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Nicotine Levels? Flavors?

Discussion in 'New To Vaping' started by BellaVida0221, Mar 24, 2014.

  1. BellaVida0221

    BellaVida0221 New Member

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    Hi everyone!
    After reading through the threads on the forum, I would consider myself to be a beginner compared to everyone else on here when it comes to vaping. Me and my husband Johnny have tried the brand, "Blue"? It was our first E-cigarette to ever try. My first impressions were that it was expensive, but supposedly they are supposed to last longer than a pack of cigarettes. Well, to my disappointment, it did not last me even two days before going out & tasting like a battery! Although it discouraged me a little, we ended up experimenting more with another E-cigarette called, "Enjoy". I believe it's what it was called. For sure, I know that I did NOT "enjoy" it! :lol: Last week, we went into a local convenience store by our house & it was our first time getting a "True Vapor". My husband is hooked on them! I like them but every now and then I still crave a regular chemical filled cigarette! :oops: Maybe it's the flavor or could it be the nicotine level in ours is too low? I want to be able to vape as much as the hubby! Anyone have some suggestions? It has to have nicotine in it! I'd like to spend less than $50...We are a bit clueless when it comes to vaping but extremely interested in learning more! Thanks to anyone in advance!
     
  2. cerebral79

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    Hi Bella, welcome to the forums!

    Like yourself, I tried the cig style vapes and they just didn't cut it for me. I need more throat hit, more nicotine, more flavor.

    I found a vision spinner batter and got a couple tanks a charger and some juice and never looked back lol.

    this is a kit that my favorite eshop sells now but i bought my pieces individually. Its a few bucks higher than you are looking to spend but its a good set up and comes with everything other than the juice.Vision Spinner Joye Ego-C Twist Combo

    Here is another kit they sell, the Innokin brand is really good, I have one of their higher end vaporizers and love it.
    Innokin iTaste VV V3.0 Starter Kit

    In the end though, you need to get higher mg nicotine, and find that flavor that makes analog smokes taste nasty lol.

    I was a menthol smoker so i started with a mix of 12mg nicotine East Cost tobacco and Extreme Ice from E Cigarette | Buy Electronic Cigarettes Online | E Juice - Mt Baker Vapor. I got each with 2 extra flavor shots, 50/50 pg vg blend and mixed the two evenly in a larger bottle. You probably dont have spare bottles yet so you can mix the juice in a zip lock, then cut the corner off and funnel the mixed juice into your two now empty bottles.

    here is the tobacco juice
    East Coast Tobacco E Juice Baker Vapor

    And here is the extreme ice
    Extreme Ice E Juice Baker Vapor

    I tried to buy some of their menthol tobacco juices but this mix was just far batter in my opinion.

    I have been smoke free and almost nicotine free for a few months and prior to that for about 6 months I was only smoking a few cigs a day. Now if I try to smoke a real cig, I have to wash my mouth out with my vaporizer because they just taste so bad lol.

    I started by making sure I hit my vape first thing in the morning with coffee, and it sat right by the dinner table or wherever I might be eating a meal. These two activities helped train my to reach for a vape instead of a smoke at the two most touchy times for a smoker. My neighbor mentioned that he also makes sure to keep his by his nightstand as well.

    Feel free to ask anything ans we will try to help you guys out.
     
  3. ChrisA

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    You probably bought cartomizers from the look of it. Although they try to simulate the look of a real cigarette, they don`t really cut it in the vaping world.

    What I would recommend is, you buy a standard clearomizer tank, which should hold about 2,5 ml or liquid with a pen battery and try out some high concentration e-juice. Start at 24 mg of concentration and just pick any flavor you think you would like.

    You can always reduce the nicotine levels until you find something that you can vape for about a week or so.

    Currently I`m vaping 24 mg of rose flavored liquid with my standard clearo and it lasts me about 1 week, while priced at about 5 euros/4 dollars. In comparison a pack of 20 cigs sells at about 4 euros in my country. So the amount of money I save is significant.
     
  4. cerebral79

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    lol I remember when i ordered my first bottle of e-juice and mistakenly got the 32mg 100% pg, I almost fell out of my chair trying to get that first hit out of my lungs lol.

