thouroughly confused.....lol

[tipsynoodle]

ok, so i have been off cigarettes for 11 days now.....used patches the first few days then switched to camel snus pouches.....but i want that darn cig in my mouth so i thought maybe the fake cig would do the trick........stopped by a smokers outlet and they had a box of Royal smoke e cigs and i bought it....today.....lol anyways instructions on how long to charge the ecig wasnt clear so i decided to "look" it up and came across this site.......Hmmmmm......Vapors? so am i vaping or not? What are these other things i keep reading about with the numbers and liquid drops??? confused........so is this what im sucking on changeable with liquid drops or i just need to buy something totally different? or should i ask what is that you all are using...lol
Thanks.....

 

[dormouse]

We usually buy good models at reasonable price under their original numbers (or at least we know what model number they are) with refillable carts or cartomizers. We avoid rebranders who don't sell eliquid and don't want customers to refill carts. You may be able to refill what you have though it will be a bit risky for your batteries if you have auto batteries.

But yes you are vaping. You usually charge until the part of the charger closest to the battery's LED changes solidly to some color other than red.

Watch the newbie videos in the sticky threads at the top of New Members. They will explain a lot.

 

[robert shohet]

Either the sticky notes or YouTube vids are ur beat bet if ur interested in the vaping community the more research u do the better and although it seems like alot it's truly self explanatory once u get a few basics figured out

Welcome and hope to see u on here often after deciding to give it a shot best of luck

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

ok, so i have been off cigarettes for 11 days now.....used patches the first few days then switched to camel snus pouches.....but i want that darn cig in my mouth so i thought maybe the fake cig would do the trick........stopped by a smokers outlet and they had a box of Royal smoke e cigs and i bought it....today.....lol anyways instructions on how long to charge the ecig wasnt clear so i decided to "look" it up and came across this site.......Hmmmmm......Vapors? so am i vaping or not? What are these other things i keep reading about with the numbers and liquid drops??? confused........so is this what im sucking on changeable with liquid drops or i just need to buy something totally different? or should i ask what is that you all are using...lol
Thanks.....

Hello and welcome to ecf.....yes you and we are vaping....lol what kind of instructions were you needing. if charging your battery, the light on the charger should be red when charging and turn green/blue when fully charged.......
so tell us what kind of smoker/vaporer are you.
did you smoke for many years....heavlily, are you looking for good products? The more info you supply the better the members here can help.....

 

[RialCeLmiT]

Burn that thing, and check out these forums...People get suckered into buying junk models for way to much, myself included...I had already bought a piece of garbage for about a hundred bills when I stumbled into this forum...I didn't even know they had actual flavors e.e...Do some research and save some change, cause more then likely you're pv is garbage, and uncompatible with most other things

 

[RialCeLmiT]

Ordering online is def the way to go...If you don't have a credit card buy a green dot at any pharmacy or general retailer store

 

[dormouse]

That is ordering online a reputable vendors, not the seedy upper crust which are just like the slick mall vendors.

Some good vendors that carry original manufacturer models by their correct model numbers and name

Liberty-Flights.com, Cignot.com, LiteCigUSA.net
And a popular name brand, Vapor4Life is a KR808D-1 (they have the most carts for that model)

 

[MissP]

when I first started this was a GREAT help to me... check out the library ... there is a tutorial that explains ALOT ... from "what is vaping" to the techinical stuff like dripping, battery styles, ect...

The ECF Library

 

[tipsynoodle]

thanks for the replies......now to some of the question......I have been smoking close to 30 years....1 pack a day smoker .....wanting to quit smoking and my upcoming surgery is a good excuse to start lol....anyways like i said I haven't smoked in 11 days but i still miss that "hand2mouth" action ......i don't really need any instructions on my ecig , i was just wondering about all these different e cigs that are out there and hearing about e juice and all that....had no idea what that was....I tried looking at the videos but they wouldn't play.....i think it said that the videos were private when i clicked the play button.....I will keep looking around.....thanks

 

[dormouse]

Wow I know what you mean. What the heck happened to the sticky thread of Videos especially for broke Newbies?

Since you haven't smoked in 11 days, you could use 0 nic but then there is no TH. You could use very low nic just to get some TH so it feels like smoking. Up to you.

I do not know what you have. Is it a 2-piece with screw on juice parts (cartomizers aka cartos)? Or a 3-piece with battery, atomizer and push on juice parts (cartridges aka carts)?

