Good to hear it.
I think "abuse" in regards to vaping is...well, more of an opinion than anything else.
If one wishes to vape 3mg nic and chase clouds all day long, that's their choice. If you want to vape at 24mg or 36mg, that's also their decision.
In my opinion, abuse is spilling e-liquid when trying to fill a tank/dripper and wasting precious nectar of vaping goodness.
Some are concerned regarding sub-Ω, but I use a VAMO v5 with VTC5's (way over-spec, but also safer because of that), so I can't really speak too much about that.
I go through 1.5-3+ mls daily, depending on a number of factors. If anything, the closest I get to abuse is getting e-juice on my skin while drinking coffee and changing out cotton wicks on my PT heads. I have to take a break for a while after that nic soaks in, if I neglect to use Lava soap ASAP.
Nice mixer, btw.
I have to say, I use a Fletcher Munson curve or Bandaxall (both pre-and post EQ) with already pre-mastered electronic and it really gives it some whomp.Seems like a lot of folks are going the route of the MOOG these days, though.
Anyhow, abuse in vaping is probably leaving your e-liquids where they can be exposed to light. I think that's about the worst thing you can do to them.
I'm a firm believer that keeping e-juice fresh and vaping it fresh is the way to go. "Steeping", as it were, I view as simply giving the juice time to oxidize.
I don't want it to do that, so I vape it when I got it. If I don't like it, I move on to the next one. Rinse, rewick/dryburn, repeat. I never waste juice, though; keeping the remnants of multiple tanks in the "RBA bottle" is a hobby of mine. Never know what that's gonna taste like when I finally vape it.
Sub-Ω may be dangerous with poor quality mods without safety features or batteries, or mods without kicks, VG/PG is entirely preference based. Some people find no difference between 100% PG and 100% VG besides vapor production and viscosity. Others have allergies to one or the other. Coil set-up, wicking material, ect. all go into the "safety" factor, but this is likely a separate issue from abuse, per se.
Interesting question, though. I'll have to ponder on it some more and think about the implications of potentially unsafe vaping habits versus safer ones. Poor equipment/device maintenance, not cleaning threads, overcharging batteries, poor quality chargers.... so many things that can be concerning when piled all into one stack.
At the end of the day, though- I doubt "abuse" would be vaping several ml's of a given liquid in a day. If it's giving the person nic headaches, they may want to step down the nicotine and/or switch to a different/better device as a harm-reduction measure. (if that fails, WTA, NETs and snus are viable options- just my personal experience) After all, we are using PVs/vaping to minimize harm that would otherwise be present from cigarettes. However, if it's what they enjoy and what keeps them off analogs? More power to them.
Treat your e-liquid and devices/batteries well, and they will treat you well back; I still have a Vision Spinner from 2012 I lent out because I was content using just my Vamo; I hope the temporary owner treats it as well as I did. (I paper toweled the liquid every time I checked the threads. The person I lent it to.... doesn't really do that.)
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