Need help with throat hit

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legpro

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I have been using a 510 for about two weeks now and love it, But my throat hit has up and left me. I get good vapor but no throat hit. I'm using 24 mg juice. And after about 4-6 drags i get a burnt taste as well but i just chalked that up to taking big hits. Getting harder to pass up those analogs my co workers are smoking
 

mintee

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after about 4-6 drags i get a burnt taste as well but i just chalked that up to taking big hits.

Right. When the atty gets dry it tastes this way. As I'm sure you
know. There's even a thread around here where people are talking
about what it tastes like to vape with a dry atty. I've seen burning
hair, metallic taste, etc. One guy said it was like smoking zombie
fingers.

I just said that hitting dry attys tasted like smoking D i c k Cheney's
ear wax, and I left it at that. Not that I'd know.

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Liscab

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You can have it all, sometimes your are gonna feel that the vapor break you throat and sometimes that you are vaping water,try different flavors and also very very low nic from time to time and a little very little touch of mentol at less twice a day, you have to cheat you palate, I have been going Thru this, and I still am,also ad some sweet flavor
 

Xenogy

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As for the burning taste are you still using the original polyfill that came with the carts? I noticed once the polyfill gets old it can loose throat hit and flavor and start to get a burning taste after a few drags. I have to put it down for 10-15 minutes before the burning taste goes away. In that case I have found the burning taste is due to the polyfill being old and not wicking well. I have found that a cart with fresh polyfill is good for 1 initial fill and maybe 3-4 top offs then it's time to restuff it again. The key for me has been not to stuff too much poly in there and make it about 1/2 - 5/8 as dense as the original stuff and it works wonders.
 

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Webby

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In regards to this, and the "straw mod?", can you guys maybe provide links to the other threads for use lazy people that don't feel like searching thru 1000 threads? Like this...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/30017-video-lipton-pyramid-tea-bag-mod.html

Danka


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-cartridge-restuffing-video-instructions.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/11421-cart-mod-better-refilling-3.html

As for the straw, it's pretty simple. Use a coffee stir stick or q-tip shaft (hollow ones of course) and cut one end at an angle. Place the open side of the "bungee stick" in between the wadding and the side of the cartridge and slide in down until it bumps the bottom of the cart. Cut the other end off flush with the top of the cart with a pair of scissors.
 
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KevinD872

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I suggest swishing the addy in rubbing alcohol for about 3-5 minutes, then draining over night my standing it upright on a paper towel. Do this once a week or so. Also, either replace the cartridge, or clean it as I just wrote in this thread.


With some of the methods I have seen for cleaning, some users have reported the black paint coming off off the atty. Is a soak in rubbing alcohol safe for the paint on a "new style" 510 atty? I have also thought about a simple 5-10 minute boiling in plain 'ol water.

Having had my 510s for a couple weeks now, I feel like they could probably go for a cleaning but I don't want to ruin their looks. :)
 

mintee

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With some of the methods I have seen for cleaning, some users have reported the black paint coming off off the atty. Is a soak in rubbing alcohol safe for the paint on a "new style" 510 atty? I have also thought about a simple 5-10 minute boiling in plain 'ol water.

Having had my 510s for a couple weeks now, I feel like they could probably go for a cleaning but I don't want to ruin their looks. :)

I noticed someone say they black paint came off also, but that was after 5-6 DAY soaking. I'm not sure why anyone would soak that long, but whatever. Also, I believe boiling would cause more harm than good, due to any plastics that are contained in the atomizer. (I'm not sure if there are any, but if so, melty-melty :evil:)

Try the 5 minute shake and 8 hour drain and call me in the morning. :p
 

crand

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The throat hit, or lack of one has always been a problem for me. I vape only 0 nic and all of the juices, pre-mixed or my own batches were all the same, some flavor but no jolt. That is until...
I now add 4 drops of Tabasco Sauce to every 30 mil batch that I mix. It has no effect on the flavor but will give me all of the hit that I could ever want. Give it a try...
 

radwor

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I have been using a 510 for about two weeks now and love it, But my throat hit has up and left me. I get good vapor but no throat hit. I'm using 24 mg juice. And after about 4-6 drags i get a burnt taste as well but i just chalked that up to taking big hits. Getting harder to pass up those analogs my co workers are smoking
legpro,
I have the same problem, I use the 510 and I find that after 5 or 6 good hits it need to cool down, but I don't want to wait so my work-around is to carry 2 510's and swap as needed.
 

steven.rn

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I have been using a 510 for about two weeks now and love it, But my throat hit has up and left me. I get good vapor but no throat hit. I'm using 24 mg juice. And after about 4-6 drags i get a burnt taste as well but i just chalked that up to taking big hits. Getting harder to pass up those analogs my co workers are smoking

New cart of any sort (mod, not modded, straw, fluval, teabag, whatever) and 36 mg. liquid. There's a world of difference in 24 and 36 to me.
 

Applejackson

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The throat hit, or lack of one has always been a problem for me. I vape only 0 nic and all of the juices, pre-mixed or my own batches were all the same, some flavor but no jolt. That is until...
I now add 4 drops of Tabasco Sauce to every 30 mil batch that I mix. It has no effect on the flavor but will give me all of the hit that I could ever want. Give it a try...

Tobasco has a lot of solids in it that will carbonize on your atty coil, killing it much more quickly. There's a video around here where someone got a pepper extract that seems to work and wouldn't have all the solids in it. I'd look into that. If you stick with Tobasco, I'd recommend cleaning your atty much more often than most people do.
 

legpro

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Omg I just want to say thank you to everyone. I could'nt believe all the help on this. Ok here it goes lat night i cleaned both of my atty's and it did help some. But I just got my new juice in the mail ....not bad shiped fron china on monday and here on thursday...but any way just got some ry4 and I am glad to say my throat his is back....Thankfully killing any urges i had for analogs.....I also did the straw mod that was suggested and noticed a big help from that as far as the wicking and time between topping off. ..Again thank you all so much for this help it's great to see the support that this noobie has recieved
 

miketr

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Here is a further suggestion for testing if you don't want to order a bottle of red pepper extract online.
As far as the tabasco:
First, I agree, anything that is not clear has too much solids in it, that will not vaporize and will gum up and destroy the unreplaceable wick of your atomizer.
There are much stronger commonly available hot sauces at, for example, an international grocery, like Dave's Insanity Sauce.
Get something fantastically hot, and then strain it through coffee filters until you end up with a clear liquid. Then you may wish to add some VG or PGA to that to thin it back some.
Or, get a fresh Habanero, blend it on liquify with a little PGA, let it sit for several days, and strain THAT through a coffee filter. However, I would say treat Habaneros almost as carefully as you would nicotine. Habanero juice can put your eyes out, swell your throat shut, etc. in concentration. It's one of if not the hottest peppers in the world. Then, thin that down before trying to use it. If a drop of it on your tongue is too hot to stand, it is probably too concentrated.
Try that in moderation; I would not want you to have a coughing fit.
 
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