Travel and Vaping Cruise ship passengers & ecigs!

[DC2]

My new juices from vaporsetc came this morning! I'm happily vaping Hazelnut Mocha, and will never touch tobacco flavor again! I haven't even tried the Blue Raspberry or the Fuzzy Navel yet, and he included a sample size bottle of Lemon for free! Yum!

Ok, I need some help finding the "right" model e cig for DH. Here is the criteria:
1. Shaped like a cigarette, no bulky batteries.
2. Black.
3. Automatic battery ONLY!
4. Round tip, NO whistle tip (this is the one confounding me).
5. 3 piece type.

This is hilarious!


You should save this post and show it to him a couple months from now when he will be...

1. Using something with big batteries
2. Not caring what color it is
3. Using a manual battery

Suggestions? He likes my 901, but it only comes with the whistle tip. Do the round tips from a 510 fit?

You should ask this question on the main forum.
If you can't get round tips for the 901 then I suggest a 510 model.

 

[Silque1964]

It IS hilarious, but you have to understand he is so .... that when he farts, dogs howl for blocks around. Every vehicle he's owned since I've known him is black. In Florida.

It's his first attempt at vaping, and far be it for me to discourage him in any way! I'll just be happy to not have the smoky smell in my house anymore!

I found a 510 starter kit with automatic batteries, so I'll be going with that, I think. I can't seem to find everything I need for him all at one place, so it looks like I'll have to order bits from all over.

Does anyone know where I can get empty drip bottles?

 

[stashbldr]

Oh, that's what I end up doing. I press and hold and then do a double push. Sometimes I end up doing multiple pushes. Yeah, like I said, big mouth.

Actually, just tested it out while I was typing. I end up exhaling some without inhaling just so I can see the vapor too. It's a multi-sensory experience, I tell you!

A "double push"? What the heck is that LOL? Sounds like you are doing your "draw", then you release the button and blow a little out (so you can see the vapor?) .. but it's still in your mouth and then you push the button again and take another draw and then that is when you finally inhale?

How long are each of those "double draws"?

OK I just tried it the way I wrote it .. but don't get why the double draw part unless it is because you are using the first one as a quickie button push to heat the atomizer up a little .. and then with your 2nd draw you are doing a longer "pre-heated" draw? That's the only reason I can see to do a double draw, other than you getting a kick outta seeing the vapor twice instead of once LOL.

 

[DC2]

I found a 510 starter kit with automatic batteries, so I'll be going with that, I think.

NO!!! Get one automatic and one manual.

When he has trouble with the automatic he can try the manual.
Then he will be happy!!

 

[CtryBoy]

OK I just tried it the way I wrote it .. but don't get why the double draw part unless it is because you are using the first one as a quickie button push to heat the atomizer up a little .. and then with your 2nd draw you are doing a longer "pre-heated" draw? That's the only reason I can see to do a double draw, other than you getting a kick outta seeing the vapor twice instead of once LOL.

When I want to see the vapor I just exhale through nose while looking down at keyboard, etc. Think the double draw may be similar to the PUFF I sometimes do when I'm not sure the on/off button of my mod is actually on. Hard to tell sometimes that this thing is on when you are going from the 5vPT to the 3.7V mod with 3.2ohm cartomizers. Dont mind not seeing the vapor as long as I know I'm getting vapor, so occassionally have a quick PUFF to make sure kinda like tapping a microphone and going is this thing on......then take a real draw knowing everything is ready to go.

Now as long as this bad habit doesnt hurt my LR Cartomizers coming in the mail it'll all be good. I'm kinda .... about trying to refine my vaping experience. Instead of having to be conscious of which device I'm using now. And wouldnt give up my big battery for any eGo, etc. Replacement is easier cheaper and under my control just like my nic level in DIY juice.

