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[SpiralOut]

Hi!

I've been smoking Marlboro reds for(had to do the math and it startled me) 27 years. Less than a pack a day... not much less, but less.......... nonetheless. Been lurking here for a few days and after reading up on this vaping thing, received an Apollo Extreme kit in the mail today. Smoked a cigarette just before lunch, came home to check the mail, and didn't have another for 8 hours.

I have some questions, but first I have to say how impressed I am with this place. TONS of knowledge here, and I'm glad I found this site to get me going down this strangely interesting road.

Smoking nothing but red's my entire "career", I've become accustomed to an almost lethal "throat hit". If I ever had to smoke lights, I'd cut half the filter off to get rid of those flavor robbing holes. So my question is... is there something that will give me the equivalent to that of a red in that dept? This Apollo isn't bad, but to me, it's kind of between a red and a light. Marlboro Medium maybe?

I should say that I got the tobacco flavored carts.. high and medium. The high may be too high as far as nicotine goes.. I tried em both and it may be too early to tell, but I'm guessing the difference between the two is just that... nicotine content? Going from high to medium, wont affect the hit will it?

Anyway, I have more questions, but it's past my bedtime.

 

[dormouse]

BTW Apollo is a 510

If you want a stronger hotter hit than a 510 try a fat battery 510 - Ego or Riva 510. See them at Liberty-Flights.com and first click 20% off in the upper left. These fat battery models not only have a lot more battery charge, they also can optionally use the hotter low resistance parts (atomizers and cartomizers) which run hotter and use up charge faster. Throat hit is enhanced by heat.

And get some decent juice. It takes a while for a person to find the right juice. For me it was Turkish blends like FreedomSmokeUSA Desert Ship - strong, nutty and a bit pungent and reminiscent of a freshly open pack of smokes. There are a lot of tobaccos there, not all available as samples. Try 24mg in 70pg/30vg or 80og/20vg for more TH.

 

[Chornbro]

Welcome aboard... glad to hear you're giving this a try! I smoked a pack-a-day of Marlboro Menthols... cowboy killers in the green box... so I like a nasty throat hit too!! Dormouse hit it on the head...you need a big battery and some low-resistance atomizers/cartomizers.

You could get a Joye Ego starter kit (also called inferno/riva/tornado... same basic E-cig from different companies) .... all of these are 510-threaded... meaning any atty/cart labelled "510" will screw into this PV. The kit will include 2 batteries, 2 atomizers w/ cartridges, charger... everything you'd need. I'd also suggest getting some low-resistance atomizers too... a lot of different vendors carry these.

The king of throat hits, in my opinion (and many others'), is the low-resistance 306 atomizer... 306s also fit 510 threads... avidvaper.com sells a kit for $20 that includes 2 low-res 306 attys and a drip tip. If you had an Ego and bought this kit (assuming you have some juice, too), you'd be good to go! I must warn you, this setup is a 'drip' setup... less convenient than cartos or tanks... you'll have to top your atomizer off with liquid (2-3 drops) every 4-5 puffs... but they'll be extremely satisfying puffs... tons of vapor, nasty throat hit, great flavor. Dripping can be a pain, but I've been doing it for months... its the only thing that satisfies me!

hope that helps... PM me if I can answer any more questions, I probably wont revisit this thread : )

 

[hairball]

If you are wanting a killer throat hit, first you need to upgrade to a 3.7v device. Next, buy juice to reload your carts or cartomizers with. Add a couple of drops of PGA to it or vodka. The alcohol will give you the TH you're after if you can't find a juice that will work for you. I used to DIY my own juices and that's how I achieved the killer TH.

 

[Daniel.D]

DIY would not be a good idea for you now as you are a new user. For killer throat hit update your device and get a tobacco flavored juice.

 

[rickyhope]

Find out a nice flavor that suit you best is the first you need to do, then big battery and low resistance atomizer may bring you nice TH!

 

[VapingRulz]

A great throat hit is the primary reason why I vape most often with my KR808D-1 from Vapor4Life. I also like a very strong and warm throat hit, but not so hot that it kills the flavor. Vaping with an XL manual battery and a 24mg Wow Coffee cartomizer is the best.

I also vape one of the bigger battery models like what is being recommended to you here (IGo in my case) but I have to say that while it seems to hit harder than the KR808D-1, it does so at the expense of flavor.

 

[prometheus]

I also use either a "fat" 510 or a kr808 for a good TH. The 510 is from a Tornado and the kr808 is a Bloog although I have heard the vapor4life ones are also regulated and work great but haven't tried them yet

 

[SpiralOut]

Thanks for the replies. I guess I didn't have email notifications on and thought this thread sunk to the bottom.

Good info everyone. I wasn't aware this was a 510. So if I bought an ego these carts for the Apollo would work with it?

