Really frustrated :-(

[strkaholic]

Could it be that you're getting a cold?

I do remember when I had "bad days" smoking analogs, nothing taste good.

I have been lucky all winter and not had a single cold so maybe you are right and my luck has run out. I don't feel like I am, at least not yet. One of my wards has a cold so its definitely not out of the realm of possibilities. I am going to hope this is not the problem though .

 

[strkaholic]

Also maybe unscrew the atty a bit while u are trying to get a hit.Maybe they have a sweet spot.

Will try this for sure...thank you!!

 

[strkaholic]

wheew I got 100 post!!

Congrats!!!!

 

[stover.p]

Sorry to say most people have a few days like you're describing every now and then. Mine happend last week when I was really stressing at work. Not a good time! But in my head I knew I was getting the nic I needed just not the "feeling" I wanted. I just rode the storm out and you can too! This too, in time will pass.

Just hang in there! I know it sounds lame when all you want is a good vape but it will return and you'll be all warm and fuzzy again soon.

Good luck!

 

[strkaholic]

Hi,
I'm going to let you all know that if you fill the cart up and put it on, you need to hold the eGo up a little bit (gravity pulls liquid down).
This happened to me but I also filled the cart half way, put in my filler and dripped the liquid on the filler until just moist.
When I put the cart on the atty, I lined up the 'oval' shape of cart to the 'oval' shape of the coil box inside atty. After this, I would point the eGo up a little so not all the juice would go into the atty and still do this after 7 months of vaping. Became second nature for me. Let the wick take the juice it needs and as the vapor just starts to get less point the battery down then Horizontle again..
This works as you know the Laws of Gravity!
stubear62

What if I'm just dripping? Should I try to let some of the juice drain out a little without letting it get to the cart? I just an empty cart when I drip. I tried highping's mod but I don't think I have the right filler material. I bought some batting at Hobby Lobby but they had so many different choices that I must not have gottent he right kind as I didn't have much luck with it. As a result, I started dripping. I've used the ergonomic cushion off a pen for a drip tip of sorts (saw a you tube of that) but really prefer just an empty cart. I've blown out the atty's, put them back in and taken a few hits but still did not get a decent hit. Put no more than 2 drops ont he atty and there goes the gurgling sound again. I just don't get it. I try one drop and it's not enough and two gets me gurgling. What I don't understand is why its worked just perfectly before and not now. I guess that's why I'm so frustrated and whiny.

 

[strkaholic]

Ok, I have days when I cannot get a decent hit...or when I have vaped too much and too often in one day that vaping feels more like breathing...cannot feel it, can only see it. When this happens, I french inhale...makes me sneeze every time but I get a "hit" albeit it in my nose.

How do you french inhale?

 

[uba egar320]

I would get so torn up from not getting any vape that I think I was hitting it diff than I normally do.Sometimes you have to take slower longer drags.How much old liquid is coming out when you try to blow through it?DO you have any atty's that you have not tried to clean(put in water or solvent) I have never had any luck doing this.I think if anything it killed a decent atty.

 

[strkaholic]

If your battery connection is clean & dry and you've blown out the flooded attys and are still not getting flavor, but getting TH and vapor then it is not the equipment.

If your atty gets hot, but there is a very slight flavor, no vapor and no TH, then it is flooded and adding more will just make it worse. Best to blow it out, real well, and do a quick dry burn. Then blow it out again and try another dry burn. Then try 2 drops and a vape to see what happens.

OK, I did this..I blew it out until I was literally red faced and did a dry burn, blew it out again and nothing was comming out of it anymore. I put two drops in and still nothing satisfying. I hear the atty doing its thing when I dry burn so I know its got to be working correctly. I think this is why I keep flooding it. After doing what you suggested and putting in two drops and still getting nothing satisfying, I put more in and flood it. I'm not going to put any more in now though and just puff this out before I try another juice to see if that one works. Thank you..at least the atty is not flooded now .

 

[uba egar320]

Does it have an auto shut off on the switch?If so maybe try and fool it by releasing the button mid hit and press it again.Eventually you are going to get this thing figured out!!

 

[strkaholic]

I've found that sometimes when I get really dehydrated my taste buds seem to dull. Drink lots of fluids and they seem to come back. I also find that when I drink something with an artificial sweetner in it (I tend to make my own iced tea throughout the day) that some of the sweetness transfers to the taste of my pv.

Hope that helps some

Had not thought of this and its a real possibility. I drink Diet Coke like its going out of style. When I started vaping, I would find myself really thirsty all the time and was drinking a lot of water..something I never drank. In the past few days, I've gone back to drinking more diet coke than water again. I'm not feeling the thirst I was feeling before which I know was from the PG. What I don't know is why? Is it because of the problems I"m having that I"m not getting the amount of PG I was before or something else and if something else, is that what is causing the problems I'm having? Only way to find out is to start drinking more water, even though I'm not thirsty and see what happens. Thanks for the suggestion!!!

 

[Switched]

Is it normal to have really bad e-cigarette days where you can't seem to get a good hit no matter what you do? I flooded the atty I don't know how many times trying to get a decent hit. The battery was newly charged, the atty is working..I tried 6 different ones. Nothing tasted right or really all that good and by nothing I mean, every liquid I have. I'm using an eGo and I'd catch myself not pushing the button right and when I did, talking such a long drag that the cut off happens and still not getting a good hit, then putting two drops on the atty and finding it flooded. NOTHING I did yesterday worked to the point that I was ready to say "Eff" it and have a cigarette (but I didn't). This morning, same thing, so far I've flooded it once :-(. I've tried various different types of fillers but have been dripping for the most part with no problems, until yesterday of course.