Eliquid is hundreds more flavors of nicotine liquid by dozens more juice makers. This is eliquid
Premium E-Liquid
FreedomSmokeUSA
FreedomSmokeUSA
Gourmet Creations : Pure Vapes
etc etc etc

Eliquid is the liquid with the flavor and nicotine in it, in a PG and/or VG base that makes vapor when atomized

Whatever you are vaping, has eliquid in it somewhere. We buy models with blank carts and blank cartomizers. For one model with lots of prefilled cartomizers (screw on juice parts) some people buy prefills but add juice to them to keep them working longer (usually good prefills with soft-cap that cap be opened to add juice)

We do not know all of the rebrander names. The rebranders do not make ecigs. Royal Smoke is not a model identifier - it is some company's name put on some existing Chinese model, good or bad. Every day there are more and more rebranders and it is impossible to keep up with. Royal seems to sell several different ecigs and I just don't know what you have. That is what rebranders want. They want they customers to only know to do to them for supplies and nowhere else.

Which model did you buy
http://royalsmokeelectroniccigarette.com/
http://www.smokeroyal.com/

BTW - I found some other videos. And remember - many vapers are prejudiced toward certain models, certain size models etc. Some think everyone need to start out on big model with a hot big hit. Some think everybody should start on some new spiffy model they bought. Take it with a grain of salt.

This will bring up some other intro videos - just take it as general info and not a recommendation of any particular model because I have not watched them
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=e-cigarette+101+class&aq=f

 

[Starspecks]

Hahaha I went to that royal smoke site and found this....

"Royal Smoke is the preferred choice of the hipster elite. This ain't your momma's cigarette!"

WOW!


Sent from my Evo

 

[Turtleinfl]

Also check out vapetv elixrtv alot of good info there and freebies once you start dusting with other vapers

 

[dzlady]

Tipsynoodle,

Please dont feel bad, most of us have done exactly what you did. I know I did. I stopped smoking cold turkey and three days later, I was ready to kill for a smoke. Hubby bought me an electronic cigarette at a local convenient store. It was a Century 21 or 21 century...either way, it sucked. It did do what it was supposed to do though, and that was get me from wanting a smoke. It came with these cheap cartridges that you could barely taste anything from, even from dragging on it until I thought my brain would explode.

I went to Tyler Texas the next day (live in Missouri) and stopped at a local store there. They sold what I have now, but didnt inform me well about the whole vaping thing. Needless to say, they lost out on a major sale because I was afraid if I got home and couldnt buy juice locally, I would be lost (I cant drive to Texas everytime I needed juice...lol). I came home and stuck with the Century thing. I vaped it for a few weeks, until I found a local store here that sold what I have now. I paid a fortune for it though. They have good stuff, just expensive.

I wish I would have found this forum before I bought anything! I now have a Joye 510 (not to be confused with the NJoy). Its about the size of a cigarette. I have it in pink. Its a three piece. The battery, the atomizer that heats the liquid to vape, and the cartridge which is where the juice goes.

You can buy juice locally (if you can find a local supplier) or over the internet. I buy over the internet and it takes 2 days for it to hit my house. There is so much out there to learn and I am still learning. I've been vaping for about 3 months and absolutely love it. I have never wanted another cigarette since I got my first e-cig or pv, as they are called.

I would recommend reading all that you can about vaping. I spend so much time here, reading and replying...and still asking questions. Please feel free to contact me personally, should you have any questions. Us, as vapers, usually love to tell their story and share their information with you. You'll get quick replies here, everyone is very helpful.

 

[RialCeLmiT]

I suggest Blue Mist Vaping for your first liquid order..Everyone here will disagree about there favorite flavors and who it's from but anyone that's ordered from BMV will tell you that there liquid in general is good whether or not it is there favorites, and they do liquid sample kits that gives you a 5 3ml bottles for 10 or 5 10 ml bottles (you get to pick the five of course) for 20 plus a promo normally, ships quickly, and a 6 dollar flat rate for shipping and handling in the US...It has a very wide variety of flavors so you can test out some fruity ones, tobacco ones, menthol ones, nutty ones, coffee, alcohol, etc...It's alot better than orderering prefilled carts or a big bottle of something and just getting a hit or miss...You get a general Idea, you can start playing around and testing with more from other sites, start forums of what you like and have had from where and people will throw in their two sense of what else is out there for how much frmo where etc etc...If you want the e-cig to work for you, then being an active member of this forum, or even just a lurker, is a great way to start

 

[tipsynoodle]

thanks for replying.....ok i have the royal smoke one, its a two piece........its the first link u posted......it came in a big box with 2 batteries , 1 atomizer and 5 cartridges.....its white with orange tip.......are those cartridges refillable with liquid if i order some?? you said i could get the 0 nic ones but there wont be any TH ? What is TH? lol....ohh also, how long is one of those cartridges supposed to last??? 1 day? several? the 1st one i put on lasted about an hour and after that no more smoke, and i didnt use it often.....the second one i put on lasted all day so far.....

