Hello everyone, I'm a first-time vaper from Canada. I'd heard about e-cigs from an acquantance online and researched them thereafter. This is the first forum I've found and I'm happy to see how active it is. Excuse this wall of text from a new poster, but please try to give me some insight.
Totally Wicked was the site I first tried ordering from and it was the site that told me Health Canada had banned e-cigs, which I verified with Health Canada. After telling my work associates about my quest for e-cigs, someone mentioned that a local paraphenalia shop sold them. The brand they sold was Smoke NV, a nicotineless product, in order to appease Health Canada. I purchased this kit and was sorely disappointed.
The "Canadian tobacco" flavour advertised smelled sweet but tasted of nothing and felt like nothing; no throat hit. The three cartridges ran out in maybe what 3 traditional cigarettes would give you. Searching for reviews of this brand online including in this forum, I was lead to lists of Canadian e-cig vendors like Happy, Nicfitnation, and Vapables.
Because Nicfitnation offered a large amount of information, including its proprieter's own video reviews and instructional videos, I chose to order from them. I've placed an order as of yesterday with:
eGo starter kit w/ XL atomizers
3x 10ml sample pack (RR tobacco 24mg, applewood/peachwood tobacco 18mg)
USB passthrough battery
XL LR atomizer
It came to about $175 total - as you can see I wasted no time when deciding future products I'll probably want.
Today I received RY4 30ml I ordered from Vapables a few days ago, and I figured I'd refill the cartomizers that came with the Smoke NV brand. I probably did it incorrectly, using a 1cc (1ml) needle filled with liquid to refill one cart, and about half that for another cart. I did it crudely, and it was difficult to push the syringe into the polyfill of the cart. The first cart I tried was the half filled, which made a bubbly sound as if it were flooded and immediately I tasted a delicious flavour on my tongue that immediately turned to burning and realized I had sucked through some liquid. I washed out my mouth and tried the fully filled cart.
To my surprise it didn't bubble nearly as much (odd because it was the fully filled). I didn't taste anything and didn't have to suck long at all; but there was no pleasant flavour, only an incredible burn in my throat. I can barely take the tiniest puff without not wanting to anymore. I'm smoking an analog while typing this.
Once again I'll have to put down this Smoke NV brand and wait for my eGo to come in; what I'm asking is will I have a pleasant time with my eGo? Is it just this crap brand of e-cig that's making this unpleasant? Perhaps I got a bad liquid (though it tasted good when I fulfilled the rite of passage)? I'm worried the nicotine levels are too high; though I'm a regular smoker (a carton per two weeks). If this is the case then the 3x 10ml sampler I got would also kill me.
From all of the reviews I've read I am not worried; though I've also read on your forum that people experience loss of breath, burning throat, and other negative effects. It's making vaping seem less appealing, as I work a fairly physical job and while smoking doesn't do that, I've read that long-time vapers are giving up because they're using puffers now and never had to before.
Thank you for your time and I hope you guys can put me at ease and make me a full-time vaper!
Totally Wicked was the site I first tried ordering from and it was the site that told me Health Canada had banned e-cigs, which I verified with Health Canada. After telling my work associates about my quest for e-cigs, someone mentioned that a local paraphenalia shop sold them. The brand they sold was Smoke NV, a nicotineless product, in order to appease Health Canada. I purchased this kit and was sorely disappointed.
The "Canadian tobacco" flavour advertised smelled sweet but tasted of nothing and felt like nothing; no throat hit. The three cartridges ran out in maybe what 3 traditional cigarettes would give you. Searching for reviews of this brand online including in this forum, I was lead to lists of Canadian e-cig vendors like Happy, Nicfitnation, and Vapables.
Because Nicfitnation offered a large amount of information, including its proprieter's own video reviews and instructional videos, I chose to order from them. I've placed an order as of yesterday with:
eGo starter kit w/ XL atomizers
3x 10ml sample pack (RR tobacco 24mg, applewood/peachwood tobacco 18mg)
USB passthrough battery
XL LR atomizer
It came to about $175 total - as you can see I wasted no time when deciding future products I'll probably want.
Today I received RY4 30ml I ordered from Vapables a few days ago, and I figured I'd refill the cartomizers that came with the Smoke NV brand. I probably did it incorrectly, using a 1cc (1ml) needle filled with liquid to refill one cart, and about half that for another cart. I did it crudely, and it was difficult to push the syringe into the polyfill of the cart. The first cart I tried was the half filled, which made a bubbly sound as if it were flooded and immediately I tasted a delicious flavour on my tongue that immediately turned to burning and realized I had sucked through some liquid. I washed out my mouth and tried the fully filled cart.
To my surprise it didn't bubble nearly as much (odd because it was the fully filled). I didn't taste anything and didn't have to suck long at all; but there was no pleasant flavour, only an incredible burn in my throat. I can barely take the tiniest puff without not wanting to anymore. I'm smoking an analog while typing this.
Once again I'll have to put down this Smoke NV brand and wait for my eGo to come in; what I'm asking is will I have a pleasant time with my eGo? Is it just this crap brand of e-cig that's making this unpleasant? Perhaps I got a bad liquid (though it tasted good when I fulfilled the rite of passage)? I'm worried the nicotine levels are too high; though I'm a regular smoker (a carton per two weeks). If this is the case then the 3x 10ml sampler I got would also kill me.
From all of the reviews I've read I am not worried; though I've also read on your forum that people experience loss of breath, burning throat, and other negative effects. It's making vaping seem less appealing, as I work a fairly physical job and while smoking doesn't do that, I've read that long-time vapers are giving up because they're using puffers now and never had to before.
Thank you for your time and I hope you guys can put me at ease and make me a full-time vaper!
