Puffs per cart?

[Twilight]

Has anyone ever just puffed on the same cart until it was empty? If so, realistically, just how many smokes is a cart equal to in your opinion? Assuming you are filling your own premium cart with 25 or so drops.
I personally switch flavors through out the day, so I'm unable to get much of an idea.....I know I'm vaping much more than I ever smoked, that's for sure!

 

[jiveman]

from my experience, 4 or five cigs (if each cig is equal to 10 puffs or so). plus you have to keep it a little wet throughout which adds extra drops, so probably closer to four.

 

[Adrenalynn]

Between 1 and some finite number large enough to be mistaken for infinite by the casual observer.

 

[leeshor]

I personally switch flavors through out the day, so I'm unable to get much of an idea.....I know I'm vaping much more than I ever smoked, that's for sure!

There is a part of the problem. The original question has no real answer because everyone uses their E-Cig differently.

With that said, if you take care of a carto and don't over heat it or over use it, (use it more like you were actually using a cigarette), you could be expected to have a filled carto last for 20-30 cigarettes, more or less. But that's a very rough average and under specific conditions.

 

[Desertfremen]

Lets see. If I vape only 36mg I actually vape around 2.8mL/day in WOWcarts. This is the actual amount I vape, this doesn't include excess juice that I discard since I will never vape a cart totally dry. My total juice usage is about 3.8mL/day. If I'm starting from brand new blanks the total juice usage is 4.3mL/day.

This is about 3 WOWcarts for me; I fit more than 1mL in a cart. Now, before I quit cigarettes I was only smoking about 1.5-2pks/day. This was conservative smoking for me since when price wasn't a factor I easily would smoke 2.5-3pks/day. Since I vape pretty much whenever I wish the pattern would probably be more accurate to about 3pks/day.

 

[Sylvie]

I did an oberservation a bit back...my son and fiance smoke, I vape.. They both smoked their cigarette like normal while I counted how many times they took a drag before done smoking cig. One 9 times and the other 11, same results next time around (both inhale differently)... So I counted 10 vapes as a cig and got 10 vaping session out of a cart (premium carto back than) before I quit using it BUT, really for me 8 vape session should of been the max cause after that the flavor changed and you could start tasting a slight burning taste.. So personally I think no matter how one takes a drag when vaping, one cart equalling one pack of cigs is unrealistic! One carto is closer to being, on an average, a half a pack at most.. This is however IMO and other poster is right, there are too many variables to really get an answer based on facts... Either way, I think 10 puffs is a pretty good number to use to figure out if you are really vaping more than you smoked or not

 

[jiveman]

I did an oberservation a bit back...my son and fiance smoke, I vape.. They both smoked their cigarette like normal while I counted how many times they took a drag before done smoking cig. One 9 times and the other 11, same results next time around (both inhale differently)... So I counted 10 vapes as a cig and got 10 vaping session out of a cart (premium carto back than) before I quit using it BUT, really for me 8 vape session should of been the max cause after that the flavor changed and you could start tasting a slight burning taste.. So personally I think no matter how one takes a drag when vaping, one cart equalling one pack of cigs is unrealistic! One carto is closer to being, on an average, a half a pack at most.. This is however IMO and other poster is right, there are too many variables to really get an answer based on facts... Either way, I think 10 puffs is a pretty good number to use to figure out if you are really vaping more than you smoked or not

i definitely agree with that assessment wholeheartedly. one cart is half a pack if ten puffs is a cig, which i think is about right too.

 

[leeshor]

You, or anyone else, can't be specific about that. If my wife and I both lit an analog at the same time I would normally finish in just over half the time it took her to finish, yet I got way more than 10 DEEP puffs from a Now 100.

Everyone is going to get a different result.

 

[K24A3]

2x carto's equals about a 25 pack of ciggies for me.

 

[Twilight]

Thanks for all the replies everyone! I realize everyone will get different results, I fully expected that. All the responses were helpful nonetheless!

 

[Adrenalynn]

2x carto's equals about a 25 pack of ciggies for me.

At what voltage? What size battery? Does the battery get replaced during that time?

And how about with a dead or non-functional battery?

 

[Twilight]

I think a carto will last forever with a dead battery

 

[sofocused978]

I'm seriously having a hard time telling when a cart is all used up. Drives me nuts wish they had an led or something to tell me. Now I'm getting scared I might run out before my next order ships if they only last half a pack cuz I've been using one cart per day basically, usually taking like 5 or 6 puffs every house seeing when I would smoke a cig the max I would get out of one was like 8 puffs. If its still snap crackle and poping does that mean its still got life? Cuz I puffed on like crazy the first night is still doing that.

 

[sofocused978]

Alright I just pulled apart the cart I put alot of milage on and inside I can still see liquid in there. Weird. Could someone post a pic of a spent cartomizer and what to look for?

 

[Adrenalynn]

I was going to be mean and post a pic of a spent cartomizer - but decided against it.

There isn't anything to look for. Stop using it before it tastes nasty. It's a "feel" you develop over time. We all went through it.

 

[skinny]

It's like Tootsy-pops
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsy-pop?
1-2-3!
HAHA!
I got 200 from mine

 

[K24A3]

At what voltage? What size battery? Does the battery get replaced during that time?

And how about with a dead or non-functional battery?

3.7v (using V4L batteries and a Mod).

But I think the battery is irrelevant. On average, 1 carto lasts half a day (or about 12 ciggies worth).

 

[bones25]

These comments always amaze me....my carts are lucky to last 30-45 minutes....I use 8 or 4 mg and I guess I am a chain vapor. I go thru at least 6 a day....mostly at night, although I can easily use up one on the drive to work.

I smoked a pack of Now 100s/day when I smoked.

 

[K24A3]

Everyone vapes differently so its hard to come to a generic measurement.

If you vape low nic ejuice every 30 minutes and demand a lot of flavour, you will go through much more juice than someone who short-vapes 36mg juice on an hourly basis.

 

[Adrenalynn]

3.7v (using V4L batteries and a Mod).

But I think the battery is irrelevant. On average, 1 carto lasts half a day (or about 12 ciggies worth).

Really? Only half a day with a dead battery? By what process?

5v lasts the same as 4.2 (a fully charged battery) or 3.1v? (a dead-ish battery?)

No - sorry - you're mistaken.

And no - you're inventing an "average" that hasn't been established by any reasonably scientific method.