Been lurking for a week or two, figured I'd drop by to share my experiences with vaping thus far and lend some words of encouragement to new vapers.
Until 6 days ago, I was a roll-your-own tobacco smoker, really rather enjoyed it (or so I thought), though a few weeks ago I was bought an uber-cheap disposable e-cig because I'd mentioned months ago that I wouldn't mind giving them a shot. Total Cigarettes "In-Flight" in case anyone's interested.
It was mediocre, it vaped well enough though it tasted like pepper flavoured ashtray. I got used to it, not wanting to waste it. I continued smoking analogues while I used it up, thinking that if I did get into vaping then I'd mix it up with real fags and see how it was as I went. The disposable eventually ran out and, since it wasn't unbearable, I figured a "real" e-cig had to be better, I wanted to give it a fair crack.
So having done copious research, reading the boards, watching the youtube reviews and such, I ordered a DSE901, a PCC and a small bottle of Dr Pepper juice and sat about twiddling my thumbs waiting for the mail. It arrived about 6 days ago.
Nobody would've bet on it, not even me, but I haven't smoked since. Ok, I had a couple of drags from an analogue when I thought I was going to run out of juice, but it tasted like I'd just licked up the remains of a bonfire. It lasted about 2 drags before it, along with my ashtray, were promptly removed from view.
Anyway, the 901. How was it? Well, to be quite honest it was a bit rocky. I found the throat hit inconsistent, the flavour non-existent and all that cart filler stuff was getting on my wick (if you'll excuse the pun). The included carts were tolerable but not what I would've called enjoyable and the Dr Pepper liquid tasted of nothing in particular.
Getting a little frustrated, I googled and youtubed for people who had the same experience but for a beginner it seems a lot like everyone else is having a right old blast but, for some unexplainable reason, it just kinda sucks (ahem). Now, given the amount of positive opinions on vaping, I knew there had to be more to it. Maybe I got crappy liquid or my e-cig was a dud. Maybe I was just doing it wrong. Maybe it's because I was hoping for it to be more like a cigarette. As far as I'm aware it was none of those things. I even tried a Fluval mod which helped a little, but not enough to "fix" it for me.
So I ordered another atty, a drip tip and some more juices. They arrived today and while I've spent most of today rinsing filler, wondering where my flavour's at and dousing my hands and desk in fluid, I've finally arrived at what I'm going to call a pleasant vaping experience. Other than the vile taste of the new atty, that is. That, and the whisky juice. Bad, bad, bad idea. The only real flavour I'd got from my e-cig and it was a flavour I didn't like. Go figure. Why I thought buying whisky liquid when I don't like whisky was a good idea I'll never know, but hey, live and learn.
Tossing my pile of wet pile of carts aside and rinsing the whisky taste out of everything, I popped in the drip tip and dropped in some lemon e-juice. Hey. Wait. What's this? Flavour? It... it tastes of something! Not quite lemon but a reasonable approximation of something trying to taste like it. This is progress. Throat hit? Well, there isn't any. But that's ok. This doesn't have to be like smoking an analogue for me to enjoy it. It's only 8mg juice but despite my recent ditching of the ashy sticks, it seems to be doing the trick. The best part? It tastes and feels like smoking lemon shisha in a hookah pipe. Awesome.
Now, the other juices aren't tasting like much, even the highly praised RY4. Between that and the cola, I'm half convinced I got brief, extremely weak mirages of flavour, nothing that I could say is an actual taste. I'm going to put that down to the dead tastebuds theory for now and I'll see how it comes along in the weeks ahead. I might also have crappy juice but I can't tell yet, there's no point ordering a stockpile of juices just at the moment, just enough to keep me ticking along will be just fine.
To sum up:
I've smoked no fags for almost a week, it's amazing how easily the e-cig replaced the a-cigs.
Don't give up because the atty or the liquid tastes like carp. That's not the full experience. Give it a fair crack at working out the kinks.
Cigarettes taste like eating the contents of a burnt out fire grate.
