Just got my first starter kit, now I have some questions!

[bananas]

I realize these have been answered here a thousand times, and I've even seen some of them answered here but of course now I can't remember the details or find the info I'm looking for. This is all new to me! I have never even seen any of these devices IRL, let alone learned how they work. I thought when I got my kit suddenly everything would make sense, when I had these things in front of me. Well, I got it working and I am thrilled about it but I am still pretty clueless it seems....

SO

I got my starter kit with an eGo-C Twist (which I have been using this morning) and a Vision Spinner (which is charging as I type this). I also got some clearos which is what I am using at the moment.

---My main question involves my desire to start trying a lot of different flavors.

I am remembering reading that it is better to use something other than clearos if you want to try a little of this juice and a little of that juice rather than putting a couple mgs in a clearo. Something with a smaller capacity, that you just drip the liquid onto or something.

But I can't even remember what they are called. Cartomizers? Cartridges? And are they re-useable for awhile or do I need a bunch of them? Which ones are compatible with both my batteries? How much juice do they hold?

I'm guessing in the long run I will find some flavors I like, fill up my clearo and go for the day. But for now, I need to get through my experimental phase, LOL, and I am hoping to order a sampler pack of flavors today and would like to order whatever other parts I need at the same time.

---My next question involves the clearo - should I keep using it until it looks really empty and then refill it (assuming I don't need to clean it)? I've seen comments about the wicks burning or frying when they are dry so it basically tastes burnt and that's not good... Does this happen when it is empty after use, or just when it is totally dry/new/clean and you vape before the wick gets soaked through? I'm not clear enough on the language/lingo yet to understand the context of what I have read so far.

---And last, again about the clearos, how many spares should I keep handy, as far as the clearos themselves and the replacement heads? I bought 1 extra atomizer head for each of my clearos (a T3 and a Vision Ego 2.0). I didn't want to go overboard with my first order, but I already think I LOVE THIS and I want to be prepared. So I'm wondering what a good baseline stockpile is.

What do you guys recommend?

So far I am super optimistic about vaping. I haven't given myself any ultimatums about the analogs and am trying to just feel it out and see what happens. Last night I vaped from about 5pm on (after the mail came with my kit and I got the Twist charged), with only one analog before bed. Today, I have been up for about 6 hours now and have had just 2 analogs and a bunch of vaping. Normally by now I would have had at least 3 or 4 smokes. And I'm hardly trying yet and I don't even like this first flavor I'm using, LOL.

And while I am here I will also add how freaking awesome this forum is. I have been on many forums, including as an admin on a few, and y'all are among the friendliest and most patient people I have seen online. Yeah, there is iinevitably drama and some troublemakers and trolls and all those things that pervade the internet but really, you (both the owners/admins and the members) are doing a fabulous job from what I have seen so far. And I have read a LOT of threads. So KUDOS!

 

[Slummy]

Hey bud, welcome to vaping i only started 3 days ago also... decided to cut the smokes out completely, i wasnt a heavy smoker, maybe 10-15 a day of lights, but i havnt had one in 3 days now... its hard, but im trying to keep to it, and everyones success of quitting smoking on here is inspiring.

im already enjoying the benefits of feeling able to breathe better, smelling better, and i think more energy from the lack of carbon monoxide. But i am chain vaping quite a bit, going through at least one cartridge a day, but i hear this is normal for new vapers and will phase out.

as for you question on flavours... im using jacvapour V3i's which are similar to the brand V2. they use cartomizers, which are refillable and supposedly can reuse at least 5 times or more. you can refill with e-liquid, one 10ml bottle with refil a cartridge 12 times, and a 10ml bottle only costs £5 here, so its super cheap!

as for flavours, i have only tried menthol and kiwi so far... i liek the menthol, and the kiwi is ok, but i spoose its all on preference. i have ordered a sampler pack of 10 V2 cartomizers of different flavours to try out, Red, Congress, Sahara, Menthol, Peppermint, Coffee, Cherry, Vanilla, Chocolate, and Cola. so excited to try it out and find what my flavour is

 

[madsurgeon]

Hi,

I'm not too familiar with your first question, haven't ventured that far as yet.

I would suggest you dismantle the clearo, clean it with some soap, water and wipe off with an alcohol swab and change the liquid when you start noticing a change in the color or some murkiness/sediments. I usually refill when the level is 1/4th the max capacity. You'd eventually get bored with your current clearo and upgrade it soon eventually. I did. Quite often

As far as replacement heads go, I'd suggest you change the head once in 2-3 weeks, depending on the taste and vapor production. I always keep 2 replacement heads in my ecig pouch ( you should get one for fluid, syringe, alco swabs, coil, mesh etc...)

