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[NolaMel]

I’ve used different types of wire from UD and have no complaints. I’ve used a few other brands too and haven’t noticed much of a difference.

My cutters that came with my coil master kit aren’t cutting braided wire very good and I’m wondering what to replace them with.

One I repurposed from jewelry/stained glass use that I got at Home Depot or lowes. (Just don’t get the cheapest ones, they don’t last.) My favorite pair I got at an estate sale. Hand tools are usually less than a dollar at those. You could cut through cable with them, and they’re only about 5” long.

 

[somdcomputerguy]

Yay, I just bought 4 liters of 100 mg/ml nic from Nude Nicotine.

Good for you! 4 liters of 100 mg/ml when mixed down to 25 mg/ml would last me for at least close to 35 years. $215.00 is dirt cheap, as Rossum said. I have a liter of 24mg/ml that I just opened (it had a 2017 date on it..) and a 100 mg/ml liter that I'll open and mix down in a couple years, and it'll last me close to a decade..

 

[NolaMel]

Good for you! 4 liters of 100 mg/ml when mixed down to 25 mg/ml would last me for at least close to 35 years. $215.00 is dirt cheap, as Rossum said. I have a liter of 24mg/ml that I just opened (it had a 2017 date on it..) and a 100 mg/ml liter that I'll open and mix down in a couple years, and it'll last me close to a decade..

Maybe this calculator is off then? This is what I got setting it at my 6mg (overestimated on daily use, I’m probably closer to 4-6 ml per day). Or did I not fill in the blanks correctly?

 

[somdcomputerguy]

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Maybe this calculator is off then? This is what I got setting it at my 6mg (overestimated on daily use, I’m probably closer to 4-6 ml per day). Or did I not fill in the blanks correctly?

I didn't use the Vapocalypse calculator in my estimate, but according to it (the calculator), 4 liters of 100 mg/ml would last me longer than I guesstimated. I averaged the 1 ml a day usage. Sometimes it's less, sometimes (but not very often) more. This is according to how much is in my 'filler bottle' day by day. Once I went 5 days without (not by choice, but..) and it didn't bother me at all. I was 2.5 - 3 years into vaping at that point, and I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

 

[Rossum]

Maybe this calculator is off then? This is what I got setting it at my 6mg (overestimated on daily use, I’m probably closer to 4-6 ml per day). Or did I not fill in the blanks correctly?

No, it's not off. I just checked it "by hand" (using Excel). 60mg / day = 4.56 years / 100,000 mg (1000 ml of 100 mg/ml).

The discrepancy in the least significant digit is because I assume a year is 365.25 days.

 

[Zazie]

No, it's not off. I just checked it "by hand" (using Excel). 60mg / day = 4.56 years / 100,000 mg (1000 ml of 100 mg/ml).

The discrepancy in the least significant digit is because I assume a year is 365.25 days.

Smarty-pants.

 

[NolaMel]

I didn't use the Vapocalypse calculator in my estimate, but according to it (the calculator), 4 liters of 100 mg/ml would last me longer than I guesstimated. I averaged the 1 ml a day usage. Sometimes it's less, sometimes (but not very often) more. This is according to how much is in my 'filler bottle' day by day. Once I went 5 days without (not by choice, but..) and it didn't bother me at all. I was 2.5 - 3 years into vaping at that point, and I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

1 ml a day? Well, that explains it! Apparently since I retired, I have too much time to vape lol. Makes me wonder if I should either up my nic, or go back to work. Sure would make my stash last longer!

 

[somdcomputerguy]

1 ml a day?