I've had nothing but a great experience to date since April and have been analog free since about the 13th of April or so but I'm so frustrated right now that its stressful. Why if its been working so well for me to this date, why can't I do nothing right all of a sudden? Why do none of the liquids taste good or the same?

OK..mini melt down over :-(.

2 words

Monoamine Oxidase Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition

Nicotine is only mildly addictive compared to the other 3999 chems in cigs. MO has lasting effects from 8-10 weeks after quitting. I believe you are having one of those triggers. Read on:

Vaping and Satisfaction - E-Cigarette Forum

The moon and vaping - E-Cigarette Forum

My demons visit less frequently now. When they do they are met with 30mg of Dark Vapure (mixed at 12%) or Cuban Supreme. 3 hits and they are gone. I regularly vape 24mg

 

[Grenage]

Ultimately, I found that for me, switching to a very flavorful juice unlike anything I had tried before was extremely helpful. I purchased some Atomic Cinnacide from Tasty Vapor and finally, I could taste something again. I used the Atomic Cinnacide exclusively for a couple or three days, then began trying some of my other juices again, and found I could taste them, and they tasted good again. It's almost like our tastebuds get numbed by exposure to the same flavors

Absolutely. Swapping flavours can really help, as can ensuring you are adequately hydrated.

How do you french inhale?

You pull the vapour/smoke into your mouth as normal, then open your mouth a bit and let it flow out. You then inhale through your nose! Youtube will have good examples of nippers looking cool.

 

[strkaholic]

Sorry to say most people have a few days like you're describing every now and then. Mine happend last week when I was really stressing at work. Not a good time! But in my head I knew I was getting the nic I needed just not the "feeling" I wanted. I just rode the storm out and you can too! This too, in time will pass.

Just hang in there! I know it sounds lame when all you want is a good vape but it will return and you'll be all warm and fuzzy again soon.

Good luck!

Thanks Stover! It is good to know that others experience this and that it does pass because the alternative is not an option. I don't ever want to go back to smoking. If none of the great solutions I've received do the trick, I'm definitely going to just keep repeating "It will pass" over and over.

 

[Happy Domino38]

I'd suggest cleaning the contacts too..use a Q-Tip and some rubbing alcohol and clean off the battery where the atty screws in.

Keep us posted!

 

[Jonmo1]

OH YES, french inhale is a sure fire way to get a good hit.
I did it just now and my head started swimming like it did 23 years ago with my first cig.
Not recommended to inhale that way regularly, just once in a while..

 

[strkaholic]

2 words

Monoamine Oxidase Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition

Nicotine is only mildly addictive compared to the other 3999 chems in cigs. MO has lasting effects from 8-10 weeks after quitting. I believe you are having one of those triggers. Read on:

Vaping and Satisfaction - E-Cigarette Forum

The moon and vaping - E-Cigarette Forum

My demons visit less frequently now. When they do they are met with 30mg of Dark Vapure (mixed at 12%) or Cuban Supreme. 3 hits and they are gone. I regularly vape 24mg

Well..I'll be dammed. OK, I usually vape at 24mg but do have some 36 MG and even 48 MG Nicotine for DIY (but I don't ever want to go that high). I did try 36 mg last night but maybe by then, I was so frustrated and my atty's were all so worn out from my constantly flooding them that nothing was going to work anyway. I'm still trying to make sure I vape the 2 drops I used after doing what Hoosier suggested and need to finish reading the moon and vaping but I will say this, if nothing else, just being able to talk about it and to know that others experience the same things has helped trememdously.

Thank you to all!!!

 

[uba egar320]

You'll get it!!I've become so paranoid of anything like that ever happening to me again that I have devices stashed all over!Extra screwdriver MKII in my glove box,atty's at work in car.I know not everyone wants or can get a bunch of extra stuff,but it sure does make me feel better!

 

[strkaholic]

You'll get it!!I've become so paranoid of anything like that ever happening to me again that I have devices stashed all over!Extra screwdriver MKII in my glove box,atty's at work in car.I know not everyone wants or can get a bunch of extra stuff,but it sure does make me feel better!

The experience is getting a bit better. Not sure if its the water I'm drinking, or blowing out the atty so many times or what. I'm still not getting a good hit, but the flavor is getting better. Right now, I"m vaping TV 24mg 20% VG Tobacco/Caramel. As soon as I feel that I've definitely vaped this close to dry, I'm going to try my Dulce de Leche with is also 24 Mg but 35% VG.

I've cleaned out as much of my savings as I can for e-cigs so what I've got is what I'm going to get. I hope I'm cleaning my atty's correctly to give them the most life that I can. I do blow them out and the ones that I"m not using are stored in a clean, dry, cool place with a drop of PG and capped with an empty cartridge. I carry an extra atty and extra battery with me at all times and of course the charger. I was so frustrated yesterday that I vaped so much my eGo battery only lasted me 4 hours..now that's bad :-(.

Again, you guys all ROCK. That's just all there is to it. Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of this great community.

 

[stover.p]

You pull the vapour/smoke into your mouth as normal, then open your mouth a bit and let it flow out. You then inhale through your nose! Youtube will have good examples of nippers looking cool.

I just tried this and someone walked into my office and asked why I was making stupid faces...............I can't do it. I won't dare try at work again.....

 

[Happy Domino38]

I just tried this and someone walked into my office and asked why I was making stupid faces...............I can't do it. I won't dare try at work again.....

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one that can't seem to master the French Inhale!!

I guess that's why we're friends to the end, Stover!!

P.S. If you just meant that you can't do it again at WORK, please don't bust my bubble...