Thanks Chornbro, and hairball, but I think Daniel.D is right in that I'm not ready yet to be DIY'ing. I like the disposable idea for now, but apparently awesomevapor has something that is marlboro red like called USA's Favorite blend which might get me to at least start filling carts if I can't find something pre-filled. I'm not really concerned about the cost yet.

Would I really need to buy another starter kit with one of these "fat battery" 510's? Will what I got with this Apollo not be adequate.. charger wise? How do I know if it is a 3.7v device? Looking at this Discount Black Joye eGo e-cig starter kit... I dont see voltage mentioned anywhere.

And how do I know what to look for in "low resistance carts"?



I've smoked less than 10 cigarettes in the time I would normally be well over a pack, so I'm gonna continue down this road a bit further and see if I can find what I need.

Thanks again.

 

[guido61]

If your not up for DIY yet., then the right choice would be ego batt + low resistence cartoms.
I really enjoy the boge LR ones.
I've been smoking a pack and half of camel for 32 years and after 6 month i'm dowm from 18mg nic, to 4,5.
Keep it going.

 

[SpiralOut]

If your not up for DIY yet., then the right choice would be ego batt + low resistence cartoms.
I really enjoy the boge LR ones.

boge carts. I'll give em a try, thanks!

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Hello and welcome...
take a look here --- Riva 510 lite bundle kit is 29.99 + 2.99 shipping
third one down on the page
Electronic Cigarette - Starter Kits - Riva 510

get some boge 2.0 or 2.5 cartomizers and you will be happy as can be.,
and yes you can use the stuff from the apollo on it also.
don't forget the 20% discount on top left of the home page

let us know what you think...

 

[SpiralOut]

After doing some more research I found the indyvaporshop.com right in my back yard. woo hoo! I walked out of there with an eGo-T kit which is charging now. I also bought some USA Mix liquid.

After talking to him I realized I might as well get started refilling since it seems pretty quick and painless with this unit.

I'll let ya know how it goes.

 

[SpiralOut]

Here I am 4 days into the eGo-T, and I'm almost satisfied. It's certainly better than the Apollo as far as the hit goes, but I've come to realize that the hit I'm looking for maybe doesn't exist. I have a half a pack of reds left from when I bought two packs a week ago tonight, which I'm pretty stoked about!

As far as the USA Mix liquid goes, I'm not too impressed after reading how it's "just like the real thing", because it's not even close. It's not bad, don't get me wrong, but again, It's probably asking too much to expect to get the same satisfaction out of a completely different medium. Once I realized(and hopefully soon, accepted) vapings limitations, I began to think I might actually be able to stick with it. I LOVE not waking up in the morning and hacking up whats left of my lungs!

Now I'm getting to the point in my vaping career where I think I need to do a little maintenance on the atomizers. One of them (all of a sudden)tastes like garbage... I don't know why. Well maybe... I got home yesterday and saw the condensation droplets in the tank and remembered seeing a video of someone saying you can run water through it to get rid of them and it might hit better? But I found out you can't run water through these things so I let it drain out, blew into it, and got it to what I thought was dry. Filled it up, and it tasted really bad... like stale or something.
I noticed when I help the battery up and the tank was at the bottom, there was a much darker looking liquid in the bottom of the tank. Like something in the liquid separated and was sitting on the bottom. Could this be clogging up something important? I have 24, and 36mg USA Mix and it seems like the 36 is harder to draw through the syringe. Should I shake the bottle before I draw it out?

Anyway, as of right now I have one atomizer that tastes ok and I want to get the other one back up to snuff, but not sure exactly how. I'm pretty sure it's the atomizer because I opened a new tank, filled it and put it on the atty in question, and it tasted the same... bad. Took the tank out of the good one I was using, put it on the "bad" one and it was bad too. I'll do some more research.

 

[smut peddler]

Apollo actually doesn't use 510's. I have smoked Reds too. I have an eGo-T and an Apollo Extreme Kit, and I find them both satisfying, in different ways. I love both!

 

[JWebb]

Welcome SpiraOut to ECF. Everyone is differnet, the eGo gives decent TH, so does the Provari and hte juice feds like the Ali'i and reo!

 

[DaDoc]

Welcome aboard, if your trying to get the killer TH first your gonna have to upgrade to a 3.7v i would recommend the Inferno from volcano it's cheap and fast shipping. second i would get some liquid from tastyvapor and adjust the pg/vg to your licking 20%vg gets a nice TH with a tank-o-mizer on the inferno hope this helps... \\Vape on \\

 

[Ronda]

Hi Spiralout, I'm a new vaper (vaperette?) as well, and I've been reading here about the possibility of WTA juices satisfing in a way the nic only can't. Try a search for WTA, and maybe that'll answer some of what you've noticed. Not that I've been able to find any available as of yet... Anyone know of a source?