Yep. I'm vapin' 24 mg/ml now, and when I open that liter of 100 mg/ml I'll mix it to 25 mg/ml. I like 0's, the big lines on my measuring cup and beaker are easier for me to see..
Base 100/25 - By SoMDcomputerguy - 35025

 

[Jebbn]

1 ml a day? Well, that explains it! Apparently since I retired, I have too much time to vape lol. Makes me wonder if I should either up my nic, or go back to work. Sure would make my stash last longer!

i reset and lower my tolerance every once in a while. Theres a few ways to do it but they all involve vaping less for a short while. Some discipline is involved initially but after awhile its surprising how little challenge is involved.
It seems to be cheaper than upping my nic and creating a higher tolerance. I did try upping the nic mg based on recommendations here on ecf. Seemed like a good way to go, higher nic, vape less, brilliant!
At the same time as I was reading experiences on ecf of using higher mg to lower consumption I was also reading about nicotine and other things that seem to be unmentionable here on ecf and tolerance, building up and stripping down tolerance etc.
So I gave it a shot.
Works for me, it may not be every ones thing.

 

[mikepetro]

Personally, I would just add some nic to it.

My boss buys 6mg because he like that flavor. I give him a boost shot of high % nic to make it 36mg as thats the strength that works for him.

 

[DeloresRose]

i reset and lower my tolerance every once in a while. Theres a few ways to do it but they all involve vaping less for a short while. Some discipline is involved initially but after awhile its surprising how little challenge is involved.
It seems to be cheaper than upping my nic and creating a higher tolerance. I did try upping the nic mg based on recommendations here on ecf. Seemed like a good way to go, higher nic, vape less, brilliant!
At the same time as I was reading experiences on ecf of using higher mg to lower consumption I was also reading about nicotine and other things that seem to be unmentionable here on ecf and tolerance, building up and stripping down tolerance etc.
So I gave it a shot.
Works for me, it may not be every ones thing.

It seems like most people drop for a while, then level off. Drop too low and some of us, me for one, fall off the wagon.

So it’s good for you to voice your differing experience. I’m sure there are others who will benefit from it.

I just realized I over estimate how much juice I use because I tend to only try to figure it out when I’m in a high consumption phase- like when I get new gear.

I looked through my notes and found I’m still using the third 120 ml bottle of nic I ever bought! Man, that 7 liters in the freezer is going to last quite a while.

 

[DaveP]

It seems like most people drop for a while, then level off. Drop too low and some of us, me for one, fall off the wagon.

Same here. I recently mixed up some 12mg juice to see if I could cut my usage compared to 3mg. I did actually see a reduction to about half as much as I vaped using 3mg. I could see myself eventually getting used to the buzz from 12mg and upping the daily milliliter count.

So far, I can put it down more often than 3mg juice. Time will reveal the result. I've vaped 3mg for years now.

 

[rosesense]

Fwiw, I was not a chain smoker but sort of am a chain vaper and it doesn't matter what nic strength, I will still chain vape. I started smoking just a few a day but eventually ended up at about a pack a day which is what the tobacco companies worked out with their many ingredients in cigs.

I have known lots of people who slowly decreased their nic and then quit vaping altogether because they wanted to. That is great but I don't want to quit, better than chewing my fingernails or something else. I use between 0 and 3mg of nic so I am fine with the chain vaping. I don't see a problem with it the way it is. Everyone is different but I know if I increased the nic, I wouldn't cut down much with the vaping.

We all just have to decide what we are comfortable with, I think. Don''t mind my rambling, I just spent 2 and 1/2 hours at the dealership getting an oil change. Only went out to vape a couple of times.

 

[mikepetro]

I have been vaping 36mg since I started 6+ years ago. Never had the desire to reduce my nic as what I am currently doing is working, ie I am not smoking. I have noticed that over time I vape less juice per day, probably half the ml that I consumed 5 years ago.

Also I am from the camp where what I am after is the nic, if I lower my nic I feel certain I will vape more juice per day. I would rather not consume more PG and VG to get the same nic fix. Vaping less juice and still keeping the nico-demon off my shoulder feels right to me. There are some nasties in PG and VG (albeit far far less than tobacco), less nasties feels like a plus to me.

