I have a most unusual vaping journey that I thought I'd share with the community. Bear with me as this could get long.
About 2 years ago I had 1 single puff on someone's ecig (18mg) and thought "yeah, its ok" then forgot all about it. I was smoking rolling tobacco at the time, about 5-8 cigarettes p/day except on weekend when it was more like 30 p/day.
Around 10 months ago I bought a protank mini 2 starter kit out of curiosity. In Australia you can't buy eliquid with nicotine locally, only 0mg. I couldn't be bothered waiting to import so juice so I just bought some 0mg Mt Baker USA tobacco flavor and gave it a go - it was all about curiosity. I never smoked another cigarette again!
I stuck with 0mg and the protank for about 6 months and completely removed all nicotine from my system. Surprising I had no withdrawal and found it wasn't that hard. After a while I started to get bored of vaping and was using it less and less - it was very airy and not very satisfying at 0mg on a protank. It was like a novelty that wore off. I also got very sick of brand new coils not behaving themselves, leaks, flooding etc.I had numerous hits from friends who had much better equipment than me, and while I found hitting a kayfun was pretty awesome, but I couldn't stand how harsh it always was (usually 12mg or 18mg). After a while curiosity got the better of me and I bought some (100mg/ml) nicotine base and tried mixing up some 3mg juice to see if it was more satisfying. It was so harsh I nearly threw up, and I felt instantly nautilus! I also didn't know that when you mix your own nic you need to leave it for a while and allow the oxidization process to begin, plus my maths may not have been spot on.I put the nic aside and did nothing for a month or so.
A while later curiosity got the better of me, and at some random moment I splashed some cash on a Russian 91% and Segelei ZMAX V3, and some 3mg Mimosa juice from Mt Baker (as well as a few other flavours at 0mg as I was dubious about putting nicotine in my body after the last reaction). I was very impressed at the difference an RTA made, and lost days on end reading about different builds and wicks etc. I also found the 3mg mimosa juice was a lot more satisfying than 0mg juice; I like that after a few puffs I didn't want to go back for more, it was 'enough', although it was still too harsh for my tastes. I mixed and match the juices I bought and found my sweet spot at 1.5mg. I'm still deciding what to make of the fact that I've gone back to nictotine after having none for ages. At the end of the day I like vaping but vaping at 0mg is pretty crappy. Most people used to 6mg or higher would probably taste my juice and say it IS 0mg, but I can certainly tell a big difference between 0mg and 1.5mg.
Fast forward a couple of months and I own 3 RDAs (Magma, N22 & Veritas) and a Luxyoun Smaug 150W. I am total geek vaper, who probably makes a new build every 200 puffs (yes I have a puff counter now lol) just because I'm curious or I come up with a new idea using a different gauge kanthal. I have piles of barely used coils that I don't throw away because they're hardly used, even though I will most likely never attach them again. They're kind of like a scrapbook of my vaping history.
I have now tried mixing my own nic again, and this time I found that 1 drop per 15ml of juice got me to the right dosage, but I need to leave the juice to steep for at least 48 hours after mixing. Using a juice calculator, this seems to equate to only 0.5mg! Perhaps my nic is not actually 100mg/ml?? It doesn't actually have a label specifying this, but I remember from when I bought it (online). The shop I bought it from removed it from their product range a few months after I bought it so now I'm left with no information about it, and I'm a little bit dubious about it. I will post a pic of the bottle tonight and see if someone recognizes it.
So the whole point of the story for me is that I keep reading about people who are planning a cut down from 3mg to 0mg. My suggestion is that A) there is plenty of room to play between 0mg and 3mg and B) 0mg is harder to enjoy for a long period than you might think. For me its like you've barely even exhaled and you're already thinking about taking the next hit - like smoking a very tasty nothing!
So far I'm the only person I know who started at 0mg and has worked upwards!!! Anyone else got a journey like this?
About 2 years ago I had 1 single puff on someone's ecig (18mg) and thought "yeah, its ok" then forgot all about it. I was smoking rolling tobacco at the time, about 5-8 cigarettes p/day except on weekend when it was more like 30 p/day.
Around 10 months ago I bought a protank mini 2 starter kit out of curiosity. In Australia you can't buy eliquid with nicotine locally, only 0mg. I couldn't be bothered waiting to import so juice so I just bought some 0mg Mt Baker USA tobacco flavor and gave it a go - it was all about curiosity. I never smoked another cigarette again!
I stuck with 0mg and the protank for about 6 months and completely removed all nicotine from my system. Surprising I had no withdrawal and found it wasn't that hard. After a while I started to get bored of vaping and was using it less and less - it was very airy and not very satisfying at 0mg on a protank. It was like a novelty that wore off. I also got very sick of brand new coils not behaving themselves, leaks, flooding etc.I had numerous hits from friends who had much better equipment than me, and while I found hitting a kayfun was pretty awesome, but I couldn't stand how harsh it always was (usually 12mg or 18mg). After a while curiosity got the better of me and I bought some (100mg/ml) nicotine base and tried mixing up some 3mg juice to see if it was more satisfying. It was so harsh I nearly threw up, and I felt instantly nautilus! I also didn't know that when you mix your own nic you need to leave it for a while and allow the oxidization process to begin, plus my maths may not have been spot on.I put the nic aside and did nothing for a month or so.
A while later curiosity got the better of me, and at some random moment I splashed some cash on a Russian 91% and Segelei ZMAX V3, and some 3mg Mimosa juice from Mt Baker (as well as a few other flavours at 0mg as I was dubious about putting nicotine in my body after the last reaction). I was very impressed at the difference an RTA made, and lost days on end reading about different builds and wicks etc. I also found the 3mg mimosa juice was a lot more satisfying than 0mg juice; I like that after a few puffs I didn't want to go back for more, it was 'enough', although it was still too harsh for my tastes. I mixed and match the juices I bought and found my sweet spot at 1.5mg. I'm still deciding what to make of the fact that I've gone back to nictotine after having none for ages. At the end of the day I like vaping but vaping at 0mg is pretty crappy. Most people used to 6mg or higher would probably taste my juice and say it IS 0mg, but I can certainly tell a big difference between 0mg and 1.5mg.
Fast forward a couple of months and I own 3 RDAs (Magma, N22 & Veritas) and a Luxyoun Smaug 150W. I am total geek vaper, who probably makes a new build every 200 puffs (yes I have a puff counter now lol) just because I'm curious or I come up with a new idea using a different gauge kanthal. I have piles of barely used coils that I don't throw away because they're hardly used, even though I will most likely never attach them again. They're kind of like a scrapbook of my vaping history.
I have now tried mixing my own nic again, and this time I found that 1 drop per 15ml of juice got me to the right dosage, but I need to leave the juice to steep for at least 48 hours after mixing. Using a juice calculator, this seems to equate to only 0.5mg! Perhaps my nic is not actually 100mg/ml?? It doesn't actually have a label specifying this, but I remember from when I bought it (online). The shop I bought it from removed it from their product range a few months after I bought it so now I'm left with no information about it, and I'm a little bit dubious about it. I will post a pic of the bottle tonight and see if someone recognizes it.
So the whole point of the story for me is that I keep reading about people who are planning a cut down from 3mg to 0mg. My suggestion is that A) there is plenty of room to play between 0mg and 3mg and B) 0mg is harder to enjoy for a long period than you might think. For me its like you've barely even exhaled and you're already thinking about taking the next hit - like smoking a very tasty nothing!
So far I'm the only person I know who started at 0mg and has worked upwards!!! Anyone else got a journey like this?
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