Noobie questions

[nate01gt]

I have a KR808D-1. It came will some pre-filled 6mg cartos. Am I correct to assume that if I vape the entire carto, I will be vaping roughly 6mg of nic? And if I refill it with 6 mg juice (about 15-20 drops), can I assume that there is roughly 6mg of nic in the carto again?

 

[mynameisrob]

It depends on how much juice the cartos you are using hold. When it says its 6mg, that means the juice is 6mgs of nicotine per ML of juice. So if the carto hold 1ml, then yes, if you vaped the whole thing youd get 6mgs of nic.

 

[swedishfish]

Cartomizers are a bit like paint rollers. Even if it seems empty to you, there is still juice in the carto. If you ever do a reverse taryn spin to clean out juice from a carto you'd be surprised how much juice they still hold.

That's why it's hard to clean out old juice or to remove all the water if you clean them. Very absorbent suckers.

I think it's next to impossible to determine how much juice you actually vape based on carto fills. You can get a general idea, but it's going to be a rough estimate.

 

[Tersur]

You also absorb alot less of the nic vapeing than smoking.

 

[ThatJoeGuy]

Not only that, but you won't actually absorb/ingest the full 6mg, anyway. I believe the question of 'How much nic am I actually getting?' was discussed in the Info Pages section here on ECF, as well as in several threads. Just know that because of the properties of vapor vs smoke, if you huff down a 1ml carto of 6mg juice, you didn't take a full 6mg of nic into your body.

 

[mynameisrob]

ha nice analogy swedishfish! Thats def absolutely true! Ive taken apart an "empty" Ressurector after I started using a new one and it was crazy how much juice came out of the polyfill. So swedishfish is def right, you really cant know EXACTLY how much nic you are vaping, but you can get a general idea

 

[nate01gt]

Thanks for all the useful info everyone! The reason I'm concerned about the nic level is that it raises my blood pressure. After 48 hours of wearing a 7mg patch, it returns to normal. I'm trying to get around the same from vaping. It would be much easier to use ecigs than a patch to quit.

 

[dormouse]

Yes - if they are 1ml cartomizers. And most standard KR808D-1 cartomizers (Vapor4Life, Volt, Bloog, G6, Kanger horizontal coil, Boge, etc) are 1ml. A 1ml carto is the same thickness as the battery and abut 1.5 inches long.

And technically 20 drops is 1ml. But bottles have drops that vary in size so it could be more than 20 drops to make an ml. it depends on the bottle.

BTW - I would never run a carto dry. That's how you singe them. I keep cartos damp and can get 7+ days use out of each.