Vaping for about a month, suddenly it's all gone wrong

[MzBee]

Hi all. I've been vaping for about a month or more now. I was so pleased to be off cigarettes. So much so, my mother, brother and step dad have also started vaping, which I thought was great.

But....

my 901 really dropped in performance. I have bought new atomisers (from 2 different suppliers), new batteries, cleaned out the lint, cleaned out the old atomisers, changed flavours. Still not as good (has my tolerance to it increased then?)

So then I bought a 501 - oh my god the burned taste knocked me sick!! Tried drawing and exhaling it, keeping it in my mouth for as little time as possible, trying to 'wear it in', but the burned taste will NOT go.

And now my 901 is tasting burned as well. With a freshly cleaned (coke soak) and dried atomiser. And also with a brand new atomiser.

My throat is hurting, my mouth is dry, I was in a foul temper - in the end I resorted to a normal cigarette (cringe) and my temper subsided. I'm now thinking the e-cig must be far more addictive than I anticipated, as I am very unimpressed at the prospect of no vaping tomorrow!!

In desperation, I have trawled the forum. Ended up thinking I should just tell you all what's happening and see if anyone can help me... PLEASE!! what on earth have I done wrong? And am I right to regret getting my family changed to these things?

 

[Dario]

A 501? You mean a 510? The "stick" battery? It sounds like you need to try cartomizers on your 510. A BOGE 2.5 or 3.0 Ohm would probably be a world of difference. I know there's some 501's out there... but I've never seen one.

 

[TinyTimberGal]

It could be just what I call a BVD (bad vape day) . Some days it seemed just nothing would work right. It does get better. My guess is it's the attys. Order a couple more, or try some cartomizers. I've been using the 1.5 Dual Coil cartomizers for the last 2 weeks and it's made a world of difference. Good luck.

 

[meems]

I second try boge cartos...when I first tried 510 attys..my throat hurt for days with that awful awful primer on them, even an alcohol soak didn't get rid of it.

Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce has decent pricing, ecigforum for extra 5% off..if you have the smaller 510, go with regular resistance (3.0 ohms), if you have the larger battery ie, eGo, 2.0 is primo!

 

[WomanOfHeart]

Give this thread a read and see if it helps:
10 Tips for Avoiding Burnt Tasting Atomizers

Welcome to ECF and congrats on swtiching!

 

[biomechanic]

thanks for sharing women

 

[wyojoe]

A 501? You mean a 510? The "stick" battery? It sounds like you need to try cartomizers on your 510. A BOGE 2.5 or 3.0 Ohm would probably be a world of difference. I know there's some 501's out there... but I've never seen one.

Yes 510 Boge cartomizers, are easy to use and do not need to fill so often.

 

[mgaruccio]

agreed on the cartomizer idea. id also recommend trying some atties that don't ship with primer. switching to Cisco's made a world of difference for the first few days of using an atty

 

[meems]

A question..the 901, is that a bridged atty? (no clue, have no idea on 901 stuff!) I had trouble with 306's tasting horribly burnt..I had to dewick them to get that taste out of them.

 

[Boodle]

Wishing you calm courage! I truly believe this will pass for you quickly. I read something on here about crackers and water and tried that. It either helped or my storm had passed. Hang in there!!

I had a bad vape day BVD as well. I went through an Altoid tin of clean atties and all tasted burnt. Once that taste was in my mouth nothing helped including brushing my teeth, mouthwash, a brand new atty, ect. I felt panicked and ran to the store for nic gum. I had never tried it but it helped with the jitters and edginess from lack of nicotine. I ordered cartomizers. Before they arrived all was back to normal. I can't explain it. Even though we may feel and breathe better vaping, most of us still have a powerful addiction to nicotine. Good luck!

 

[blacklung]

I think "bad vape day" best describes it.

I had one... couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I just blew out my atty's really good, and started with fresh juice.

another day, I only got like 3 hours of sleep... and it tasted horrible. Not even Coke(a cola) tasted normal.

 

[Liscab]

in my short life as a vaper i have been in touch with over 60 thousands vapers,
to be a vaper requires a learning curve , some peoples are able to quit cigarettes since the first day others not, probably you are one of those that think that a cartridge is equal to 20 cigarettes , that's your burning taste

you could also be allergic to PG try vaping VG

 

[donnaq4]

That happened to me two weeks ago...Sore tongue, throat, and a terrible taste. I cut back on the Nicotine level and started drinking much more water. It finally went away, but it took several days. Just hang in there...this too shall pass!

 

[Iffy]

Had this happen a couple of times. Clean, burn, burn, prime atty with juice and awaaay we go...