Heating up juice before you have a toke?

[Farmaz]

I have heard a few things about this both good & bad so as this forum has served me so well & quashed several things I had heard from people that vape I will ask here.

I have noticed myself that if I hold the button down for 2-4 seconds before I take a toke I get a far better hit from my liquid than compared to taking a toke right away. I was told this is the correct way to use your vape & no damage will be caused by doing so & it also will stop any leakage too.
I was also told though that when you hold the button down like that it causes damage to your battery, it burns your wick out alot faster & will cause it to cook your juice & over a few days will cause it to go weird from too much heat & will effect the way it vapes & also the taste.

I have only been using this method of holding the button down for not much more than 2 days but so far my wick is fine, the juice tastes the same & the only difference I have noticed is I am getting a far nicer hit, I have also noticed I seem to get more of a nicotine hit than I was before which is a good thing really.

Anyone clear this issue up for me please, at least that way I can pass on the correct info to my vape mates that seem to have an opinion on everything vape related even though they have been doing it a few months & don't read forums etc like I do.

Thanks in advance people.

 

[secutorum]

I prime it by pushing the button for 1-3 seconds before I vape. Much better that way for me personally.

 

[Fisheeboy]

If you're using a non VV/VW battery then I say what you are doing is just fine. That's how I used my Kgo batteries and it definitely did make the differences you describe. I can't imagine how using that method would damage anything unless you just sit there frying your juice to smithereens. But that's not what you're doing.
Do your thing brotha!
But if you're using a variable device I don't think you really need to use that same method because you're able to turn up the power and therefore able to get things hotter faster.

 

[Cool-breeze]

I think it depends a little bit on your ohms. .5 ohms heats up much quicker than 2.0 etc. But the flavorings vaporize just slightly before the nic hence you getting a little better nic from how you are doing it. I can not fathom why someone would say that could harm your battery. Perhaps theres a logic I don't know of but I've been doing similar for 8 months with no battery issues I know of. It could gunk up your liquid but I doubt its any more than normal in a tank. Don't get me wrong heating up the liquid you're not inhaling can mess with the flavor but thats why cleaning a tank out every fill- every other fill is for. In short its not hurting anything and does give better nic IMO.

 

[vassilbg]

It really depends on how quickly the coil gets hot. I run a VV with a RBA and I usually wait about 1 to 2 seconds before taking a pull.

 

[Farmaz]

If you're using a non VV/VW battery then I say what you are doing is just fine. That's how I used my Kgo batteries and it definitely did make the differences you describe. I can't imagine how using that method would damage anything unless you just sit there frying your juice to smithereens. But that's not what you're doing.
Do your thing brotha!
But if you're using a variable device I don't think you really need to use that same method because you're able to turn up the power and therefore able to get things hotter faster.

atm I have just a normal 900mah battery, I have my eye on a new battery next week though which will be a twist variable volt battery, thanks for the advice.

 

[Fisheeboy]

atm I have just a normal 900mah battery, I have my eye on a new battery next week though which will be a twist variable volt battery, thanks for the advice.

Right on. And I like the updated avatar. Looks trippy

 

[Farmaz]

I can not fathom why someone would say that could harm your battery. Perhaps theres a logic I don't know of but I've been doing similar for 8 months with no battery issues I know of..

I did think the same tbh but I had heard from several people that it did bad damage to your battery etc so I did listen, I wasn't sure so I took it up on here as this place has helped me on every subject & question I have had on the vape subject be it from what juice is good to sub-ohm questions.

 

[DaveP]

I do the primer puff thing. Hit the fire button, take a couple of short puffs followed by a long slow one. The initial vacuum primes the wicks with juice.

 

[Weizenheimer]

With my usual setups I do about a half second. I can hear the juice starting to vaporize at that point and start tokin.

 

[kfelder]

I usually do about a second before vaping. No issues with batteries or coils doing it this way.

 

[westonG]

I have a friend that does that with his, and when i let him try my setup he does the same thing, but i usually run about a .2 -.35ohm builds and i never have to heat it up first. I push the button and the vapor comes flying. (also never really used a tank like that so idk about that aspect)

 

[MsStormy]

I am new to vaping, but have found I hold my button down for a couple of seconds before taking a hit out of habit. Hopefully it isn't hurting anything.

 

[CMD-Ky]

A second or so will not hurt anything and, if it is tasting right then it is right. Like with the pudding the taste is the test.

 

[ZeroOhms]

priming doesn't hurt the battery. (neither VV/VW or mech)
if you run your dripper wet with tons of cotton, priming will help with flavor. same goes for high resistance coils.
rda chamber size matters too. new rda with reduced chamber gives strong vape without the need of priming.

 

[juiceapprentice]

I used to do this when I had a vv, because of the 1/2 second lag until it fired. Now with a mech and dripper setup theres no need!

 

[WilsonR]

With my first mod (26650) it takes about 2-3sec to heat up. So I do a mouth draw and blow out and by the time I do that, its heated up enough to take a good pull. If I don't do that, then it heats up quicker and it gets too warm for me. On the build I got done on the new nemesis, it heats up so quick that I don't need to do a mouth draw. But I agree that waiting helps with flavor and/or cloud chasing.

 

[Bunnykiller]

as far as doing damage to the battery.... nope, no difference as compared to a 7 second draw as to a 3 second primer heating and a 4 second draw.... all the battery sees is 7 seconds

 

[cags]

I use an plain old ego and joye (disposable) atty. I push the button a few seconds before I draw....and I draw a few seconds after I let the button go. been doing this for 3 years and my equipment lasts a long time

 

[Giraut]

The eVic (and presumably the Supreme) can be programmed to simulate this. In mine, the preset I use most feeds full power to the coil for 2 seconds, to heat up the juice quicker, then the power drops for the rest of the puff. Not that the regular eVic can supply that much power to begin with though...