Older Folks and Vaping

[Debadoo]

Welcome Gabhla!!! Mike......thanks for the welcome and the info. Appreciate it.

Deb, just be careful what kind of juice you put in that purple one. I love the colors but won't try any until they come in with the new plastic that won't crack if you put the wrong juice in.
Sooooo glad to see that you're back to being yourself today. You just keep on keeping on and you'll be fine. I can totally relate to the insomnia thing. I rarely am able to sleep more than 3-4 hours before I wake up (it's a pain thing from having RA) . When I get 8 hrs. all togetherI'm thrilled. Course that may be be from 4am to noon

Thanks hun. I finally got some sleep last night, about 7 hours, so that was much needed. I don't function on just a couple hours sleep, so don't know how you do it all the time. Sorry to hear about the RA. I'm in constant pain too so I know what that's like. And yeah, I know what it is to sleep just whenever you can, no matter when that might be! I've always been a night owl though.

I did see that about the purple ones the other day, but was after I'd ordered it. I put some Maraschino cherry juice on my juice order (which has shipped...yea!) and then saw the thread about which juices crack tanks etc, so I looked up the 3 types I had ordered and saw the purple one was the kind with issues. But no biggie, just have to remember not to use certain juices in that one. And now I know what the difference is between the two. lol

 

[Debadoo]

Thanks Janet that's sweet!! I'll have to keep that in mind about the insomnia. Hopefully it won't continue, and I did finally get some sleep. And thanks everyone else for the welcomes.

Hiya Hop and welcome!!

 

[Debadoo]

some ppl actually thing some pv's when outdated will be worth money, collector item. I think they need to re-prioritize.

Wow, that would be really interesting! Makes sense, but never thought of that. I imagine a lot of homemade mods could become quite collectible. Unique ones made from various tins and stuff. Kind of like the old metal lunch boxes I used to have. Wish I'd kept a few of those.

 

[Kat56]

Jeeeezzzzz..........a guy would have to quit smoking to afford all these things!!

LOL...well, it sure does help us quit smoking when we think "hmmm, wasting money on cigarettes would keep me from buying that newfangled xxx

 

[MikeE3]

HI All!
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I've been vaping since Jan 4th this year, so I'm almost at the 6 month mark, the day I got my Ego-T was the day I smoked my last analog. It took me about another month to convince my wife to make the switch, and now she's glad she did.
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Hello - nice way to start my morning, reading about a success story. Congrats on 6 months, getting you wife and a couple co-workers to make the switch.

 

[MikeE3]

Is it just for dripping? Is it a tank?

Harley - they are basically tank mods. Look at the picture in my signature line. Although that one (a GTUS) has multiple tops so I can use a 5ml tank, 3ml tank, a drip top for dripping, and a T-Tank top for using an eGo-T B-sytle tank-cart. It's quite flexible. The re-buildable atty's are not plug&play. You make your own wick and coil, initially this takes some patience and practice. It took me 4 wicks and 5 coils before it started working right for me. I've still got some learning to do. Even though I'm enjoying it (the cleanest tasting vape I've had in 7 months of trying stuff), it's not working as good as I read about and see in posts and videos.

The Genisis was a heavens gift for me. I was struggling with cartomizers and whatnot.
Now I just change the "wire" and the mesh every now and then. No more buying this and that what in my case is also important even though I would love to play with all the gadgets that are out there

I hear you Vapon. I enjoy and get the most satisfaction from using an io6 atty for dripping. A few weeks back i went through a bad $pell. The 2 atty's in use both died the same day. Put 2 more into use - both died within 3 days, put another 2 on and 1 died a week later. That was 5 atty's at $8.50 each. It was still less, then I would have spent on smokes but hurt the vaping budget.

I was concerned first because mine has the tank above the wick. My concern was flooding since the liquid goes down.
Until now after 4 month of use not one problem. It just took a little time to get the hang of how to roll the wick and what wraps I prefer but after that it is easy sailing.

The GTUS has the tank about the atty wick also. My 1st 2 wicks were too small in diameter, and I had a flooding problem what with the law of gravity and all that. I did pick up a hint, wrap a thin layer of teflon tape around just the area of the wick that passed through the 'hole'. It tighten up the fit to avoid the flooding.

Do you use stainless mesh? What size mesh,and how thick is your juice? Don't mean to sound like an interrogation LOL, but looking into these myself. Does it have a burn in time (metal mouth)?

The 2 popular stainless steel mesh sizes are 400 and 325 (number of 'holes' per inch). You can read more about the mesh here: The Mesh Company (Warrington) Ltd Super Fine 400 Mesh

 

[MikeE3]

I've toyed a bit with VV and while it's "nifty", I'm very happy with what I use every day hardware wise.

I have to tip my hat to Sailorman on this site as he always dispenses simple and relevant info to the newbies and does not reply to every post with "get a Provari"...

