The Vaping Thread

[weepete]

vape gear by wee_pete, on Flickr

Fromleft to right: Kato mod with a Fogger V5, Stingray with an Elegant Vapour Tobh clone, new Sigelei 75W with a UD Zephurus, Nemisis with a Royal Hunter and a Gizmo 24 V2 with 18650 extension and another Zepyrus

I think if I had any one of those, I would still be indulging. Man, just had a flashback of a flavor. Pirates Bay was real nice.

Aye mate, 50W of custard is some amount of flavour!

 

[Stradawhovious]

I have had a glut of PMs about getting started in vaping, and there are a WHOLE LOT of questions than can be answered by a couple simple, short videos just to get the basics. I will post a few here... It's true that there's a learning curve, and some homework that needs to be done in the beginning, but to save the expense to your wallet and health by quitting the cancer nails it's worth it.

Also, starting this thread has inspired me to quit the cigs altogether. From this moment on, I'm done with them. Thanks guys!





And here's a fun one...

 

[JacaRanda]

BTW, once I discovered I could get zero nicotine, I went that route also. Smoking cigs for me was a habit, not an addiction. I was lucky!

 

[Stradawhovious]

BTW, once I discovered I could get zero nicotine, I went that route also. Smoking cigs for me was a habit, not an addiction. I was lucky!

With the variable nicotine content of the juices, most places will allow for the opportunity to decrease the amount of nicotine over time with the same flavors, so you don't notice a difference from higher content to lower.

In theory anyways.

I don't.

 

[JacaRanda]

BTW, once I discovered I could get zero nicotine, I went that route also. Smoking cigs for me was a habit, not an addiction. I was lucky!

With the variable nicotine content of the juices, most places will allow for the opportunity to decrease the amount of nicotine over time with the same flavors, so you don't notice a difference from higher content to lower.

In theory anyways.

I don't.

Definitely a plus.

 

[weepete]

Lol, me either.

But then I'm not trying to quit. I just moved on to an alternative. I went from 18mg to 16mg to 11mg to 10mg last year, then back up to 18mg and now to 6mg.

But as many long term smokers do I self regulate. That is I consume roughly similar amounts of nicotene per day, but I'll vape more or less or at higher or lower powers depending on strength. As far as I'm aware the phenomenon was discovered after lite cigarettes were introduced as a method of cutting down. After the studies were published they found most smokers didn't smoke the same number of cigarettes but instead smoked more so the nicotene levels were similar.

 

[limr]

BTW, once I discovered I could get zero nicotine, I went that route also. Smoking cigs for me was a habit, not an addiction. I was lucky!

Same here.

 

[Stradawhovious]

BTW, once I discovered I could get zero nicotine, I went that route also. Smoking cigs for me was a habit, not an addiction. I was lucky!

Same here.

It's that way for almost everyone. The physical dependency on nicotine is done in about a week (or less) even for heavy smokers, the rest is all psychological.

 

[Stradawhovious]

My new favorites. The one on the left is called "Bad Hare day". It's a very potent custard flavor and at a 70/30 (vg/pg) mix it produces a hell of a cloud at 60 watts. The bottle on the right is a 50/50 mix called "Black Sun". They say it's a blend of coffee, chocolate, tobacco and raisin, but to me it is spot on to a fresh cold press coffee. Not as much vapor, but a great throat hit and brutal amount of flavor. It's seriously like gargling with coffee. Love it.

 

[rexbobcat]

BTW, once I discovered I could get zero nicotine, I went that route also. Smoking cigs for me was a habit, not an addiction. I was lucky!

Same here.

It's that way for almost everyone. The physical dependency on nicotine is done in about a week (or less) even for heavy smokers, the rest is all psychological.

What's...the source on this? Because nicotine basically affects your dopamine production much like cocaine and amphetamines (there's more to it obviously but dopamine is part of what causes the "feel good" sensation).

 

[weepete]

Looks tasty, particularly the custard

I just hate how a lot of put food colouring in e-liquid when its really doen't need to be there.

 

[Stradawhovious]

What's...the source on this? Because nicotine basically affects your dopamine production much like cocaine and amphetamines (there's more to it obviously but dopamine is part of what causes the "feel good" sensation).

The doctors that tried to get me to quit for years... I also read it on the internet, so it HAS to be true, right?

 

[Stradawhovious]

Looks tasty, particularly the custard

I just hate how a lot of put food colouring in e-liquid when its really doen't need to be there.

Well, you're the one that inspired me to try a custard flavor... and a good call at that.

I agree about the food coloring (we don't spell that with a "u" here in the land of "standard" measurement). Although, this liquid is far less orange when you get it in the tank. I think the label and frosted glass make it look more colorful than it is.

 

[weepete]

Well, you're the one that inspired me to try a custard flavor... and a good call at that.

I agree about the food coloring (we don't spell that with a "u" here in the land of "standard" measurement). Although, this liquid is far less orange when you get it in the tank. I think the label and frosted glass make it look more colorful than it is.

Glad you like the custard then! There a fair few of us vapers thst are custard daft. Suicide Bunny's mother's milk has been on my list to try for a while and I really should pick up a bottle soon, a creamy custard with dragonfruit and strawberry I think. My favorite has been Kraken's Kingslayer which is awesome. Digby's is a brand thats been mentioned a few times to me as well as a top custard though the latter two are UK brands.

That colour in the tank looks like it could be without food colouring (you guys also spell centre weird too) though I was vaping an apple flavour today that had it in. Pinkman also has it, though the colour fades after a while.

I'm gonna pop to the local B&M tomorrow and pick up a new flavour though. I need to get some bulk supplies in especially as the EU Tobbaco Products Directive is going to kick in here in May which will severly restrict what we can get in the UK so I'm stocking up.

 

[Stradawhovious]

I'm gonna pop to the local B&M tomorrow and pick up a new flavour though. I need to get some bulk supplies in especially as the EU Tobbaco Products Directive is going to kick in here in May which will severly restrict what we can get in the UK so I'm stocking up.

Here's the kicker... Within a 15 minute drive of my house, I have no fewer than 15 vape shops. Not ONE of them carries overlapping brands of liquid. It's astonishing how many people are in the game on this. I'm kind of hoping the market saturation dries up a bit so I can start finding the same stuff at multiple shops. As it stands, I end up buying something different almost every time, unless I happen to end up at the same shop... which only happens as an accident of convenience.

Buying a different brand/flavor every time is both a blessing and a curse. I probably have 30 half full bottles of vape juice on a shelf in my bedroom.

And Yeah, I think the FDA is going to bring Thor's hammer down on this pretty soon here as well. I expect choices to drop as sharply as prices go up.