Be careful with your Nic Strength

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Cimyss

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Horraaayyy!!! I will be returning to the PG! AND V4L's Wonderful flavors!
after trying VG ( and hating it) I decided to give PG one more try and in figured out ( during this process ) that NO the reaction I was having was NOT a PG reaction!
IT was more of a too much NIC reaction!
The problem was that I had ordered the High juice from V4L and refilled cartos with 6 or 8 mg labeling in the same flavor . Hi for those not knowing is 36 mg. So I was only thinking I was vapeing a smaller dose!
And even though I am a heavy smoker 1 and half to 2 packs of analogs a day full strength 100s is Still way too much nic for me esp when still smoking some analogs!
SO steve I won't be needing the VG but I would be willing to try some of your VG flavors since I highly suspect yours will be much bettter then those I tried out there.
For everybody out there just ordering for the first time I would say start out lower on your nic and work your way up ( to be on the safe side) With vapeing it does take longer for the NIc to hit your system a minute or 2 (not more) then when smoking an analog. If you like the physical act of smoking ( want to puff /vape alot) definately go lower! Also be careful refilling your carts! Wait for the burnt marshmellow taste to get a feel for how long a carto lasts. And not all cartos will take the 16 to 18 drops to refill!
and you will end up with the juice in your mouth ( this is what I did to top off an already too high nic amount ) Add to that I may have direct inhailed the juice not a good combo :(
To figure out what a carto should look like full - take a brand new filled one and pop the top off, look down in it take a saftey pin and press the filler material against the inside wall of the cart and you will see the juice like a filled sponge. If it is too full the juice will pool on top. Dab it off, I use q- tips,they fit right down in and i can let it sit there and soak up and juice that is too much :) Others I have read use paper towels napkins and so forth.
Please be careful with all your vaping supplies, cartos, juices and items you use to clean up excess ( like Q tips) if a pet or a child should get these, this can be very dangerous! I have seen a few posts where a dog has ate a carto and died a very painful death!

Anyhows I am so happy to be abel to be placing an order with Steve again! No other company even came close to his customer service! The juice ( maybe because it was VG maybe I just picked the wrong companies) was weaker had less flavor and less throat hit :(
I had gone back to smoking analogs and now have to start all over!
Steve you defenately spoiled me!
 

GeeYourHairSmellsTerrific

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Yes good point on the caution, I tend to treat my juices and cartos like toys and play with them, filling and mixing etc. Gotta watch with the kids and pets for sure!
And congrats Cimyss on being back to PG, while I'm eager to try VG soon it's hard to imagine these flavors being much better.
I'm in the learning what full looks like curve right now and it's not too hard to get it figured out, I think most of us will figure it out after a bit of trial and error, and the great vids help too of course! My current technique involves a short quick blow in the battery end to knock out any gross excess. Seems to be helping to avoid juice in the mouth a bit.
Lovin V4L!!!
 

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Cimyss commented on the nicotine level of V4L "High" juice. I'm about to place an order for the GreenCig cartomizers (along with the extra long V4L battery). I'm used to 11-12mg strength, which (in juice) usually is classified as "Medium" strength (but sometimes as "Low").

The choices for the GreenCig carts are "Low", "Medium", and "High." I assume that "High" would be too strong for me, but I'd like to know the strength (in milligrams) of the "Low" and "Medium" carts.

Thanks!
 

~Gazoo~

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Cimyss - Glad you found out what the problem was...in fact I was getting ready to ask you if you had figured it out. One thing I would like to point out is I try not to wait until I get that burning taste before refilling my carts. I refill them whether they need it or not. I am rotating between 6 carts and fill them every other day or so. I am finding about 10 drops is all I need to put in and my carts are lasting longer. The problem I have is once I taste that burning taste, I taste it even after refilling my cart.

You made excellent points. I started with 24mg and it's probably what I needed to get off the analogs. However it does make me a little jittery. So I am in the transition of cutting down a notch to 18mg. I know this will work for me and maybe later will try cutting down another notch. Anyway, glad your back and nice you shared your experience so others will not make the same mistake. I can't imagine how 36mg would have effected me..lol. ;)
 

Kate51

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i wouldn't mind killing off my roommates cat.
That's just about enough of that!!
Maybe you could help the cat learn a few words, like "no" "get down" etc...if you think you're up to it. May take a little patience, and you have to know more than the cat, but then again maybe he/she doesn't like you any better that you like him/her. Cat's just know these things. They get even. Watching an animal (or a child) die from poisoning would be sick! We have a trapper here in our area that went to jail for that. There were a few lessons administered while he was trapped in a cage....hope he got the message.
 
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RyGuy

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i wouldn't mind killing off my roommates cat.

Watch it pal! My little kitty doesn't take to kindly to talk like that. Uh oh it's too late, he saw your post...


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and now he's plotting revenge.....



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I'd watch out man! He's 30 pounds and strong as hell LOL
 
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