When you get a manual make sure it's sealed. Have had issues ordering a manual and getting what looks like a converted automatic shell w/button added. Helps draw a little, but lets juice get to the battery circuit defeating the whole purpose of getting a manual in the first place. Luckily when they failed, they were replaced with sealed manuals although not the pretty green ended up with white. At least they will be easier to find in the carpet couch, etc. Once he's hooked on the idea, make sure he understands that it will be up to him to bend the PV to his will, wont work if he just leaves it up to whatevers in the box. These things can be a pain until you find the groove, then it's all gravy.

 

[Lezil]

whoot! congrats man

 

[Eternityroad]

I think it should work and allow me to recharge my PCC from a wall outlet .. right? Or is something that says "mA" different than something that says "mah" .. anyone know?

I have been using the wall USB port that I use for my MP3 since I started vaping last Saturday. It works fine. I didn't even look at the stats on the thing. I use exhale02 and it came with a USB that fits the wall port perfectly. Pleasant vaping!

 

[bonsat]

i've been using the manual joye 510 for 13 mos. it's a great ecig.

 

[stashbldr]

During the night I realized that one of the hardest things about switching over to the ecig for me was that I use to always take a "double draw" on my Marlboro Reds and I have been missing doing that LOL. The "double draw" I had done for years and years is different from Satharra's "double push" .. on an ecig both do a pre-warming of the atomizer.

The difference between our draws is Satharra doesnt inhale her first draw, she blows her first draw out, without inhaling, and then she inhales the 2nd draw .. (I think that's right?). She calls hers a "double push".

The way I always did my analog draw was I DID inhale the first smaller draw but did not exhale it, kept it in my lungs and then did a 2nd deeper draw also into my lungs, and then exhaled both of those out at the same time. I've always called that my "double draw" method and I did it cuz I was a bad-bad-bad girl and too totally addicted to cigarettes, particularly to Marlboro Reds .. so when I smoked I wanted to get tons at once .. amazing I'm not already in the ground from smoking like that for so many years.

When I started using the ecig I remember the first few days I automatically did a double draw, because I was so use to doing it. But I made myself stop doing it because I had read so much on ECF about how to do a proper draw, which was the slow and steady one. Whenever I learn something new I always tend to "follow the rules", so even though it was hard for me to stop doing my double draw, I made myself switch over to a slow and steady one-draw technique.

Reading Satharra's "double push" message reminded me how much I missed my "double draw". I'm not a beginner at vaping anymore and I do have a mind of my own now and dont have to "follow the rules" .. so I woke up in the middle of the night last night, and did some double draws, my old friend . I have to be careful to not do the 2nd deeper draw for too long or I start to overheat my cartomizer .. but I am so happy that now I dont have to think every time before I take a draw, I am now doing what comes naturally to me, my "double drag". If Satharra hadnt posted about her double push method, it wouldnt have reminded me, in the middle of the night, about my "double draw"

When the mail comes today I have 3 brand new juices to try .. irish cream coffee, root beer and creamy vanilla ... fun-fun.

Jackie

 

[bonsat]

ya know guys, after you have vaped for about 6 mos or more, after you have tried all the flavors on the menu, you will find one or two flavors that you keep reaching for and stick to those, kind of like you always smoked the same brand and ended up using your brand exclusively. for me, it's cherry cinnamint. for my daughter, it's creme de menthe. for a friend of ours it's apple caramel and so on. vaping will become such a part of your every day routine that you won't give it much thought. it'll be kind of like toothpaste or shampoo. for now, happy tasting!

 

[Eternityroad]

Whenever I learn something new I always tend to "follow the rules", so even though it was hard for me to stop doing my double draw, I made myself switch over to a slow and steady one-draw technique.

Learning how to navigate the vape is one of the most fascinating parts of my vaping experience. (1 week today) I like the "draw, hold, inhale" process someone in another post at this site recommended. What I really like is the long heavy hit which I usually do for the first hit. The other two draws (I do three- draw segments. I was never a heavy duty analog smoker.) I do normal casual analog draws. Still experimental though. Right now I am trying to gauge how long one cart will last, given my moderate habit.

