How to get Throat Hit?

[BenD188]

I've been mixing a few of my own juices. I've gone as high as 18mg, but can't get a throat hit! I've even tried adding 20%PGA and that doesn't add any throat hit. They have mostly been VG, but even some with 50/50 vp/pg has no TH. I've been using a variety of LorAnn and PA flavors. (Double chocolate, creme de banana, creme de menthol, bavarian creme, orange creme, caramel, peanut butter, and more.

Any ideas on how to get throat hit? I usually vape 18mg but even some of the 12mg I've tried from other vendors has a better throat hit.

 

[undertheradar]

I've been vaping since November 2010 and my biggest complaint at first was not enough throat hit.
Thru trial and error, I now always get enough TH.
For good throat hit, I combine some or all of these things:
1. Check my atomizer or cartomizer resistance and make sure my voltage is at least 1 higher. For example, if my resistance reads 2.8 ohms, I'll set my variable voltage Provari to 3.8 volts. If that's not enough, I add another couple tenths of a volt. If you have no voltage meter and/or variable volt toy, see #3!!!!
2. Use as big a battery as possible. More mAh means stronger voltage during the drag (less voltage drop).
3. Fully charged battery. 900 mAh or bigger.
4. No more than 40% VG in final mix of juice.
5. 5% PGA or less, since it evaporates at such a low temp and cools the hit (warmer equals more TH)
6. Waiting longer between drags - maybe the best way to make any drag better is to delay it.
7. Sharp, quick inhale after slow drag to concentrate the vapor. I start the drag without closing the back of my throat (direct inhale) and stop dragging when I start to feel the TH. The extra slap in the throat from the fast inhale combined with the thick vapor does it for me every time, unless I get greedy and take hits without pausing long enough. After 3 or 4 hits, I put it down for a bit.
8. Good throat-hitting flavors, like RY4, cinnamon, clove(careful!!), menthol, perique black.

I get enough TH to cough. I don't need or want more than that.

 

[BenD188]

I have tried these with my regular 510 atty as well as my LR 510 atty. I have tried on my Riva and on my 3.7v box mod. Have tried the slow drag with a sharp inhale. The reallllllly slow drag and inhale helps a little. But still it's BARELY anything. If I put a couple drops of another juice in (say from topvapor) I right away get a throat hit. So the problem is my juice. Do other vendors add something else to their juice besides VG/PG/Nic/Flavoring? I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

 

[undertheradar]

What % VG do you use? That was my main problem at first...too much VG with not enough voltage for the resistance. Little batteries giving not much voltage to an atty or carto with unknown resistance and too much VG gave me fits.

 

[BenD188]

Well the only nic base right now is 36MG VG, and the biggest sample I've made is 5ml. This really limits the amount of PG that I can put in there. I'm going to give it another shot if I order some nic with PG, and try around 20%vg. I didn't think this was the main problem as I have tried other juices that were high in VG and they have a great throat hit.