A local tobacco shop had a few different brands, I bought a Blu starter kit. I am a heavy smoker (2 packs a day) and would love to find a tobacco alternative, ecigs sound like a way better thing for your health. The thing is.. I tried the Blu classic tobacco flavor, and it tasted like coffee. Did they miss label the cartridge or is this what the tobacco actual flavor tastes like? Then switched to cherry. It was ok but made me cough. I notice that Blu uses acetic acid and not PG.. could that be why the cough? This shop also has Greensmoke. Are they better? Or do any of you have any other suggestions of brands for someone contemplating a switch from analogs to ecigs? Thanks for any of your help
Ah, a fellow newbie.
Same here, two pack a day habit. Saw a Blu disposable at the Walgreens (while buying a carton of cigs) and thought I'd give it a whirl. I was not just skeptical but pretty cynical. I'd seen the TV ads but thought, "yeah, uh huh, sure". But ten bucks? What the heck right?
Not knowing anything about these widgets, I get to the truck, open it up, check the meager directions, pulled the tab thing and the rubber cap, then inhaled. And tried coughing up a lung. Almost put it right back in the box (hey, I had a brand new carton of Real Cigs right?) but the taste was
just interesting enough and it's about a fifteen minute trip from the Walgreens to the house so, meh, fiddle with the funny widget. Can't smoke in the truck anyway (it's not mine, it's borrowed, mine is in the shop).
First thing I kind of stumbled into on my own that I probably could have learned if I knew about this place before buying the funny Blu widget is you have to adjust your habits a bit. That deep inhale we all do (especially us heavy smokers) when we take a drag?
Don't do that.
I suspect--and maybe the experienced folk can check me on this--that sheer force of habit made you (and me) do a deep inhale that didn't give the little heater element any time to work and we essentially were trying to inhale the juice. Maybe it's a bit like when you drink something and it "goes down the wrong pipe"?
Anyway, fiddling around with the thing on the way home, I fumbled into doing short puffs to "warm up" the heater then a drag into my mouth and
then an inhale. You get the heater going, it vaporizes the fluid better, and you get a rather pleasant taste going. In fact, I started to really
like the taste once I was getting it to warm up and vaporize and all that.
I'd suggest experimenting with the way you're using the e-cig before judging the taste and experience too much. Since I fumbled into a way that kind of worked and then started lurking around here and reading what experienced folk were saying, I'm starting to really like this stuff.
And here's the really interesting part and the reason I bought a "starter kit"...
Once I'd kind of stumbled into a mostly working way of using the disposable, I went about business as usual, got to the computer to deal with a website I'm working on, pay bills, answer emails, yada yada.
About 8:30 that evening, I call it a "day" (I contract and my "day" is never normal
), plop down on the couch in the living room, grab the open pack and ashtray out of sheer force of habit, light up.
Then had this weird moment of, "How long has it been?"
Go get the Walgreen's receipt and I had bought the Blu disposable at 11:30 (and change) that morning. Two pack a day habit right? But I flat just
forgot to light up a regular cig for nine hours. I wasn't even
trying to not light up a regular cig. I wasn't trying to do
anything. I had this thought in the back of my head that I was just playing with a neat toy and I'd be back to Real Smoking any moment.
Can't say I haven't lit up a regular cig at all since but the pack I opened Sunday evening is still in the kitchen. About a half pack left. And the carton is still unopened.
That I was not expecting. I mean, I have tried
everything out there to quit smoking. I'd given up. Figured I was just way too hooked.
So flat forgetting for nine freaking hours to bother going to the kitchen to fetch the open pack and the ashtray? Okay, that impressed me.
Again, seems Blu doesn't have a lot of defenders here but since you got it already, I'd say fiddle around and experiment a bit and if it's one of the starters that has different flavors, try a couple out. You already spent the money, kick it around a while. Just watch that old inhale habit. I still forget (haven't been doing this but a couple of days) and that is a sure fire way to cause a coughing fit.
(usually smoke a pack/day- a pack to half a pack/night) will see how this eve goes but am feeling quite positive for first day of actually trying to vape instead of smoke. It wasnt that hard at all! I think if I get the right nic level/flavor right i will not even look at an analogue again. will take your advice on trying eGo when i make it to a vape store and can get a better idea on how everything looks/works/tastes before ordering online. 