The moment you start rebuilding your own coil heads or upgrade to a rebuildable tank system , the possibilities are endless. I've been smoke free for 3 weeks now and enjoying every minute of it.

Hope this helped and Good Luck!

 

[e23slack]

A 510 atomizer is the answer to the first question. They hold anywhere from 3-10 drops. It all depends on the make of the atomizer.

I try to keep my clearos full when I use them.

I keep about 4-6 clearos around for different flavors. I switch a lot during the course of a day.

This probably doesn't help much,but others will chime in to fill in any gaps I've overlooked.

Have fun and welcome to the world of vaping.

 

[DavidOck]

Cartos are certainly an inexpensive way, as are the Vivi Nano devices. And I'm sure someone will chime in with dripping, but I'd not recommend that for starters.

You will be trying lots of flavors. That's part of the fun of vaping. So having an assortment of devices is going to be the normal situation.

You'll probably find your own routine, but I tend to refill clearos when they're about 1/4 full, unless I'm planning on cleaning them. Cleaning is easy, just dis-assemble completely, rinse all the pieces under hot running water, dry, re-assemble. Be gentle with the wick, as it can shred. The coil / wick assembly is replaceable (or rebuildable if you want to go that route, but they're cheap.)

The burning can happen any time the wick is dry, whether new or after cleaning. Once that's happened, replace the head.

I have 6 clearos going at the moment, all with different juices

And some carto tanks, Nanos and cartos as well. Go ahead, you have my permission to go overboard

By all means, do NOT lay down an ulitmatum. You've made a good choice for your long term health by taking this first step. Don't ever beat yourself up for having the occasional cig, just keep thinking of all the ones you've not had.

Adjust the nic level if needed to cover that part of the addiction, and you'll do fine.

My first week of vaping (after 45 years of moderate to heavy "full flavor" cigs) was at 18 mg, and it didn't do the trick for me. I stepped it up to 24, and haven't looked back or missed it. So find what works for you, and vape on!

 

[bananas]

Thanks to all of you!

I did some more reading and ordered an atomizer and cartridges (empty! LOL) and a sampler of 10 juices. Lots of mint/menthol. I don't smoke menthols, I roll my own, no filter, but I like mint a lot in general - tea, gum, cooking, salads, mmmmint yum) so I figured that may be something I like. A couple more tobaccos and a fruit, a dessert, and a couple coffees (LOVE coffee).

I can't wait to try everything! I suppose that I should probably steep the juices after I get them since they seem to be custom blended as far as PG/VG, nic level, etc?

I also got a bigger bottle of this flue-cured tobacco flavor because I like it way better than the first one I tried, and I figure I may as well have something around I know I can deal with while I play around with everything. And another clearomizer so I can try another style and figure out which one(s) I like best so I can get more replacement heads later.

Meanwhile, I am now up to just 4 analogs today. In 13 waking hours. That's insane. And I'm still hardly even trying to avoid them.

And after this new order I placed (well, 2, actually, haha) I should have enough juice and supplies for quite awhile, and I know I will order more juice when I decide what sort of flavors I am into.

I am amazed at how much there is to this world of vaping!! It's so **()$&^@^@($)%@^!

I cuss like a sailor in real life (and forums when permitted) and when I talk about how geeked out I am about all this it is really hard not to type swear words. I keep having to edit myself.

I apologize in advance to the mods if anything slips through.

 

[Fate]

Get a variable voltage device like the e-vic, if your serious about vaping. This is very affordable and easy to re-sell and incredibly fits almost all tanks and cartos and you can easily get your sweet spot for vaping, unless 6.0 volts id your thing (and above).

 

[bananas]

Get a variable voltage device like the e-vic, if your serious about vaping. This is very affordable and easy to re-sell and incredibly fits almost all tanks and cartos and you can easily get your sweet spot for vaping, unless 6.0 volts id your thing (and above).

I think what I have is variable voltage, unless I'm misunderstanding (which is *quite* possible, hehe). I have a eGo Twist and a Vision Spinner - they both have little twisty parts at the bottom with the numbers so you can adjust it (Vision is 3.3-4.8, I forget what the Twist is and it's out of sight atm)

Is that what you mean?

.. so far I seem to like it around 4.0 but I'm still playing around with it. And the 2 liquids I've tried have had different PG/VG ratios so I'm not sure yet what is really happening.

I'm beginning to think I may need a spreadsheet to keep track and compare everything, scientific-method-style. Wish I had time for that right now!

 

[PLANofMAN]

Thanks to all of you!

