Throat hit

[Pepper]

Add me to the list of folks that think nic levels contribute to 'throat hit'. I vary between using Medium (14mg) and High (18mg) cartridges, and I'm sure that the 18mg carts give me a stronger hit in my throat. I'd prefer to move down to the 14mg carts, but I keep coming back to the highs.

It's all very subjective though, and could well be in my head, but looks like a few other people have similar opinions!

 

[Kit]

the more nicotine the more the throat hit. PG and Nicotine are separate enteritis. if you have ever smoked an inhaler you will know what i mean. no PG there... just nicotine and there plenty HIT !
Kit

 

[Jammi98]

Actually, since the different nic strength liquids people are buying could possibly differ in ingredients, and since experience is varying amongst the people here, the only real way to tell if nic is causing a throat hit or not is for someone to make up homemade batches of high and lo nic, using the same base ingredients but with different proportions.

 

[Kate]

I'm going to do that Jammi, I have ordered some 36mg flavourless glycerine eliquid. Apparently there is nothing else in it, just nic and glycerine so I'll add my own flavours to zero glycerine and high nic glycerine in the same proportion and see what the difference is.

The problem with this poll is that it was set up when I didn't realise that we all have different ideas on what throat hit is. Leaford determined that we're describing different things so there is obviously going to be differences in suspected cause.

 

[parapo]

throat hit or not, i think it has something to do what you are used to.

when i started vaping 2 months ago, i did some tests with same flavors and different nic content,and they tasted and hit all the same. i gradually cut the nic down and i'm on 6mg low now.
today i received a bottle cola low and one with no nic.
i tried both ,the zero first and they tasted and hit the same. (strong hit though) then i mixed them to get around 6mg nic that i am used to,and vaped that one since this morning.

then i went back to my previous liquid....coffe that i'm vapin the last 2 weeks.....and i lost the hit completle!!!!!! i'm sure it will come back when i stop the cola....

 

[Jammi98]

Good, Kate - I'll be interested to hear how that comes out.

 

[ROB26]

I may be completely off base, but it just seems that the lighter nic levels allow for smoother draws, with less of a throat hit

 

[Chuffer]

I think there's a combination of things going on. I agree that higher nic levels may increase throat hit, but I also think the temperature and thickness of the vapor affects lung punch.

 

[Smo]

Nicotine and heat IMO.

Way to bump up an old thread with a lil contribution =/

Oh well, maybe someone else of the newbs can give his opinion too =)

 

[Cage]

I'm starting to think this issue is just as subjective as tastes in liquids. My young cousin loves that sour candy shop in the mall. Some of the stuff she buys is so sour, it'll make your whole face suck up inside itself... like that house at the end of the movie "Poltergeist". It's actually painful! She sucks that stuff down like a sailor on a three day pass and doesn't even blink. Different people = different tolerances.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[Fields]

I agree; opinions on this will vary wildly from person to person.

I am a complete n00b to e smoking; I just got my first REAL e cig, a Dura from VaporGuys (previous cigs included a disposable and a peewee).

In the first couple of days, I have been vaping like a fiend! I have made my own juice (essentially a glycerin tincture), and in my experimentation I have 'discovered' a couple of things.

It seems, to me at least, that nicotine adds the 'tickle', and glycerin adds the 'body' to the vapor, the throat/lung hit.

I have tried vaping straight glycerin, and I can definitely still feel it, but the tickly feeling isn't there.

I would venture to say that the thicker juices (the ones with more glycerin, less distilled water) would have a better hit, and the thinner juices (higher amount of distilled water) would be smoother.

In my (extremely limited) experience, it is the combination of those two elements that makes up the vast majority of what we call throat or lung hit. Everything else, heat, flavors, etcetera all seem to effect the experience as well, just not as severely.

But again, opinions will vary, and I am a noob. Take this entire post with a grain of salt.

Sean

 

[lordmage]

i think there is also another factor which no one thinks about and reading about those who brush thier teeth and loose the hit. i came to wonder what about happend if you did not brush and just used mouth wash and vice versa. i think it lies in to much moister in the throat. will test it when i get home

 

[Kate]

Here are some links to discussions about throat hit for further information:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/6737-throat-hit-question.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/6963-additives-throat-hit-boost.html#post106550

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...equests/3204-ph-values-harshness-eliquid.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...cussion/3266-e-smoking-hit-carts-liquids.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...apors-getting-good-throat-hit.html#post104892

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/5294-fans-throat-hits-0-nic.html

 

[protts]

just a recap of the initial few post about pepper oil....

From what i know, the chinese characters there are "hua jiao you" or directly translated it's "flower pepper oil". My mum uses them a fair bit in her cooking (my family's in to spicy stuff....) but it's really a reddish/brownish oil with pepper seeds soaking inside the bottle.

So here's my question, i thought oils were bad?

 

[chuckie]

simple question, simple answer, unfortunatly burning paper+ burning tobacco witch=4000+ bad chems witch= throat/lung hit.

 

[protts]

Sorry Chuckie buy i don't quite get you.....

Burning paper? I'm talking about the pepper oil..... unless your post wasn't directed at my question

 

[chuckie]

sorry ,not directed @ your post ,but @ thread question.

 

[Jaaxx]

Cayenne and Habanero extract do nil except make your mouth burn a little (at least in the very minimal dilutions I was willing to test.)

Next up Baking Ammonia (ammonium carbonate) - pluses include that it breaks down to carbon dioxide and ammonia under heat. Mostly it will allow adjusting the PH. Solubility looks good, we'll see if it is effective in amounts that will leave acceptable residue.

 

[mixxy]

For you, which of these things gives throat hit/harshness/kick?

Choose as many as apply, thanks.

Seems to be pretty much the same reason I smoked menthol analogs... mint/menthol seems to be my "kick" source!

 

[Kate]

Protts, it seems that some flavourings have trace amounts of oils and that might be unavoidable. Using oils as a base or in large quantities almost certainly isn't good.