do e-liquids settle or something

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MargotA575

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I've tried blowing it etc.. I've only used one flavor and its cappucino just seems absolutely tasteless now
You could be having 2 things going on. Your taste buds CAN get dulled by using the same flavor all the time (like getting used to hot jalapeno peppers) and you can get where ingredients in ejuice CAN separate. I mix my own and when I first started, I noticed the flavor wasn't as strong near bottom of the bottle. I checked and found out several ecig sites suggest rotating flavors around so you don't get "used" to them. That can happen in less than a week. I sort of go a little crazy with flavors (right now I am using tobacco, menthol, vanilla and chocolate going at the same time) and already rotate flavors frequently. So I checked the properties of PG and VG and while they are emulsifiers, unless they are run through the emulsifying process (a machine), they can separate.

Simply shaking your ejuice every time you use it and rotating your flavors can make a difference. At least try it before you move on to more drastic things. I was a computer support tech and always do the least invasive first.
 

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Would this be the cause for a perfumey taste?

Possibly. Whatever liquid or part of the liquid is closest to the dropper may come out concentrated, and you get the taste of that particular part.

If you get that taste after shaking it, there's most likely another issue.
 

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I don't mess around with flavored e-juice. I buy all my juice unflavored. If I'm in the mood for a particular flavor, I mix Loranns flavoring in a small bottle. I can make the flavor as strong as I like. If I want more, I mix more. If I don't like it, I'm only out 1 or 2 ml of juice.

This eliminates having dozens of 30ml bottles laying around that I won't use.
 

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I just received my 510 today with no-nic cappucino carts. Instructions said run each battery for 20 minutes and charge so ive been vaping 1.5 batteries for 30 minutes. Started tasting weird?? Like no cappucino taste, lots of vapor, and some other taste that I couldnt notice before, plus alot more throat hit (if that means that peppery irritation in the throat). I gave it a shake as suggested, seemed to bring back some cappucino flavor.

Ive got some questions;

1) How long does the content of a cart usually last?

2) How do you know when the cart is empty, they say bad taste, but can you be anymore specific? Will the filter-material change appearance?

3) If im still getting considerable vapor would that mean a cart isnt empty despite the fact it has no taste or the taste is different?
 

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I just received my 510 today with no-nic cappucino carts. Instructions said run each battery for 20 minutes and charge so ive been vaping 1.5 batteries for 30 minutes. Started tasting weird?? Like no cappucino taste, lots of vapor, and some other taste that I couldnt notice before, plus alot more throat hit (if that means that peppery irritation in the throat). I gave it a shake as suggested, seemed to bring back some cappucino flavor.

Ive got some questions;

1) How long does the content of a cart usually last?

2) How do you know when the cart is empty, they say bad taste, but can you be anymore specific? Will the filter-material change appearance?

3) If im still getting considerable vapor would that mean a cart isnt empty despite the fact it has no taste or the taste is different?
When you start getting a burnt plastic type of taste, your atomizer is too dry.
When your atomizer is too dry, it is because the top of your cartridge is too dry.

When the top of your cartridge is too dry it is because either it IS dry, or very close to being dry, or because you are vaping at a faster rate than the filler material is wicking up more juice.

If the problem is that the cartridge is dry then you refill it, or just top it off with as many drops as it will hold before pooling at the top, or just drip a couple of drops right on the atomizer bridge.

If the material is not wicking fast enough then you either need to slow down, or get better wicking material that will work better for your vaping style.
 

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The burn plastic could also be, well burnt plastic, lol, from the cart. I've melted a bunch of carts, mostly by not lining them up with the white thing in the atomizer.


Oh ****. I didint realize that white thing was meant to be some sort of insertion guide. That may have something to do with it. Ew!
 

Robertogee

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Wow! Thanks, all! Great advice about refilling. I'm new and have just been doing this largely instinctively.

Enjoying trying different flavors and switching around a lot, to decide what to order in larger bottles.

I've always got two manual batts loaded with different flavors, plus the passthrough.

I take a puff or two of this one . . . the later a puff or two of another one . . . or vape one till it dries. Whatever I'm in the mood for!

This beats smoking analogs in EVERY WAY!
 

MargotA575

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Would this be the cause for a perfumey taste?
If it is a tobacco flavor, some use tobacco absolute; that is used in perfume and can have a perfumy aroma. Also tobacco IS a plant related to things like potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, and petunias, so if it is infused lie tea, it can have a natural floral like taste; or it can be contamination in the fluids.
 
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