 

[stashbldr]

ya know guys, after you have vaped for about 6 mos or more, after you have tried all the flavors on the menu, you will find one or two flavors that you keep reaching for and stick to those, kind of like you always smoked the same brand and ended up using your brand exclusively. for me, it's cherry cinnamint. for my daughter, it's creme de menthe. for a friend of ours it's apple caramel and so on. vaping will become such a part of your every day routine that you won't give it much thought. it'll be kind of like toothpaste or shampoo. for now, happy tasting!

Hi Bonsat .. cant wait until I finally settle in with just a few flavors and stick with those. But in the meantime it sure is fun to try them alllllll LOL.

I love real caramel candy so much and would love to find a really good ejuice that has a caramel taste like the candies that are the cellophane little squares, for me that would become my go-to vape, but havent found one like that yet. In the future I'll probably move into DIY but right now I'm still trying this and that, because I've only been vaping for a month and there are soooooo many flavors to try, so I switch cartos every hour or so .. right now it's pineapple, in an hour it will be raspberry or peppermint.

 

[Trainman-2]

Today is Day 3 for me and I am holding on and doing OK!

The biggest problem I have is that the look and feel is different. In fact, the entire process is different.

I cleaned up an ash tray and brought it inside and set it next to my PC so I have a place to set my E-Cig. They have been rolling around and getting buried. (I am not known as Mr. Neat!) I think that I may file out the slots in it so the E-Cig fits down into them easily instead of sitting on top.

No Pack to put into my shirt pocket either. I solved this yesterday when working out in the swamps and scrub by storing the E-Cig in my Camera Case which is too big for my new smaller camera. I could even carry it in my shirt pocket if I wanted to. There is a nice spot in the dash of the Kawasaki that holds it.

For well over a year we have been going outside to smoke. We use the Lanai in the summer and the Garage, with a giant propane heater, in the winter. We took our two wiener dogs with us when we went out and it was their chance to wander around outside and go potty. Now that I don't have to go outside to vape I have to remember to go out with the wieners so that they will do their thing.

I am sure that all of these little changes will sort themselves out with time.

The main thing is that I haven't had a real cigarette in more than two days!



BTW - For those of you following my adventures along the Old King's Road, I have a new web site where I am posting.

The Old King's Road

 

[stashbldr]

Right now I am trying to gauge how long one cart will last, given my moderate habit.

Are you using the condom fill method? If you add the "taryn spin" to the condom method then you can get a LOT of liquid in each carto, so then each filled carto lasts longer.

I alternate between doing the condom fill/taryn spin method .. and just using a syringe. I can get 40-50% more liquid into a carto with the condom fill/taryn spin method than I can with using the syringe or just dripping from the bottle.

 

[bonsat]

are any of you having the little symptoms that i had in the beginning? there was sweating, stomach cramps, leg cramps, mouth sores and several others which quickly went away.

 

[stashbldr]

are any of you having the little symptoms that i had in the beginning? there was sweating, stomach cramps, leg cramps, mouth sores and several others which quickly went away.

I have the mouth sores, on the roof of my mouth .. drives me crazy BUT not crazy enough that I'll stop vaping LOL. In fact that's probably why I have them, because I vape and vape and vape all the time. But that said, I'll live with the mouth sores because I am in love with vaping. In fact I cut down from 36mg to 24mg last week, so I figure I can vape even more now .. mouth sores or not (I am great at rationalizing, can ya tell?).

 

[Satharra]

are any of you having the little symptoms that i had in the beginning? there was sweating, stomach cramps, leg cramps, mouth sores and several others which quickly went away.

