Total newb question

[GSHARQ]

This is probably a dumb question, so go easy on me, but I feel I should ask anyway since I just recently started vaping.

When it comes to puffing on an e-cig, are you supposed to inhale slowly like you are breathing inward, or are you supposed to suck like you would a straw in a drink?

Like I said, it's probably a stupid question, but I just want to be sure I am using it properly.

 

[sonicdsl]

Hi GSHARQ & welcome! No question is stupid except the ones you don't ask, right?

I've been vaping about 7 weeks now, and believe me, I still have MANY question! As far as puffing/tooting/taking a drag, etc., do what's comfortable. That said, the process I see recommended the most, and what works best for me is to inhale into your mouth for 4-5 seconds, then inhale that into your lungs. It's said the best flavor and vapor will occur with this method, and I tend to agree. Give it a go and see if that works for you!

Good luck, and vape hard!

 

[madjack]

...pull the vape into your mouth...then inhale...it took all of us a bit to develop our technique...sometimes, just puffing without inhaling can help getcha started as can french inhaling............
madjack

 

[jj2]

Probably more like a straw but whatever works. Just not like you are drinking a milkshake!!!
Feel your mouth and then inhale.

Welcome and questions are welcome here no matter how many times they've been asked.

 

[wv2win]

It also depends on what model you have. Mini, small auto battery (cig sized) models can feel like you are sucking a sock through a straw. Manual batteries that are larger and more powerful are much easier to draw on to get a nice warm amount of vapor. And I agree with the advice to draw into the mouth and then the lungs.

 

[GatorVapyr]

LOL good question!

I just started tonight too and for the first few drags took little tiny ones (wasn't sure how it would work).

 

[Loveridden]

The description that helped me the most when I first started was to pretend I was drinking a milkshake through a straw, suck it up slowly and for several seconds into your mouth, THEN after you have it all in your mouth, inhale it (if it was a milkshake you would swallow it but I hope you get the analogy). I suck it lighter than I would a cigarette, but longer. I inhale it into my mouth for about 5-6 seconds, small inhale into lungs and blow out. It took time to get used to it, didn't do it right at first. Also I don't inhale it all into my lungs. From what I have read some or all of the nic is absorbing in your mucous membranes anyhow.

 

[dormouse]

Draw slowly into your mouth, then inhale. And if you have auto batteries you may need to take a fake short drag first to warm it up, then your real drag. With manuals you can just push the button in 1-2 seconds early and then there is already vapor made when you start dragging, and you can let the button up shortly before the end of your drag.

 

[mooreted]

I like to fill my mouth with vapor, inhale, hold it in a second then slowly let it out through my nose to get the full flavor.