My First Few Days at Vaping - not liking the taste/smell

[Renolizzie]

Herb: Head over to the General e-liquid subform here on ECF and browse some of the threads. You'll see a lot of vendors and juices that will sound good to you. If you try 10 of them, chances are you will like 2 or 3 and maybe even find one you love. Finding juices is a crap shoot at best.

My main vape is a Ry4 (18mg from VaporEscence.com). Ry4 is supposed to be a tobacco flavor, but I don't taste any tobacco at all, or much of anything really. But it gives me the sensation of smoking a cigarette (chest and throat hit) more than anything else I've tried. Every vendor seems to have a Ry4. I used to vape EC Blends' Ry4 and liked it, but I discovered the VaporEscence version and like it better. I haven't tried other vendors' versions.

I love
Ry4. I think I am going to buy 2 30ml bottles when I place myorder today or tomorrow. One at 24mg and one at 18 mg.

 

[grams83]

what i tell everyone i got in to vaping is stay away from tobacco flavs at first if your trying to quit and taste tobacco your gonna want a cigg if you go fruity or somthing else and stick with that for a couple weeks then try to smoke a cigg you taste all the chemicals thats just my opinion and what worked for me and others i know

 

[Racehorse]

I wanna stay with vaping and think it can work for me, but I gotta find a flavor aroma I can live with. Any suggestions?

It tooks me a while for my tastebuds to adjust to the fact that vaping is not the same as smoking. ONCE you find a juice you like, this will become very apparent. You will like it a lot, and then suddenly realize it's not even a tobaccco flavor.

I guess it didn't take me THAT long........about a week. Once I got 2 juices I liked.

Also, what you like to EAT is not necessarily going to be what you like to vape. I love fruit, but haven't enjoyed vaping it. I never smoked menthol in my life, but find I love a little peppermint in my vape now.

Time, patience, committment, people are here for you.

 

[hubblybubbly]

You can try mixing tobacco flavors together too. Clove and tobacco go together well.

 

[darius27]

You made a typical rookie mistake of using tobacco flavors. The best ejuice flavors have nothing to do with the taste of a cigarette which is why when you let other people who smoke try it they freak out and they're like OMG that's chocolate! or whatever. Let me help you out and link you to my Vaper's Handbook which
addresses all the common questions a rookie might have:

here's an excerpt:
"Q4: What kind of Ejuice should I get?
A4: One thing I definitely recommend against is trying to find a good tobacco flavor that replicates the flavor of the cigarettes you are trying to quit. Why? It doesn't exist. Save yourself a boatload of money, time, and effort searching for the Holy Grail or the Fountain of Youth. Remember why you're here in the first place, TO QUIT. The best ejuice in my opinion is the juice you make yourself. Why? It's way cheaper and you never have to worry about running out. Also, and most importantly, you know what goes into it."

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/shoganinja/2998-vapers-handbook.html#comment5864

I can't access the page with Vapers Handbook

Is it because I don't have 5 posts?

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

After some research I pick up my first ever starter kit and went with Volt. Nice package and the devices seems to be good. I like the feel, the simple set up and two batteries should be more than enough to get thru the day. So all in all I like the equipment. Being a marlboro man I purchased varity packs of the tabacco flavors. They all seem to have a butter nut after taste, and the smell lingers on the ecig and case. Even now with my ecig sitting next to my laptop, I catch siwffs of the smell from it. I know the reg cigs stink a lot worse,,,but I just don't like the smell. I wanna stay with vaping and think it can work for me, but I gotta find a flavor aroma I can live with. Any suggestions?

When I first started I tried some Metro pre-filled cartos, Traditional (tobacco flavored). I swear they Stunk, worse than cigarettes. My wife didn't complain about the smell because she was used to the smell of smoke, but I couldn't stand it (not the vape, just the smell of the cartos).

When I ordered an eGo, some Star Dusts (newest product at the time!) and some different flavored juice, it was a world of difference. You have the gear to get the job done. Just try some different flavor juices and you will be amazed. I think being able to have flavors was the most significant factor in allowing me to stop smoking completely. Today I enjoy at least 2 or 3 different flavors during the day. The change keeps one flavor from becoming tasteless. Experiment and have fun!

Relax, Enjoy!

 

[ShogaNinja]

I can't access the page with Vapers Handbook

Is it because I don't have 5 posts?

Yes. Just find some people in the New Members forum who have the title of their thread as NEW TO ECF and just go in there and give them a warm welcome and when you get to 5 posts you can view my blog. You should too because it's the express lane to 6+ months of research and you can read it in no time. Plus I am adding new questions that I derive from responses that I give to new members. Basically the whole blog is me attempting to answer every pertinent question newbies ask.