 

[rosesense]

I have been vaping 36mg since I started 6+ years ago. Never had the desire to reduce my nic as what I am currently doing is working, ie I am not smoking. I have noticed that over time I vape less juice per day, probably half the ml that I consumed 5 years ago.

Also I am from the camp where what I am after is the nic, if I lower my nic I feel certain I will vape more juice per day. I would rather not consume more PG and VG to get the same nic fix. Vaping less juice and still keeping the nico-demon off my shoulder feels right to me. There are some nasties in PG and VG (albeit far far less than tobacco), less nasties feels like a plus to me.

I get that but there is also the difference in vaping styles. I would be more concerned about the pg/vg if I was a subohm, high watt, blowing clouds kind of vaper. With my piddly low watts and mtl, I think I am safe enough. Of course, better to do no vaping or expose yourself to pollution or bad foods or any of a zillion other things. I guess we just do the best we can with what feels right to our bodies.

 

[Brewdawg1181]

Me, I started at 18mg, but with diy and better tanks, settled in around 14mg (MTL). Never felt quite satisfied when I dropped to 12mg. I'm not trying to reduce, but don't really want to increase.

A while back, I upped the nic to 20+, to see if I would vape less. Didn't really work for me. I learned that most of my hits during the day are from habit, not feeling a need for nic. So now I'm back to 14.

But I'm still experimenting with higher nic juices just for my pods. I have a 36 mg that's half FB & half salts that's working pretty well, but I think I can drop it by reducing the salts. I need TH, and FB gives more, but the salts do add something flavor-wise, other than just nic hit. Problem is that each pod hits different, and I'm trying to reduce volume thru them, because NET kills a pod so fast. When I finally settle on A pod, I'll probably tweak the juice to something higher than 14, though, since they just don't do what a tank does.

 

[DaveP]

I've flipped here and there on nic percentages. I was at 24mg for several years before starting to drop the level. I tapered down over a period of about 9 months once I decided to vape at lower percentages. I've been at 3mg for years.

Recently, I tried going up to 12mg for a while. I did vape about half the volume that I vaped at 3mg, but the increased nic bite wasn't as smooth as my 3mg strength and I went back to 3mg for a while. 10 milliters juice a day isn't that much to vape. That's roughly two Kayfun tanks.

MFS nic is clear as water in a 100ml glass bottle, but does have a little bite as you ascend in percentage. When I came off the smokes about 9 years ago 24mg nic was about right after smoking 2 PAD for decades. Now it's a lot harsher than I remember.

I have a 100ml bottle of 12mg/ml unflavored juice mixed and will probably start to mix in a tank here and there to see if I can transition back into it. I'll stay there if I can vape a 4ml tank a day and be satisfied. Otherwise, I'll stick at 3mg and be happy with two tanks a day.

 

[kross8]

+25 misc parts
=
$589

I hope to be done for a couple of years minus some vg/pg and a good squonker when the times comes.

Need to find homes /pif for 3 attys-I'm sure I will run across someone needing help

$589
+64 pulsar clone, spare parts vg +pg for rest of year.
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$653 now I don't feel I need to keep searching for a squonk..so this should cure my looking around habit

I don't see the need to shop for hardware until my regulated mods die and they are pretty new....hoping for 2-3 years.

 

[Black wings]

I remember reading about that spring tab and I thought I heard that it had been fixed but I could’ve dreamt that up.

Thanks for the info!!

You're spot on.
A few of us in the UK got to play with one early and ecf's own Todd spotted the defect which cthulhu rectified simply popping a blob of silicone under the 510 connection point to create a spring and prevent snapping. Simple but effective.
I'd go with the cthulhu for sure. They also stock spare mosfets for around five dollars.

 

[Black wings]

It's true. I vape at 12mg but occasionally drop to 6mg. This inevitably ends in me vaping too Much and switching back to 12mg.
As I really mainly vape one brand, I ought to save time and just mix a bunch of 12mg and 6mg to save the effort of going around the process again. Lol.