Inhaling tips for newbie with KR808D-1

[kim68048]

Hi,
I'm new to vaping and just got my first ecig today - a KR808D-1. I've read some about how to inhale - - nice and slow, long slow inhales, etc. For some reason I'm not doing very well. I'm killing my throat, it's like it's hitting my throat too hard and strong. Any tips? Do I hold the manual button and inhale at the same time? Not understanding the correct way to do this....help!!

 

[Rosa]

Sometimes vaping can be hard on your throat in the beginning for various reasons;

maybe you need to drink more water, maybe you are sensitive to the harshness of PG, maybe you just need to adjust to it.... People often experience this in the beginning, it usually goes away relatively soon.

 

[nerak]

I am finding the carts that came with my kit to be very strong. They made my throat sore also. I noticed they were 36mg of nic. I had some that were 24 and they were fine. Check the nic level. Until then just inhale a small amount at a time. That will help.

 

[sirogre]

i do not think that nic levels actually affect throat hit, since i am a direct dripper and use 50% vg 50% pg at 30mg nic, i have used 80% vg 20% (like air) 60%vg 40%pg (ultra light to me) and 20% vg 80%pg (gag me harsh) , i direct drip since carts attached to my attys tasted bad after a few hits but this is all personal preferance to taste and harshness just like analogs from ultra light to non filters, imo drop the pg% to next to nothing and work up till you find the right mix

 

[sweetblackkitten]

i rec trying lower nic, and diff flavors...

 

[Numevexo]

Sometimes vaping can be hard on your throat in the beginning for various reasons;

maybe you need to drink more water, maybe you are sensitive to the harshness of PG, maybe you just need to adjust to it.... People often experience this in the beginning, it usually goes away relatively soon.

I was a 30+ year 1 1/2 PAD menthol analog smoker and vaping was hard on my throat the first couple weeks. I was surprised. I thought vaping would be a relief after years of punishment from traditional cigs. From my experience reading comments from new vapers, your experience is normal. Keep something to drink handy.
Vapor production and getting a good drag from a PV can be increased by taking one or two primer puffs with the manual button pushed down, then taking a third longer drag.
Watch this vid: YouTube - Electronic Cigarette Drag Technique

Hang in there. You'll get the hang of it.

 

[dormouse]

you press the button in
then about 1 second later start dragging
and about 1-2 seconds before the end of your drag you let up the button
and then finish your drag

At this point, inhale or I sometimes either let some drift out so my nose will get it on the inhale, or I may do a tiny throat exhale (just puffs the vapor slightly out of my mouth) followed by the inhale.

Yeah that is high nicotine in those 30 ones. Also, I think their WOW juices are a bit smoother and make more vapor - probably have more VG which buffers the harshness and TH a bit. Their other juices may have a harder TH (less VG)

If you bought juice, you could spin the 30 out of the carto and then put in new juice. see YouTube video Reverse Taryn Spin - I do not use his filling method except when I am moving juice from one carto to another. I pop the mouthpiece out and fill slowly into the stuffing with the carto off the battery since it could drip. But I did use his method to get some too-high juice out of a carto.

Also - if you get some USP Glycerin from Walmart (near the rubbing alcohol?) - that is VG. If you spin out your juice you could cut it with some VG (3 parts 30 and 1 part VG should give around 24mg)

 

[kim68048]

Thanks for all of the advice! Still working on the inhaling...getting a little better. I'm also getting headaches. I REALLY don't want to give up on this but between the sore throat and headaches it's making it hard to want to vape. I don't know for sure if the prefilled carts that came with my starter kit (KR808D-1) are PG or VG but I also ordered the VG juice sample pack (High 18mg) from Johnson Creek. From what I have read, some people get headaches from PG, some from VG, etc. Thinking maybe I should try PG? Any suggestions?
Thx!

 

[DebC]

If you are getting headaches, that's a sign your nic level is too high

 

[dormouse]

If it's killing your throat try putting one of their drip tips on the end of the carto instead of the end cap - the vapor will be a bit cooler. And try their WOW flavor cartos - they seem to have more VG. And of course you can refill the cartos with any juices though pure PG would be harsh and some pure VG juices that are thick might not spread well through the stuffing. I generally use around 70pg/30vg juices.

Manual - it makes vapor while you press but may take a second to get started, and you want your press and release to be a bit earlier in time than your start and end drag

press in about 1 second before you start dragging
drag slowly... and about 1-1.5 seconds before the end of your drag, let up the button
then finish your drag
Now inhale
(Sometimes to let my nose have some of the aroma I let some vapor waft out of my mouth then inhale)

 

[kchighball]

forgive me ,but what is direct drip?

 

[Rosa]

forgive me ,but what is direct drip?

direct drip is when you bypass the cartridge and drip drops of e-liquid directly into the atomizer and vape it that way.