Scary first experience

[Beans]

ubervap, I am so sorry thats your first experience. It does sound like the nic may be high for you and those pre filled carts are quite awful. Freedomsmokeusa has great juice, very clean. That sale "father" I believe is for 35% off. A truly great steal from them. Please don't give up, try some VG based and go slow. My first experience with the eGo after using GS for a week sent me to my knees. Good luck and were to help you all the way!

 

[melloyello]

i smoked 2 packs of camel lights a day and i was able to vape 24mg...but if i kept at it, i got a buzz. next time you order (if the 24 is a bit much), get 8mg of the same flavor and mix them together, thats what i did after a while.
24 wont kill you and in a pinch i would still vape it today if i had to.

 

[ubervap]

The carts i have aren't prefilled. I honestly didnt do any research on how much to fill the carts expect for watching a quick vid on yt. Come to find out i didnt put any liquid on the ati only about 6or7 drops in the cart till it looked about full. Im not gonna give up yet and will def look at the sites mentioed for some high quality liquid.

To be honest, never realized how dangerous these things can be as far as taking in to much nicotine. Im really amazed at the qaulity of pepople on this forum. You all are awesome and i cant thank you all enough for the all your help.

As some have mentioned, should i go 50/50 mix? Does anyone go with straight VG? Think i read somewhere that VG doesn't give as much flavor but i honestly don't care.

Edit, forgot to say that i was a pack a day smoker for about 12 years. I had bronchitis 3 times in the last 8 months and since then i smoke between 7-10 analogs a day. I def feel a lot better in the past 8 months since i smoke half of what i used to. I go to the gym 5 days a week and can say its been a blessing as it making me smoke even less.

 

[SuziesMom]

I use pretty much straight VG. PG and I just don't get along all that well...

The other thing is to make sure you drink plenty of water- especially during the first few weeks while your lungs are trying to clear out.

 

[ubervap]

^^Mom, do you make your own juices? What symptoms did you experience with PG? Iv been drinking nothing but water since the beginning of the year. Think iv had about 5 sodas since the 1st of the year (proud of myself). Been trying to find VG only based mixes but haven't found any yet. Closest iv found is 80vg2-pg, ill keep searching around. Not trying to spend a lot money on DIY stuff unless I know my body will like it and not have the same effect as the first time.

 

[Critter Man]

Think i read somewhere that VG doesn't give as much flavor but i honestly don't care.

Other way around. PG gives more throat hit, VG gives more flavor.

Welcome to the party!

 

[DonG]

Had a similar first experience. 1.5pad marlboro red smoker so ordered 24mg. With the excitement of the new 510 I overused and had similar symptoms.

quick fix while waiting for lower mg juices: Go to walmart or cvs and pick up a bottle of "glycerine usp" in the skin care isle. just a few dollars. This is unflavord 0 nic VG and dilute some of your juice by mixing 50/50. Yields a 12mg mix which is pretty mild. This was a quick solution for me and made things better quickly without waiting for the mail to deliver a new order.

 

[adam.phillips]

I have a PG allergy. It gives me a horrible sore throat and heart burn, I switched to all VG from AVE and haven't had a problem since. By the way I started at 36mg and got real sick chain vaping for the first hour I had it. Just like the first time I had a pinch of Cope.

 

[swedishfish]

in the OLD days of the forum the advice to noobs on nic strength was always to start low IE 8-12mg. if that worked then great. now most advice seems to run at 24mg ( this is inadvertent advice due to posters telling the op what they are currently using themselves) and HOPE that you can handle it.with most juice vendors also selling 36mg unflavored now (which can be added by the drop to lo-mg juice to save them) i wish experienced vapors would stress the lower nic levels to beginners. deactivating ecf geezer mode.

I think most posters tell people what worked for them to get off cigs not what they're currently vaping because most people seem to lower their nic level the more they vape. According to the polls, that's 18-24.

The fact is if you aren't vaping high enough nicotine level you aren't going to give up smoking. It's not like you only buy one bottle of the stuff and never buy any more (I wish). Buy a bottle of 24 and 12. If the 24 is too high, add some 12. Or if the 12 is too low, add 24. Or mix them together for 18.

 

[swedishfish]

The carts i have aren't prefilled. I honestly didnt do any research on how much to fill the carts expect for watching a quick vid on yt. Come to find out i didnt put any liquid on the ati only about 6or7 drops in the cart till it looked about full. Im not gonna give up yet and will def look at the sites mentioed for some high quality liquid.

To be honest, never realized how dangerous these things can be as far as taking in to much nicotine. Im really amazed at the qaulity of pepople on this forum. You all are awesome and i cant thank you all enough for the all your help.

As some have mentioned, should i go 50/50 mix? Does anyone go with straight VG? Think i read somewhere that VG doesn't give as much flavor but i honestly don't care.

Edit, forgot to say that i was a pack a day smoker for about 12 years. I had bronchitis 3 times in the last 8 months and since then i smoke between 7-10 analogs a day. I def feel a lot better in the past 8 months since i smoke half of what i used to. I go to the gym 5 days a week and can say its been a blessing as it making me smoke even less.

It could be the juice you got. That makes a huge difference. The first juice I got ripped my throat out (came with my kit), same nicotine level from a different vendor was great.

I don't like high VG because it clogs up my cartos pretty fast. For me, but I don't have a problem with juices or PG, a 70pg/30vg works best. It's not too thick or too thin and my cartos seem to last longer. I sometimes get 60pg/40vg in fruit flavors.

