I've tried to bump the wattage up but I feel like no matter how what I do, anything that ends up over 3.7v tastes bad. I can get away with 4v (16w @ 1 ohm) but it's not as tasty. It doesn't seem to help the throat tickle either.
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I got a new tip that has less airflow, and also am trying some rayon (sp?) for wicking that was suggested by my local shop. Seems to make a small improvement, but I may have to try a new tank. The problem is that a lot of tank systems either don't have a good RDA or don't have one at all. The Kayfun looked OK but it seemed like a PITA for setup.
AFAIK: it'd take an awfull lot of niccotine to make you cough - its far more likely its the juice (with or without) After all, vaping wouldn't be any use to most people if it didn't give a throat hit.
Leaving out the niccotine probably results in using it more to compensate and not realising.
Very often we are too quick to blame the vaping when something unusual or unexpected happens. A couple of week ago I was coughing up some unpleasantness. I was questioning the vaping. Since then I have not changed anything and the coughing went away of its own accord.
I hate to sound rude, but according to your banner, you've been doing this for a little over 2 months. I've been at it for nearly 6 years, and I can tell when I have a vaping cough.
I'm about 95% sure this is vaping related, especially since it started immediately after a big change in equipment.
there are a lot of replies to this thread but im going to throw mine in anyways if it helps.
I developed a cough also while I was vaping, I suspect it was due to me doing super subohm builds more often on a mech which results in high wattage vaping. (0.17-0.2 ohm coils). I've switched to 0.3-0.5ohm coils more recently and vaping at lower watts back on my old regulated device at 30-40watts and my cough has gone away. I have no clue how to prove why i started developing the cough in the first place but I suspect it was the high power vaping and caused by either the high temperatures breaking down and releasing fumes from my coils/cotton/juice, I know when your body doesnt want you inhaling/eating something bad for it most of the time, it tries to make you cough it up or you get a gag reflex because it is trying to push it back out of your body.
i still like vaping on my mech, but for me i cant do it all the time, it has to be something. harsher on the throat but my nic is only 3-6mg so im guessing its mainly the heat?
I developed a cough also while I was vaping, I suspect it was due to me doing super subohm builds more often on a mech which results in high wattage vaping. (0.17-0.2 ohm coils). I've switched to 0.3-0.5ohm coils more recently and vaping at lower watts back on my old regulated device at 30-40watts and my cough has gone away. I have no clue how to prove why i started developing the cough in the first place but I suspect it was the high power vaping and caused by either the high temperatures breaking down and releasing fumes from my coils/cotton/juice, I know when your body doesnt want you inhaling/eating something bad for it most of the time, it tries to make you cough it up or you get a gag reflex because it is trying to push it back out of your body.
i still like vaping on my mech, but for me i cant do it all the time, it has to be something. harsher on the throat but my nic is only 3-6mg so im guessing its mainly the heat?
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One thing the OP has never indicated and no one has asked: how much juice are you going through in a day?
And you might want to try a quick test to determine your overall hydration levels (skin turgor test). Pinch the skin on the back of your hand for a few seconds and let go. If it snaps back quickly, it's usually a good sign that you are properly hydrated. Slowly and it's a clear sign of dehydration. Good luck!
And you might want to try a quick test to determine your overall hydration levels (skin turgor test). Pinch the skin on the back of your hand for a few seconds and let go. If it snaps back quickly, it's usually a good sign that you are properly hydrated. Slowly and it's a clear sign of dehydration. Good luck!
I hate to sound rude, but according to your banner, you've been doing this for a little over 2 months. I've been at it for nearly 6 years, and I can tell when I have a vaping cough.
Of course you know yourself more than I do. I was simply describing my own experience. Meant well and for you to take or discard.
So, I did two things. Yesterday, I bought a Lemo Drop. This morning while using it, I had a bad cough still, but I felt like the coil that came with it (1.1ohm) was poorly built (long time to heat up, and when it did, it was way too hot for a 1.1 ohm), so I built my own this morning at 1.7 ohm (9 wrap 26ga kanthal) and it's an extremely cool vape at 8w with 6mg nic. I haven't yet coughed from this build, but I guess it's not optimal to what I'd like my vaping experience to be. I really enjoyed the hit given by the 1ohm and especially sub-ohm levels with the STM. That being said, I'd rather not cough my effing lungs out, and I can learn to live with this setup as long as I'm healthy.
So, I did two things. Yesterday, I bought a Lemo Drop. This morning while using it, I had a bad cough still, but I felt like the coil that came with it (1.1ohm) was poorly built (long time to heat up, and when it did, it was way too hot for a 1.1 ohm), so I built my own this morning at 1.7 ohm (9 wrap 26ga kanthal) and it's an extremely cool vape at 8w with 6mg nic. I haven't yet coughed from this build, but I guess it's not optimal to what I'd like my vaping experience to be. I really enjoyed the hit given by the 1ohm and especially sub-ohm levels with the STM. That being said, I'd rather not cough my effing lungs out, and I can learn to live with this setup as long as I'm healthy.
Apparently; seemingly insignificant differences can have a huge effect.
This morning the vape seemed weak so I wound a new coil, the usual routine is take a used head out of a tin and rebuild it so I can carry on using the e-cig while I work. The more recent Vivi-Nova V2 heads have a little glass fibre woven tube that insulates the coil from the metal head, in the recent ones the tube fits inside the head very snugly and has square slots to clear the wick.
As luck would have it, the one I picked out of the tin was the older type, the glass fibre tube is smaller and not snug, it has punched round holes for the wick and is simply cut so the wick can be threaded in. It didn't take long to notice it wasn't a good build, it was leaking and gurgling so I tried tightening the head down a bit better. That stopped the leaking and gurgling, but the vape was weaker than the old coil. In the end I had to find a park bench in town to sit and deploy an emergency spare in the throat pastilles tin I carry just in case.
An interesting observation: When I first started, I bought a similar looking head from Premiere cigs to see if it could be made to fit (it was £1 cheaper than LF are charging) Premiere don't bother with the woven glass fibre tube insulator. but I couldn't modify their head to fit the V2, so I didn't get to find out what it works like.
In the past I've had switches fail short circuit, the clearomiser can sort of boil over and spill juice on the desk. Naturally I assumed it needed a new coil before further use, but replacing that did not restore use - I could not see anything wrong with any of the parts of the clearomiser, a new head just didn't get it working again.
The dud clearomiser is now in a tin for future salvage parts - no doubt I'll find out which part wasn't working when I try to use it as a spare.
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