Hello! I'm new to vaping, been wanting to try it for a while. I smoke Black and Milds (Mild and Wine are my favorite flavors) and I inhale. I've noticed how detrimental doing so has been to my health, so it was time to make a change. Finally a few weeks ago I researched e-cigs, and to my surprise I saw they had the cigar style. I ended up doing much comparing and ordered a Ruyan cigar (not the disposable). The reasons I chose it:
1. Bigger battery
2. Bigger cartridge
3. Love the mouthpiece, can dangle between my teeth like a boss
4. No exhaled vapor! Incognito vaping at work is win
5. The style of a tipped cigarillo I like, it's different and bigger than an e-cig. Freud would be proud
So I got mine from China about 4 days ago and here's my first impressions:
Disappointment. Here's my issues:
The draw. It was a very hard draw like a milkshake through a coffee straw. I did research on this forum and followed the instructions someone posted to clean it. First I did the manual cleaning by pressing down the button. Much sizzling and smoking occurred, repeated several times. No improvement. Then I followed someone elses advice to take it apart, fill the end with hot water, blow it through a few times. I also turned it upside down and sucked the water through, which was much easier. Let it dry, and now it draws nicely. Problem remedied!
The battery life. At full charge the two batteries together last about 4 hours and almost 1 cartridge. It came with two 360mAh batteries, I've looked online and easily available are 500 and 600 mAh versions, although that doesn't seem like a lot more. There's another 800 mAh version I discovered but they are a bulk order (100+ at a time) or some such garbage. Problem persists
The strength. I was and still am very let down by how weak the hits are on this. I only rarely get a 'throat hit' and when I do it requires me to take a very long, slow 7-10 second draw. I've since gotten accustomed to it a bit, but still don't get the throat hit a lot even when doing so! I am using their most powerful juice, the 16mg, and to my dismay I see that is the strongest they offer. I've read that modding the cigar with higher voltage (5-6v) could be a solution, but having a box hang off my cigar is ridiculous. Naturally I can't find a stronger voltage battery that would fit the 10x44mm chamber (and also be rechargeable). I've read about juicing, or dripping, and went out and purchased some 24mg juice, but it was VG, produced a lot of vapor, was thick and clingy in my throat, and tasted too sweet (Virginia Blend). I tried samples of many juices at my local malls kiosk and well, they're all like candy and rainbows and stuff to me. I think I need to stick to a PG juice like what comes with the Ruyan, and preferably the same flavor, although I don't know what the flavor is or what to call it.
I don't know if I can modify anything on my Ruyan, or I should look at another brand. I've heard the RN4062 is good, but it's discontinued? What about a Dse901? I'm open to a hard-hitting e-cig that's slightly longer than a normal e-cig with the cigarillo tip like that. But of course, smaller carts, smaller battery, smaller overall size, and vapor exhaling are all the downsides.
I know I will have to make a compromise somewhere. If it's just one of the aforementioned 5 things I dig about my Ruyan, then I think I'll be satisfied enough to quit analogs altogether
Any thoughts? BestLion?
Thanks guys!
1. Bigger battery
2. Bigger cartridge
3. Love the mouthpiece, can dangle between my teeth like a boss
4. No exhaled vapor! Incognito vaping at work is win
5. The style of a tipped cigarillo I like, it's different and bigger than an e-cig. Freud would be proud
So I got mine from China about 4 days ago and here's my first impressions:
Disappointment. Here's my issues:
The draw. It was a very hard draw like a milkshake through a coffee straw. I did research on this forum and followed the instructions someone posted to clean it. First I did the manual cleaning by pressing down the button. Much sizzling and smoking occurred, repeated several times. No improvement. Then I followed someone elses advice to take it apart, fill the end with hot water, blow it through a few times. I also turned it upside down and sucked the water through, which was much easier. Let it dry, and now it draws nicely. Problem remedied!
The battery life. At full charge the two batteries together last about 4 hours and almost 1 cartridge. It came with two 360mAh batteries, I've looked online and easily available are 500 and 600 mAh versions, although that doesn't seem like a lot more. There's another 800 mAh version I discovered but they are a bulk order (100+ at a time) or some such garbage. Problem persists
The strength. I was and still am very let down by how weak the hits are on this. I only rarely get a 'throat hit' and when I do it requires me to take a very long, slow 7-10 second draw. I've since gotten accustomed to it a bit, but still don't get the throat hit a lot even when doing so! I am using their most powerful juice, the 16mg, and to my dismay I see that is the strongest they offer. I've read that modding the cigar with higher voltage (5-6v) could be a solution, but having a box hang off my cigar is ridiculous. Naturally I can't find a stronger voltage battery that would fit the 10x44mm chamber (and also be rechargeable). I've read about juicing, or dripping, and went out and purchased some 24mg juice, but it was VG, produced a lot of vapor, was thick and clingy in my throat, and tasted too sweet (Virginia Blend). I tried samples of many juices at my local malls kiosk and well, they're all like candy and rainbows and stuff to me. I think I need to stick to a PG juice like what comes with the Ruyan, and preferably the same flavor, although I don't know what the flavor is or what to call it.
I don't know if I can modify anything on my Ruyan, or I should look at another brand. I've heard the RN4062 is good, but it's discontinued? What about a Dse901? I'm open to a hard-hitting e-cig that's slightly longer than a normal e-cig with the cigarillo tip like that. But of course, smaller carts, smaller battery, smaller overall size, and vapor exhaling are all the downsides.
I know I will have to make a compromise somewhere. If it's just one of the aforementioned 5 things I dig about my Ruyan, then I think I'll be satisfied enough to quit analogs altogether
Any thoughts? BestLion?
Thanks guys!
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