Is It The PG?(tight in the chest)

[markfm]

It could be the flavor, too. There's a new thread over in H&S, person figured out it was a particular new eliquid they were using, the specific flavoring just doesn't work for them.

In my case I don't like high % VG, I get heaviness though it's nothing noticeable except when exercising. Others have it much worse. Some people have similar issues with PG, others with different flavors -- it can be with one specific vendor flavoring, or with a general class of flavorings.

Then again, as previously noted, it could always just be a bug, entirely external to vaping, or the "normal" blecch effects that a lot of us go through when we first stop smoking

 

[patkin]

Coincidentally, I just read a thread where the OP boiled it down to Green Apple juice after experimenting with PG/VG ratios. IMHO, sometimes it can be the setup itself... plastic, filler, etc that may show up to one degree or another with certain juices regardless of PG/VG ratio. I get the heavy chest and congestion from VG above 33% (how my fav mixer makes it) but when using say 50/50 it doesn't show up with all juices nor setups. Now, to use them up, I don't inhale past the back of my throat... quick inhale and out nose... to keep the stuff out of my lungs. Just keep in mind that these juices, though named after foods, are not food. For instance, raspberry comes from beaver butts... if you're allergic to beavers, you will be to raspberry too... just one example. The best advice I've seen here is to try 100% flavorless PG and then the same for VG. Once you have that info and encounter a juice that give you a problem and you know its not the PG or VG, try it on a different delivery system (change type of plastic .. the polys/glass/metal/fillers... and at different voltages.. that also makes a difference. On the plastic, I won't even microwave in plastic and as for metals... most cooks know to never heat or put acidic foods in aluminum... they know its one cause of alzheimers and canners don't use it commericially with acids. Geez.. wrote a mini book but there's a lot to consider.

 

[Caridwen]

I can't vape high VG for this reason. I feel like there is a weight sitting on my chest. The stuff is pretty thick.

 

[EddieAdams]

Coincidentally, I just read a thread where the OP boiled it down to Green Apple juice after experimenting with PG/VG ratios. IMHO, sometimes it can be the setup itself... plastic, filler, etc that may show up to one degree or another with certain juices regardless of PG/VG ratio. I get the heavy chest and congestion from VG above 33% (how my fav mixer makes it) but when using say 50/50 it doesn't show up with all juices nor setups. Now, to use them up, I don't inhale past the back of my throat... quick inhale and out nose... to keep the stuff out of my lungs. Just keep in mind that these juices, though named after foods, are not food. For instance, raspberry comes from beaver butts... if you're allergic to beavers, you will be to raspberry too... just one example. The best advice I've seen here is to try 100% flavorless PG and then the same for VG. Once you have that info and encounter a juice that give you a problem and you know its not the PG or VG, try it on a different delivery system (change type of plastic .. the polys/glass/metal/fillers... and at different voltages.. that also makes a difference. On the plastic, I won't even microwave in plastic and as for metals... most cooks know to never heat or put acidic foods in aluminum... they know its one cause of alzheimers and canners don't use it commericially with acids. Geez.. wrote a mini book but there's a lot to consider.

Who doesn't like a little beaver?



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thank you be here all week

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Seriously though, stuff like that is good to know and very interesting...