Hiya

[Ciar]

Hiya, new bloke here, found this forum a couple of weeks ago while checking out the various ecigs, decided to finally sign up.
bought an E-Lite a couple of months back but disliked it, now my 2 month old daughter is around i decided it's time to actually try quitting, so I picked up a Skycig, today is my first day, normally smoke around 10-11 ciggies a day apart from when drinking, using the ecig I have only had 4 so far today.

Hoping i can gradually reduce and quit completely for all those reasons smokers know off and my daughter, have had a read and this place seems like a goldmine ;-)

one tip i would like is how to get a throat hit, I only smoke silk cut purple and I have only tried the 6mg cart, thinking the 12mg might be a better idea, any tips would be greatly appreciated..

Cheers

 

[chunkmeister]

Hi - Welcome to the forums

 

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome Ciar

I hope you know that you can refill your e-lite & skycig cartomisers with e-liquid? Much cheaper than buying their expensive replacements.

I certainly do thing you need a higher nic content than 6mg to help you with your cravings. For more throat hit, you would be best with Lower resistance cartomisers, however, you wouldn't be able to use them with either of the ciggie lookalikes you have as they would drain the tiny batteries too quickly.

 

[Ciar]

Hello & welcome Ciar

I hope you know that you can refill your e-lite & skycig cartomisers with e-liquid? Much cheaper than buying their expensive replacements.

I certainly do thing you need a higher nic content than 6mg to help you with your cravings. For more throat hit, you would be best with Lower resistance cartomisers, however, you wouldn't be able to use them with either of the ciggie lookalikes you have as they would drain the tiny batteries too quickly.

Well i was going to give them a whirl for a bit, your right about the cravings today has been hard, getting the old butterflies in stomach feeling which i hate how would you go about refilling the carts with Eliquid? as you can see i am a complete noob, i was going on the basis that £8 for a packet of fags is a joke, carts are most definitely alot cheaper!

thank you for the welcomes btw ;-)

 

[wmjmr03]

hi also from uk just started myself you will find that its an easy change over it has been for me (9 days and a bit i think) it sems to me that the road that must be walked is a starter of some description followed by a better starter followed by a better starter followed by the start of a serious kit followed by a real good set up for you ...but beware its a slippery slope (boys toys and all that ) i was on 20+ a day for more years than i care to admit the wife set me off she got a look a like ciggy kit) ie e-lights type ....i pinched it he he my grandchildren 4 months to 2 years have also give me a push i found very quickly i could swap real coffin nails for the (petend ones ) allthough different they replaced smoothly because i think the actions and feel of the look a likes really took the edge off withdral but dont forget your still getting the nicotine hit
off the e cig
im not sure but i would say get a kit you can use liquids with asap that way you can adjust strenth and taste so the transition is allmost not noticable except to all around you who no longer smell the fags on you

you have made a very wise move i hope your efforts go as smoothly as mine have so far (to be honest im chuffed to bits with my progress but i think thats blowing my own trumpet )

best of luck

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Hi Ciar and welcome to ECF. Ci=ongrats on quitting.

one tip i would like is how to get a throat hit, I only smoke silk cut purple and I have only tried the 6mg cart, thinking the 12mg might be a better idea, any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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Juice is made up of the following components:
Flavor
PG enhances flavor, throat hit and lung hit
VG= Vapor
Nicotine= throat hit, lung hit and our need for nicotine...nicotine is very important for TH and I believe 6 mg is too low to start.

how would you go about refilling the carts with Eliquid?

First remove the carto from the battery. Drip filling best, just ease off top cap on carto, use a safety pin or paper clip through center hole slowly prying it up drip around 5-10 drops in and should be good for around 5 refills. Blow out any excess juice into a kleenex. Be VERY CAREFUL about NOT OVERFILLING and getting juice on the battery as this will kill your batt.
The cartos are 510 threading so new ones can be bought elsewhere.

 

[arc2029]

Hi, Clar, and welcome! Sounds like you and I are in the exact same situation (10 month old daughter prompted my quit), although I stopped smoking immediately upon starting vaping...I'm sure you'll be able to in no time, as the taste will eventually turn you off.

I would recommend much higher nicotine content for you, which will definitely help with the lack of throat hit. Bump it up to 18 or 24.

 

[Chrissie]

Ciar, here is a list of some of the good UK e-cig - e-liquid suppliers (plus any known discount codes) -

ALL ABOUT E-CIGARETTES UK - Recommended & new suppliers (e-cig/juice sellers)

 

[Freddie]

Hello and welcome

 

[YmraGo]

welcome and enjoy!