 

[ShogaNinja]

Ex-Marlboro guy here too. Tried lots/gallons of juices from lots of vendors. I found the same thing when I started. Tobacco flavors tasted like almonds or carmel. Did not like the juices at all.

My go to juices are:
peppermint patty from mrvapor (90%pg/10%vg @ 36 mg) or
USA mix "mixed" with vanilla from cignot (100%pg @ 24 mg)

PG is less vapor, more taste.
VG is more vapor, less taste.

Lol you forgot butterscotch, honey, and peanut butter too
There is no such thing as a tobacco flavor.
Thing is, you will see MANY people who like the flavor anyway, or they just can't let the concept of not having some form of tobacco in their life, in some way or another, sink in. At least it's just a flavor though and not the real thing.

 

[lotsoffish]

Hello Herb,

I smoked Salem Full Flavor for 35 YEARS so last April when I started vaping I figured I would need some heavy duty methol juices.

Nope. I didn't like any of those.

I now vape fruit flavors. NOT candy flavored fruit either. I have one flavor I REALLY like that tastes just like cantaloupe I REALLY enjoy.

Funny thing is I have never really been a big fruit eater.

It took me a little while to figure out what I really liked flavor wise but what's the rush? After 35 years of smoking I was really starting to feel poorly breathing wise too. I knew the writing was on the wall so perhaps that gave me some added incentive to have some patients.

I was prepared to vape flavors I didn't like if it helped me to stop smoking, but I sure am grateful I "discovered" I actually like the taste of some fruits.

 

[Mr. Cloud]

Definitely did not care for the tobacco flavor.. Preferred sweet or citrus stuff and still do. The smell from thos burnt blu cartridges did stink though. Now with a tank and carto and no odor issues.

 

[bnrkwest]

I actually like many tobacco flavors, but they are all different. I also like fruit and dessert flavors, so mix it up, keep some tobaccos but get some fruits and desserts too, you will be surprised how good this stuff is! bnrk

 

[NancyR]

I found I didn't like most premixed tobacco's and haven't liked any of the premixed menthol I have tried, (smoked menthol for almost 20 years). What I did like was a mix of tobacco and blackberry, or even 555 and blueberry. Everyone's tastes is different, so don't be afraid to try different things, you will find the right vape for you.

 

[hammer of the gods]

Hi I'm a newbie here too and the first flavor's I bought were camel cigarette flavor and Cuban cigar, I tell you at first they were both terrible so I decided to try some other flavors. After a couple weeks I ran out of the flavor I like so I tried the Cuban cigar one again and it taste much better but the camel one still taste pretty bad.

 

[bzmotoninja83]

My experience is the same as some who have posted before me.
When I stopped analogs and started vaping, I got a Ego-t kit for me and the wife. I was a menthol smoker and my wife, regular. I thought I'd only be satisfied with menthol like newports or Marlboro menthol variants. Ive found that I like rich caramel/vanilla mixed flavors, strawberries and cream, and others. I don't just vale one flavor all day. I have to switch it up every now and then.

I wish you luck on your journey for the perfect vape.

On a side note, to whom ever said the car to had a funny taste, I thought it was only me with the cheap disposable ones I've bought from gas stations.

yes it was tested on animals, no it didn't fit.

 

[Stormlark]

When I first started vaping, things were fine for about 15 hours or so. After that, for some reason, the smell of the cartridges just made me gag. I couldn't stand the smell. The taste wasn't quite so bad, but it had a nasty chemical aftertaste. This was with a Blu starter kit, and I believe they use Johnson Creek juices. It came with a sampler pack and while I started out thinking they were all OK, I ended up hating them within a day.

I switched to blank carts pretty quick (with a Volt from Smokeless Image), started testing out different flavors and the problem went away. I don't know if the initial reaction to the taste and smell was that I didn't like Johnson Creek, or if it's just something weird that happened from switching from cigs to vaping. I'd have to try them out again to see.

The first juices I found that I liked were all fruity and sweet. I stocked up on a lot of different flavors like strawberry lemonade, apple cider, thin mint, gummi bear, sugar cookie, etc. Things were great for about a month or so, but recently I've reached the point where these flavors are just sickenly sweet. The only flavor I can stand for any period of time is vanilla mint. I'm thinking of trying out some tobacco or coffee flavors now, maybe even flavorless. Anything but sweet.

 

[ShogaNinja]

Definitely did not care for the tobacco flavor.. Preferred sweet or citrus stuff and still do. The smell from thos burnt blu cartridges did stink though. Now with a tank and carto and no odor issues.