    I'd go with what Chris said and get the 24mg, I forgot they had that between the 12 and 32.
     
  5. ChrisA

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    There are 32mg liquids available? :D That is news to me. I would want to check those out, but in a VG variety. I have found that I can`t really vape PG concentrations at all. Almost instant heavy coughing is what I get out of those.
     
  6. Laksefar

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    Flavours.. hmm
    In the beginning i vaped tobacco flavours with 18/24 mg of nicotine.
    But know I vape something a bit more sweet.
    A watermelon, grape and menthol mix called "Thug Juice" and one called "bannas gone nuts" which is bananas and nuts :D
    Both at 6 or 12 mg of nicotine.
     
  7. dabook

    dabook New Member

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    Go with 24mg. The flavors are great to say the least. i love snikerdoodle flavor...it feels like I am smoking cookies!
     
  8. cerebral79

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    just an update, after diluting down my juice with 246 mg bottles of zero nic juice I must be at almost zero nic because i tried a 3mg nic juice today and got a head rush with a big throat hit (from the nic). I must be closer to no nic than I originally thought.
     
  9. Lithium

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    May I give you some advice? If you aren't a smoker, don't buy anything with nicotine, since it's addictive.
     
  10. cerebral79

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    It's strange, some people don't think that a non-smoker would want to vape but there are those that do and hopefully they are informed to stay away from the nic liquids before getting their first set up.
     
  11. Takedon

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    If you can quit smoking easily, don't get something with Nicotine. And usually, the berries flavor is the most preferred, since it also smells very nice.
     
  12. rracz89

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    I want to try out just the regular cigarette nonmenthol flavor. Has anyone else had any success in using this, and does it taste the same? I feel if I were to buy a vape pen, I would want it to taste and feel like a real cigarette, and not use flavors like grape or watermelon. I don't think that would feel satisfying to me.
     
  13. cerebral79

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    Initially, I wanted to do the same so as a menthol smoker i bought some East Coast Tobacco and mixed it with some Extreme Ice and it came out pretty similar to a full flavor menthol cig taste but cleaner since you aren;t getting all the burnt taste and chemicals.

    I was real happy using this mix but eventually I moved on to coffee, caramel, and nutty flavors which isn't to strange since those are the flavors they use to make a lot of tobacco flavors. I myself don't do the fruity or sweet flavors that often.
     
  14. BryanCassidy

    BryanCassidy New Member

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    For quitting smoking do you think that it would work if I bought tobacco that didn't have nicotine? I know that nicotine is the addictive component in tobacco but I'm thinking that it might have the same effect as drinking decaf coffee in order to cut down coffee consumption. I haven't seen/read anything on this.
     
  15. cerebral79

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    Strange, I've never heard of nicotine free tobacco. I know there are tobacco free (therefore nicotine free) alternatives that you can smoke, they are made of various herbs.

    I personally would not have wanted to go from full nic to zero nic right away and im not sure that an herbal smoke would fool me enough to keep me from going back to real smokes.

    I know that full strength ejuice did take the edge of pretty fast when I was craving a cig though. Now im pretty much off nic and i think it's mainly due to stepping down easy with the ejuice nic content.
     
  16. Takedon

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    Have you smoked regular cigars before? Were you addicted to them? A lot of my friends have started smoking from the vaper just because they were curious but they didn't use any nicotine at all.
     
  17. rracz89

    rracz89 New Member

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    Would anyone happen to know what level I would be starting out at from smoking pyramid red 100's, about a pack to a pack and a half a day?
     
  18. rracz89

    rracz89 New Member

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    Would anyone happen to know what level I would be starting out at from smoking pyramid red 100's, about a pack to a pack and a half a day?
     
  19. cerebral79

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    I've heard from a lot of people that smoked 1-2 packs of full flavored cigs a day, that they started with anywhere from 12-24mg nic juice. I started with 12 but I did vape quite a bit so in retrospect I probably should have started with 18. I did make the mistake of trying 32mg once and that was WAY to much nicotine so I would stay away from that and go with something like 18 for a bit.
     
  20. Takedon

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    If you want to quit smoking regular cigars, you should buy yourself something with Nicotine. Then, you will be slowly reducing the level until you reach 0 and you won't even feel the need to taste some Nicotine again!
     

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