 

[teamscon]

After I switched from cigs to ecigs ... It will be MUCH easier to quit all together when I would like. I didnt quit for my health really ... I switched to ecigs because of the cost. I was spending 12.00/every 2 days on cigs. Thats $180.00/month ... Sometimes smoked more then that. My wife smoked half that, so 90.00/month probably more. We COULD get by with $40.00/month budget for juice/atty here and there .. But we like trying new stuff, sort of like a hobby I guess.

You see, while vaping WILL HELP ALOT, you will still go through some of the pain of quitting now IE: Cig feeling after eating, while drinking etc. This is good imo because you can get over all the habits other then being addicted to nicotine.

Throat hit: Yes, by the sound of it you def need more nicotine as the ejuice isnt "curing" your cravings. I would suggest getting a 10ml of the 18mg juice (I like ry4 alot if you smoked regular cigs .. Fave is myvaporstore.com)

I would also suggest reusing your attys and refilling with your own liquid. I did a 14day trial on these ecigs that costs 64.00/month for the atty refills lol.

I use: Ego T - B tank system 1000mah First off ... The tank system is awesome if you dont fill over 3/4 to allow proper dripping. Also, it comes with 5 tanks, 2 attys etc. The attys will last a long time, are completely cleanable, and its my fave as ive tried all but drip tips (I think its goofy to put drops in every hit) Tank/Battery also lasts me a full day out at work.

If your ecig you have isnt doing the job after getting different liquid im sorry to say you may have to buy a more powerful unit.
Good luck to you my friend ... You can do it, we all did and I LOVED SMOKING!! (Now think it stinks hardcore lol)

 

[Ciar]

wow thank you for all the helpful replies, amazed second day breakfast done by now I would be 2 ciggies down, I switched to a 12mg cart last night and it works so much better.

Would one of you be so kind as to point out the best items to purchase, as I do like my skycig with the 12mg cart it seems fine, but I do fancy refilling myself, so any pointers to some decent additions to allow me to refill would be a great help.

 

[Chrissie]

Ciar, you can refill the cartos that came with your skycig, several times, with any e-liquid you like. Just remove the white bung & drip juice into the wadding inside - making sure you don't get any into the tube down the middle. Then either replace the bung or fit a drip tip.

The skycig has a 510 thread so will take any standard resistance cartomisers. My favourites are Boge -

Boge 510 Standard Resistance (5) £5.99 - Vaping Spares - Cartomisers Electronic Cigarettes | Vaping Devices | Accessories | E-Liquid

Same vendor sells small sample bottles of juice (use discount code ECF10 for 10% off) -

5ml Samplers (18mg) £2.49 - E-Liquids - 5ml Samplers Electronic Cigarettes | Vaping Devices | Accessories | E-Liquid

Also, check out the list of UK vendors that I posted earlier on in the thread

 

[nansc]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

 

[Wabbeln]

Hi and welcome. I started with an ego t system and 24mg juice. I quickly dropped down to 18mg because the throat hit at 24 was too much. Depending on how much you smoked, you may want to go up from 12 to 18. If the 18 is too much, you can cut it to go lower. It took me 3-4 weeks to finally give up my cigars, partly because I had just received an order for cigars, and partly because I was having issues with my PV while driving into work. Also realized I needed to keep a charger with me so I could charge one battery while using another, and wouldn't run out on the drive home. Good luck.

 

[Ciar]

I saw the list, soo many tried to phone a couple but it's perma mobile answerphone, going to try out the Boge and do my own refills, fancy giving some random flavours a whirl see itfi prefer the non ciggie taste again thanks alot for the help, honestly you could really get confused otherwise!

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Filling y6our own is definitely the way to go. Here's vid explaining how to first fill the carto. First fill is VERY IMPORTANT as the filler must be fully saturated otherwise it will burn out and/ or taste funky. Note when pushing carto into condom of juice key is VERY SLOWLY.
Good Luck.

I saw the list, soo many tried to phone a couple but it's perma mobile answerphone, going to try out the Boge and do my own refills, fancy giving some random flavours a while see it i prefer the non ciggie taste again thanks alot for the help, honestly you could really get confused otherwise!

 

[Ciar]

I carry my charging box thingy you get with the skycig, make sure i drop it in during the day luckily, i have just ordered some 18ml carts, along with the boge and some juice, so hopefully we shall see how they perform cheers

 

[Ciar]

once the items arrive i will most definitely be checking out the video!

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

When you go out carry your spare filled cartos in a Tic Tac container- fits perfectly.

once the items arrive i will most definitely be checking out the video!