Cheers, happy vaping.
Until 6 days ago, I was a roll-your-own tobacco smoker, really rather enjoyed it (or so I thought), though a few weeks ago I was bought an uber-cheap disposable e-cig because I'd mentioned months ago that I wouldn't mind giving them a shot. Total Cigarettes "In-Flight" in case anyone's interested.
It was mediocre, it vaped well enough though it tasted like pepper flavoured ashtray. I got used to it, not wanting to waste it. I continued smoking analogues while I used it up, thinking that if I did get into vaping then I'd mix it up with real fags and see how it was as I went. The disposable eventually ran out and, since it wasn't unbearable, I figured a "real" e-cig had to be better, I wanted to give it a fair crack.
So having done copious research, reading the boards, watching the youtube reviews and such, I ordered a DSE901, a PCC and a small bottle of Dr Pepper juice and sat about twiddling my thumbs waiting for the mail. It arrived about 6 days ago.
Nobody would've bet on it, not even me, but I haven't smoked since. Ok, I had a couple of drags from an analogue when I thought I was going to run out of juice, but it tasted like I'd just licked up the remains of a bonfire. It lasted about 2 drags before it, along with my ashtray, were promptly removed from view.
Anyway, the 901. How was it? Well, to be quite honest it was a bit rocky. I found the throat hit inconsistent, the flavour non-existent and all that cart filler stuff was getting on my wick (if you'll excuse the pun). The included carts were tolerable but not what I would've called enjoyable and the Dr Pepper liquid tasted of nothing in particular.
Getting a little frustrated, I googled and youtubed for people who had the same experience but for a beginner it seems a lot like everyone else is having a right old blast but, for some unexplainable reason, it just kinda sucks (ahem). Now, given the amount of positive opinions on vaping, I knew there had to be more to it. Maybe I got crappy liquid or my e-cig was a dud. Maybe I was just doing it wrong. Maybe it's because I was hoping for it to be more like a cigarette. As far as I'm aware it was none of those things. I even tried a Fluval mod which helped a little, but not enough to "fix" it for me.
So I ordered another atty, a drip tip and some more juices. They arrived today and while I've spent most of today rinsing filler, wondering where my flavour's at and dousing my hands and desk in fluid, I've finally arrived at what I'm going to call a pleasant vaping experience. Other than the vile taste of the new atty, that is. That, and the whisky juice. Bad, bad, bad idea. The only real flavour I'd got from my e-cig and it was a flavour I didn't like. Go figure. Why I thought buying whisky liquid when I don't like whisky was a good idea I'll never know, but hey, live and learn.
Tossing my pile of wet pile of carts aside and rinsing the whisky taste out of everything, I popped in the drip tip and dropped in some lemon e-juice. Hey. Wait. What's this? Flavour? It... it tastes of something! Not quite lemon but a reasonable approximation of something trying to taste like it. This is progress. Throat hit? Well, there isn't any. But that's ok. This doesn't have to be like smoking an analogue for me to enjoy it. It's only 8mg juice but despite my recent ditching of the ashy sticks, it seems to be doing the trick. The best part? It tastes and feels like smoking lemon shisha in a hookah pipe. Awesome.
Now, the other juices aren't tasting like much, even the highly praised RY4. Between that and the cola, I'm half convinced I got brief, extremely weak mirages of flavour, nothing that I could say is an actual taste. I'm going to put that down to the dead tastebuds theory for now and I'll see how it comes along in the weeks ahead. I might also have crappy juice but I can't tell yet, there's no point ordering a stockpile of juices just at the moment, just enough to keep me ticking along will be just fine.
To sum up:
I've smoked no fags for almost a week, it's amazing how easily the e-cig replaced the a-cigs.
Don't give up because the atty or the liquid tastes like carp. That's not the full experience. Give it a fair crack at working out the kinks.
Cigarettes taste like eating the contents of a burnt out fire grate.
Cheers, happy vaping.
