Alrighty, here's my situation:
I'm just shy of 4 months analog free. My first bottle was 24 mg but that was too much. Switched to 16 almost right away. Vaped that for about a couple months.
Then I switched to 8. Noticed I wasn't getting the feeling in my chest as much upon the inhale. Is that "throat hit"? Or is throat hit actually in the throat? I don't want to feel it in my throat. That feeling has always been associated with harsh smoke, as in smoking those left-hand cigarettes, which in that case is worth it. But other than that, I like a smooth transition through my throat but I like to feel it hit my lungs. That's how I knew cigarettes, and later my vaporizer, were doing their jobs.
So, once I started vaping 8 mg juice, and couldn't feel it as much, I didn't want to go back to the 16 mg juice. That'd be taking a step backwards in my opinion. Hence I bought a Lavatube thinking the device would put out more vapor and give me the chest hit I wanted. Well, it does make more vapor, but the chest hits are still not there.
I have no plans to stop vaping anytime soon. I like it too much. But I don't want to be dependent on nicotine either. There have been a few times in the last few days I've accidentally been unable to vape and I didn't freak out about it as I would have if I left my cigarettes somewhere. I was quite happy about that.
I don't know the PG/VG ratio of Volcano juices but that's what I've been vaping thus far. I know there are others, but I've been sticking to the Volcano so far because the store owner has been so good to me and I like bringing him the business. I hear PG and nicotine are responsible for the throat hit and VG is responsible for the vapor. I'm agreed that there is little to no harm in nicotine by itself. So I'm not totally opposed to going back up a little bit in the levels, let's say 12 mg, if necessary to get my chest hits back, but my ultimate goal is to get nicotine free, even if I continue to vape for the rest of my natural life.
My next effort will be to upgrade to an RBA and eventually, but no time soon, a mech mod. If that doesn't work, what would you guys suggest? Do you think a higher VG juice will produce enough vapor for the vapor itself to give me the hits I'm seeking? Should I try dripping? Will switching to 0 nic juice be like vaping air, which I've heard here and there? Have my lungs simply adapted the same way they did to cigarettes? I saw a link to a 0 nic vaping thread the other day but can't find it now. Can someone also provide me the link, please? Any other suggestions/advice?
Sorry for a long post and a hundred questions. But your time in helping me out is much appreciated.
I'm just shy of 4 months analog free. My first bottle was 24 mg but that was too much. Switched to 16 almost right away. Vaped that for about a couple months.
Then I switched to 8. Noticed I wasn't getting the feeling in my chest as much upon the inhale. Is that "throat hit"? Or is throat hit actually in the throat? I don't want to feel it in my throat. That feeling has always been associated with harsh smoke, as in smoking those left-hand cigarettes, which in that case is worth it. But other than that, I like a smooth transition through my throat but I like to feel it hit my lungs. That's how I knew cigarettes, and later my vaporizer, were doing their jobs.
So, once I started vaping 8 mg juice, and couldn't feel it as much, I didn't want to go back to the 16 mg juice. That'd be taking a step backwards in my opinion. Hence I bought a Lavatube thinking the device would put out more vapor and give me the chest hit I wanted. Well, it does make more vapor, but the chest hits are still not there.
I have no plans to stop vaping anytime soon. I like it too much. But I don't want to be dependent on nicotine either. There have been a few times in the last few days I've accidentally been unable to vape and I didn't freak out about it as I would have if I left my cigarettes somewhere. I was quite happy about that.
I don't know the PG/VG ratio of Volcano juices but that's what I've been vaping thus far. I know there are others, but I've been sticking to the Volcano so far because the store owner has been so good to me and I like bringing him the business. I hear PG and nicotine are responsible for the throat hit and VG is responsible for the vapor. I'm agreed that there is little to no harm in nicotine by itself. So I'm not totally opposed to going back up a little bit in the levels, let's say 12 mg, if necessary to get my chest hits back, but my ultimate goal is to get nicotine free, even if I continue to vape for the rest of my natural life.
My next effort will be to upgrade to an RBA and eventually, but no time soon, a mech mod. If that doesn't work, what would you guys suggest? Do you think a higher VG juice will produce enough vapor for the vapor itself to give me the hits I'm seeking? Should I try dripping? Will switching to 0 nic juice be like vaping air, which I've heard here and there? Have my lungs simply adapted the same way they did to cigarettes? I saw a link to a 0 nic vaping thread the other day but can't find it now. Can someone also provide me the link, please? Any other suggestions/advice?
Sorry for a long post and a hundred questions. But your time in helping me out is much appreciated.
