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[VaVaunt]

Hi Voltville
I've been under the weather the past couple of days, so mostly reading when I can. Have a question though. I just ordered a bunch of the multicolored ends caps and am wondering if they are soft or hard. It doesn't say on the site(?) Thanks
Jacki

 

[marlou]

Hi Voltville
I've been under the weather the past couple of days, so mostly reading when I can. Have a question though. I just ordered a bunch of the multicolored ends caps and am wondering if they are soft or hard. It doesn't say on the site(?) Thanks
Jacki

They are just like the ones that come with Volt cartos, except they're colored.

 

[Imagine]

they are soft they are the exact same as the ones that come in the cartos only colored

Hi Voltville
I've been under the weather the past couple of days, so mostly reading when I can. Have a question though. I just ordered a bunch of the multicolored ends caps and am wondering if they are soft or hard. It doesn't say on the site(?) Thanks
Jacki

 

[Imagine]

ginx!! we even said it the same way haha

They are just like the ones that come with Volt cartos, except they're colored.

 

[SandySu]

SandySu, I'll just add my 2¢ on the differences in how we make the switch to vaping. I discovered that giving up cigarettes completely all at once is a mental thing with me. There may be some other reasons, but this is the one I know and am dealing with.

My first attempt at switching was two years ago and wasn't successful. I was using a 510 mini, not very good juices and I didn't smoke at all for over two months. Then I drifted back to smoking, even though I continued to vape. The beginning of May I decided to give it another try and was very motivated about it. I upgraded my 510 to the 510-T and then got the eGo-T. That helped me be satisfied with 3 cigs a day. After I found and started using Volts I easily got down to 2 and then 1 cig a day. Lately I find there are some days I actually forget to smoke the one. I am not going to deliberately stop allowing myself one a day, and have hopes that I'll eventually just skip more and more days.

I made my own cigs for some years and don't know if having packs around would work the same for me. I have to get out my supplies and make the cig before I smoke it. The reason I say it's mental is because I have no physical cravings to smoke. I think it's the ritual thing. I'm afraid if I didn't let myself have that one each day I would begin craving them. The way I see it is that if I continue to smoke one a day for the rest of my life I'm still way ahead of the game.

I'm almost nine months into it this time. vaping is very satisfactory and enjoyable to me and I continue to have no cigarette cravings. I know what I'm doing is a little weird and wouldn't work for everyone, but so far it's working for me. I just wanted to share this with you so you know that some of us don't just quit cigs cold and that there are many ways to fight this battle.

The problem with fighting the mental issues is that it's hard to out-fox yourself, because 'yourself' always knows what you're doing.

Thanks for that. I believe I'll find a way, but I'm groping in the dark now. I have an attitude that it'll just happen, and then other times, I wonder if that's just an excuse to keep smoking, and I have to make it happen. I don't know. It just happened with a lot of people, like you, and I'd certainly prefer that, rather than having a huge fight with myself. If I could have one cigarette a day and be happy, I'd do it. Certainly if I vape, I can avoid several cigarettes. With me, I think it's a combination of physical and mental. I have to figure out both angles, but I thought I'd start with the physical aspect, which might make the mental aspect easier to deal with.

Like some others here have said, when I got into e-cigs, I had no idea of giving up smoking. I thought I could do it sometimes, and the novelty appealed. But now I'm more motivated to quit smoking or at least limit the cigarettes. If I can reduce them to the number you smoke, I think they might start tasting nasty, and that might finish them for me.

Speaking of taste, I'm still vaping the peach from last night, and it's beginning to taste a little too sweet. Time to change before that flavor gets overused, too.

OK, it's cinnamon, in memory of the lost bottle, may it return home from wherever it ran off to.

 

[marlou]

Must be true, Imagine. Great Minds Think Alike.

 

[marlou]

SandySu, I'm pulling for you! And I have every faith that you'll find a way.

I'm sorry but I can't remember if you've ever posted what nic level you use. I had to use 24 mgs at first. Now I'm down to 18 mgs. You have to have a nic level high enough to fight the physical cravings.

 

[SandySu]

SandySu, I'm pulling for you! And I have every faith that you'll find a way.

I'm sorry but I can't remember if you've ever posted what nic level you use. I had to use 24 mgs at first. Now I'm down to 18 mgs. You have to have a nic level high enough to fight the physical cravings.

I mostly use 6, but sometimes up to 18. Any higher and I cough, which isn't much fun, so then I don't want to vape. Actually, some higher nic levels seem more tolerable lately, so I may get new juices in higher levels when I buy more. Perhaps the higher nic would help. My reasoning is that if I use a lower level and just vape more, I'd be getting just as much nic as at a higher level. I also think I can tolerate higher levels with some flavors, and other flavors are harsher, but I'm not sure of that. It might just be what mood I'm in, too.