I did some more reading and ordered an atomizer and cartridges (empty! LOL) and a sampler of 10 juices. Lots of mint/menthol. I don't smoke menthols, I roll my own, no filter, but I like mint a lot in general - tea, gum, cooking, salads, mmmmint yum) so I figured that may be something I like. A couple more tobaccos and a fruit, a dessert, and a couple coffees (LOVE coffee).

I can't wait to try everything! I suppose that I should probably steep the juices after I get them since they seem to be custom blended as far as PG/VG, nic level, etc?

I also got a bigger bottle of this flue-cured tobacco flavor because I like it way better than the first one I tried, and I figure I may as well have something around I know I can deal with while I play around with everything. And another clearomizer so I can try another style and figure out which one(s) I like best so I can get more replacement heads later.

Meanwhile, I am now up to just 4 analogs today. In 13 waking hours. That's insane. And I'm still hardly even trying to avoid them.

And after this new order I placed (well, 2, actually, haha) I should have enough juice and supplies for quite awhile, and I know I will order more juice when I decide what sort of flavors I am into.

I am amazed at how much there is to this world of vaping!! It's so **()$&^@^@($)%@^!

I cuss like a sailor in real life (and forums when permitted) and when I talk about how geeked out I am about all this it is really hard not to type swear words. I keep having to edit myself.

I apologize in advance to the mods if anything slips through.

Once you vape menthol in anything, it pretty much becomes a menthol only atty...and cuss as much as you want. the software will edit it for you. Words like "___", "___", and "___" won't come through.

EDIT: See Caridwen's post below for the final word on cussing and attempts to circumvent the forum censor.

 

[greenpang]

This may not be the smartest method, but my husband and I are in the experimental phase too... And we now have 10 clearos all filled with different flavors to switch onto our batteries as wanted!

 

[DavidOck]

Yup, your Twist and Spinner are both VV (variable voltage) devices.

And where you set them depends on the resistance of the coil and the mix of PG/VG and the type of juice. Just dial it around until you get the vape you want. Regardless of what anyone tells you

Among other things I use a lot of clearos. Some juices tend to gunk up the coils fairly quickly, so they don't vaporize the fluid as well, and I find increasing the voltage helps to offset that.

And Greenpang - I have currently 6 clearos, 4 Nanos, assorted cartos, and 3 carto tanks going, all with different flavors. It's part of the fun of vaping. The "smartest" method is the method that give YOU satisfaction!

 

[bananas]

Once you vape menthol in anything, it pretty much becomes a menthol only atty...and cuss as much as you want. the software will edit it for you. Words like ...., ...., and .... won't come through.

See, that's what I get for only skimming the rules. I've been on this forum software before at a different site but they had it set to 'say whatever teh .... you want!!11!!'. (this is only a test)

Yeah, I've read that about mint/menthol, and cinnamon too, right? Shoot, I think I'll need more atomizers too then. I just thought I needed multiple cartridges. OR maybe I'll just dedicate all the mint/menthol to one clearo. When I get my new shipment I will have 4 clearomizers, (with a couple replacement heads for 2 of them) and a 5 pack of cartridges. So I think I'll be okay for now, with the help of a sharpie. . At the moment I am pretty happy with this flue-cured tobacco so I'll commit my original 2 clearos to tobacco or mild flavors that won't mess them up.

 

[White Rabbit]

Welcome

The advice from e23Jack on using a 510 drip atomizer is spot on. You can make a cheap version from an old cartomizer, whatever juice came in it. There are videos about this but basically you use a sewing needle to carefully push the filler away from the center tube of an old carto. Then you pick the filler out with the point of the needle or carefully pull it out with tweezers. What remains is the center plastic tube and at the bottom is a coil. Wash it out, blow out the water. Do a very short dry burn 3 seconds no more. Drip 2 or 3 drops of juice down the side onto the coil and vape 3 - 8 puffs. After that you need to drip 2-3 more drops and vape again. You can test juice this way and when finished, wash it out, blow it out, dry burn and start another flavor.

Best Wishes
Wabbit

 

[Caridwen]

Once you vape menthol in anything, it pretty much becomes a menthol only atty...and cuss as much as you want. the software will edit it for you. Words like ...., ...., and .... won't come through.

You definitely do not want to do that. That's evading the forum censor and against forum rules.

 

[DeeDee1234]

I realize these have been answered here a thousand times, and I've even seen some of them answered here but of course now I can't remember the details or find the info I'm looking for. This is all new to me! I have never even seen any of these devices IRL, let alone learned how they work. I thought when I got my kit suddenly everything would make sense, when I had these things in front of me. Well, I got it working and I am thrilled about it but I am still pretty clueless it seems....