I like VV because i use 2.6Ω attys for dripping and 3.0Ω carto's in tanks. I can adjust the volts regardless of what's attached to my PV to get the same 'vape' at either Ω's of the juice holder.

I have ProVari's and LT's. The LT's basically work as well as the ProVari at a lot less $$$. But neither is necessary to have a decent vape experience and can actually be overwhelming to recommend to a beginner. I try to steer new people away from the cigarette look-alike batts to the fat batts to start with.

 

[txtumbleweed]

Almost all the cartos can be rebuilt now if you have the patience and skill. I'm all thumbs so it isn't something I would try to do unless desperate. I know lots of people that really enjoy rewicking and recoiling their cartos. I do like the replaceable ones though like the Vivi Nova and the Revive E-1 because they are simple to do.

 

[harleydiva]

Harley - they are basically tank mods. Look at the picture in my signature line. Although that one (a GTUS) has multiple tops so I can use a 5ml tank, 3ml tank, a drip top for dripping, and a T-Tank top for using an eGo-T B-sytle tank-cart. It's quite flexible. The re-buildable atty's are not plug&play. You make your own wick and coil, initially this takes some patience and practice. It took me 4 wicks and 5 coils before it started working right for me. ]

Sounds complicated....lol. I'm pretty happy with my Stardust type, Revive and Vivi Novas. I'm really liking the rebuildable clearomizer kind of stuff coming out now....just have to screw in a new piece, and off ya go.

A comment on helping newbies from previous posts: I would never tell a newbie to run out and buy a ProVari...but I would encourage them to look at VV after they get going...like a Lava Tube or a Twist.....it made a huge difference for me in my vaping experience. I would definitely tell them to try a Stardust type clearomizer. The nasty taste of cartos (to me), and the process of filling them and constantly checking them almost knocked me off the vaping bandwagon when I started. The clearomizers saved it for me. In the meantime, I have gotten several people started vaping with KGO kits and some Stardusts.

 

[NGIB]

I almost pulled the trigger on Stardusts but there was always a question to me what version they were, long wick or short wick, etc. Read a lot of posts and satisfaction it seemed was running about 50/50.

The CE3s seemed to be the way to go for me and I just got status that they are "out for delivery" and so is my latest batch of juices from ECBlend. Looks like I'll have something to experiment with when I get home from work...

 

[CharlieGirl]

The new mod from Raidy will be more like a cigaret. You do not push a button anymore, instead you regulate the amount of vape produced with the draw on the mod. It can be set at 100 % and if you then draw lighter you get less vape production.
At least thats how I understand it. It might hit the market late to end of ths year when the patent is through.
I will wait for the reviews but that should be an very exciting development in the vaping world.

HI, maybe I'm not understanding this very well, but how will it be different from the current automatic batteries...isn't that what they do now? No button, just draw to activate? In fact, when I bought my first 510 (Titan from TW) it was strongly suggested I stay away from the automatic and go with the manual batteries because the opening that allowed activation when you drew on it could also be a problem for juices leaking into the battery, potentially killing it. Maybe that's it, they found a better system? I'm confused.

 

[txtumbleweed]

HI, maybe I'm not understanding this very well, but how will it be different from the current automatic batteries...isn't that what they do now? No button, just draw to activate? In fact, when I bought my first 510 (Titan from TW) it was strongly suggested I stay away from the automatic and go with the manual batteries because the opening that allowed activation when you drew on it could also be a problem for juices leaking into the battery, potentially killing it. Maybe that's it, they found a better system? I'm confused.

I like the new automatic fat batts. I've been using the Echo auto for over a year without any problems. Most are sealed batteries now and you don't have the problem with getting juice into them. Janty has an auto battery that has the capability to adjust the draw on it called the Neo but I haven't tried them being as they are twice the price of an Echo.

 

[yiddleboge6]

Thanks hun. I finally got some sleep last night, about 7 hours, so that was much needed. I don't function on just a couple hours sleep, so don't know how you do it all the time. Sorry to hear about the RA. I'm in constant pain too so I know what that's like. And yeah, I know what it is to sleep just whenever you can, no matter when that might be! I've always been a night owl though.

I did see that about the purple ones the other day, but was after I'd ordered it. I put some Maraschino cherry juice on my juice order (which has shipped...yea!) and then saw the thread about which juices crack tanks etc, so I looked up the 3 types I had ordered and saw the purple one was the kind with issues. But no biggie, just have to remember not to use certain juices in that one. And now I know what the difference is between the two. lol

I'm a night creature too Some of us just have different internal body clocks. Can't seem to make my daughter understand that. Back in prehistoric times, when TV signed off at midnight and left you with nothing but a test pattern, I'd still sit up and listen to the radio while I sketched or read.
You'll have to let me know how you like that maraschino cherry juice. I've tried 3 different cherry juices from different vendors and haven't found one I like yet. Right now I'm really liking ECBlends Irish creme and caramel apple from GV

 

[CharlieGirl]

Sorry to hear about the RA. I'm in constant pain too so I know what that's like. And yeah, I know what it is to sleep just whenever you can, no matter when that might be! I've always been a night owl though.