Vaping is so complex! There's so much to figure out! With cigarettes, you just light one up. Of course, then you stink and worry about spilling ashes on yourself, burn holes in your clothes, panic if you drop one in the car while driving, and a hundred other inconveniences. Everything's a trade-off.

 

[marlou]

SandySu, lol....it's me again.

I forgot to add I hope you find the missing bottle! A couple of days ago I couldn't find one of my batteries. Looked on the desk, under the desk and around the desk. Not there. I even searched through the house, though I was sure I hadn't carried it away from the desk. No battery. I finally found it in my pen & pencil holder. I keep my batts in a miniature A&W mug near that holder and for some unknown reason put it in the wrong container. When you find the missing bottle be sure to let us know where it was. lol

 

[Wuzznt Me]

They are just like the ones that come with Volt cartos, except they're colored.

they are soft they are the exact same as the ones that come in the cartos only colored

There's an echo in this thread lol. Uh oh, and Echo in the Volt thread??? Not cool.

 

[marlou]

I mostly use 6, but sometimes up to 18. Any higher and I cough, which isn't much fun, so then I don't want to vape. Actually, some higher nic levels seem more tolerable lately, so I may get new juices in higher levels when I buy more. Perhaps the higher nic would help. My reasoning is that if I use a lower level and just vape more, I'd be getting just as much nic as at a higher level. I also think I can tolerate higher levels with some flavors, and other flavors are harsher, but I'm not sure of that. It might just be what mood I'm in, too.

Vaping is so complex! There's so much to figure out! With cigarettes, you just light one up. Of course, then you stink and worry about spilling ashes on yourself, burn holes in your clothes, panic if you drop one in the car while driving, and a hundred other inconveniences. Everything's a trade-off.

LOL... that's a priceless post! Very true, but your delivery made it so funny.

Most people have a period where they cough in the beginning. Mine lasted for about a week. Perhaps if you vaped more of the 18mgs you would get used to it. Taking shorter draws helps to keep you from coughing. That's what I did for that week when it made me cough. I agree with you that some flavors are harsher and more inclined to cause coughing.

 

[crbrown]

SandySu, Have you tried replacing your smokes with vaping one by one? Spend some time getting to know your smoking habits. If there is a trigger, like a after meal or 1st one in the morning then replace just one of those with vaping (might save the higher nic for this) and then when you have adjusted to that one, move on to the next one.
Maybe its just be a matter of retraining yourself.

 

[SandySu]

SandySu, lol....it's me again.

I forgot to add I hope you find the missing bottle! A couple of days ago I couldn't find one of my batteries. Looked on the desk, under the desk and around the desk. Not there. I even searched through the house, though I was sure I hadn't carried it away from the desk. No battery. I finally found it in my pen & pencil holder. I keep my batts in a miniature A&W mug near that holder and for some unknown reason put it in the wrong container. When you find the missing bottle be sure to let us know where it was. lol

Thanks for the missing bottle vibes. I hope I find it, too. When Bill got home from work last night, he suggested the cat might have found it, played with it, and then it skittered under some piece of furniture. That's a possibility. I'm thinking of vacuuming today, and maybe it'll turn up when I go into all the nooks and crannies.

 

[cindycated]

My only thought on quitting smoking by vaping is that yeah, you can play mind control games with yourself, but sometimes, when you try too hard to fight the temptation, you actually give it more power. Maybe it would be better to just say "I quit smoking. I vape now." Say it to yourself, say it to your friends, and it becomes a commitment. Then you make that happen at all costs, if for no other reason than to save face, or win the game.

I'm one of the lucky ones. I quit smoking the minute I got my first starter kit - in fact, the 1 1/2 packs of analogs I had left is still sitting in the freezer (from last May - dang, I really have to clean out that freezer). They just really don't do anything for me anymore. And this affirmation is what worked for me. Sure I had to fight through the cravings and withdrawals (which never really lasted that long), but even then: If I needed to vape more, I just vaped more; if I need to go to bed a little earlier, I went to bed earlier. Stuff like that. Figured it was just me adjusting to the new digs. Just saying, if you're gonna play mind games, make it a positive one (I vape now) instead of a negative one (I can't smoke anymore). Your mind doesn't like feeling deprived of anything.

