Hi, I've been vaping for 6 weeks now. Quit smoking 6 weeks ago by vaping. I had a Kanger pen. Loved it. The discontinued the horizontal wick atomizers for my vape and my shop now only carries the dual ones. I kept getting dry hits so I got a Nautaulis with an Mvp. Started with verticle atomizers, didn't like them. Got horizontal ones. Love them. Problem is I only like 80VG juice and I seem to be going through Atomizers with in 24 hours where the flavour starts to taste burnt. I change it and it's great again. Is there something I'm doing wrong? My vape friends and vape shop.says they should last longer. I'm so frustrated.
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Hello and welcome to the forum. Glad to have you here!
If you are getting a burnt taste (we call those "dry hits"), if usually means your wick cannot pull the eliquid fast enough to keep up with your battery. There are a couple of things you can do:
1. Dial down your voltage. This will vaporize the eliquid at a slower rate (if your battery allows you to do this).
2. Take a sharp draw (or two) on your drip tip (without engaging your battery). This will pull more eliquid into the coil so that it will be available when you press the battery button and take a draw.
You will get the feel of this over time and develop a sense of how often you will need to do this to avoid "dry hits". The PG/VG ratio of your eliquid also comes into play, as VG is thicker than PG . If you use high VG try adding a few drops of distilled water to your tank to thin out the eliquid.
If you are getting a burnt taste (we call those "dry hits"), if usually means your wick cannot pull the eliquid fast enough to keep up with your battery. There are a couple of things you can do:
1. Dial down your voltage. This will vaporize the eliquid at a slower rate (if your battery allows you to do this).
2. Take a sharp draw (or two) on your drip tip (without engaging your battery). This will pull more eliquid into the coil so that it will be available when you press the battery button and take a draw.
You will get the feel of this over time and develop a sense of how often you will need to do this to avoid "dry hits". The PG/VG ratio of your eliquid also comes into play, as VG is thicker than PG . If you use high VG try adding a few drops of distilled water to your tank to thin out the eliquid.
Susan is wise, heed her advice. I would add one more suggestion and that is to decrease the airflow, if your tank has adjustable airflow. The decrease in airflow will increase vacuum inside the tank's atomizer, which should increase the flow of juice to the wick.
The other question is: What flavors are you vaping? Some are real coil killers, typically the darker and sweeter they are the faster they much up a coil and wick. If you are sold on a flavor like a chocolate fudge brownie you have to suck it up and replace or clean things often.
My MVP is only ever on 3.6v and 6.5w and I have the airflow decreased because I like the pull better. I will definitely try pulling a few times before engaging the battery. Thank you very much for your replies, I appreciate it.
are you chain vaping?
also with VG heavy juices, since it is a thick liquid.. you sort of need to prime the wick a bit.. to keep it moist. Suck for a moment before firing and after.. to help the wick pull juice to the coil area.
what wattage are you using with what ohm coil?
also with VG heavy juices, since it is a thick liquid.. you sort of need to prime the wick a bit.. to keep it moist. Suck for a moment before firing and after.. to help the wick pull juice to the coil area.
what wattage are you using with what ohm coil?
I only seem to like custard. Pandoras box by temptations and Meloko by Kubrick. Pretty dark and heavy VG.
I've noticed with aspire tanks it also takes a while for the liquid to saturate the coil. So we usually suggest letting the tank sit for at least ten minutes after putting in a new coil to make sure it's completely saturated before using it.
You are chain vaping.....
OK.. so to change your vape style......
Start to drag on the drip tip ( for a half a second to a second), and THEN hit the fire button, drag while holding the fire button for your 3-5 seconds, release the fire button but keep dragging till the air gets cool again ( about half a second to a second).
Hold this in your mouth, for 5 to 10 seconds, if you wish you can bring this to your lung or just leave it in your mouth the whole time, and then slowly exhale through your nose. Count to 10 Mississippi... and then repeat all over again.
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Really it sounds like from your description, that you are "hitting" the vaping device like it was a cig. You must understand that it is not!!! The nic in vaping will be far more efficently absorbed through the wet parts of the mouth and nasal passage. Think of technique of vaping more like how one smokes a cigar... than how one smokes a cig.
The reason I am having you drag on the tip for a second before... is to prime the wicks, and to start airflow
The reason I am having you drag on the tip for a second after... is to cool the coil, prime the wick...and clear our condensation (condensation and extra hot coils, cause that burnt crud on a coil faster than anything else)
The rest of the steps are just to allow the "drag" to have a chance to be properly and efficently absorbed, in the belief that if you improve this you wont need to take as many "hits". And to also allow the coil to cool down.
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Some additional reading..... The times he list are a bit shorter than mine... but I find better to go for longer times at first... as you are trying to retrain the muscle memory away from the smoking habit... to the vaping habit. Once you have "mastered" it with my time counts.. you will eventually settle into your own... from a place of comfort.. and not of fiending nic need
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/337017-inhalation-technique-e-cigarette.html
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Boils down to this... if you stop chain vaping as much... your coils will last longer. Learn to be efficent in your vaping... and your coils will last you longer.
OK.. so to change your vape style......
Start to drag on the drip tip ( for a half a second to a second), and THEN hit the fire button, drag while holding the fire button for your 3-5 seconds, release the fire button but keep dragging till the air gets cool again ( about half a second to a second).
Hold this in your mouth, for 5 to 10 seconds, if you wish you can bring this to your lung or just leave it in your mouth the whole time, and then slowly exhale through your nose. Count to 10 Mississippi... and then repeat all over again.
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Really it sounds like from your description, that you are "hitting" the vaping device like it was a cig. You must understand that it is not!!! The nic in vaping will be far more efficently absorbed through the wet parts of the mouth and nasal passage. Think of technique of vaping more like how one smokes a cigar... than how one smokes a cig.
The reason I am having you drag on the tip for a second before... is to prime the wicks, and to start airflow
The reason I am having you drag on the tip for a second after... is to cool the coil, prime the wick...and clear our condensation (condensation and extra hot coils, cause that burnt crud on a coil faster than anything else)
The rest of the steps are just to allow the "drag" to have a chance to be properly and efficently absorbed, in the belief that if you improve this you wont need to take as many "hits". And to also allow the coil to cool down.
--
Some additional reading..... The times he list are a bit shorter than mine... but I find better to go for longer times at first... as you are trying to retrain the muscle memory away from the smoking habit... to the vaping habit. Once you have "mastered" it with my time counts.. you will eventually settle into your own... from a place of comfort.. and not of fiending nic need
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/337017-inhalation-technique-e-cigarette.html
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Boils down to this... if you stop chain vaping as much... your coils will last longer. Learn to be efficent in your vaping... and your coils will last you longer.
That makes a lot of sense. My coil gets really hot, there is quite a bit of condensation in my tip too. Thank you. (I've been priming it before engaging the battery since Susan said to and it tastes MUCH better)
if your coils are constantly hot.. things are going to scorch.
This is less of a problem with RBD and RBA because of their size acts as a better heat sink, just something to know.
Fantastic article!! Much of it rings true for me lol thanks so much! I was beginning to get very frustrated!! You have all been very helpful!!
Adding about 5% distilled water might help with your wicking issue. I say might because I'm not sure if the vendor has added some when it was made. You could put a couple ml of juice in a bottle and add a couple drops of dw for a test mix to see if it would wick better.
Just wanted to thank you guys!! I haven't had to change my atomizer in over 24 hrs AND I haven't had a dry hit since I read all your tips!! Happy vaping!!!
that is great pandora... make sure to replay us..... in the best way possible
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