The only issues I've seen so far are:
1. Nose is running a lot - not sure if it's this or a seasonal allergy
2. Quite a bit of throat clearing - could just be clearing the analogs out of the system
3. Yesterday I had a weird sensation on the roof of my mouth, almost like I had a head cold and gunk was building up in there. I also was having problems with tasting things and serious dry mouth. After about 15 pints (the beer glass size) of water throughout the day, it appears to be better today. I did have to use a good amount of listerine to get the taste buds cleared and moving. I'm wondering if maybe I clogged one of my salivary glands.
4. And, in the world of TMI, very odd smelling urine. Almost like I ate a ton of asparagus. This one cleared yesterday after my inundation of fluids.

Thankfully I haven't had any leg cramps and, after one bought with mouth sores from getting juice in my mouth, have found a way to avoid those. I don't use the condom method because it tends to leave juice under the cap top and then I end up with juice in my mouth. That isn't pleasant to me.

 

[stashbldr]

Today is Day 3 for me and I am holding on and doing OK!
The main thing is that I haven't had a real cigarette in more than two days!

Congratulations on day #3 Trainman!!! Like you I dont have to go outside either, but lucky for me we have a doggie door built into the bottom of our door .. so Toby (that's his picture in my avatar) has always goes out all by himself and does his thing.

When I first started vaping I couldnt do it inside .. I had smoked outside for so long it was just a habit for me to go out there. When I did start vaping inside, on day #2, I did it at my computer and oh boy .. what fun to be able to sit at the computer and vape! That night I ordered the usb passthru .. which is more powerful than a standard KR808 battery, it's great and it lives right here next to my keyboard.

Have you filled a carto up yourself yet Trainman or are you still using the pre-filled ones? Did you see a few pages back, on this thread, where I posted 2 videos on the condom method of refilling? It's a simple, fast and very effective way to refill.

Jackie

 

[Satharra]

All right, guess I need to explain my vaping method better. So here goes (I'm going to get quite the nicotine rush explaining this one since I have to do it while I write about):

1. Push the button and puff a few times - I want that carto hot and I want a little vapor to seep out. I don't exhale all of it but I do a few puffs.
2. About midway through, I start pulling more into my mouth and holding.
3. At around 3-4 seconds, I push the button again and hold. The next few seconds are pulling it all into my mouth.
4. Inhale and hold a couple of seconds.
5. Exhale it all and look at the pretty vapor.

Smoking for me, as I said earlier was a multi-sensory experience. I felt the smoke in my lungs, tasted the tobacco in my lungs, heard the inhale and exhale with my ears, and saw the smoke. So I'm replicating that as much as I can with vaping to get myself off the analogs.

I have actually done the double-draw method you described too, Jackie. I like that method as well. If I need a really good hit of nicotine (particularly right after a meal or when the craving really hits), I'll do a straight inhale to the lungs and hold. Sometimes this results in gratuitous coughing (particularly early in the morning) but most of the times I can pull a short pull straight into my lungs.

 

[stashbldr]

I don't use the condom method because it tends to leave juice under the cap top and then I end up with juice in my mouth. That isn't pleasant to me.

After the condom fill, I do the "taryn spin", then I do a 2nd condom fill and add more juice to my carto .. but then I do a 2nd "taryn spin" and that moves the juice away from the mouth end and down to the battery end. Then I store the carto upright. battery end down with .... plug in, for 10-15 minutes, so any remaining juice flows downward to the battery end. I dont have "juice in the mouth" if I do it that way. If I do any other method, I end up with juice in my mouth, hate that.

Your mouth sores got better by drinking water? I'm a diet pepsi gal, but have been trying to drink 4-5 glasses a water a dy, especially because I read a lot of CaptJay's posts and he's a big advocate of drinking lots of water if you are vaping, I usually follow advice he gives in posts but never knew why I shoudl drink more water, just that he said everyone who vapes should do it. So maybe I'm not drinking enough water, will increase that today and see if I can get rid of these dang sores on the roof of my mouth.