Scientific thoughts on Ecigs

[budster]

Have you ever noticed that when you are in an air-conditioned room, that you get more vapor and taste? It seems that drier air allows for more juice intake or something. When I'm outside and it's humid, I don't get as much flavor or taste...

Lets say relative humidity is at 85%... How much more vapor (VG/PG, water, alcohol) can we saturate into the air going through the PV? Wouldn't it make sense that you cant add too much to the air passing through the PV?

Also, in the same effect, if the relative humidity is 30%, it seems the air drawn through the PV would be able to increase the saturation of the air with juice more easily...

Air can only hold so much moisture, before it condenses into liquid. (juice in the mouth)...

These ramblings are only to start some discussion on the topic, as I haven't seen much discussion on it here. Maybe we could form a consensus on the topic since we have users here from all climates. I think of this theory when I hear users talk about no flavor, no TH and or little vapor production.

Maybe we could create a poll, for those who concisely watch this idea/theory and they too also notice less performance from the PV in different humidity and temperatures... I know I see differences.

Personally, I'd think a PV would suck and perform poorly in a steam room/sauna environment. I also think the same PV would perform just fine in a nice dry air conditioned room. Maybe this is some of the answer to some of the inconsistencies we see with ecigs???

Any input???

 

[DC2]

Have you ever noticed that when you are in an air-conditioned room, that you get more vapor and taste? It seems that drier air allows for more juice intake or something. When I'm outside and it's humid, I don't get as much flavor or taste...

Yeah, I always get more vapor in the air conditioned car.
If I step outside into the heat and humidy the dropoff is very noticeable.

I saw some threads a long time ago and some people were saying it was the other way around.

 

[ricky59]

Yeah, I seem to find in the humid north carolina air (God I miss San Diego) that my vapor really is more noticeable and hangs in the air longer, so I'm of the opposite opinion, but it is purely subjective.

 

[notime4nooky]

i am living in a very strange climate, extremely unpredictable. for example for the last 3 days we have had nothing but rain, and temps in the 50s, but just a week ago temps were in the 80s with clear skies. if i am sitting in my unair conditioned living room with the front door wide open, my vapor production is significantly lower than when i am in my air conditioned bedroom. i never put much thought into why this was, i just assumed my atty was clogged or empty. That's an awesome observation. i am wondering what the effect will b when i move to a much more hot and arrid climate.

 

[Hellen A. Handbasket]

Arizona vaping is awesome! Great vapor all the time. We don't get much humidity here (monsoon storms during the summer make some days with humidity but it evaporates quickly).

Summer is doable here, as long as you don't touch anything metal

It's a dry heat!

(everyone is swimming here today!)

 

[Xanax]

Spot on, Budster. I notice that when it's humid and hot out I get less vapor production as well. I keep my room EXTREMELY cold, I cannot even get comfortable to sleep when my room is hot so it's always around 60 degrees when I'm in bed getting ready to fall asleep. And when I'm vaping in bed I get huge clouds, but outside of my home it's like my atomizer is dying on me. And it's fooled me a few times into thinking it was broken but the second I get back inside it's all better. Nice theory! Never thought of it this way.

 

[zoiDman]

So it doesn't have to do with Temperature Differential?

 

[lookin2quit]

It's a dry heat!

(everyone is swimming here today!)

OT, but I spent most of a summer down in Gila Bend and I don't care how dry it is, over 100 is still over 100. Give me San Diego any day

 

[Rev. Redmond Farrier]

I think it has more to do with temp than humidity. My favorite places to sneak a vape at work are in the dairy cooler, and the freezer. The dairy cooler has very moist, cold air. The freezer, on the other hand is too cold for moisture to remain in the air. Both places give me huge amounts of vapor.

 

[pen-user]

I deffinately notice a difference as well. Thought it to be due to temperature differential. Warmer temps = thinner juice = flooded atomizer. Also, when I started using VG, the difference from hot to cold is less noticeable, and less leaking in my pocket.