Oh joy, is this the local meeting of the chronic pain/insomnia support group? I KNOW there are other members here too. I don't suppose our age group helps, but it isn't all. Well, if it's any comfort at all, just know that when you can't sleep, I and plenty of others are more than likely keeping you company, sorta. I usually get my sleep in hour increments. Not fun.

 

[mattiem]

I had the problem with insomnia for the first couple of months of vaping. I finally lowered the strength of my nic in the evening and it helped. I think I am acclimated as I can vape whatever now and have no problems. I usually stay up until at least midnight anyway but now I can go right to sleep. Now I find that the higher nic at night seems to help me sleep. Go figure...

The higher nic also seems to help ease the pain of Fibro. May just be in my head but it does seem to help. Perception is everything.

 

[Debadoo]

hehehe, jup I remember those test patterns. I always hated it, but then, like you, would go find something to do. Usually read. I have always been nocturnal and jup, folks just don't get it. My dad would get so mad at me for staying up on the weekends when I was a kid, hiding under the blanket reading with a flashlight lol At least now they recognize that some internal clocks just are backwards! Don't let me forget to tell ya bout the juice when I get it. I jiggled my brain a bunch of years ago, so I forget dang near everything. So if y'all tell me sumpthin and later I act like I never heard it, that's why.

Hiya Charlie and Mattiem! Sorry to hear bout y'alls pain too. Hmmmm I hope it's not the nic at night (hehehe) causing the insomnia, cuz on the juice that just shipped, I upped all my nic. But this happens to me at times. Usually I will wake up every 2 hrs, but go back to sleep and sleep 8 hrs or so, but I don't sleep well and wake up still tired. But once in awhile I get in this thing that I just can't sleep at all for awhile. But hopefully it's over now since I slept 7 hrs. I don't know if it was the PG, the withdrawal, or totally unrelated to vaping/cigs.

Mattiem, I wouldn't be surprised about the nic helping the fibro. I smoked a lot more when I was in more pain and it did help some. I didn't know if it was the nic, or just the pacifier part of smoking, or what. Didn't help a ton, but when you're in that much pain even the tiniest relief is welcome as y'all know. I'm Native American and I learned a long time ago that ashes can be used like a poultice on a wound to ease pain and also help prevent infection, so there may be something to the nic easing pain a bit.

 

[yiddleboge6]

Almost all the cartos can be rebuilt now if you have the patience and skill. I'm all thumbs so it isn't something I would try to do unless desperate. I know lots of people that really enjoy rewicking and recoiling their cartos. I do like the replaceable ones though like the Vivi Nova and the Revive E-1 because they are simple to do.

I received the Revive E-1 and the CE6. The CE6 arrived with a shattered tube and my E-1 oozes juice from the bottom sides of the tube. Thought maybe I had screwed it on to tight for the seal, but second try wasn't any better.

 

[txtumbleweed]

I received the Revive E-1 and the CE6. The CE6 arrived with a shattered tube and my E-1 oozes juice from the bottom sides of the tube. Thought maybe I had screwed it on to tight for the seal, but second try wasn't any better.

That's a bummer my E-1 works good but the ce6 only lasted a couple of days before it cracked.

 

[VapRon]

HI, maybe I'm not understanding this very well, but how will it be different from the current automatic batteries...isn't that what they do now? No button, just draw to activate? In fact, when I bought my first 510 (Titan from TW) it was strongly suggested I stay away from the automatic and go with the manual batteries because the opening that allowed activation when you drew on it could also be a problem for juices leaking into the battery, potentially killing it. Maybe that's it, they found a better system? I'm confused.

The difference is with the one you use you only activate the firing of the batterie .
With Raidys mod you not only fire the batterie but you also determine the draw amount of the vape.
It is like a cigaret. You draw hard .. you get lots of smoke/vape you draw light you get less smoke/vape

With the current ones like you have there is no difference in vape production when you draw hard or light.

 

[NGIB]

The CE3s were in the mailbox when I got home this afternoon (along with a big juice order from ECBlends). I loaded the syringe with my favorite caramel apple and filled the CE3. I wanted to use a juice I know very well so I can compare the taste & vapor with the cartos I use. I let it sit for about 5 minutes and then loaded it on the Epower. Took a few priming vapes and then I let it sit again for a bit. Well, been vaping on it for an hour and I'm impressed. The taste & vapor is near identical to the carto and it's great to be able to see the juice level. No leaks at all!

What I like is the Epower's cone even fits over it and that's neat as it protects it a bit. I'm glad I waited to make the jump into these type units as I've hurried into other hardware and had been a bit disappointed. I'm very pleased with the CE3s so far and the service I got from Discount Vapers...