New Member ~ Lurker Intro

[Cam775]

Hello All! I've been lurking here for awhile and finally taking the plunge to posting. I've quit smoking several times over my 22 year smoking career. The most recent time was about 3 years ago. I bought a starter E-Go 2pk and was doing great until the battery died on the first one and I grabbed the second one to use while #1 was charging. Whatever factory oil they used to put in these guys out the gate wasn't removed from #2 by the store owner who sold them to me (he did set up the #1 though) and it made me sick for days, so right back to analogs I went. I'm now trying again and at about a month in I can say that I think I'm done for good. Something I honestly had my doubts would ever happen. I really enjoyed smoking and I thought I'd be a lifer. I'm so glad now that I gave the e-cig a second chance, rode out some initial bumps and now it's actually working out for me!!

So far I've figured out that I have a very low PG tolerance and any juice with more than trace amounts of PG makes me ill. I'm searching for that perfect 100% VG juice and I seem to have a drawer full of steepers but no keepers...yet I still have a couple more packages coming in the mail based on ECF member recommendations so holding out hope.

I'm currently vaping on a Mini Nautilus with an Itaste VV v3 and I also have a Kanger Aerotank Mega and a starter set EVOD 2 with some extra tanks hanging out. I bought a decent mod, made coils at the B&M where I bought it but haven't messed with it much since. I'll get there but my priority now is finding an ADV that I like so much that I can't live without.

So that's my story and I'm stickin to it It's been great reading this forum for the last couple weeks and I hope to stick around and get to know you all better while soaking up all your vaping knowledge.

Happy Clouds,
~Cam

 

[Warpigs]

WELCOME TO ECF! Looks like a page for the nearly blind person Stick around there is alot of great info/people here. My ADV is $3.87 Hangsen E-liquid for Electronic Cigarettes (30ml) - Ruyan 4 flavor / 24mg/ml nicotine at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping.

 

[joesquid]

Welcome to ECF Cam! I appreciate the font. Didn't even need my readers.

 

[EBates]

Welcome aboard
Find a local vape shop with a vaping bar and just try juice. Once you find something you like buy small bottles. Just a couple of tank fulls will generally tell you whether it's a keeper or not.

 

[Cam775]

Haha! I've been reading on my cel...it's a whole lotta zooming in and out and moving around to read posts!

Welcome to ECF Cam! I appreciate the font. Didn't even need my readers.

Thanks for the suggestions and the warm welcomes!

I've tried quite a few B&M's in town and most all of them have had taste bars, I've found that taking a hit in the store doesn't always equate to chain vaping at home, sadly. Some that I've bought I can only handle a couple tokes at home before I'm feeling yuck, some the flavor fades very quickly, one gets a minty aftertaste that just doesn't go with the main flavor at all and I'm totally not a mint fan. I've found a peanut brittle that I'm mixing with a waffle flavor that I'm digging...that may suffice to say I've got weirded out taste buds, lol!

 

[jaba62]

hey welcome Cam!
I thought I was the only one that had that problem at sample bars, tastes good there, I buy a bottle and get home and load a tank. Then I am like what the hell is this? I usually don't steep, because the few times I did the flavor went completely flat, though some did get better. I find my tastes change throughout the day also, I guess a touch of "vapors tongue".

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome to the forum Cam. Glad to have you here!

Good luck in finding an all day vape! That has been the hardest thing about vaping for me.

 

[daleron]

Welcome Cam

 

[Turismenteng]

Hi guys,

I'm new to the vaping world. I live in Jakarta, Indonesia. Just bought vapor shark with nautilus tank mini.
I've been thinking to switch to a mechanical mod and dripper. Any suggestions?

 

[Cam775]

Thanks again for the welcomes!

jaba62 ~ You're not the only one at all! I've built up a drawer full in my nightstand of juice I liked at the store but couldn't come close to finishing a tank of. The steeping though has helped a bit. I have a banana cream pie flavor that had a horrid mint aftertaste, steeped it for 2 weeks and the mint is gone, replaced by an actual pie crust type flavor! I'm glad I tried it again but when I first brought it home I was ready to trash it. I'm guessing the sample I tried at the B&M had had a couple weeks of sitting/steeping time, maybe that's where the differences come from?? Idk?

Susan~S Finding an ADV is turning into the hardest part for me too. I thought I could just dump out a flavor I didn't like, do a little tank cleaning and put in a new flavor but it hasn't worked out like that at all. I've been soaking the coil in Vodka and putting in a fresh one and cleaning everything else in running water but I can't ever completely get rid of the old flavor. Makes it really tough to try new flavors. I'll get to rebuilding eventually (somehow I just get a super nauseating burnt flavor so far, lol) but if you or anyone else has any pointers for tank cleaning between flavors I'd be super grateful.

Turismenteng ~ You may want to start a new thread and title it 'Switching to mech mod & dripper help" or something similar, just so that more people will see your question and be able to help you. I'm not quite there myself or I'd be happy to offer you some advice.

 

[Susan~S]

Cam, check YouTube and see if there is a tutorial on dry burning your coils. I dry burn my Kanger single coils when I want better performance and want to prolong their life. Once that no longer works, I set them aside and when I have a bunch, I rebuild them.

 

[Cam775]

I'm keeping my coils as they get a burnt taste to eventually rebuild them, but I thought dry burning the new Aspire BVC coils will ruin them? Does anyone dry burn those?

 

[Cam775]

Ok, watched a couple videos and it looks like you can dry burn the bvc coils. I'll give it a try tonight. Thanks very much Susan~S!