 

[mafig]

i am still a novice at e-cig,but with infor i read here..i was able to understand what to expect from switching to e-cig...my 1st encountered was ulcers in my mouth using e-cig..it lasted a week i was worried at 1st(must be the toxins i had from analogs)...but now over a month strictly vaping..i dont have any problem other than see improvement to my taste buds and no more coughing i used to have after 30+ years on analogs..now strictly vaping for me..regards mafig ps we all know each stick of analog ,we smoked-in 1.1mg of nicotine..i was 20+ analog smoker..that means 22 mg+ of nicotine my intake each day..with e-liquid i used 18 mg..that is 18 mg of nicotine in 1 ml of e-liquid..about the same as i use 1 ml of e-liquid each day without 4000+ impurities and bad substances from analog..e-liquid ,i read about 40 and most are harmless..whatever e-cig is much better alternative to analogs for sure..wish i started earlier on e-cig

 

[swedishfish]

Thank you all for the very informative replies. To answer some question i bought the Riva 510 and am using whatever came in the box. The liquids are from Liberty Flights and i only bought 2 small samples to start with. Both are 5ml 24mg in strength bottles, one is mint the other is Va tobacco. I honestly purchased everything as an impulse buy.

Wanted one for a while, tried it at a bbq and ordered a couple days after. There really is a lot to learn and didnt realize it till after the fact. Now i do have problems with panic attackes but my Dr.seems to think otherwise. I get these knots in my chest and i get real nervous but this felt different.

Any recommendations on a good site to order US made liquids? Would like to try low strength maybe 12% vg instead of pg. The only reason i ordered from where i did is because it stated it made in Ca. After some reading im not sure thats the case. Im really glad i didnt go wild and order a crap load of liquid.

That's why. I think they're juice is really harsh. Not a fan at all.

 

[JC Okie]

One of my favorite vendors is VaporBomb.com and I know they sell 100%VG if you want it. Most (many) vendors give you choices in a drop-down menu. Once you get the nic level tweeked and the PG/VG ratio settled, it'll be soooo worth it to stick it out. How much better you felt for those 8 months after you cut your cigarette usage in half....that's how much better again you'll feel when you cut it out altogether. It will be worth it. These are little miracle machines as far as I'm concerned. I kicked a 40+ year habit by using these. Just don't give up....we're all here to help you get to where you want to go.

 

[tybin]

check out the health and safety section. plenty of folks have had reactions to pg that include a sensation of chest tightening

 

[swedishfish]

One of my favorite vendors is VaporBomb.com and I know they sell 100%VG if you want it. Most (many) vendors give you choices in a drop-down menu. Once you get the nic level tweeked and the PG/VG ratio settled, it'll be soooo worth it to stick it out. How much better you felt for those 8 months after you cut your cigarette usage in half....that's how much better again you'll feel when you cut it out altogether. It will be worth it. These are little miracle machines as far as I'm concerned. I kicked a 40+ year habit by using these. Just don't give up....we're all here to help you get to where you want to go.

Love Vapor Bomb. Vaping peach right now!

 

[JC Okie]

Love Vapor Bomb. Vaping peach right now!

They were my first vendor....they're the ones who taught me what the letters PG and VG even referred to! LOL That was a year ago, and I still love them best of all. And I absolutely LOVE their peach juice! I'm also vaping it RIGHT NOW! Ha.

 

[swedishfish]

They were my first vendor....they're the ones who taught me what the letters PG and VG even referred to! LOL That was a year ago, and I still love them best of all. And I absolutely LOVE their peach juice! I'm also vaping it RIGHT NOW! Ha.

I just got dual coil cartos (love them) and unfortunately my peach just doesn't taste as good with the dual coil cartos. Wonder why? Menthol is great with the cartos but the peach loses it's pizzaz. I'll have to use the boge cartos for peach.

 

[JC Okie]

I just got dual coil cartos (love them) and unfortunately my peach just doesn't taste as good with the dual coil cartos. Wonder why? Menthol is great with the cartos but the peach loses it's pizzaz. I'll have to use the boge cartos for peach.

I've been meaning to try those. I've heard (maybe just a theory) that the coils are around 1.5 ohm resistance and the reason they don't pop at higher voltages is because the heat (or power) is distributed. But it means they burn hotter....they just don't pop from the heat like a single coil LR atty would. I'm sure that would affect the taste....esp. of something as delicate (and delicious) as VB peach. I love it on my 2.0 ohm BOGE cartos. And lately I love it on my REO with an LR atty. (The PERFECT vaping machine and the perfect juice.)

 

[aschmidy]

Please be careful and listen to your own body. I am one of the 'lucky' ones who is very allergic to pg. I didn't realize what was going on until I went into anaphylaxis. IF you are really allergic to pg be very careful. I have found very few vendors that use flavorings without pg in them and even that little bit can be dangerous. Johnson Creek Red Oak and EcoPure are the only two kinds of juice I will buy. I use anywhere from 0 up to 36 mg depending on the circumstances. But that's just me.

 

[swedishfish]

I've been meaning to try those. I've heard (maybe just a theory) that the coils are around 1.5 ohm resistance and the reason they don't pop at higher voltages is because the heat (or power) is distributed. But it means they burn hotter....they just don't pop from the heat like a single coil LR atty would. I'm sure that would affect the taste....esp. of something as delicate (and delicious) as VB peach. I love it on my 2.0 ohm BOGE cartos. And lately I love it on my REO with an LR atty. (The PERFECT vaping machine and the perfect juice.)

Sure, rub it in because you have a Reo! I thought maybe it was because I ordered the peach this time in 60pg/40vg.

I'll stick with the cartos with peach.