Hello From Ohio!

[CASshooter]

Hello! My name is Rick. I live in Ohio, and am 18 years old. I started using tobacco when I was 13. After I turned 18, I went and got my first vaporizer. It helped me a lot, saved me money, and now I only have a cigar or two while at my cowboy action shooting events. I am smoking 36 mg Cowboy flavor, and am now using an Itaste MVP. It is nice to have guilt free nicotine! I have been using a vaporizer for almost 8 months now. It is great. I am spending a lot less on my habit, and am not waking up with the bad effects.

I love my vaporizer, but do not know much of the terminology. I look forward to meeting you all!
Thanks,
Rick

I do have one question, if that is ok here. I just cleaned my vaporizer, and am a little worried if I did it right. I cleaned the threads and contact on the battery with rubbing alcohol on a q-tip. I took apart the tank, pitched the coil (it was bad), and cleaned the threads on the bottom piece of the tank, with rubbing alcohol on a q-tip. I then soaked the tank, taken apart, in warm water a few minutes and it has been air drying for about an hour. Is it ok to use again, and charge the battery? I don't see any wet spots. Also, does the cleaning technique I use sound ok? Or is it harmful to the ecig?
Thanks again.

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome to the forum Rick. Glad to have you here!

Here's a little trick to help you. See the little dotted line under this> th or ECF ? If you hover your mouse cursor over the letters, a little box tells you what it is.

Here are some links as well. There is much duplication between these as some of these terms go back to the beginning, when I started vaping 8+ years ago.

Vaping Terminology

1. A – Z E-Cig Glossary
2. e-Cigarette Jargon and Terms – eCig 101
3. Vaping Glossary - what does it all mean?
4. ECF Abbreviations 101

#4 is very handy when trying to decipher ECF members slang.

 

[Alawot]

Welcome to the forum. Lots of good info and discussions here.

 

[Hitmetwice]

Hey Rick from Ohio, glad to meet ya and welcome to the forum.
I like hearing stories like yours, people using ecigs as a form of THR and saving cash in the process.
Screw BT and BP.

Cheers!

 

[CASshooter]

Thank you all for the warm welcome, and thank you for the links to the terms! They are very helpful just starting out!
Rick

 

[LittleBird]

Welcome, Rick! Your cleaning technique sounds great. If you have a hair dryer handy, you can ensure that everything is dry. As well, while it doesn't matter this time around, if you clean a coil, be sure it is absolutely dry before you use it again. I usually wait 24 hours ...

Best of luck in your vaping journey!

 

[Islandguy]

Welcome. There is a ton of useful information on here. You could get lost for days reading about stuff on this site. Sometimes i feel like i have a.d.d. I start reading about one thing then see something else and start reading it then go back to what i was reading before and and and and ....well you get the idea. Lol what part of ohio you from?
Also yeah youre probably safe to start using your set up again sounds like you done a good job cleaning it

 

[CASshooter]

Thank you all, I really appreciate it. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't hurting it. I haven't had the best of luck with ecigs (mainly due to me being too cheap to get a decent one) and now that I have one, I want to take good care of it.

Islandguy, I completely understand that! Few times am I reading something without at least three different tabs open I live in Fairfield County, Ohio. Out in the boonies kind of but it is fun!

 

[roxynoodle]

Hello from a fellow Ohioan.

 

[Harlen]

Hello and welcome
Vape ov

 

[xJohnnyTattoox]

Hello and welcome Rick from Ohio I'm Johnny from Ohio

 

[Jugband]

Hello and welcome neighbor!

 

[Ibitz]

Hi Rick and Welcome.

I also use an MVP I use a Kayfun (tank) I clean my tank about every 3 days or so. I take it apart, run everything under hot water, take out the wick and dry burn the coil. I dry all the parts with a paper towel, add a new wick and put it back together again and fill the juice. Oh and I run the dry burned coil under water again to get off any ash. I also blow into the air hole in case there is any water there. So far this has worked great for me. What is the reason for the rubbing alcohol? If I need a new coil, my son builds it for me probably about every 3 months or so