Please help! Just quit smoking and started using e-cigs but I'm lost

[basylica]

Holy crap this is helpful. Follow-up Q: when I'm done w/ the juice in a given tank, and I want to clean it out, I can take the head (wicks and coils) out. Can I get them wet? In particular is the coil fine to douse in water/vodka?

Third morning not smoking and it's still maddening. Many thanks for the reminder that the cilia are starting to be un-paralyzed. Focusing on facts like those are quite helpful.

I don't mean to encourage anyone to smoke here or anywhere else - but vaping is kinda a totally different exp. Don't beat yourself up if you can't quit fullstop right off the bat. most of the people i know take several weeks to get off analogs completely and several still have the occasional for weeks and weeks after.
For me I started with a cig-a-like about err...7 weeks ago? and immediately went down to 1-2 a day. Luckily/unluckily I'd bought 4pks before my kit arrived in the mail so I had just opened pack #2 prior (so I had < 3pks left). Then I was getting headaches and not sure why so I went ahead and smoked a few more for a couple days (like 5-6) to see if that helped. I gave about half a pack to a fellow smoker who was short on cash and ended up buying one more pack when I went back up to the 5/6 a day for a few days. I had my last one 10 days ago

Don't beat yourself up if you struggle for a few days/weeks. I think it's more common than not!

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Holy crap this is helpful. Follow-up Q: when I'm done w/ the juice in a given tank, and I want to clean it out, I can take the head (wicks and coils) out. Can I get them wet? In particular is the coil fine to douse in water/vodka?

The beauty of the Vivi Nova is the tank and head can be cleaned. My heads are lasting 10+ weeks and still firing great but the wicks begin to shard/ degrade so I toss them. I use distilled water to clean the heads and tank. If it's a heavier darker juice I'll soak the head (without silicon cap) in PGA or vodka for 5- 10 mins. Most of us have multiple tanks- much easier than washing each time we want to vape a diff juice. Occasionally you'll want to "dry burn" the head. Here's a maintenance vid for the Vision Vivi. Long but very informative.

 

[Baditude]

4) Cartomizers vs atomizers: is this just a difference in taste?
5) Do people trust the Vision products in general?

All of the juice delivery devices (the toppers that go on top of your battery) are constructed a little differently and will perform slightly differently. Vapors tend to prefer one or the other for different reasons. Dripping atomizers have no polyfiller to "taint" the juice's flavor, so many vapors prefer dripping over other delivery devices. A con to dripping is an atomizer can only hold a few drops of juice at a time so you need to continue adding a few more drops of juice to continue vaping.

The following blog article is a piece that I wrote for beginning vapors to better understand the more common juice delivery devices:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3230-1-proper-terminology-carto-tank-what-primer-juice-delivery-attachments.html

The next link is another blog entry of a recommended beginner's setup, with a Vision Spinner video tutorial at the end that you may find to be helpful to you:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3706-4-good-starters-setup-beginning-vapor.html



Vision is one of the leading and more dependable manufacturers of e-cig products from China. I generally have no issues recommending their products.

 

[mkbilbo]

Instruction manuals are the weak link in the world of vaping.

Heh, I nominate this for "Understatement of the Decade".

My Twist had a "manual" that was a scrap of paper that basically said, "It's a battery. It has a dial". It drives the tech writer in me absolutely bonkers...

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Heh, I nominate this for "Understatement of the Decade".

My Twist had a "manual" that was a scrap of paper that basically said, "It's a battery. It has a dial". It drives the tech writer in me absolutely bonkers...

The instruction manual I received with my Vamo was amazing- illustrations, pics and very well worded. A model for other PV manufacturers to follow.

 

[mkbilbo]

Then I pulled out the coil (I didn't like the juice), cleaned it off with a damp paper towel, and put it back in. Now, when I refilled it w/ juice nothing is working.

I see more experienced folk are involved. I'll just say there's a touch more to it than that to do good cleaning. The tanks aren't terribly expensive. It can be worth getting a couple extras (and some spare heads). I have about four so if one or two are drying after cleaning, I can keep going. I just air dry, nothing special, but it takes a while.

I saw someone mention some combination of Tip/Swirl to deal w/ this issue but I've no idea what this means.

Heh, I think I "tip and roll". Take a look as you vape and you see the juice being pulled up ("wicked") the cottony threads (the wicks). You want the wicks to stay wet so when you get down to lower amounts of juice, it can be good to tip and/or swirl and/or roll to get the juice on the wicks. I don't do it often myself. My wicks seem to do a good job wicking up the juice but I take a look now and again when the juice level gets low. Point is, you don't want the wicks to go dry.

 

[mkbilbo]

The instruction manual I received with my Vamo was amazing- illustrations, pics and very well worded. A model for other PV manufacturers to follow.

