Sore throat recently

[Pete M]

I tried kayfun prime, berserker mini, nauti.ius mini , and doggystyle with clapton fused kanthal coils from 0.5 ohms to 1.3 ohms. They all had pityful flavor . I don't vapor nic. Im not wasting more money on mtl.

I wouldn't suggest buying a Zenith until getting a chance to try it first because you've obvs spent a lot of money on MTL tanks that haven't hit the flavour spot for you. But I can heartily recommend it as a great tank for flavour.

However, everyone's different and it sounds like you're pretty set on DTL. How's the throat? Are you still getting pain from the DTL?

 

[Bunnykiller]

its Cockatiel feather dust thats doing you in

 

[Big Me]

Get yourself some soluble aspirin, dissolve in 250ml warm water and gargle with it. (Do not exceed daily dosage). It should help with the pain.

Don't swallow it and don't use if you're already taking medications that contain aspirin - stick with warm saline solution (¼ teaspoon salt in 250ml warm water - repeat as necessary).

Also, hot honey and lemon drinks with added VG will help soothe your throat.

 

[stols001]

I hope you feel better soon! I can't imagine that a sensitivity would stick around this long if you completely stopped vaping.

My go to "Sore throat" drink when starting vaping was chamomile tea with lemon and honey. The honey kind of coats your throat, the lemon clears up mucus and the chamomile tea helped with general irritability. I'm drinking some right now as a matter of fact (not because I have to, just some general annoyance) and I continue to maintain that chamomile tea is more calming than any OTC product has the right to be.

I also think the Zenith is a really good flavor tank, but since you've had no joy in that department, I kind of wouldn't recommend getting one until you get all this illness stuff sorted out, you may well not need it if you are able to get back to vaping in a way that makes more sense for you. It is a nice flavor tank, it is also (in my opinion) not at all like vaping a direct lung setup.

I hope you feel better soon.

Anna

 

[vBDKv]

I remember my throat was absolutely killing me the first time I started vaping. I guess you just need to adjust to the increased vapor. Also if you get a lump feeling in your throat, eat a multi vitamin pill every day. It'll cure it in a couple of days.

 

[flavourchaser]

I vape MTL/single coil(berserker RDA/Haku Venna) in the mornings and DTL(dual coil Pyro RDTA) in the evenings. I find DTL is a bit too much for my body to handle that's why I MTL/single coil most of the day. DTL obviously has more flavour, but my throat is a bit sensitive to dryness. Anyway that's my daily routine, which works well even If I have a flu/cold. YMMV

I forgot to add I use 12mg Freebase nicotine(trying to cut down on nic).

 

[vBDKv]

I vape MTL/single coil in the mornings and DTL(dual coil RDTA) in the evenings. I find DTL is a bit too much for my body to handle that's why I MTL/single coil most of the day. DTL obviously has more flavour, but my throat is a bit sensitive to dryness. Anyway that's my daily routine. I forgot to add I use 12mg Freebase nicotine(trying to cut down on nic).

Try 9mg, that worked for me pretty damn good. A tad more vaping is required, but you also get tons of flavor.

 

[tara81]

I wouldn't suggest buying a Zenith until getting a chance to try it first because you've obvs spent a lot of money on MTL tanks that haven't hit the flavour spot for you. But I can heartily recommend it as a great tank for flavour.

However, everyone's different and it sounds like you're pretty set on DTL. How's the throat? Are you still getting pain from the DTL?

and @stols001

1 week and 2 days now I think with this sore throat. I went to the doctor he thinks its a virus but i am getting tested for strep just in case.
It feels a little better since I stopped vaping 3 days ago, but still not cured. I hope it was jsut the virus and not the coils causing issues too ! I love DTL vaping

I was a first prize winner of the kroma zennith ares contest, but their only giving me half of the reward since I didn't notice I won right away. They only sent one email which got buried while I was at my family reunion.

But at least I'll get to try the zennith for free if they do sent it.

 

[tara81]

its Cockatiel feather dust thats doing you in

I've had pet birds for 7 years , and I use an air filter. But if it was that would soo make me sad lol. I love my tiel, She is amazing. She can fetch and do lots of tricks. She also likes it when I cuddle her on the cheeks and head =) and she loves trying to destroy my keyboard I made a youtube channel for her if your interested lol.

 

[Skunk!]

Hope you feel better soon. I mostly DTL and I use 100% VG or as close as possible. (I'm allergic to PG) I never had a problem with wicking In my FireLuke mesh tank.

 

[Pete M]

I was a first prize winner of the kroma zennith ares contest

Ha get in! Congrats!

I found for me the 0.8 coil was nicest (I'm on the 0.5 mesh coils atm but it's less of a warm vape - although might be better if you got a virus) If you've decided you prefer DTL for flavour that might be a good compromise. You should get a 0.8 free with the tank

I use high VG liquids at around 10-13 watts which means the coil probably doesn't last as long as if I was using high PG stuff/lower wattage (some people say they go below 10 but that doesn't do it for me.

Anyway I find it a smooth vape which at that level of VG doesn't give a massive throat hit which could be better for your throat.

There's lots of relatively healthy remedies recommend here but personally when I had throat infections I've just smacked up on paracetamol and ibuprofen Get well soon!

 

[DarkButterfly]

Personally I found if I was getting tonsil problems from vaping, stopping for a few days maybe a week helped, but I also stripped down and cleaned my attys / tanks / squonk bottles, drip tips, ect, new wicks and coils to make sure there's no nasty bugs that could irritate my throat.

I clean my gear on a regular basis for good flavour and hygiene reasons.