Think I went to strong

[InfinityzeN]

Well I got 18mg juice since I've been smoking ~30 a day for the last 20+ years. Granted over the last couple of months I have gotten it down to 15~20 a day. So my backup (Tesla VV/W) showed up today, along with several juices, and two Nautalis Mini tanks. Charged the batteries, filled the tanks (Dark Chocolate Mint and Honey Tobacco, both with menthal), primed the coils, and let them sit till the batteries were charged.

So I vaped them both and really like both flavors. Throat hit is pretty good too. Ok, so throat hit is insane unless I take small vapes. Like a large draw will damn near put me on the ground. Opened the airholes to 3. Now I can take big draws but like two of them will give me a nic high.

TL/DR
18mg is making me high, so looks like I'm going to 12mg

 

[Steam Turbine]

Well I got 18mg juice since I've been smoking ~30 a day for the last 20+ years. Granted over the last couple of months I have gotten it down to 15~20 a day. So my backup (Tesla VV/W) showed up today, along with several juices, and two Nautalis Mini tanks. Charged the batteries, filled the tanks (Dark Chocolate Mint and Honey Tobacco, both with menthal), primed the coils, and let them sit till the batteries were charged.

So I vaped them both and really like both flavors. Throat hit is pretty good too. Ok, so throat hit is insane unless I take small vapes. Like a large draw will damn near put me on the ground. Opened the airholes to 3. Now I can take big draws but like two of them will give me a nic high.

TL/DR
18mg is making me high, so looks like I'm going to 12mg

You could buy the same juices at 6 or 3 mg and mix it up with you18 mg... See what that does

 

[Slaughtercult]

I was on 18mg for the first month or so (I think was vaping too much at the start) and went down to 12mg easy. I'll be at 6 soon I think!

 

[CoinLaundry]

Sounds like you quit smoking! Congratulations.

Bigger clouds:lesser nicotine concentration. I'm not firsthand familiar with the vapor production of the Nautilus, but hear really good things. I smoked about 10-20 a day for 20 years and ran 18mg juice in a Protank Mini, which produces very, very little vapor, and it'd have my leg jumping up and down until my ankle was arthritic, sometimes making my chest tight. After an analog relapse a few months ago, I skipped the Nautilus, the next logical step, and went all-in with RDAs (the big rebuildable dripping atomizers). The reality of one pull of 18mg juice backed me down to 6mg, and a week later, the 3mg collection started.

 

[ajohnson677]

I started off on Vivi Novas and vaped 24mg juice all day without much issue but that all changed after I got my first dripper. I thought my lungs were going to start bleeding after the first pull. Now I'm 6mg all day. I get a pretty strong throat hit on my Magma and a moderate one with my Erlk clone. I would definitely recommend going down to 6 and then working your way up if you feel the need.

 

[GPC2012]

Buy some 6 and mix it down.

 

[InfinityzeN]

Well I just dug through my stuff and realized I got 3x 30ml bottles of 6mg, along with a 30ml and 15ml bottle of 8mg juice. I did plan ahead but I didn't expect the 18mg stuff to hit me so hard.

I mixed in Smooth Tobacco (one I got at 8mg) with the Honey Tobacco till they were about 50/50, added a couple of drops of menthal and koolada, and I'm feeling better. That's about 13mg strength.

Oh and vapor production is really good at 12w. If I turn it down to 8~9w then the production goes down a lot. Actually that is a good idea. I think I'll try the 18mg juice at lower wattage and see if that makes a difference.

 

[firerat]

I went from 24mg to 6mg in less than a month. I was a pack to pack and a half a day smoker for 15ish years.

I discovered really quick that anything over 10mg gives me massive headaches with a few puffs and I use a simple EVOD setup so it's not like I'm puffing giant clouds. I have a few bottle of potent stuff I intend to mix down until I'm happy.

I just filled up with some 3mg and so far that seems to be doing the trick. It's weird how the nic hits different folks harder. I never thought I'd have such tough time with high nic considering I enjoy a fat stogie now and again and I can only imagine how much nic is in there.

 

[Nisstyre]

Smoked a very harsh cigarette brand for 16 years, but when I made the switch I started on Halo e-juice 6mg, now that I use a mechanical mod with an RDA I am down to 3mg nicotine, and I think my next bottle will be 0mg.

 

[Miata GT]

Congrats!!!

 

[wshanncap]

Yeah...I don't recommend anything higher than 12mg to start. And you should be able to wean down to 6mg fairly quickly. And If you should start using an RDA even 6mg can be a little high. Steam Turbine had the best idea...get some 3mg and dilute it. If you mix 18mg and 3mg 50/50 it gets you down to 10.5 mg. Also be sure to stay hydrated. At that nic level you will want plenty of water or Gatorade.

 

[illregal]

I started at 15/16 and quickly realized that was to much. I wanted to be able to vape longer.. Without racing. Quickly moved down to 12 and 6.

I use 12 in the kayfun or nautilus mini, but will use 6 in the Atlantis or dripper.

 

[Rikk]

The tank does make a huge difference. My first tank, and not knowing anything, was a Vivi Nova and my nic level was high. But for the first couple weeks it worked and kept me from buying a pack of smokes. When I got my first mini and loaded it up with the same juice, half-hour later I'm blowing much bigger clouds but my heart is racing and I got a total nic buzz. When right down to my local store and picked up a lower nic level juice.

You gotta love these Nautilus tanks. I'm still using the medium nic level, but I'll be stepping down soon to 6.

 

[BobLoblawsLawblog]

I guess maybe I'm the only one who went straight from smoking to 0mg?

 

[Derrick Wang]

you can always dilute the nicotine levels. half fill of 24mg with half fill of 12mg makes 18mg, and so on.

 

[Brandon David]

The first shop I went to when I started vaping early this year recommended 18 for me and it about killed me. I went back and got some 6 and mixed them to 12 and problem solved.

 

[CoinLaundry]

I guess maybe I'm the only one who went straight from smoking to 0mg?

Maybe the only one standing while the others are incarcerated for violent felonies. In my first few weeks of vaping 18mg in a Protank Mini, I couldn't be spoken to in the mornings.