Thanks!
Patti - glycerin? What will I do with it? Do I mix it with the juice when it gets here or use a dropper and put some on?
Also - the extra battery, I tried using that. I feel like I am sucking pure air. Yuck. Why is that??
Tracy,
It's been a few days since you posted. How are things going with your new toy?
Smoking an e-cig takes a different draw then with an analog. It's a technique that you'll just have to master. Shouldn't take more than a couple of days. Please don't give up. You WILL figure out how to get the most out of your new toy.
When battery's are low, your not going to get much. That's why that first try off the fresh, non-charged battery felt so weird. Also, your 401 has 4 holes around the atomizer for air flow. I found those first few days that if I plugged 2 of those holes with my finger while vaping, it felt more like a analog drag. I don't do that any more, but it helped the first day.
When I placed my order for my starter kit, I also ordered some liquid. After I got the liquid, I found it to be too stong, nic-wise, for me. It would give me too much of a buzz. I went shopping for some "lab" stuff and picked up the glycerin, a couple of bottles of "Sweet Breath" breath freshner and an eye dropper.
Got home, emptied the breath freshner bottle, rinsed throughly and let dry. Then, with the eye dropper, I used 2 parts of the e-liquid with 1 part gycerin in the little bottle, recapped and shook. I retained most of the flavor and got MUCH more vapor.
If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and take the time to read the sticky:
Helpful links and videos for a new user. I devoured this sticky and all the links in it and found it VERY useful. I never thought I'd be mixing my own, but now my kitchen counter looks like a chem lab exploded in there.
I also found the carts that I ordered and that came with my kit to be too strong. One of those vidoes shows you how to squeeze the juice out of your cart using a syringe. I opened all of my apple flavored carts, put them in the syringe and squeezed the juice into one of the breath freshner bottles, added some glycerine, shook and vaped. Lost a little of the flavor doing this, but retained enough that it's smokeable and I get plenty of vapor. I then pulled the stuffing out of the emptied carts, rinsed the stuffing and the plastic cart in warm water and air dried. Now I have several clean, empty carts that I can refill with whatever I choose.
Hope some of this helped and that you've found joy in your new toy.
Pooch Smooches~
Patti
