Yuk - these are vile, vile, vile

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katink

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Take off the mouthpiece with the core, and the battery - so you hold just tha atomizer-part. Get a tissue. Hold it against the atomizer-bridge (just hold it, don't turn it around else some strands may be taken along by the atomizer-bridge). If it's a pen-model (so if the atomizer is inside the tube) turn a corner of your tissue tightly and then push it into the tube until it rests against the atomizer-bridge, again don't turn it around while touching that bridge (meaning the mesh you see when looking at the atomizer from the top).
Now blow hard into the atomizer through the hole at the bottom (the side where the battery belongs). Keep putting new parts of your tissue against the mesh, and blowing, until you see the tissue stays just about clean/dry.

Now drip on a few drops of e-liquid (if you don't have that, you can squeeze the cartridge to get a few drops out of there). Let it work into the mesh for a bit; then attach the battery and a fresh cartridge (preferably not one of those coming with the starter-kit, those are sometimes too dry and mostly not tasty) and start vaping. There will still be a little factory-fluid left, but that will soon be gone seeing you have gotten almost all out this way.

Good luck, and indeed... give it a chance: looking around on the forum a bit would have warned you for this first experience, then you could have dealt better with it - but hope this helps now at least :)
 

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When I started using ecigs last summer, spring practically, all the atomizers I got from njoy and myecigs (meltrex) had a nice strawberry primer - they were luscious tasting right out of the package. I haven't had a good one like that since the winter time. I don't know if the factories stopped to cut costs or if everyone has gone to cheaper atomizers, but those days seem gone. If someone brought it back they would get my business. I'm tired of dumping in the juice and smoking off the crappy taste.

That said, some still are much crappier than others. And the (presumably) cheapest ones, the underlying crappiness never goes away.
 

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My first dabble with e-cigs today; a 901 and pen-style arrived. On the topic that gets talked about a lot here - volume of vapour they create - they are fine. Loads of "smoke". But this board never talks about the taste. I'm sorry but these are so utterly disgusting. I can't understand why no one has mentioned it before. Bog standard "low nicotine" cartridges. Fortunately, I wasn't really expecting anything else so I can hardly say I'm disappointed.

We never talk about taste?

You've apparently never popped in to the LIQUID REVIEWS section of the web site.

There's all kinds of talk about taste and flavor in there.

Also, one thing you'd note if you read the boards a bit is that the majority of people don't like the flavor that's in the carts. Some do, most don't.

Time to explore your options.
 

teardrop88

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We never talk about taste?

You've apparently never popped in to the Liquid Reviews section of the web site.

There's all kinds of talk about taste and flavor in there.

Also, one thing you'd note if you read the boards a bit is that the majority of people don't like the flavor that's in the carts. Some do, most don't.

Time to explore your options.

Right on. I'm partial to Vanilla and Menthol that's sold from PureSmoker.com myself. Not that I'm going out of my way to give free advertising... I just like what I like. Hopefully with time and some experimentation, you'll discover what you like.
 

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I can see how people say that these things suck. I recently bought a spare atomizer and batteries, the atomizer was defective, everyone told me to wash it, flood it with juice, prime it, smoke it 100 puffs to get rid of the new taste, none of these suggestions worked, the atm arrived defective. This can be very discouraging to someone trying ecigs for the first time.
 

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It sounds like a bad atom. I had one shipped with a 901 that was attached to the atom during shipment. Note to suppliers: Do not do this! The switch must have been turning on during transit, bouncing around, and the atom was dry. It arrived burnt. Once you burn an atom, you get the most horrible taste and that sounds like what happened to you, rather than simply the type of juice you were using.

And, some atoms are just bad, right out of the box, no matter how they were shipped. Try a new atom, if you don't have any you need to get some anyway. They only last so long, even if they are working perfectly.
 
I just got first e cig npro and penstyle from NJOY and think cartridge tastes like stale beer YUK but am tolerating it til my other flavors arrive from jantyUSA end of the week have 5 different ones coming so in mean time I have cut my analogs down in half and use them to basically get rid of nasty cartridge taste lol but I am still happy with vaping and am not coughing and for first time in years I didn't need my inhaler even once today YIPPEE - so I will continue to use nasty cartridge til my better flavors arrive just so i can be inhaler free !!!
 

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I've smoked a pack a day of marlboro reds for most of my life:shock: I got my Kissbox classic a bit more than a week ago, and I have not smoked a ciggarette since! My favorite flavors are cappucino, and RY4. I just ordered a bottle of RY4 liquid to refill my own carts. Nice amount of vapor, the kick took a bit of gatting used to and made me cough at first, but overall, I like it better than analogs.

Experiment with flavors, I hear that the Janty liquids don't clog atomizers like other brands do, and the price is right, $10 for a jar of liquid, or $5 for 5 carts. Try the flavors I've recommended I don't think you'll be dissappointed. Good luck:D
 
Yes cappacino is one of the flavors I have arriving !! also cola,licorice,polar mint and chocolate.....looking forward to refilling my own and trying all the flavors!!So far am still pretty happy with my NJOY and NPRO.The penstyle is one I use the most though since I am used to smoking 120's anyway....I am sure once I get better flavors it will BYE BYE ANALOG SMOKES !!!even being cut back I have more energy less coughing and best of all not had to use inhaler in a few days now !! YIPPEE !! njoy cartridges still taste like stale beer though to me LOL...:shock:
 

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My first dabble with e-cigs today; a 901 and pen-style arrived. On the topic that gets talked about a lot here - volume of vapour they create - they are fine. Loads of "smoke". But this board never talks about the taste. I'm sorry but these are so utterly disgusting. I can't understand why no one has mentioned it before. Bog standard "low nicotine" cartridges. Fortunately, I wasn't really expecting anything else so I can hardly say I'm disappointed.

FenMan, when I get my shipment in I'll send you some different flavor carts for your 901...for free, dont give up just quite yet.
 

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Sorry for the necromancing, I too haven't logged in for quite some time. Well, I'm still having issues and haven't managed the transition yet (smoked analogs since I joined here). It's mostly the flavours and lack of throat hit that have caused me to not be able to switch to e-cigs entirely.

What would be a good place to order a pack with various flavours to test (shipping internationally)? While I understand there's no such flavouring or liquid that will completely replicate the flavour of an analog, I would like it to be as close as possible, no fruity stuff or other flavouring for me ;)
 
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