Older Folks and Vaping

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Ken_A

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Well Shoot! DADGUM RAZZN FRAZZN mumblemumble.......

It pays to check the 'old calculator once in a while....
Here I've been claiming that I've been vaping 4-6 mg juice....
I figured I was under more stress or something.. Having all the symptoms of needing more nic, so I've been adding a couple of drops to the 'ol Tumbler every other time I fill it up.
Just went to make a batch, and halfway through, decided to check my numbers, and maybe up my nic permantly for a while.
Here comes the news flash if you haven't guessed it.
When you add the ammount for 4 mg / 15 ml...
You just gotta remember you are mixing in a 30 ml BOTTLE CHUCKLEHEAD.
Um yeah. It hasn't even felt like my lowest @ 3 mg because I've been mixing at 2 !!!!
And thinking that the result was me being under stress.

Ok.
I have a nice 30 ml of 6 mg vape and should start feeling much better now!
:blush: :glare:
 
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Ken_A

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Heh. Problem is that nic helps control my mild depression, and for the last month it's been getting worse.
Just like when I'm under a lot of stress. 4-6 controls it. 3 works ok if there is NO stress. 2 and less and I might as well just sit and cry all day after 5 weeks... And I was getting there!! Probably would have gotten there if I had not been adding drops of 48 to the tank every other time I filled.
You always feel silly once things normalize, but while it's happening, nothing is more real.
 

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Ken, I'm only chucklin' due to a couple o' my past brain farts.

Nic up, cheer up!
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Well Shoot! DADGUM RAZZN FRAZZN mumblemumble.......

It pays to check the 'old calculator once in a while....
Here I've been claiming that I've been vaping 4-6 mg juice....
I figured I was under more stress or something.. Having all the symptoms of needing more nic, so I've been adding a couple of drops to the 'ol Tumbler every other time I fill it up.
Just went to make a batch, and halfway through, decided to check my numbers, and maybe up my nic permantly for a while.
Here comes the news flash if you haven't guessed it.
When you add the ammount for 4 mg / 15 ml...
You just gotta remember you are mixing in a 30 ml BOTTLE CHUCKLEHEAD.
Um yeah. It hasn't even felt like my lowest @ 3 mg because I've been mixing at 2 !!!!
And thinking that the result was me being under stress.

Ok.
I have a nice 30 ml of 6 mg vape and should start feeling much better now!
:blush: :glare:

I made the opposite mistake recently my 3mg emergency vape for when the depression hits ended up 6 mg.......OOOOOPS. ANd I wondered why I was up a 4 AM and still couldn't sleep.
 

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I'm pretty ignorant about charging stations...

Is this "Anker® 25W 5-Port USB Family-Sized Desktop Charger" basically the "same" thing (but with an additional USB port and $7 cheaper)?

Amazon.com: Anker® 25W 5-Port USB Family-Sized Desktop Charger with 5-Foot Power Cord for Apple & Android Smartphones & Tablets and other USB-Powered Devices: Cell Phones & Accessories

Gerry - Anker's a decent brand name. I have one of their external batt packs and like it. Pay attention to the port amp ratings, if they're Ok for you're needs. Also - looks like the total output it maxed at 5 amps if all the ports are in use. So if you're using all the ports it won't be charging/working at each ports rated output.

Well Shoot! DADGUM RAZZN FRAZZN mumblemumble.......


Ok.
I have a nice 30 ml of 6 mg vape and should start feeling much better now!
:blush: :glare:

:toast:
 

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Anker's a decent brand name. Pay attention to the port amp ratings, if they're Ok for you're needs. Also - looks like the total output it maxed at 5 amps if all the ports are in use. So if you're using all the ports it won't be charging/working at each ports rated output.

I have a laptop that's always plugged in and have never been important enough for the functioning of the world to need a cell phone...so all I'll be using it for are my VV's, MVP, eGo-C's, etc.

I originally was upsetting myself that the 2A (and 1A) outputs might "blow-up" my devices that need (I think) only 0.5A to charge. But then a fella in another thread explained that the charger doesn't PUSH power...the device DRAWS power. So my VV, etc. will only DRAW what it needs.

Thus...I'm figurin' even if I have all 5 ports hooked up to 500 mA devices at the same time I should be OK.
 
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Morning,Mike. What's the best charger out there now? I have the 4 bay IntelliChrger by NiteCore and the 2-bay Luc.

The Nitecore's and Xtar's are still reasonably priced and still considered pretty good. One of the 'best' is still the Pila - but that's at the top of the $ chart for chargers.
 

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Having just been through the dead charger thing, I just picked up another nitecore i4. The hubby was doing the research and everything he could find was listing weird battery sizes for the Pila and not the 18650s and 18350s I use. As he put it if we are replacing the charger every 6 months then oh well it isn't that expensive and we know the i4 works.
 

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Having just been through the dead charger thing, I just picked up another nitecore i4. The hubby was doing the research and everything he could find was listing weird battery sizes for the Pila and not the 18650s and 18350s I use. As he put it if we are replacing the charger every 6 months then oh well it isn't that expensive and we know the i4 works.

it only lasted 6 months? now i don't feel so bad.

thanks to a senior moment, i bought a second one. still in the box :facepalm:

then i got an Xtar VP1, cuz the display measures the charge before and after, and i'm too lazy to do that myself.

two senior moments later, i bought two more. still in the boxes... :facepalm: :facepalm:
 

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+1 for backups to the backups. When I was a kid, my old aunt used to keep a pair of reading glasses in every room because she kept loosing them. Now that I'm her age, I want a full-on ready-to-go device always within reach, one for the desk, one for the living room, one for the garage, one for vooping, one for driving.
 

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I have an Xtar charger (not with the display) and love it...also have the travel version (2 bay). I learned my lesson after the Trust Fire blow up so spend a little more on my charger...heck the poor little guy gets a work out every day:laugh: One thing I won't do anymore is charge overnight or if I'm away from home...don't care if it's the Xtar or an Ego charger, just not worth it, I've chose to purchase more batteries so I don't have to worry about that.
 
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