Well, OK, maybe two thoughts...I agree with Marlou on the nic level. If someone's been smoking say, Marl Reds for 30+ years and they're only vaping 6mg, success is gonna come really hard. If there's too much throat hit with higher nics (makes you choke, makes you cough, etc.), maybe adjust inhaling technique, or go for more VG content, or...I dunno. Lots of ways to do that, right? And you don't have to jump to 18. Try 12 for awhile. Or even 9 (some places will do that).

But like Imagine always says, every analog skipped is an analog skipped...just sharing my thoughts...

 

[Wuzznt Me]

I mostly use 6, but sometimes up to 18. Any higher and I cough, which isn't much fun, so then I don't want to vape. Actually, some higher nic levels seem more tolerable lately, so I may get new juices in higher levels when I buy more. Perhaps the higher nic would help. My reasoning is that if I use a lower level and just vape more, I'd be getting just as much nic as at a higher level. I also think I can tolerate higher levels with some flavors, and other flavors are harsher, but I'm not sure of that. It might just be what mood I'm in, too.

Vaping is so complex! There's so much to figure out! With cigarettes, you just light one up. Of course, then you stink and worry about spilling ashes on yourself, burn holes in your clothes, panic if you drop one in the car while driving, and a hundred other inconveniences. Everything's a trade-off.

And that's not complex?

One thing I found when transitioning is that as long as I was doing something like watching tv, driving, on the puter etc. and kept my ecig in my hand (using a high mg) I had no urge to smoke. I was keeping a flow of nic in my body. It was when I got busy doing something like working for a while and stopped for a break, when I usually lit up, I would get an instant craving. At that point my first thoughts were to instinctivly grab a cigarette, not a vape. I thought that normal since that's the way I had responded to it so many years and vaping was still fairly new. If I forced myself to take three or four drags off high nic juice the thought left. I went from March to the end of July that way, not smoking but still struggling occasionally, as my Rivas, Egos, mods etc. were too inconvenient to carry in my pocket without getting hot pockets or in danger of breaking them. When I got my Volts Sandy Su came up with the idea of cheap (string type) eyeglass holders from WallyWorld used as a lanyard. Now when I'm outside working my Volt is always hanging in front of me and it's effortless to take a vape. Especially with one of the soft tips where I can hang it from my teeth and keep working if I choose. Now that has become a learned response to the craving and it seems the normal thing to do. As somebody else said I have to be careful about trying to trick myself. Wherever I go I always take "me" with me. We're all pulling for you SandySu. Hope something some of us says helps you. I've got faith that you can and will achieve your goals.

 

[cindycated]

There's an echo in this thread lol. Uh oh, and Echo in the Volt thread??? Not cool.

No, Wuzz- that's paraphrasing, right? I thought that was a good thing.

 

[Staceylt40]

Okay now this is pink. I am very very pleased with my glitter pink and the tips I ordered. Thank you SI and Imagine.

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[Esoterica3]

I've never tried them, though they were mentioned in passing in my WTA research. Apparently not much of the WTA gets into them. It sounded like WTA juice would be more effective. I may look into them at some future point. Do you have any you'd recommend? Do they only have tobacco flavors, or is there a complete range of flavors as is the case with regular nic juice?

The tobacco extracted juices are always going to be tobacco bases, though there are some with other flavors.

Vaperite Electronic Smokeless Cigarettes, Natural and Organic Vape e cigarette Juices has some great ones and also do organics. My favs are the house extracted, APV organic, VR4 organic (like ry4 only better), Madagascar vanilla. Not a huge fan of just the regular organic extracted though. They offer sample pacs but my original order was for the house extracted and apv organic, and since you get a free 3 mil sample of your choice with each bottle it was a good deal...and those 2 remain my favs

I get them in the 24 nic, and with the extracted juices, using a manual battery is best as the draw is sometimes tighter and you get a better hit with the manuals.

I also have some from goodejuice that I haven't tried yet but it's supposed to be a good company.

 

[VaVaunt]

Imagine, I'm in love with the new soft tip (drip tips?) The color coding will allow me to choose one color to use a a 'share' with someone wanting to try them, and the rest for me. Plus no transferance of germs, the main point. I will be placing another order near the first of the month, will they be in stock by then?
Jacki

 

[rave]

I too smoked roll your own cigarettes for years before switching to vaping like Marlou. Yet, like Cindycated, I quit overnight as soon as I tried vaping even though I'd smoked for 42 years. It was accidental - not a conscious decision to quit. I wonder how much that had to do with it - and if using RYO cigarettes (with less chemical additives) made the transition easier. Guess I'll never know, but I'm sure glad that I did. I only wish it was as easy for everyone as it was for me.