How many hits from a 510 pass-thru equal an analog (drippers)

[JuniorNA]

hey guys, I had a joye510 non passthru and used to love the attys and the vape production until i realized i needed a batt charger at work, home, and 2 spare at all times, anyway, i love it and now that i have a pass-thru its even better bc i'm getting higher voltage (maybe), and i'm not having to worry about decrease in battery. My question is, for direct drippers (2-5) drops, how many hits/drags do you take compared to an analog? or do you just vape until you feel sick?lol. Do you vape 10 hits ,put it down and come back in an hour? do you basically vape all day taking 1 hit every 10 minutes? whats your method of maintaining your nic levels. and I'm also a 2 pack a day menthol smoker ?

just trying to figure out what people are doing when compared to smoking 1 analog cig .

Thanks.

 

[Clem68W]

That's the thing, these aren't exactly analogous to analogs (nyuck yuck yuck). If I'm sitting around, I can easily smoke for an hour or so straight. When I'm working, I can stealth a few inhales every hour or so. When compared to a pack a day, I guess I'm vaping more, but because I'm getting less out of it, the nicotine level is probably lower.

 

[JuniorNA]

thanks for the reply. problem is at work i can vape and have no problem. My boss and other associates in adjacent cubes don't care and only asked once about it. As long as they dont smell it, or as long as i dont blow it right in their face, they couldnt care less. lol. I'm starting to get the hang of the dosage. 3-4 drips of my 36mg menthol/marlboro mix lasts me about 10 solid hits with passthru - i do that about once an hour which is what i used to smoke when smoking analogs. I"m wondering if i'm getting too much nic and i wonder how much nic is actually in an analog. will google that and report back. more replies welcome!

 

[JuniorNA]

American cigarettes contain about 9 mg of nicotine, but because much of the nicotine is burned off, a smoker gets about 1 mg of nicotine in every cigarette. Nicotine reaches the central nervous system in about 3-5 minutes when tobacco is chewed.


So what i'm thinking, is if a cig has 1mg of nicotine, and i'm dropping 3 drops of 36mg type eliq in my 510, i wonder with that equates to - since the amount of liq x the amount of vape - minus the extraction/evaporation of nicotine during burn equals ?

 

[terrie1]

That's a good question, and I have wondered a lot about it myself.... I vape A LOT....dont know how much nic I am getting, I take the 36 mg and add some vg to it because I like lots of vapor.

 

[Kurt]

With vaping, you are primarily orally absorbing the nic. Not a lot gets to the lungs, actually. So the onset of the nic effect is slower, and the duration longer. 36 mg would be too strong for me, and would make me feel sick after more than a few hits. Some need 36 mg, and this depends on vaping technique, metabolism differences, atty strength, cart efficiency in wicking properly, viscosity of juice, etc. A whole range of variables.

The smoking nic rhythm is very different. Onset is much faster, as it is mostly lung absorbed, and duration is shorter. So we generally boosted high once (an analog) and then road the nic effect down for an hour or two before having another boost.

Vaping is more like reaching a systemic steady state, so like chewing or nic gum or lozenges. Less peaks and valleys in nic effect. So while some people do treat vaping like an analog, and vape high nic less often, I tend to vape around 12 mg at a hit or two every few minutes.

Since you are interested in not producing smell, your way of high nic for several rapid hits would produce overall less vapor than my vaping habits. You may wish to do simply unflavored, or a very low DIY flavor.

It feels and acts like smoking an analog, but physiologically it is very different. So vape the way it satisfies you, as in frequency of hits, nic level, and vaping technique, and find what works best. vaping and analogs, as Clem said so well, are actually not very analogous (love that!).

 

[Kurt]

Oh, and if your PT is one with a battery box, you are powering the atty from that, not the 5V USB, which is just recharging the batt. The 10440 batt, which is in the box, is a 3.7V batt, so not higher voltage per se. However, because it is a much higher capacity than the regular batt, you are likely getting somewhat higher wattage, especially right off a fresh batt, than the regular 510 batts, because the current is higher. this depends on the quality of wiring too, so it might not be much higher. But this is probably why there is more vapor. At least this is how I understand it. A techy may correct me, but I also had much better vaping with the PT than the reg batts.

 

[JuniorNA]

Oh, and if your PT is one with a battery box, you are powering the atty from that, not the 5V USB, which is just recharging the batt. The 10440 batt, which is in the box, is a 3.7V batt, so not higher voltage per se. However, because it is a much higher capacity than the regular batt, you are likely getting somewhat higher wattage, especially right off a fresh batt, than the regular 510 batts, because the current is higher. this depends on the quality of wiring too, so it might not be much higher. But this is probably why there is more vapor. At least this is how I understand it. A techy may correct me, but I also had much better vaping with the PT than the reg batts.

Yes, i just realized that. My friend at work has a direct passthru which gives him power through his usb port, and it cannot be used without plugging in. This one has a battery in the power line, which does help when you're on the go, or want to use it for a little in between plugging into power sources. I havent tested how long it lasts with a fully charged battery, but i do know that it does product more strength than a regular 510 batt (atleast in my opinion i does)