That is nice. Not to mention, the way it should be. I'm still kicking around the idea of a Vamo. But I recently went a bit nuts with liquids (as in $$$) and told myself I'm doing just fine with my Twists and don't need any new toys right now.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

That is nice. Not to mention, the way it should be. I'm still kicking around the idea of a Vamo. But I recently went a bit nuts with liquids (as in $$$) and told myself I'm doing just fine with my Twists and don't need any new toys right now.

Not being pushy but realize the Vamo V2 model is soon to be replaced by the V3- very ugly and cannot be used with smaller 18350 batts.

 

[findaway]

+1 on the vamo. Amazing device, well worth the investment.

Does this mean I'm still alive?

 

[mkbilbo]

Not being pushy but realize the Vamo V2 model is soon to be replaced by the V3- very ugly and cannot be used with smaller 18350 batts.

Well, ain't in the budget.

Also, one day I think an eVic is cool, the other it's a Groove... then I wake to reality...

 

[findaway]

Well, ain't in the budget.

Also, one day I think an eVic is cool, the other it's a Groove... then I wake to reality...

Vaping gets expensive once you start experimenting and wondering, lol. But, it's still cheaper than a $60 carton week

Does this mean I'm still alive?

 

[mkbilbo]

Vaping gets expensive once you start experimenting and wondering, lol. But, it's still cheaper than a $60 carton week

Tell me about it. I could get up to 2 PAD and blow through a carton in five days. Like, six a month? Ooof.

And the money's been tight the past year... ish? My checking account gave me a very stern lecture about buying toys right now.

 

[findaway]

Tell me about it. I could get up to 2 PAD and blow through a carton in five days. Like, six a month? Ooof.

And the money's been tight the past year... ish? My checking account gave me a very stern lecture about buying toys right now.

Lol.. I'm pretty sure at some point I've spent $45 on a 10ml $10 bottle of e juice

Vaping... What is a cigarette again?

 

[elvenhippie]

they're perfectly fine to clean with water. don't tug on anything, and i'd recommend the last rinse you do to be vodka or distilled water. tap water can taste like garbage, especially if you let it dry in a carto or on the wicks.

edit- opened mouth; inserted foot. little bitty android screen... (i was a bit late, missed the other two pages of responses)

 

[daleron]

I was quite lost myself but i just searched the forums for a few days and figured it out. It would be helpful if one of the more experienced members made a list of all the abbreviations with their meaing,

Check out badditudes blogs, he did

 

[smokingiskillingme]

Thanks everybody. Learning a lot, but sadly still throwing away money on random ..... As far as I can tell the Smok tech tank is ..... Bought the vision mini ego smart kit but that little thing also tasted pretty bad (very burnt, cardboardy taste). Anyone have a recommendation for a small, easy to carry solution?

Man, the desire to smoke analogs goes way up everytime one of these vapes don't work right

 

[EagleTa2]

Holy crap this is helpful. Follow-up Q: when I'm done w/ the juice in a given tank, and I want to clean it out, I can take the head (wicks and coils) out. Can I get them wet? In particular is the coil fine to douse in water/vodka?

Third morning not smoking and it's still maddening. Many thanks for the reminder that the cilia are starting to be un-paralyzed. Focusing on facts like those are quite helpful.

Hey there...I am quite new to this also, after smoking for 28 years. You can do it...just stick with it and done be too afraid of f'ing anything up. I use a clear myself (kanger t3) and after switching from a flavor, I rinse the tank and the head/wicks out in the kitchen sink. Then its off to the workshop and a quick blow out with light compressed air...you could also just let the tank sit and dry out on its own.

Keep to it, you'll get it!

Geo

 

[EagleTa2]

Thanks everybody. Learning a lot, but sadly still throwing away money on random ..... As far as I can tell the Smok tech tank is ..... Bought the vision mini ego smart kit but that little thing also tasted pretty bad (very burnt, cardboardy taste). Anyone have a recommendation for a small, easy to carry solution?

Man, the desire to smoke analogs goes way up everytime one of these vapes don't work right

I can recommend the kanger t3 clear tank... if it leaks they are super easy to fix and super easy to fill and use. It also holds enough juice for more than a day of pretty constant vaping for me. I've also used a ce5 clearo and was pleased with it. I just prefer the t3 because it has a bottom coil so the wicks always stay wet and I don't have to tip/swirl and the t3 coils are less pricey than ce5 coils.

I can't offer you much help, but I would be happy to chat with you and share all that I've learned from ecf in the short time I've been here. People here have been awesome.

Thanks
Geo

 

[Wallelf]

Heh, I nominate this for "Understatement of the Decade".

I'll second that nomination!

My Twist had a "manual" that was a scrap of paper that basically said, "It's a battery. It has a dial". It drives the tech writer in me absolutely bonkers...

OMG, that's funny!

 

[Wallelf]

Vaping gets expensive once you start experimenting and wondering, lol. But, it's still cheaper than a $60 carton week

Does this mean I'm still alive?

I just finally broke even.