 

[RialCeLmiT]

I don't know what it is...I won't be the one to answer the questions for you but I can tell you what you want to ask...Basically through that link you have find out the name, model number, brand or whatever and do some research and find out the wattage the threading type etc etc, and find out what it's compatible with or what the vendors ship em out as...If it's something that will last, can be reused, and refilled then all you need is some e lquid... Find the vendors on this forum that sell cartomIzers for your model, and look for prices and such...Eventually the cartomizers wear out through normal use and can no longer be used...So if you can't find the same types on here or anything else than it's probably better and cheaper in the long run if you just order a new one, and use that thing til it comes in...In all honestly it does kinda look like one of the crappier pain in the ... costs to much and can't find replacement parts model

 

[RialCeLmiT]

TH is throat hit and I suggest you get nicotine the first time around and perhaps ween yourself down after and just play with all that as you go...What's the rush, as long as your not smoking those death sticks again bro...Your's are different, but my cartomizers hold about 2-3 ml, which is enough for me to last for quite a few hours sometimes a full day, are most certainly refillable, just need to be cleaned by boiling occasionally like every 3 weeks to a month or so, and are cheap as hell and get the job done...8 bucks for a pack of 5 and ussually a promo or two and they can last up to months if you take care of em

 

[Darkwitless]

TH is throat hit - it's not true that 0mg (mg is the amount of nicotine in the juice) will not have throat hit - however the "best" throat hit does come form nicotine.
Can you see white filler material when you look in the cart? That is where you can drip more juice - or do what i did and remove the filler material with a paper clip and then put the juice in and then carefully replace the filler material - it acts as a wick for the juice to get to the atomizer.

How long each cart last depends on a lot of variables. - how wet (full) they were to begin with, how often you hit it etc. Some claim 500 hits - I haven't seen that happen personally and since these e-cigs don't burn I can't judge hits lol.

I will say that atomizers don't last forever. Most of us get several for back up. Maybe someone else here can chime in with what type of atty (atomizer) your e-cig uses.

 

[RialCeLmiT]

TH is throat hit - it's not true that 0mg (mg is the amount of nicotine in the juice) will not have throat hit - however the "best" throat hit does come form nicotine.
Can you see white filler material when you look in the cart? That is where you can drip more juice - or do what i did and remove the filler material with a paper clip and then put the juice in and then carefully replace the filler material - it acts as a wick for the juice to get to the atomizer.

How long each cart last depends on a lot of variables. - how wet (full) they were to begin with, how often you hit it etc. Some claim 500 hits - I haven't seen that happen personally and since these e-cigs don't burn I can't judge hits lol.

I will say that atomizers don't last forever. Most of us get several for back up. Maybe someone else here can chime in with what type of atty (atomizer) your e-cig uses.

I've seen a bunch like his, and normally it's a cartomizer, it's just awkward and looks more like an atomizer and the whole concept is just different...And for the record in case you were referring to me, I wasn't talking about the 0's having no throat hit, I've never personally even tried one...Just it doesn't seem like a bad idea if he just got off the traditionals...Are they relatively the same as the ones with nicotine? everyone seems to give me different answers e.e

 

[dormouse]

If there is an atomizer then it's a 3-piece e-cigarette. battery + atomizer + cartridge

A 2-piece just has battery + cartomizer

Cartridges last a long long time - months and months but you need to buy eliquid. And before too long you'll need to restuff the cartridge or manage to clean, dry, refluff and re-insert the stuffing it has (that never worked well for me). Without refilling, a cartridge probably will not last an average vapor 1 day.

Cartomizers cannot be restuffed and are difficult to impossible to clean but hold more liquid and need liquid less often. They have a limited good-performing life of 4-14 days, possibly more depending on the quality of the carto, the type of eliquid, the experience level of the person who is vaping it and keeping it damp