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Shadyshane

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Good day all.
I have been stumbling around this forum for about a week, and got my first e-cig yesterday...a Joye 510 from Cignot. As for one just recently hearing about this phenomena, trying to get a grasp of what all this entails has been a bit overwhelming. Luckily forums like this one are around to aide us noobs through the initial stages (And the good friends who are vaping and pointed me here). The past 19 hours have been positive, but not so much until this morning.
Once I got the 510, got it charged, and started vaping, it was a bit harsh. I was smoking approx. 20-30 analogs a day (for the past 15 years), so everyone suggested I start off with a higher nicotine. However, I was smoking ultra lights, and definitley do not need the mass amount nicotine I was getting from the free pre-filled cart.'s (Malb High) that came with my 510. Since all I had was two empty carts and 5 filled, I used the pyramid tea bag trick with some extra RY4 I also got from cignot. It was still 26mg, but the hit was a million times smother and better tasting. All though I keep hearing otherwise, I think the kind of analogs one is coming from (i.e.: Ultralights, lights, etc..) should have more of a bearing on the mg needed to match that same levels one is used too, not just the amount of analogs one would have throughout a day. I had the same experience when trying to quit analogs with the nicotine gum or candy things. The high levels were way more nicotine than I was getting from actually smoking the ultralights. With that said, I can't see any reason to ever go back. The longest I've ever made it without an analog before now was about 18 hours, even with the gum. I'm passed that now, and don't even want a analog, I just want to vape more!

So since I am trying to make a strong run at this, I also purchased a 30ml of 25 mg EcoPure Regular when I bought the 510. But now I think the 25mg is not really necassary, but can I just cut that somehow? Can I just use a 50/50 mix, even with a flavor like coffee or something to cut the nicotine mg's down to ~12.5mg. I think that is basically how it's done, but like I said, all of this is bit overwhelming...

Here to stay!
Cheers,
Shane
 

AaronB

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I'll wait for someone with a little more experience chime in here, but yes you can cut it down but make sure that other flavor is lower nicotine.. Also for the time being you can go to some places to buy flavorless vg and cut it that way, but you will lose flavor. Craft stores like Michael's and AC Moore should have it even Walmart. You can always check out the PA group under social forums where there is a discussion as to where to get VG.
 

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Hi Shane,welcome to ECF, great first post by the way.

The 25mg liquid you could mix with an equal quantity of any Zero nic liquid (or pg/vg) and that will bring it down to 12.5 mg.

You can buy pg/vg from any chemist etc. i'm sure someone will come along to point you in the right direction for that and which to look out for.
 

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While it's true that you can cut the nic down with pg/vg, keep in mind that you'll also lose the flavor when you do so.

To keep the flavor the same, you'd have to order 0 nic in the same flavor.

The other reason people recommend a higher mg to START is to try to keep you off cigarettes. It's a LOT easier to dilute a higher mg liquid DOWN than it is to INCREASE it. But, whatever's working for you, keep it up!! :thumbs:
Good luck!
 

Shadyshane

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Thanks ckc & Domino!

Vaping is a fantastic thing! The RY4 I got from cignot absolutely rocks. While I'm not a fan of the tobacco flavor's, as I don't think they actually taste like an analog, I have great confidence I'll be able to find some flavors I enjoy. I'm just lucky I got the RY4 as a free sample.

Can anybody tell me what the VG/PG would look like in the stores (i.e.: Michaels, Walmart, AC Moore), or who has the fastest shipping in the juice department? I have 35ml of regular tobacco flavor that I don't care for, and about 2.5ml left of the only flavor I actually like. Haven't had an analog in since Wednesday, but fear I may end up there this weekend if I run out of the RY4....
 

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Shady....I've ordered a 30ml bottle of tobacco flavor (per my husband..lol) I didn't really care for it...What I did to change the flavor was fill up a 3ml bottle and added a few drops of Loranns peppermint oil.. It's like have a mint/menthol cig...I love it...I'm sure you'd be able to do the same with any flavor...Give it a try.
 

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Shatt

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Awesome news Shane! I too just stated. Actually im working on hour 18 now with my PV. I got the Menthol flavour...means i use to smoke menthols. Its great... Like everything great about a smoke...but NOTHING BAD! :)

I got 18mg, it was stab in the dark really. I was upto almost a pack a day. I got luckey. I havent noticed any symptoms of this level. And I too plan on switching to a lesser dose. Hopefully 0mg, means nicotine is probably the easiest part of quitting (to me anyway). Its the habit.

Anywho - good luck to ya!
 

Shadyshane

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The activity on this forum is unreal! This is the best support network i have ever encountered, which makes this all the more fun. That was informative ckc, and thanks again Aaron, I'll be running out during my lunch break to look for some. It's nice for noobs like me to get replies like this, instead of the normal "use the search button" comments a noob could get on other forums. With so much activity, and so many posts, it can be hard to find the answer to what your are actually looking for.
I had to just switch to some tobacco flavor to conserve the RY4 for this weekend and realized my first noob mistakes...I didn't let the atty break in and I was flooding it. So I was blaming the bad taste on the flavor when it was actually user error. Granted I still had a little RY4 on the atty, but even after that burnt off it wasn't terrible. I still wouldn't call it good, lol, but it's not as bad as I thought. I'll still end up mixing what I got into a more enjoyable flavor (Thanks for the tip Sue;) ), but at least I can pull through the weekend.
 
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