Just trying to get an idea about what strength I should be using here. So pretty simple question, what strength juice do you vape and how many regular cigs did you use to smoke a day and what brand. I just got my 901 today with some 24mg liquid, I think its a bit to strong. I think my next order will be 18mg or 12mg. I typically smoked (before vaping) a pack of american spirit lights a day.
What mg juice to you vape and how much cigs did you use to smoke
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I'm finding that I require a higher mg of nic juice than the mg's in my analogs. When I tried to use low juice (my cigs were 8mg) or even a medium, I was having a harder time going without analogs. I'm using high now consistantly and doing better. I plan to reduce to medium after a while. We all seem to have different needs here. Some need more of a throat kick, some a denser vapor. Play around with it and see what works for you. So, to answer your question, I am now using HIGH mg juice mostly. I was smoking Capri NON-menthol Light 120's, 2 1/2 to 3 packs per day since BIRTH! (well, practically : ). Good luck to you.
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I vape 24mg, about 2-3 carts a day (on a work day, not a weekend) with my NPRO, and I used to smoke a pack within 24 hours, so I think I'm doing alright in comparison.
I smoked 20 or so cigs a day. rolleds my own with filters. I vape 11 - 14 mg juice now. i found 24mg juice make me feel like heart was doing some coke. i am going to keep going lower. i vape 2-3 ml a day.
I vap 18mg tobacco flavors and my own candy flavors, I go from one till I get sick of it then switch, then have to go back to the tob flavors to settle myself.
Im at my laptop about 4-6 hrs a day and pretty much chain vap, so I really think I should
switch to 12mg while im at home.
I vap about 1-3ml a day ALL cut with PG - I tried VG from start and got sick of all the vapor.
I used to smoke 1 to 1 1/2 packs of ryo light tob and light tubes along with camel lights for past 5+ years, b4 then reds, newpoops, and marbmenthlights. Smoked cancer for aout 15 yrs.
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Im at my laptop about 4-6 hrs a day and pretty much chain vap, so I really think I should
switch to 12mg while im at home.
I vap about 1-3ml a day ALL cut with PG - I tried VG from start and got sick of all the vapor.
I used to smoke 1 to 1 1/2 packs of ryo light tob and light tubes along with camel lights for past 5+ years, b4 then reds, newpoops, and marbmenthlights. Smoked cancer for aout 15 yrs.
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I used to smoke a pack a day. When I started vaping I went with low strength and vaping lots, but after a while I found that it was making me feel a bit foggy headed. After some experimentation I've decided that this was due to inhaling too much vapour (possibly I'm sensitive to PG) and I now vape much less, but with a higher strength liquid. I'll take 3 or 4 drags then put the e-cig down for half an hour to an hour and that seems to do me just fine.
I smoked a pack a day of menthol lights. I vape 8 pretty much all day. I occasionally spike with 11 or 12 here and there like maybe in the morning and a tad in the afternoon, but all night is 8 and last night I think I did 6 all night and was fine. BUT I do vape a hell of a lot more than I smoked.
90% of the time I smoke 36, still finishing up what I picked up from pure smoker while as well testing my own batches, I occasionally puff a 40mg mix that I made for myself, but it is pretty rare.
I used to smoke 1 1/2 packs a day, with snus.
I used to smoke 1 1/2 packs a day, with snus.
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I smoked a pack of Marlboro Mediums a day. I first tried 10mg liquid but found it to be a bit too light for me and then switched to 18mg liquid which is strong enough for me. Lately, I've mixed the 10mg and 18mg to get something in the middle so to speak (with the same flavor of course)
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Cool, thanks for all the replies, this is helpful.
I just got my 901 TODAY, like 4 hours ago. Been vaping 24 mg juice. However I am not smoking it like a cig at all, take a puff or two putting it down and do that again when I feel like it. This is really cool so far, it taste great (no desire to smoke a ciggy either, having too much fun puffing on this thing)! I think my next juice buy will be 18mg though, I can definitly feel the hit off on the 24mg, probably the first time I have felt a nicotine buzz in 10 years! 18mg would probably allow me to vape a bit more and is probably more inline to what my body is use to intaking from analogs.
I just got my 901 TODAY, like 4 hours ago. Been vaping 24 mg juice. However I am not smoking it like a cig at all, take a puff or two putting it down and do that again when I feel like it. This is really cool so far, it taste great (no desire to smoke a ciggy either, having too much fun puffing on this thing)! I think my next juice buy will be 18mg though, I can definitly feel the hit off on the 24mg, probably the first time I have felt a nicotine buzz in 10 years! 18mg would probably allow me to vape a bit more and is probably more inline to what my body is use to intaking from analogs.
