 50/50 and plan to go to 70/30 on my next batch. Not much throat hit on 50/50 for me but would like it a bit smoother.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

These responses really surprised me. Interesting to read what people prefer. I smoked Marlboro Smooth for years, before making the switch. I've been Vapeing for years and TH is still at the top of my list. Everyone is diffrent, whatever works to keep you off analogs. I just can't imangine TH not being important, guess it's just me

That is why I started the thread. If you watch the reviews and such it appears that everyone desires more throat hit. Not for me and apparently several others though.

 

[Thayamax]

When I first started vaping I used 70 PG and 24 mg nic juice and enjoyed a good throat hit. The longer I've been vaping the less I like it. I've gradually decreased my PG until I'm now at 70 or 80 VG mixes and 6mg nic. I don't want or need a throat hit, but I enjoy the bigger clouds much more.

 

[ckquatt]

I do enjoy my throat hit. I'm DIYing my juice 50/50 at 6mg so I can keep some TH. Next to flavor I find TH to be just as enjoyable, and I find it essential to my continued success as a non smoker. I've tried juice that had zero throat hit, and I did not find it enjoyable or satisfying at all.

 

[Jman8]

I'm still not sure I understand throat hit. I understand the concept, don't need to have that explained to me, but perhaps I need to experience vape that clearly has it and one that clearly doesn't. Currently TH seems to me like something the person does via puffing, and not something the vape inherently has or doesn't. If that is mistaken, then I'm under the impression I've never had a vape that didn't have TH.

 

[Jugband]

I have been mixing my base at 50/50 and plan to go to 70/30 on my next batch. Not much throat hit on 50/50 for me but would like it a bit smoother.

I started mixing at 50/50 and went to 70/30 for more TH. If that's what your looking for I found it works for me.