Vaping, Electronic cigarettes

Unless you have some liquid with a high VG Ratio, I wouldn't recommend direct lung inhale...

I usually smoke my daily e-cigs like a normal cigarette, i.e. Mouth to lung, since none of my daily atomizers have a high enough airflow to do so.

I have a couple of drippers with high airflow that I only use with 90/10 VG/PG liquids (no nicotine) and even that is a bit harsh when direct lung inhale (hookah-style).

a.k.a. mouth-to-lung and lung hits.

Whatever floats your boat. but I don't recommend strong lung hits unless you have big airflow on your tool or you might get a mouth full of juice.

I've had a sore throat after taking directly into the lungs. I've assumed this is perhaps a temperature thing - long and deep hits + very hot vapor = sore throat. I've had the same from smoking fags too quickly. Mouth first is the way to go, and the way it seems to be done from my silent and scientific observations.

All good advice. So many questions for the novice vapeur! Such as, does one start the 'burn' before the suck, or vice-verse? Is a popping/ fizzing sound during the draw normal? Can one adjust the airflow to give more resistance - or is that why folk go down the DIY/ custom route?

As far as airflow is concerned, it really depends on the device you use. For example, in the clearomizers department, the Kanger Aerotank and the Mini nautilus both have Airflow control.
The popping/Firzzing is normal; it's the sound of the liquid being vaporized.
I don't usually press the button too early personaly, and it might not be recommended as it could make your resistance dirty?

I went to the custom route because I wanted something with more vapour and taste. Although there are now a lot of clearomizers available that are on par with my first rebuildable atomizers.
I'd recomend Nautilus with BVC resistance, it's very impressive!

FWIW I'm a suck then swallow kinda girl...

PM me...

Nautilus with BVC resistance

+1

How often do you RBA boyz 'n gurls replace your wick? I'm having to do it every couple of days... No biggie, just wondered what other folks were doing...

Depends on what juice I use; it varies from a few days to a couple of weeks...
On that note, I can't recommend cotton pads enough like Bacon Cotton; I started using them a couple month ago and it makes rewicking much easier once you know how much cotton to strip.

Six quid for a packet of ten tho'?!?

I bought a organic cotton ball thingy that was half the price and half the weight of that a year ago and haven't gone through it yet. But as I said, it's easier to use and I have less dry burns or flooding issues. It is expensive but worth it IMO; I'd happily spend 100 quids on a nice mechanical mods so it's not a major expense compared to some of the stuff I bought in the past... It makes wicking easy, so it's a justified expense for me. Taste slightly better once you broken a new wick in too.

How about Muji cotton pads? I've been reading up on them, they seem popular and pretty cheap... May grab some today, I need to pop into town later on anyway...

They're pretty much the same as far as presentation is concerned: the cotton fibres are oriented the same way. It's the pad format that makes them easier to use: you just cut/tear a strip of the appropriate width and thread it in your coil as opposed to faff about trying to make an uniform wick out of tangled cotton... I bought Bacon Pads because they were the only available stuff in my shop but Muji pads should be exactly the same...

Sounds good, it can be a bit annoying trying to get a nice clean length of cotton without burrs... I'll try pick some up later...

Looks great, but it doesn't work...

Built a microcoil in the normal way, put it on the deck and it's shorting... I can't get a reading and I'm not doing anything differently to what I would normally... Same wire, same amount of wraps, same method... Just built three coils for it and none of them work... Weird...

Any ideas?

I'd get rid of the paint on the negative post? and then I'd have a look at the spacer/insulator under the positive post... Could it be that the 510 adjustable screw isn't making contact? I thought that a 1 meant no connection rather than very low resistance/short? I don't have a ohm meter so it's just a wild guess

Dual coil monster...

Looks like your device is switched to the NO position- flip that and try again.

Yeah, there's no connection... It's weird...

Last night was a frustrating evening of tech failure at my place...

I may just send it back, don't wanna mess around with it and lose my money...

Do you get the heinous "Check Atomizer" on your DNA30?
Technically, the positive post, i.e. the little flat head screw is adjustable on Kayfuns. I can't think of anything else...

The missus just picked me up some of this, looks ideal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFpt1l2CibM

Just made a wick with this stuff, not identical to that ^ (doesn't split into four sheets, also uncrimped) but it tastes really good, very mellow... Early days but first impressions are good... Cheap and unbleached, £1.99 for 140 pads... I think the 4-ply ones are £2.50 per packet, might buy some of those next week...

anyone else get this? win!

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