SO

I got my starter kit with an eGo-C Twist (which I have been using this morning) and a Vision Spinner (which is charging as I type this). I also got some clearos which is what I am using at the moment.

---My main question involves my desire to start trying a lot of different flavors.

I am remembering reading that it is better to use something other than clearos if you want to try a little of this juice and a little of that juice rather than putting a couple mgs in a clearo. Something with a smaller capacity, that you just drip the liquid onto or something.





But I can't even remember what they are called. Cartomizers? Cartridges? And are they re-useable for awhile or do I need a bunch of them? Which ones are compatible with both my batteries? How much juice do they hold?

I'm guessing in the long run I will find some flavors I like, fill up my clearo and go for the day. But for now, I need to get through my experimental phase, LOL, and I am hoping to order a sampler pack of flavors today and would like to order whatever other parts I need at the same time.

---My next question involves the clearo - should I keep using it until it looks really empty and then refill it (assuming I don't need to clean it)? I've seen comments about the wicks burning or frying when they are dry so it basically tastes burnt and that's not good... Does this happen when it is empty after use, or just when it is totally dry/new/clean and you vape before the wick gets soaked through? I'm not clear enough on the language/lingo yet to understand the context of what I have read so far.

---And last, again about the clearos, how many spares should I keep handy, as far as the clearos themselves and the replacement heads? I bought 1 extra atomizer head for each of my clearos (a T3 and a Vision Ego 2.0). I didn't want to go overboard with my first order, but I already think I LOVE THIS and I want to be prepared. So I'm wondering what a good baseline stockpile is.

What do you guys recommend?

So far I am super optimistic about vaping. I haven't given myself any ultimatums about the analogs and am trying to just feel it out and see what happens. Last night I vaped from about 5pm on (after the mail came with my kit and I got the Twist charged), with only one analog before bed. Today, I have been up for about 6 hours now and have had just 2 analogs and a bunch of vaping. Normally by now I would have had at least 3 or 4 smokes. And I'm hardly trying yet and I don't even like this first flavor I'm using, LOL.

And while I am here I will also add how freaking awesome this forum is. I have been on many forums, including as an admin on a few, and y'all are among the friendliest and most patient people I have seen online. Yeah, there is iinevitably drama and some troublemakers and trolls and all those things that pervade the internet but really, you (both the owners/admins and the members) are doing a fabulous job from what I have seen so far. And I have read a LOT of threads. So KUDOS!

I started vaping a little over a month ago and don't even miss the real ciggs any more. I have three main clearo's that I use. One with my menthol that I love and two for other flavors. I will clean them with warm water and let them dry to change flavors. I will only dry burn if it really needs it because it can cause the atty or wicks to burn up. If you do rinse it well before you use it again.
I have chosen to stay away from tabacco flavors. I don't miss the tabacco and thats one thing less to break. I was a menthol smoker so the mint or ice is my favorite. I don't think would use soap to clean them. I have been building my supplies up slowly. You may want an extra charger in a few weeks. Because for a lot of people thatis asingle point of failure.
Happy Vaping

 

[Loren_Q]

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I'm beginning to think I may need a spreadsheet to keep track and compare everything, scientific-method-style. Wish I had time for that right now!

Don't laugh, I do have a spreadsheet... Let's see, French vanilla (70/30) = 4.2v, Menthol (60/40) = 3.8, etc.

I started with a cig-a-like (which I still use for stealth vaping) and just got an eGo-VV. Like you I'm pretty new (started vaping at the end of December) and have ordered samples from a lot of different places. So I have a lot of 3 and 5 ml bottles of juice hanging around.

I've found a couple of flavors I currently consider my 'most of the day' vape and use cartomizers for those (I have 2 clearos). For variety, I load a bunch of cartomizers with different liquids and will pop one on when I want a change.

My biggest problem was knowing what flavor is in what carto, but I created a system so I'm no longer startled when I expect RY4 and get Peach.

I've thought of going the dripping route, but what I'm doing works for me now.

 

[gulljenta]

Hi and welcome bananas and thanks for asking this questions you did.
I also get some answer on thing's I was thinking about, so thanks to you all!

 

[PLANofMAN]

You definitely do not want to do that. That's evading the forum censor and against forum rules.

Meh. What I meant to say, is that if you post and notice that something you wrote appeared as little dots instead, you should go back and edit your post and delete the offending word.

I try to stay on the mods good side.

 

[MemphisMisfit]

Welcome to vaping!! You think you got questions now! The more you delve into it the more questions arise.

 

[MemphisMisfit]

How do you keep track of the cartos now? I use different colored clears for now.