I used to smoke Kool Milds, usually a 1/2 pack a day. I've been using 18mg with no side effects for the past two weeks. Most of my vaping is done after work, I somehow managed to quit smoking during working hours. The goal is wean myself off the nic and try quiting for good this time. I ordered some 11mg, should be here soon. We will see what happens when I step the nic down a notch. If you find the 24mg to high you could try cutting it with PG/VG or a lower strength of the same flavor.
I used to smoke 40cigs a day.
Started on 18mg liqid about 2.5 ish ml a day.
I found I vaped a bottle of 20ml liquid in a week.
6 months on I am now vaping 11mg , 14mg & 16mg .
This poll by Kate may be of some intrest.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ssion/3613-how-much-nicotine-do-you-vape.html
Started on 18mg liqid about 2.5 ish ml a day.
I found I vaped a bottle of 20ml liquid in a week.
6 months on I am now vaping 11mg , 14mg & 16mg .
This poll by Kate may be of some intrest.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ssion/3613-how-much-nicotine-do-you-vape.html
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I smoked 1 1/2 - 2 packs of Basic Menthol 100's a day.
I'm currently vaping 10.8mg (DIY) menthol juice, about 2-3ml a day, I figure this works out about right in terms of daily nicotine. Going through some crap though, and a bundle of nerves, so each day it's worked out that I fill a cart with 36mg juice and vape the whole thing til it's gone... (7 drops..less than a ml) Then I just start using the regular again. Haven't touched an analog, so that's awesome by me!
~Yira
I'm currently vaping 10.8mg (DIY) menthol juice, about 2-3ml a day, I figure this works out about right in terms of daily nicotine. Going through some crap though, and a bundle of nerves, so each day it's worked out that I fill a cart with 36mg juice and vape the whole thing til it's gone... (7 drops..less than a ml) Then I just start using the regular again. Haven't touched an analog, so that's awesome by me!
~Yira
I just started vaping. I was smoking about 25 analogs per day (Marlboro Lights). I am using the (16mg) liquids and go through 1 cart a day with a few top offs and it seems to be comparable to the analogs I smoked.
By the look of replies it seem that vaping is not the same as analog smoking in regards to nicotine requirements. From some research I found that independent of the type of analogs the body only received about 1mg of nicotine from 1 cig, everything else burns off. So if you are 1 pack (20's) a day smoker, you were getting about 20 mg on nicotine a day. I am not sure what it works out to be in ml of a particular strength of e-liquid. But
that is to satisfy nicotine cravings. On the other hand, people that used to smoke strong analogs (M'boro reds, Camel etc) are used to a "throat hit" of high TAR content of their analogs. They were still getting (I think) the same 20mg of nicotine a day from 1 pack, but prefer to choose higher nic e-liquid because it gives them good hit effect - similar to what TAR did before.
Before I've started vaping, I used to smoke 30 analogs/day, but very light TAR (1mg of TAR per cig). Hence I am not used to the head punch of a high TAR and 16mg juice gives me good punch to the head, but unfortunately not to the throat =( I am still experimenting with different flavors as people on this forum are suggesting that "throat hit" is not just dependent on the nic content but also on the quality of the juice/flavor.
For those trying to work out the best strength - experiment. Start low (6) and increase it to high(36) - why not the other way around? If you start high, anything lower would feel "not strong enough".
That my 5 cents
that is to satisfy nicotine cravings. On the other hand, people that used to smoke strong analogs (M'boro reds, Camel etc) are used to a "throat hit" of high TAR content of their analogs. They were still getting (I think) the same 20mg of nicotine a day from 1 pack, but prefer to choose higher nic e-liquid because it gives them good hit effect - similar to what TAR did before.
Before I've started vaping, I used to smoke 30 analogs/day, but very light TAR (1mg of TAR per cig). Hence I am not used to the head punch of a high TAR and 16mg juice gives me good punch to the head, but unfortunately not to the throat =( I am still experimenting with different flavors as people on this forum are suggesting that "throat hit" is not just dependent on the nic content but also on the quality of the juice/flavor.
For those trying to work out the best strength - experiment. Start low (6) and increase it to high(36) - why not the other way around? If you start high, anything lower would feel "not strong enough".
That my 5 cents
I was smoking Carnival Ultra Light 100's. Anywhere from 1/2 a pack to a full pack a day. I am vaping 2 to 3 ml a day. My juice is 14.4 mg/ml. I mix 4 ml of 18mg/ml unflavored with 1 ml of flavor (sometimes .5ml of flavor and .5ml of distilled water). This gives me 5ml of 14.4mg/ml juice. I use that until about 4:30 or 5 pm. Then I us no nic (flavored glycerine water). If I use the nicotine too late I don't want to go to sleep.
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