... but curiously enough, it seems that for me my instinct was right and the advice was wrong 
Especially the advice about vaping for a few months before trying DIY - not me! For various reasons the decision to try an e-cig and the decision to make my own liquid were simultaneous:
- No e-liquids for sale in my country containing any nicotine, and I was extremely unsure of how strong a liquid I would need/want.
- Been smoking for 23 years, and I am still extremely picky about the taste of my cigarettes.
(The traditional variety of Kent is my favourite, it's been impossible to find in most of Northern Europe for the last 5-10 years, though the red mini-nanotek was quite close, my other favourites are Davidoff Gold or Magnum (for festive occasions), and I also don't mind Rothmanns, (some) Dunhill, and sometimes as a joke something "perfume-y" like Vogue Arome or Sobranie Cocktail. I'm not averse to the occasional Camel or Gauloises Blonde, but absolutely can't stand Marlboro or LM.)
As it turns out wrt nicotine it was a very very good decision to not order any pre-filled cartridges of a certain strength. As a 20-40 cigarettes/day smoker for a long time, and having a hard time getting below a pack a day even while wearing a nicotine patch I would surely have ordered a high strength. And been absolutely miserable, because it turns out even 15-18mg/ml feels far too strong for me.
So that turned out to have been a surprisingly good call.
Being so picky about flavours I wasn't terribly surprised when the no-nic sampler tanks I got from my local(ish) e-cig vendor seemed very overflavoured, perfumy and sweet to me (this was ENJuice's no-nics, Robusta - cut with ~12mg/ml unflavoured to about 1:2 is my favourite of those so far).
Where I made a huge mistake in not doing my research properly was in the actual PV I got. The tank systems seemed so handy and practical...
Not for trying out many new flavours, they aren't! Especially if you don't have loads of spare caps for the tanks. I also thought 5 empty 5ml bottles and 5 empty 10ml bottles would be plenty - lol!
I've done lots of sloppy inexact mixing in 1ml tanks just to try "a little more this" - not a good idea, but no disasters either yet.
I'm now waiting for two packages with assortments of drip tips, cartomizers and one or two plain 510-atomizers before I really start mixing (and of course I couldn't resist throwing in a few more flavours/eliquids... ).
I of course have tons of questions for you experts here - but a bit of trouble in how to phrase them.
Is it better if I start separate threads for them (they are rather diverse - ranging from "is it possible/easy to drip-vape on a tank-atty?" to "pure alcohol or DW? pro's and con's and how much?" to "why mix such a strong menthol PGA?"), or should I just throw them out as I think of them here, or search for reasonably related threads from the last years or so?
Especially the advice about vaping for a few months before trying DIY - not me! For various reasons the decision to try an e-cig and the decision to make my own liquid were simultaneous:
- No e-liquids for sale in my country containing any nicotine, and I was extremely unsure of how strong a liquid I would need/want.
- Been smoking for 23 years, and I am still extremely picky about the taste of my cigarettes.
(The traditional variety of Kent is my favourite, it's been impossible to find in most of Northern Europe for the last 5-10 years, though the red mini-nanotek was quite close, my other favourites are Davidoff Gold or Magnum (for festive occasions), and I also don't mind Rothmanns, (some) Dunhill, and sometimes as a joke something "perfume-y" like Vogue Arome or Sobranie Cocktail. I'm not averse to the occasional Camel or Gauloises Blonde, but absolutely can't stand Marlboro or LM.)
As it turns out wrt nicotine it was a very very good decision to not order any pre-filled cartridges of a certain strength. As a 20-40 cigarettes/day smoker for a long time, and having a hard time getting below a pack a day even while wearing a nicotine patch I would surely have ordered a high strength. And been absolutely miserable, because it turns out even 15-18mg/ml feels far too strong for me.
So that turned out to have been a surprisingly good call.
Being so picky about flavours I wasn't terribly surprised when the no-nic sampler tanks I got from my local(ish) e-cig vendor seemed very overflavoured, perfumy and sweet to me (this was ENJuice's no-nics, Robusta - cut with ~12mg/ml unflavoured to about 1:2 is my favourite of those so far).
Where I made a huge mistake in not doing my research properly was in the actual PV I got. The tank systems seemed so handy and practical...
Not for trying out many new flavours, they aren't! Especially if you don't have loads of spare caps for the tanks. I also thought 5 empty 5ml bottles and 5 empty 10ml bottles would be plenty - lol!
I've done lots of sloppy inexact mixing in 1ml tanks just to try "a little more this" - not a good idea, but no disasters either yet.
I'm now waiting for two packages with assortments of drip tips, cartomizers and one or two plain 510-atomizers before I really start mixing (and of course I couldn't resist throwing in a few more flavours/eliquids... ).
I of course have tons of questions for you experts here - but a bit of trouble in how to phrase them.
Is it better if I start separate threads for them (they are rather diverse - ranging from "is it possible/easy to drip-vape on a tank-atty?" to "pure alcohol or DW? pro's and con's and how much?" to "why mix such a strong menthol PGA?"), or should I just throw them out as I think of them here, or search for reasonably related threads from the last years or so?
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Foul taste, don't want that.
