New Vaper - A success?

[WizardScribe]

Hello ECF members, old and new. I've been a vaper for about 7 weeks now and it's been an exciting adventure to the point of obsession. I smoked for 35 years and up to 3 packs a day for the last 4 years or so. I have asthma, 5 kids, a first grandbaby on the way, and the beginnings of other potential health issues.

I started with an EgoT, 12mg/ml nic, vg/pg (not sure of ratio), tobacco flavor. What I found after about 2 weeks was that I really don't like tobacco flavor. Then I began to get vaper's tongue. Hydration didn't help it and since I was getting a bitter flavor (the only flavor I was getting) in my mouth and the whole burnt tongue feeling I came here and google to further my investigation. Many suggested it might be an allergy to PG. I felt it was something to do with nicotine.

Having found a great little vape shop, Denton Vape Shoppe owned by Darin and Michelle, I reduced my liquid to 9mg and got a liquid with no PG. No throat hit whatsoever. Like air. So I then got a liquid of 9mg with pg added back in. After vaping that for a weekend everything got better. My obsession grew. I upgraded my egoT upgrade and a DCT 3ml tank, then the DCT 6ml (got greedy).

After all those minor changes I tried Darin's VMax and was spoiled. I never thought I would EVER want anything larger than my egot. I was sooooo wrong. I bought a VMax and I LOVE it. My only issue now is the whole mouth/tongue thing keeps coming back. I'm planning on reducing nic again since my addiction seems more hand-to-mouth than the actual nic. (I hope) I truly don't want to go back to cigs and hope I can get all this worked out.

I tried to drink flavored waters and I think something in that is making it worse. I'd had a similar problem a few years ago after drinking nestle fruit flavored waters. The mouth/tongue thing is acting more like an allergic reaction as opposed to dehydration.

My questions to ECF members:

1. Your opinion on nic levels and could this be related to the mouth/tongue issues. I think it goes farther than just vaper's tongue. Since it almost immediately went away after I reduced the nic and it was the only think I changed over that weekend.

2. Throat hit...I like a decent/not harsh throat hit. I tend to like the lighter flavors. Honeysuckle, violet...I've been mixing them with a touch of sweet tart and/or key lime, both of which a bit harsher. I love the results.

Sorry this was so long. I tend to rambling. I love your forum and hope to enjoy it, as well as vaping, for years.

 

[Whosback]

Well, if you we're using a tank it might have been a bit of juice escaping onto your tongue. I've had that happen with tanks. But, if bumping down the nic level helped it might have been a result of the nic levels. One thing I noticed when I first quit two years ago that my tongue got a bit more sensitive because there was no more coating of gunk on it from analogs. It's even recommended that you start lower then find your comfort level.

As far as flavors go and how much TH you like it's so subjective it's insane lol. Johnson's Creek has some great favors with nice TH and a great pipe tobacco undertone to them. It's much better then ones that try and taste like cigs, IMHO because normal cigs taste like junk heh.

Hope this helps.

 

[WizardScribe]

Well, if you we're using a tank it might have been a bit of juice escaping onto your tongue. I've had that happen with tanks. But, if bumping down the nic level helped it might have been a result of the nic levels. One thing I noticed when I first quit two years ago that my tongue got a bit more sensitive because there was no more coating of gunk on it from analogs. It's even recommended that you start lower then find your comfort level.

As far as flavors go and how much TH you like it's so subjective it's insane lol. Johnson's Creek has some great favors with nice TH and a great pipe tobacco undertone to them. It's much better then ones that try and taste like cigs, IMHO because normal cigs taste like junk heh.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the response. I know what it's like to have the juice flood so I know it's not that. I'm surprised I didn't like the tobacco flavors. I want a throat hit, but not a harsh hit. I have a honeysuckle flavor that I love, but I have to use a 2ohm on about 4.5-5 to get the smoking sensation I get with the others. Trial and error I supposed. I understand about the subjectivity of flavors and throat hit. It IS insane. I have a couple of sample packs coming from a couple of different sites.

Thanks again for your input. Everything helps.

 

[StevesCVO]

Welcome to the forum. Try swapping flavors a few time a day and see if that helps. Go to something totally different from what your currenty vaping. If I'm vaping something sweet and fruity and can't taste it anymore I'll go a cherry oak flavor that reminds me of Black and Milds. I think like smoking you taste buds just desensitize to a flavor when doing it for too long.