Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Three

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DavidOck

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Well I just discovered something weird. I had 4 STM and was building them at 28awg NI200 getting .088 everytime so I decided to get 2 more. The new ones have 4 air settings instead of 3. I did the same build 7 wraps at 3mm and kept coming out .098 first I thought it was the build but after 5 coils I decided it wasn't so I wrapped 6 wraps and came out with my .085 Which is where I like but not sure what the diff is between the 2 heads other than the 1 extra hole but apparently something is. So the old ones I have to use 7 wraps newer ones 6. Go figure.

Is there a difference in spacing of the terminal between the two versions? Extra leg length could account for the Ω difference.
 

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Y'all want history?? LOL I'm lucky if I can remember what happened yesterday. OK, Ok, I'll give it my best shot.

Started vaping at the end of September 2014. I started with a couple of e go sticks and the atomizers that came with them. I started at 18mg after having smoked for over 40 years and at the point of 2 packs a day. In the beginning, I did really well,and immediately dropped down to 1/2 pack a day instead of 2.

After about 3 months, I started having equipment problems, and the feeling that I wasn't getting enough. I became frustrated. My cigarette intake went up. I switched to a variable volt with some Aspire tanks. I forget what kind. It got better again, but I still felt like I was missing something.....got depressed.

Somewhere down the line, I learned about WTAs and switched to an MVP 2 and kept vaping at 18 mg. I tried different tanks and thus far have had the best time with Aspire tanks and really got cooking with an Aspire mini Nautilus. Right now my go to stuff consists of a couple of MVPs and the mini Nautilus and I finally upped my nicotine to 24 mg and I'm out of WTA.

My guess right now is that I'm going to have to bite the bullet and put my hands on more WTA. I'm stressing right now and don't know what I'm stressing about. I feel brain fogged and blah.....plus I'm one of those who has a hard time asking for help.

Do you notice any particular time(s) or triggers for the cravings? Might just using WTAs during those times help cut down on both the urges and costs?


But, but, but - that is what friends are for...

Uh-huh, yep, yes, absolutely! Plus it makes us all feel loved and useful if we can help someone. You don't want us to feel useless, do you?


Well I just discovered something weird. I had 4 STM and was building them at 28awg NI200 getting .088 everytime so I decided to get 2 more. The new ones have 4 air settings instead of 3. I did the same build 7 wraps at 3mm and kept coming out .098 first I thought it was the build but after 5 coils I decided it wasn't so I wrapped 6 wraps and came out with my .085 Which is where I like but not sure what the diff is between the 2 heads other than the 1 extra hole but apparently something is. So the old ones I have to use 7 wraps newer ones 6. Go figure.

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I have several mods that display length of toke but I think my iSticks are the only ones that leave the elapsed time on the screen for a second or two after I release the power button, long enough for me to take a look.

What has surprised me is that my tokes are shorter than I thought they were, sometimes as short as 2.0 seconds and hardly ever as long as 6.0 seconds.

I go mouth to lung so I'd pop before I got to a ten or fifteen second cutoff draw.
 
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Honestly I find it surprising that chaining doesn't help. 10, 15, 20 second hits are no problem for me. Deal is, take a toke, let it out your nose while taking another one, etc, etc, n' so forth.
 

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Honestly I find it surprising that chaining doesn't help. 10, 15, 20 second hits are no problem for me. Deal is, take a toke, let it out your nose while taking another one, etc, etc, n' so forth.

Worked for me but I've seen enough posts by people that that didn't work. They were just missing something and the amount of nic, aside from passing out, didn't help. Never realized how really different we all are until entering the vape world and ECF.
 

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Never realized how really different we all are until entering the vape world and ECF.

But that is one of the great things about vaping - versatility. With cigarettes - you stuck it in your mouth, lit it and inhaled burning particles until you were satiated - not even thinking about what you were being satiated with.

Now, it is what am I in the mood for today - do I want to just puff away at 3.3v and ease thru the day chain vaping or do I want to crank it up and drip into my cloud chaser and scare the neighbors. And do not forget - what flavor do I want to do all of this with. Hmmm, cherry, vanilla, maybe a custard, ahhh why not - Gorilla juice it is (LOL)...
 

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Honestly I find it surprising that chaining doesn't help. 10, 15, 20 second hits are no problem for me. Deal is, take a toke, let it out your nose while taking another one, etc, etc, n' so forth.

That's how we used to smoke in the bathroom between classes in high school. We called it hot boxing. If only I had quit back then...
 

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But that is one of the great things about vaping - versatility. With cigarettes - you stuck it in your mouth, lit it and inhaled burning particles until you were satiated - not even thinking about what you were being satiated with.

Now, it is what am I in the mood for today - do I want to just puff away at 3.3v and ease thru the day chain vaping or do I want to crank it up and drip into my cloud chaser and scare the neighbors. And do not forget - what flavor do I want to do all of this with. Hmmm, cherry, vanilla, maybe a custard, ahhh why not - Gorilla juice it is (LOL)...

I know, I've even branched out. Up to choosing between three juices. :lol: But there are about as many choices as there are vapers. Has BT's undies in a bunch. Equipment too. Let's hope it stays that way. And equipment, I have no idea what half that stuff is they talk about in the noob forum. Used to be you'd tell them to go buy an ego and a PT tank and they were in 7th heaven, aside from the priming, leaking and flooding problems.


Or Pluid... Or....... Crab juice! Eeewwwwww!

Right up the mangy beagle's alley, send it to him.


That's how we used to smoke in the bathroom between classes in high school. We called it hot boxing. If only I had quit back then...

High school? We were doing, and it, that in 7th grade. :( They knew it and only called us on it once or twice in the three years I went to that school.
 

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Note to self.
If you rinse spilled juice off of a Kayfun, take the bottom apart and dry out the inside.

Otherwise a 1.5 Ω coil will read from 4-6 Ω and your device will say there is not enough battery.

3 hours later, and 7 new coils... Finally can vape again.
 

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Am I old enough to be here? :)
As bigbells indicated, the only qualification for our porches is that you be of legal vaping age (18)...
So, since they don't allow people on the site who's age is 17 years 364.25 days or less...

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Note to self.
If you rinse spilled juice off of a Kayfun, take the bottom apart and dry out the inside.

Otherwise a 1.5 Ω coil will read from 4-6 Ω and your device will say there is not enough battery.

3 hours later, and 7 new coils... Finally can vape again.

Eeeek! I would have taken a hamer to the tank after two coils. I salute your your perseverance. :thumb:


Am I old enough to be here? :)

Hope you thought long and hard about that because you're now a lifetime member and can't get out of it. Welcome to the porch Roxy! :) Standard warning: do not sit in a rocker with a funky looking cushion, that would be one of Iffy's acoustic (whoopee) cushions.


Oh... And you may notice a small thread of humor to many responses...
Just ignore the gossip... ;)

Gossip's the best part. And stop spreading rumors.
 
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