Big shout out to Drew and Angie, Thanks for the very fast service and the nice little extras in my package. I will be ordering again very soon..
Hey there needvapor - I can tell you it does have something to do with hoever the factory forumlates their juice vs. Drew.
My current KR Cartoz w/ factory 555 - makes me cough after just a few drags, has a harsh inhale *to me*. I rinse one out real well, refill with 24mg 555 from Drew, even straight, and it is smooth with a nice throat hit, but no scratchy or harshness with the inhale.
I am pretty sure that Drew's stuff is still PG at the moment so I don't know how he does it, but they are way smoother and way tastier!
Take care,
- Hap
Welcome Sky! Sorry you are having soo many problems getting started, but thank goodness you have come to the right place for answers.
I don't know alot about the different models, I have a KR808D-1, which I think is similar to the Vapor King (someone else will correct me if I'm wrong).
What flavors are your cartomizers? I don't think the nic level has anything to do with the coughing. Don't drag on it like an analog but more like a straw. And not as big of a hit as you would take from an analog.
As far as horizontal or verticle, I dunno, I lay my KR both ways!
To clean the cartomizer, rinse really good under hot water and allow to dry fully. You have to take it apart some. There are videos up here about this. I'm just not good at remembering where exactly they are located.
You could also PM Drew and set up a time to call him on the phone. I read the forums for days before I started. I PM'd Drew and one other person asking what I should get according to what my specifications were. Drew made a suggestion and I went for it. The other guy tried to talk me into something that I didn't want to do at the time.
Hope I have helped. Good luck.
What flavors did you get? 555 is usually overlooked by new people because they have no idea what it is, but it's a really smooth tobacco, slightly nutty, slightly cookie, slightly graham cracker, slightly...um...you might wanna try some
A kr808 cartomizer attached to a battery should be fine in your shirt pocket, cartomizer up. It would REALLY have to overfilled to leak liquid into the battery, which can ruin them.
If you rinse out the cartomizer to change flavors, just pop the mouthpiece off and the little silicone ring with a tiny screwdriver or something. Let it dry VERY thoroughly - a couple days! Put it in front of a small fan to speed the process but I'd avoid using a hair dryer. Then slowly drip along the sides into the filler material, wait a bit to absorb, drip a little more. The filler should be moist, but not wet. If you overfill you'll get a mouthful of liquid. If that happens blow from the battery end into a paper towel and let it sit for a while.
24mg is very reasonable for most people just making the switch, especially a Marlboro Reds smoker. The harshness has more to do with the liquid, the model e-cig, and your vaping style. Try long slow drags.
Most people get a dry or sore throat at first. Should go away fairly quickly. Try sipping on something or sucking on a lemon drop while vaping.
Some people never get used to the kr808. But before you give up try some of Drew's liquids. They're usually much smoother than the stock flavors in the cartomizers.
Thank you as well lotus14 for responding and the advice. It is nice to know that 24 mgs aren't unreasonable to replace what I smoke.
So to rinse out a cartomizer I just run it under hot water after popping off the top and then let it dry? If I want to cut the harshness of the ones I have now, can I withdraw some with a needle and then add some VG or distilled water. Hopefully I can get the tops off. I did see it done in a video.
I am not ready to quit trying yet. I will try some of Drews liquid and hopefully they will not be as harsh. I will give the 555 a try but what is the RY4? At first I thought I wanted to get away from the taste of tobacco but now I am not so sure. I would like to try a couple of the fruit flavors but am a little afraid they will be too per-fumy like the ones I have now. I think I would have liked the pineapple, but that is one I about coughed a lung up with.
Hi again alphafemale.
Yeah, I did pick flavors that I generally like. I don't know how to explain how they actually taste to me except per-fumy and harsh. That may sound odd because per-fumy would normally indicate overly sweet and of course harsh is harsh but they were both at the same time. I swear I can still taste and smell that grape I tried yesterday and I love grape.
OK first take a Deep breath.. and relax We are here to help!
I never did get over the Kr808 hits..or the Kanger liquid inside of them! There are many that do love their throat hit, but I am not one of them.
You can blow out some of the liquid inside of the kr808 cart by carefully removing that white wipe with a dental pic or paperclip.. just keep edging around until it budges off... remove the rubber insert ring and over a paper towel blow a few times and this will get some of that liquid out. You can then drip some VG onto the cart filler. I also suggest after putting insert back in and the mouthpiece back on to drip a drop of VG into the battery end of the cart.. this will penetrate where the heavy material surround the cart.. lwt this sit for a bit to saturate. It helps.
I also will suggest any of Drew's HV juice to add to these carts.. it takes the harshness out immmediately and you will get MORE vapor.
OK if this does NOT work for you which did not for me..as much as I wanted to like the carts I had to refill completely with Drew's Juice which is not anywhere near as harsh as the 808 carts or as many vendors that sell ejuice.. it is made by him and many are 100% usa made. If you refill with a Dekang juice you are gonna end up with same harshness.
Remove the mouthpiece rinse under warm water and blow out till you are dizzy.. do this one more time
I did not find neccessary to dry for a few days.. I blew out a few times then put about 10 frops of Drew's juice inside..put back together.. then I dripped about 3 drops of everclear (high proof Vodka) on the the battery ed of the cart.. this will help clean and burn off any flavor remaining. What you wan tto do then is attach to batter and take a few few long strong slow mouth vapes without inhaling and blow out. Then I drip the same flavor that I gilled with onto the battery end..wait about 10 min and vape away!
It is the best to get rid of the harshness and all the dekang fluid.
I am almost finished with a video for this and also the greencig cart. very soon!
Unfortunately Drew is out of these carts that wil work on yours as they are the same.. they are a very very smooth vape with alot less of throat harshness as the kr808. I LOVE them. Drew actually is having them filled with his lung juice! Cant wait till back in!
hope this helps you some! Lori B
PS..I dont know what happened with the autos he had back on site only a few days ago.. I would PM him and ask.