I got ran straight off the couch with my cartos and tobacco flavors when I first started. She has asthma pretty bad and says it's a trigger (lies, surely, to get her way). I was required to vape in the bathroom or my man cave and that's it! Well now that this event has occurred I still can't vape on the couch with the old lady but I figured out a way around it. The Vaper Towel. That is, a paper towel that I exhale through and thus eliminates the problem. I admit that with clearos the amount of "stank" is far less that in used to be with cartomizers.

 

[ShogaNinja]

When I first started vaping, things were fine for about 15 hours or so. After that, for some reason, the smell of the cartridges just made me gag. I couldn't stand the smell. The taste wasn't quite so bad, but it had a nasty chemical aftertaste. This was with a Blu starter kit, and I believe they use Johnson Creek juices. It came with a sampler pack and while I started out thinking they were all OK, I ended up hating them within a day.

I switched to blank carts pretty quick (with a Volt from Smokeless Image), started testing out different flavors and the problem went away. I don't know if the initial reaction to the taste and smell was that I didn't like Johnson Creek, or if it's just something weird that happened from switching from cigs to vaping. I'd have to try them out again to see.

The first juices I found that I liked were all fruity and sweet. I stocked up on a lot of different flavors like strawberry lemonade, apple cider, thin mint, gummi bear, sugar cookie, etc. Things were great for about a month or so, but recently I've reached the point where these flavors are just sickenly sweet. The only flavor I can stand for any period of time is vanilla mint. I'm thinking of trying out some tobacco or coffee flavors now, maybe even flavorless. Anything but sweet.

That is because Blu is made by Newport cigarettes now and those same cartridges are filled by servants of evil. The juice that fills them is brewed in the depths of the underworld. They tried to sway you to the forces of evil but they failed. Good on ya!

 

[Berylanna]

FIRST thing: I love my flavors but I can NOT stand the smell of packages of cartos, juices, or anything else. I think it is the nic but it might be some other ingredient. Yuck! I'm fine with the scent of my PV but NOT with the smell of my supplies in bulk.

So I bought a craft box that works a lot like a tackle box, small to start with ($3.00 at Michael's) and lock up my stash in there, and put THAT in a cupboard with a closing door. If I hadn't done that, I doubt I'd still be vaping. There is something about flavors that can go from wonderful to horrible with only a change in dose -- just ask a really bad chef.

Secondly, I paid ATTENTION to my smoke flavor (since I'm still cutting down) and realized that it is not the flavor that I crave, it is the familiarity of "my brand." But in the past, I've become allergic to a current brand and been forced to switch brands (to something with fewer additives) and found it only takes 2-3 packs before the new brand tastes "mine."

So the same goes for vape flavors I like. After I've gotten enough nicotine from that flavor, it starts to taste "right."
(Others, not so much...)

Also, I prefer tobacco flavors but NOT because they taste like burning cigarettes, they don't, and won't, unless I soak papers in them and set them on fire. I like some of the pipe-tobacco flavors because they don't smell like food, so I know I'm vaping. 5 months later, I had to learn to like fruit flavors because vapers' tongues can go through a stage where we cannot taste our vapes, and most vapers eventually need a minimum of 2 flavors that are unlike each other so we can alternate and get back our ability to taste the vapes we like. So now I'm alternating between mixes containing some random tobacco flavor mixed with Gandalf (a tobacco extract flavor from Heather's Heavenly Vapes) vs. blueberry/strawberry and other fruit. Now I can taste both and like both, but I drastically prefer the Gandalf + changing tobacco mix.

But keep that supply stash in an airflow-resistant environment or you can end up hating your favorite flavors.

 

[DC2]

The first juices I found that I liked were all fruity and sweet. I stocked up on a lot of different flavors like strawberry lemonade, apple cider, thin mint, gummi bear, sugar cookie, etc. Things were great for about a month or so, but recently I've reached the point where these flavors are just sickenly sweet. The only flavor I can stand for any period of time is vanilla mint. I'm thinking of trying out some tobacco or coffee flavors now, maybe even flavorless. Anything but sweet.

You are most certainly not alone, and there are many people that have followed this same path.

I started out using bakery and candy flavors for the most part.
But over time, they all just seemed too sweet, and I can only tolerate them as a brief change of pace.

Now, after three years, I vape mostly tobacco and coffee flavors.
Although the Belgian cocoa from Halo is a new discovery that has really gotten my attention lately.

 

[darius27]

Yes. Just find some people in the New Members forum who have the title of their thread as NEW TO ECF and just go in there and give them a warm welcome and when you get to 5 posts you can view my blog. You should too because it's the express lane to 6+ months of research and you can read it in no time. Plus I am adding new questions that I derive from responses that I give to new members. Basically the whole blog is me attempting to answer every pertinent question newbies ask.

Thanks Shoga
Lokking forward to reading it