What's your best newb/like mistake?

[Rocketpunk]

"Priming" a carto for a DCT tank (this was almost a year ago) and following the Smok visual instructions (the ones from the MBV website).

I had no clue what "priming" meant, so I only "primed" it with about four to five drops, then loaded up the tank like the pictures showed. Had NO idea why every single carto tasted like melted plastic. "These things SUCK!" I swear, I went through six or seven cartos before someone at my local B&M taught me how to successfully prime them. "You mean AT LEAST forty to fifty drops?!"

Now I no longer count the drops, I just drip and flick until juice comes out of the little hole at the bottom...

 

[Pink Dolphin]

I once spilled about 5ml of 6mg onto my hands because it was my first time with a carto tank,i ended up freaking out thinking I poisoned myself with the nic

 

[ZombieHunter]

I got bacon too thinking it would be yummy... it was mapley and REALLY heavy. Okay for 1 hit but not more. It also stained my tank and wick even after cleaning- still stained a bit brown and you can still smell it.

 

[HDVaper]

Buying a 20 lot of CE4 clearomizers from a China vendor. Luckily they were cheap. That was before I discovered Protanks.

 

[Gerick]

" I got hosed at the mall..why didn't you warn me ?"

" I Did "

LMAO

Thinking/insisting that it had to look like a cig and taste like a cig or it wouldn't work for me. When i first joined ECF it was months before i realized that e-cig alikes was a mistake for me.

I was a slow learner but now i know the truth after over a year of vaping.The truth is if you don't try something how will you find out your true preferences

Now when i look at this vid someone made on youtube i can laugh at myself and say been there done that

 

[chicknbemus]

Been there, done that, got the stained t-shirt(s).

I "filled" an evod tank without taking the head off. And another time I had a tiny bit left of a really good juice (man, I was looking so forward to it, too) and didn't tilt the tank just right and squeezed most of it down the center post and on to my shirt.

I have a lot of stained shirts.

Something I learned by trial and error, I too leaked some juice all over my pants in the car before arriving to our destination, that if you happen to have some hand sanitizer in your purse, rub it all over the juice spots, it desolves the juice and the alcohol from the sanitizer speeds up the drying time and you can arrive at your destination stain free! I tried plan old water before and that didn't work as well as the sanitizer.

 

[thomas.egnoto]

Other night I was driving home from work, and I went to take my protank off my ego and throw on a carto tank, and in the dark of the car accidentally unscrewed the head from the tank, instead of the whole thing off the ego. Juice everywhere. Thankfully it wasn't even quite half full. I'd seen grimmgreen mention in a video that this can happen if you're not paying attention, and I remember thinking "yeah, right, who would ever do that?". SMH

 

[illitirit]

I think the hardest part learning how to vape for me was learning how to switch out cartos and prime them... as well as filling up juice into a carto tank. I probably wasted a good 30$ worth of liquid before i really understood how an entire carto tank system works.

 

[notdanielbutdaniel]

First day at work with a T3. Was on break, reading a book, and wanted to change flavors. Still reading, unscrewed t3 from battery... but actually unscrewed tank from base. Full tanks worth of juice all over a library book.

Have also performed this amazing magic trick three times now with my Evod. Doh!

 

[The Dingo]

You guys jinxed me.

Just after I clicked on this thread (to read all the stupid/funny newbie mistakes ), I unscrewed my vivi nova so I could recharge the battery. You guessed it - unscrewed the base by accident and dumped everything on my lap.

About an hour after I read an ecf thread about Protank bases breaking, mine fell on the floor from about 3 feet up, and the connection snapped. Mind you, I had been using it for many months without a problem.

Maybe we should start reading only the 'happy' threads...(e.g. "I just got my XXXXX mod in the mail and the company decided to include a lifetime supply of kanthal, wick, VG, PG, flavors and nicotine for free").

Maybe that'd reverse the jinx.

In either case, I have chuckled more than once reading these posts. I'm glad I'm not alone in doing some of the silly things that most of us have done. I guess it's just the 'tuition' that we all have to pay to the Vaping University School of Learning as You Go.

Sure beats the much higher tuition of attending the School of Analogs.

 

[JonnyB88]

I, stupidly mind you, put an iClear 16 on my MVP while leaving the base ring on. Tried to switch tanks, and of course, since I had no access to the base of the iClear I had to screw from the tank, the 16 opened up and juice went all over. I've done this twice without thinking.

 

[peterforpats]

believing juice reviews(here or anywhere) thinking someone else's taste translates to my taste-oh the $$$$ wasted!

 

[Gerick]

Vaped Virginia Fire Cured Tobacco Flavoring without mixing it..it tasted horrible..I thought it was ready made. I kept vaping and thinking, being I was new that the flavor/taste would grow on me or change..put myself thru this almost an entire day...UGH. Almost went out and bought a pack of smokes it was so bad.


Then a few days later did the same thing with RY4 Electronic Cigarette Flavoring and knew instantly I did it again.

Also unscrewed the tank off without the base , yep, juice all over me.

 

[itsrayray]

Don't know if its a newby mistake, but after I got home from visiting mov I didn't take the time to put my pv on the lanyard. Which I already had too much in my hands, try to close the screen door and dropped it. SHATTERED the glass on my davide, surprisingly enough, it stayed in one piece still.

But now I have to find the glass for it, don't even know if they are for sale yet..... I emailed them, hope I get a good response.

 

[Gerick]

I also broke the glass on one of my anyvape davides and no one
has any replacement parts yet.

I emailed DV (who I bought them from ) and nothing has arrived from anyvape as of a few days ago.

They are actually pretty good if you can get a tip that fits snuggly unlike the tip that comes with it.

Loving my Tatroe Tank and all my SS tips fit snug and tight.

Don't know if its a newby mistake, but after I got home from visiting mov I didn't take the time to put my pv on the lanyard. Which I already had too much in my hands, try to close the screen door and dropped it. SHATTERED the glass on my davide, surprisingly enough, it stayed in one piece still.

But now I have to find the glass for it, don't even know if they are for sale yet..... I emailed them, hope I get a good response.

 

[itsrayray]

Bummmmmmmps

 

[7sixtwo]

Wasting money on cig-a likes

^ THIS.

A couple hundred $ in my case. Greensmokes are friggin expensive. Cheaper than analogs, but not by that much.

 

[tA71ana]

When I first started vaping, I used to keep my eGos in my jewelry box.
I 'm lucky something truly crazy didn't happen as a result O.O

But I'm much better, now, lol

 

[schotzky]

Lol, I bought a carto tank the first purchase I made online buying some Ego Twists. I had no idea how to use it and I thought it was just meant to look cool. I then realized it was to put juice in, which I had no idea how that was supposed to work but did it any ways.

I figured it out eventually.

 

[schotzky]

^ THIS.

A couple hundred $ in my case. Greensmokes are friggin expensive. Cheaper than analogs, but not by that much.

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