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vaper1960

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My brother wants to get off of cigarettes, I have mixed him 6mg of nicotine, but didn't help. He smokes Marlboro lights about 15 a day. What nic strength should I mix?
12-18 mg/ml... it can be really hard at first (I was pack a day, 20 cigs, and needed 18 mg so for him 12 mg should work)
 

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Anyone know why this Drag S is SO HOT and burns my lips on a 1 second hit? The recommended wattage is way to high on both coils in that the pod gets so hot I can't stay on it.
I have not used a device that's predicts what wattage to use (and have no interest in that feature) Just set the wattage yourself... start low and slowly work your way up. Is the vapor hot? Also, my limited experience with pods is that you need to take short draws and wait between draws or the coil will get too hot. Are you looking at the wattage setting as you vape? Maybe the settings are not locked and it increased wattage accidentally (really just guessing at this point but it has happened to me before) Does it do "auto-draw"? Don't trust that... remove the pod when not vaping!
 

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I made it 6mg and I mixed 150mls. It seems to me that if I mixed a 50ml bottle of base and put it all in there it would be close to original. Maybe Zazie said that. I am unsure of how much nic to put in though
You mixed 150 mls at 6mg and 5% flavoring, and then you upped the flavoring by 2%. Assuming you calculated the increase in flavoring as a percentage of 150mls, you ended up with 153mls at 7% (actually, 6.86%) flavoring with nic at 5.59mgs/ml. If you want to reduce the flavoring percentage back down to 5% and raise the nic to 6mgs/ml, you would need to add 57mls of base at a nic level of 7.11mg/ml.
 

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You do say some things that are "out there" but I'm a big Alanis Morisette fan

No. She actually played the role of "GOD" in a movie Ben Affleck and the other dude. She was God. I was referencing the movie.

I personally thought Alanis Morsette was talentless little um, gross vengeful creature but then she went to India and that improved her disposition and her music immensely.

"Thank you India' is a beautiful song. My favorite actually.

Maybe one day I will get to go, and have my own disposition improved. IDK could be cool; I had my third eye opened by an Indian Guru my stepdad followed. It is apparently something you hang around decades for, although you know, I wound up PSYCHOTIC and in the hospital for the first time; It was because I was an atheist and treated him politely and he came to my mom's farm to like teach, and I had to do it all. Before he left I asked if we could call my mom in China because she was the REAL house mistress.

He married my mom and stepdad (he, he knew them) he gave me this really INTENT stare an tapped me right in the forehead and like, it made this HOLLOW sound and whatnot.

It was educational, I am no longer an atheist but you know an, "I know you are not in my religion is this cool with you?" might have been nice.

Oh well, gurus don't think like that I guess, they are governed by what gods THEY answer to and ultimately I guess it improved my life faster.

Rajinder SIngh. Quite the religious guy nowadays. So yeah, my third eye can see you,. LOL

Anna
 

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The only thing I have to offer mixing related is that my favorite combination of that toasted coconut mango sherbet is that adding some capella ice cream and sweet cream (not too much!) improves it immensely. It's an okay shake and vape but really gets going after 3 days.

Anna
 

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You mixed 150 mls at 6mg and 5% flavoring, and then you upped the flavoring by 2%. Assuming you calculated the increase in flavoring as a percentage of 150mls, you ended up with 153mls at 7% (actually, 6.86%) flavoring with nic at 5.59mgs/ml. If you want to reduce the flavoring percentage back down to 5% and raise the nic to 6mgs/ml, you would need to add 57mls of base at a nic level of 7.11mg/ml.
I am always thankful when there are minds sharper then mine.
Based on these calculations then, I shall mix up a base of 35mls VG and 18Mls PG and 3.5mls of NIc (100% in all VG)
Thank you very much Zazie and everyone else
 

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    @hittman or anyone else - have you tried the Zeus X Mesh. I have never used mesh so have no idea how hard the transition from my handmade coils to mesh actually is. I want to get a couple more RTAs just in case the no vape mail thing goes through. *sigh* I like the regular Zeus X RTA a lot and I also like the Augvape Intake Dual (which I used as a single coil.)

    Again, thanks!

    I have the Zeus x mesh. The flavor is fantastic but the bad thing is that standard mesh strips don’t fit it. They made it so you need to use their mesh.
     

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    Honeysuckle, jasmine, and milk? Any thoughts?
    The Milk will take the edges off the honeysuckle without altering its flavor, and without ever vaping Jasmine, I'd add that slowly till it's where I'd want it. I have had Jasmine rice and Jasmine tea, so in my mind it'd balance with the sweet and floral honeysuckle. ;)
     

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    Good morning random folks Have you any plans today?
    Just work. And try to formulate this idea for a floral flavor juice. Starting to get bored with strawberry this and lemon that. Most fruits dont taste that good to me and I'm tryna come up with "and now for something completely different "
     

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    The Milk will take the edges off the honeysuckle without altering its flavor, and without ever vaping Jasmine, I'd add that slowly till it's where I'd want it. I have had Jasmine rice and Jasmine tea, so in my mind it'd balance with the sweet and floral honeysuckle. ;)
    The only jasmine flavor I've had was jazzy boba. It was interesting enough. I haven't ordered these flavors yet but will later today. Once I mix this up, I'll definitely let folks know if it was good or not.
     

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    Just work. And try to formulate this idea for a floral flavor juice. Starting to get bored with strawberry this and lemon that. Most fruits dont taste that good to me and I'm tryna come up with "and now for something completely different "
    I tried the florals but they really don’t work for me. However their are lot of folks that like floral vapes. I wish you luck.
     

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    I tried the florals but they really don’t work for me. However their are lot of folks that like floral vapes. I wish you luck.
    I agree about the florals. I have tried several in the past and they are just not my favorite. There was only one eliquid I really liked with a hint of floral. It was a mango, honey, green tea flavor that I was a real fan of. But the floral took a real backseat to the other flavors.
     

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    I can't do florals either. I've been using the same recipes a lot for testing different kits for reviews and am getting a little bit burned out on them. I like to use stuff I'm really familiar with so I can better judge how well they perform. I've got two on hand I need to write reviews for and got a pm yesterday that I've got two pods on the way to review. The orange tart recipe I posted a week or so is still good and I'm not getting tired of that one at all. I'm surprised that so many pod devices are still constantly coming out. I would have thought by now that the market would have transitioned more back to mods with tanks.
     

    Redbird11

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    I've got two on hand I need to write reviews for and got a pm yesterday that I've got two pods on the way to review.
    I'm curious, are like a semi-professional reviewer? You seem to review things on a pretty regular basis. Not that I am complaining. I have really enjoyed reading your product reviews.
     

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    I can't do florals either. I've been using the same recipes a lot for testing different kits for reviews and am getting a little bit burned out on them. I like to use stuff I'm really familiar with so I can better judge how well they perform. I've got two on hand I need to write reviews for and got a pm yesterday that I've got two pods on the way to review. The orange tart recipe I posted a week or so is still good and I'm not getting tired of that one at all. I'm surprised that so many pod devices are still constantly coming out. I would have thought by now that the market would have transitioned more back to mods with tanks.
    I’m surprised at so many pods too.
     

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