Sore throat when vaping

[Ken2736]

This is my first post and a complete newbie

I started vaping back in May and completely got off cigarettes. I started off on a 20w istick with a nautilus mini tank. After a month or so I moved onto an I stick pico with a steam crave aromamizer tank. Since I started vaping I only bought juices from vape wild. Never had an issue with throat irritation. In the last week I have ventured into diy.

I ordered nic from nude nicotine. Its a 100mg/ml 100% pg base. The VG and pg are from essential depot. I thought maybe flavorings were causing throat irritation so I made a bottle without flavors. Throat doesn't hurt at first but after a couple ml's it does. Any advice or tips?

Thanks

 

[Bunnykiller]

what PG/VG ratio are you making your juice in? is it the same as what you were buying ( premade wise)? also, have you double checked your math on the nic strength you are making... you may be making your juice with a bit higher nic than what you are used to...

 

[Ken2736]

Vendor juice was70/30 VG/pg 3mg nic, and that is what I'm trying to make now. In a 30 ml bottle, I added 0.9 ml of 100% pg nic. Followed by 9ml of ED pg then 20ml of ED VG. Shook bottle for a minute before testing. Maybe the nude nic is stronger than vape wilds?

 

[sketchness]

Only thing I can say is that I find pg based nic a bit more harsh. I always get my nic in VG.

Others don't mind the nic in pg but there is a definite difference to me.

Is your consumption the same or are you vaping the hell out of your DIY ?

 

[Ken2736]

Probably vaping a little harder, but I didn't think it was that much more. I guess I didn't know there was a difference in harshness between the two as long as the ratios were good

 

[sketchness]

Probably vaping a little harder, but I didn't think it was that much more. I guess I didn't know there was a difference in harshness between the two as long as the ratios were good

I definitely notice it. You can try lowering the nic as well. Though at 3mg that shouldn't be an issue.

 

[dionysuskiss]

Yeah, pg nic can be a tad harsher, particularly since you are used to 70/30. I'm sure VW used vg based with that ratio.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Less Nic, less PG, less heat.

 

[Ken2736]

I will give these suggestions a try. I thought, even with pg nic, as long as i had the ratio of 70/30 it wouldn't be a problem. I did hear that nude nic comes in strong so I will drop it to 1.5mg.

 

[Alien Traveler]

It's the first time I hear about differences in taste/harshness of VG and PG based nicotine.

 

[SteveS45]

Throat irritation could be from too much vaping or chain vaping, flavorings, the PG content, fried coils (burnt wick), the temperature and most importantly did you shake your nicotine before dispensing? Possible HOT Spot and nicotine content is higher than what you thought it should be.

 

[mattiem]

It's the first time I hear about differences in taste/harshness of VG and PG based nicotine.

I guess I missed that memo too @Alien Traveler I have read a LOT and this is the first time I have heard this. I ordered all of my nic stash in a PG base because it is easier to work with. I can't imagine it making any difference if the PG/VG ratio is what you want once mixed to desired strength.

 

[SteveS45]

I had one Vape Shop ID-10-T tell me the percentage of nicotine being increased requires more flavoring. But he is like the great Carnack and knows all................ Percentage of flavors still remains a constant in my opinion.

 

[Alien Traveler]

I guess I missed that memo too @Alien Traveler I have read a LOT and this is the first time I have heard this. I ordered all of my nic stash in a PG base because it is easier to work with. I can't imagine it making any difference if the PG/VG ratio is what you want once mixed to desired strength.

I have ordered only from two suppliers (NudeNicotine and Heartland), from one in PG, from another in VG. Do not see any difference, even if suppliers are different - they both have clean nicotine. May be at 12 mg or higher people can tell them apart, but at 2.5 - 5 mg they are the same thing.

 

[SteveS45]

I only use Nicselect Nicotine and people seem to complain about the price. I am from that old school where we learned you usually get what you pay for.

 

[Dubminer]

How can it make a difference if the nicotine is in PG or VG if the final mixed ratios are the same?

 

[sketchness]

How can it make a difference if the nicotine is in PG or VG if the final mixed ratios are the same?

do your own blind taste test and see. Some people are very sensitive to certain flavors\conditions etc. I have tried about 15 different nicotines and PG is always a bit more harsh. I always try new nicotine at either 50/50 or max vg at 10mg. It isn't harsh enough to deter me from vaping it, but I may have a higher tolerance for this sort of thing than the OP.

When someone is using quality nicotine and experiencing a harsh vape this has been one of the things I have seen work. It is not the first thing to try but if all your bases are smooth and you arent using some crazy amount of an alcohol based flavor, fresh! This is the last thing really to try before going zero nic.

 

[BreSha6869]

I only use Nicselect Nicotine and people seem to complain about the price. I am from that old school where we learned you usually get what you pay for.

Same here. I pay an extra $20-30 per litre. A litre lasts my wife and I about 5 years. I could care less about a few bucks over that much time to vape what I consider the best.

 

[SteveS45]

I had one companies e-Liquid that was so harsh it hurt my throat after 3 pulls. I had to trash it because it was that bad!

 

[Dubminer]

do your own blind taste test and see. Some people are very sensitive to certain flavors\conditions etc. I have tried about 15 different nicotines and PG is always a bit more harsh. I always try new nicotine at either 50/50 or max vg at 10mg. It isn't harsh enough to deter me from vaping it, but I may have a higher tolerance for this sort of thing than the OP.

When someone is using quality nicotine and experiencing a harsh vape this has been one of the things I have seen work. It is not the first thing to try but if all your bases are smooth and you arent using some crazy amount of an alcohol based flavor, fresh! This is the last thing really to try before going zero nic.

I can understand the difference if the nicotine was mixed in either max pg or max vg.If the final mixed ratio is exactly the same like 50 pg 50 vg then it does not make any sense to me.They would have the same exact ingredients if the nic was pg or vg?