So I got my first ever batch of DIY stuff today and made up 10 bottles of various flavors. I got the 28 mg nic to cut in half to 14, a step down from the 18 that I have been going strong on from the start. So here is the problem, don't know if I did something wrong or if it is because I am trying some of the flavors in carto's (which I have never tried before, this model Blank (empty) cartomizers (cartridge + atomizer combined into a single unit) for the Happy 510/eGo e-cigarette. ), some of the flavors were too bland so gonna let them sit a day or two, but I picked out 3 that I liked to fill my cartos for work tonight. The more I tried them throughout the night, the more I didn't like them. Even at 14mg nic the TH was very harsh, does the carto do this (up until today I was only dripping)?
Because of the TH (not sure if this is the right word to describe the feeling?) I didn't vape very much, but when I did take 5-6 vapes I would feel sick, like a nic OD, light headed, dizzy, head ache, and warm. I usually vape twice what I did at a stronger nic so whats up with this? I wasn't just me either, my hubby's ego came today with all of the DIY stuff and I filled up a couple of cartos for him before I left (he has never vaped before) and when I called him halfway through the night to see how it was going, he said after the first little bit he got a headache so he put it away for now, he said he didn't vape much on it at all.
This is the calculator I used e-Liquid Calculator and I made 3 mL batches so
Nicotine e-juice 28 mg 1.5mL 38 drops 50%
PG dilutant 0.6mL 15 drops 20%
VG dilutant 0.6mL 15 drops 20%
Flavor 0.3mL 8 drops 10%
I know I can tinker around with the flavors to make them stronger/weaker but do some just have TH no matter how little nic is in there? The ones I had were a tobacco flavor, milk chocolate, and apple and I found them all pretty harsh and they all made me dizzy. Could that be a reaction to the PG (I don't know what I have been vaping before this, didn't say how much pg/vg)?. So this really doesn't seem right but maybe I need to make them with less nic? So for all my 3mL batches, how much PG/VG would I have to add to make it maybe 8 mg? Please forgive me as it is late, I am tired, and math is really not my strong suit.
Or if someone could suggest something else, perhaps I should go back to dripping, use less flavor, more VG instead of PG??? When I smoked analogs, I hated the ultralights, I was a full flavor person, I liked to feel the smoke go down and I thought that this was more what throat hit was, maybe I am mistaken? I have been somewhat satisfied with the feeling I get in my throat with the tobacco flavor I am using, but I will not buy it as he is robbing people blind at $30 for a premixed 6mL bottle
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Because of the TH (not sure if this is the right word to describe the feeling?) I didn't vape very much, but when I did take 5-6 vapes I would feel sick, like a nic OD, light headed, dizzy, head ache, and warm. I usually vape twice what I did at a stronger nic so whats up with this? I wasn't just me either, my hubby's ego came today with all of the DIY stuff and I filled up a couple of cartos for him before I left (he has never vaped before) and when I called him halfway through the night to see how it was going, he said after the first little bit he got a headache so he put it away for now, he said he didn't vape much on it at all.
This is the calculator I used e-Liquid Calculator and I made 3 mL batches so
Nicotine e-juice 28 mg 1.5mL 38 drops 50%
PG dilutant 0.6mL 15 drops 20%
VG dilutant 0.6mL 15 drops 20%
Flavor 0.3mL 8 drops 10%
I know I can tinker around with the flavors to make them stronger/weaker but do some just have TH no matter how little nic is in there? The ones I had were a tobacco flavor, milk chocolate, and apple and I found them all pretty harsh and they all made me dizzy. Could that be a reaction to the PG (I don't know what I have been vaping before this, didn't say how much pg/vg)?. So this really doesn't seem right but maybe I need to make them with less nic? So for all my 3mL batches, how much PG/VG would I have to add to make it maybe 8 mg? Please forgive me as it is late, I am tired, and math is really not my strong suit.
Or if someone could suggest something else, perhaps I should go back to dripping, use less flavor, more VG instead of PG??? When I smoked analogs, I hated the ultralights, I was a full flavor person, I liked to feel the smoke go down and I thought that this was more what throat hit was, maybe I am mistaken? I have been somewhat satisfied with the feeling I get in my throat with the tobacco flavor I am using, but I will not buy it as he is robbing people blind at $30 for a premixed 6mL bottle

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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