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Same here. Haven't given it much though, mostly because the other half of the brain always tells me i'm imagining it...
I'm very curious to hear some theories as to why that is.
I'm very curious to hear some theories as to why that is.
No not for me.
My theory is the heat the coil generates, "contaminants" (lack of a better word) the liquid as it empties...backwards through the cotton to the liquid.
When refilled again the "contamination" is diluted and the flavor is restored.
A full glass of beer always tastes better!!
That’s not a true analogy. Blindly, a half glass of beer at the same temperature and carbonation should taste the same as a full glass.
There is a phenomenon called “Sighted Influence”. Blindfold yourself and have someone to else fill your tank where you blindly vape both half and full tanks. See if you can detect a difference.
That’s not a true analogy. Blindly, a half glass of beer at the same temperature and carbonation should taste the same as a full glass.
There is a phenomenon called “Sighted Influence”. Blindfold yourself and have someone to else fill your tank where you blindly vape both half and full tanks. See if you can detect a difference.
Maybe just gravity. I have got into the habit of doing "primer puffs" between vapes to keep my coil saturated, and half way through a tank, I open up the top to "equalize" air pressure, so it (almost) makes sense that a full tank simply has more mass and gravity keeps your coil more saturated. I'm actually really tired and might just be babbling nonsense at this point.
I don't have a BB, but I don't notice a flavor change when I refill any tank I've used in the last few years. OTOH, I seem to remember a few tanks from years ago that did this. I think they tended to lean out a bit as the juice level dropped.
Could also be that heat over time decreases the overall flavor.
Myself, when I experience this, my coils are very warm and I've been vaping it a while, I think vape tongue plays a part. But hot coils in an rta seem to cause this more.
Myself, when I experience this, my coils are very warm and I've been vaping it a while, I think vape tongue plays a part. But hot coils in an rta seem to cause this more.
Yep. All my RTAs are giving me the same feedback
You're not imagining it Fredman1. I'm convinced!Same here. Haven't given it much though, mostly because the other half of the brain always tells me i'm imagining it...
I'm very curious to hear some theories as to why that is.
Agree with @Punk In Drublic
Our brains are wired to think in a certain way, a full table (or plate) of food also tastes better than a sparse one. The later is probably evolutionary smart, time to slow down.
On a philosophical note, it's much easier to analyze what we perceive than it is to analyze bias in our brains. Your experience is absolutely real, but also that is how your brain is wired. Juice running low, turn off pleasure sensors, vape slower
Our brains are wired to think in a certain way, a full table (or plate) of food also tastes better than a sparse one. The later is probably evolutionary smart, time to slow down.
On a philosophical note, it's much easier to analyze what we perceive than it is to analyze bias in our brains. Your experience is absolutely real, but also that is how your brain is wired. Juice running low, turn off pleasure sensors, vape slower
Maybe Darren but I like to think that my analytical abilities are switched on enough to be aware of, and discount this as the reason. No, this is a real change in flavour in the sense that any juice can have a stronger or weaker flavour based on device settings etc. Too many test runs at different times of day for this to be purely subjective.
I agree with this. If you notice, usually the juice gets darker in the tank. That is when the flavor seems to change.
The only thing besides reclaim juice than could have an effect is pressure.
If you only fill the tank half way, do the same results occur?
If you only fill the tank half way, do the same results occur?
No worries. Your subjective experience is absolutely real, but to get an objective truth would require an experiment that is hardly worth performing. If we could measure vapor in both cases we would know, but it still would not change your subjective experience, and your experience is real, it is what you experience, also true. I bet you could already guess my job is partially about measuring, separating out placebo effects from objective measurable effects. What is true it that people's subjective experience is entirely real too
I believe it to be a pressure thing too, more weight of the juice the better it wicks. Maybe it's not the weight, but something to do with the air displacement, in any case the more weight of juice, the better it flows onto coil as you suck....I also think you would see this more in a tall tank compared to a short tank...
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This makes some sense in theory. Not all of the components in e-liquid is vaporized into vapor. Some things like flavoring agents and other byproducts of vaporization get left behind in the wick material, and are what makes wicks look dark and nasty over time. Those byproducts can then leech back into the tank's reservour to "contaminate" it. Adding additional e-liquid to the reservoir dilutes the contaminants.
I used to know vapers who would waste (throw out) any remaining e-liquid from a near empty tank as opposed to just refilling their tank. They claimed the remaining e-liquid was bad tasting.
The darkening of the juice is primarily from oxidation of the nicotine and flavoring agents when exposed to oxygen. It's possible oxidation affects the flavor profile, and a good reason to keep our e-liquid bottles capped. It's also probably evidence of unvaporized byproducts mentioned above.
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Different components will vaporize at varying percentage by temperature. As you vaporize off juice the ratios of what remains will change. VG concentration will rise as PG vaporizes at a lower temp. Flavors are up for grabs in how they'll distribute. And you have the issue of heated juice that didn't vaporize will resorb (well sorta) and will also affect perceived flavor. So noticing a difference isn't necessarily subjective. Maybe more aware with better taste buds.
Or not
Edit: what @Baditude posted like 2 minutes before I hit reply. Same idea
Or not
Edit: what @Baditude posted like 2 minutes before I hit reply. Same idea
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