Should I lower my nic level?

[Davantrac]

I'm using only kayfun clones and rocket v1's mainly on mech mods and got the ohm of the coils down to 1.0 - 1-2ohm. Builds going well, wicking well no dry hits but fairly big throat hits. Wether it's my builds or just me wanting to drop not sure. I'm using 18mg nic at the moment, should I drop to 12mg?
Can anyone tell me the main reason/ cause of the throat hit?

 

[supermarket]

There are two main reasons why you would WANT to drop your nicotine level.

1) If you are trying to ween off nicotine

2) If you are experiencing unpleasant side effects from your current nic level.


It is a personal choice. No one here can decide that for you.

 

[Davantrac]

But if it's the nic that's giving excessive throat hit????

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

There are two main reasons why you would WANT to drop your nicotine level.

1) If you are trying to ween off nicotine

2) If you are experiencing unpleasant side effects from your current nic level.


It is a personal choice. No one here can decide that for you.

Yup, this ^^^

As for what causes TH, the nic has a lot to do with it - the higher the nic, the greater the TH. PG also gets you some hit - higher VG juices are more mellow. Your build adds to the mix as well, specifically air flow relative to coil placement. You don't have much to play with in that regard with a kayfun, but raising or lowering the coil can have an effect.

 

[Rizzyking]

Dropping the nic level will lower the throat hit or you could go with lower pg but I think nic level would be easiest. When I went from kanger heads to the lemo I went from 18 down to 15 and may drop it down further.

 

[Davantrac]

Thanks Rizzy, that's exactly what I was thinking. Just wanted confirmation that the nic causes the throat hit.
I'm using 50/50 juice so I won't alter that.

 

[oldcaptainrusty]

My Kayfun clone recommends using a lower nic level than you had been using because it is supposed to deliver the nic more efficiently; but I don't know if that is true or not.

 

[Rat2chat2]

If you do not like the throat hit, get some juice that is higher in vg. The nicotine has the most effect on the amount of throat hit in a juice. Would be easy to experiment. Get some vg at Walmart and dilute your juice down. Will lower the nic and increase vg. You may find that this is your happy spot. Good luck to you and happy vaping.

This calculator will let you know exactly what you mix and what nic you will be at.

http://ecigvape.com/combine_calculator.php

 

[twall]

I noticed when building, I transitioned from mouth to lung hits to direct lung hits. That alone made a high nic level unpleasant. I dropped from 20 to 12 to 2. Drippers helped. Dripping anything more than 8 killed me. BUT, once dripping at 2 for a month, even 8 kills, even mouth to lung. Your body will lose its' tolerannce to nic. Soon enough, most any nic will be unpleasant.

My experience, anyway.