what is VG and PG?. i'm vaping 50/50. what dose it mean..?

[wisher]

Hi.

Just a small question really..

I'm vaping 50/50 vg/pg. what does it mean, as I know you can different of each,,
but just don't know whats what...

cheers

[jcol]

Usually PG will give you more throat hit and Flavour.
VG will give you more Vaper, but does not carry flavourings so well and is usually thicker
I started off on 70/30, (pg/vg) but recently i seem to prefer 50/50

[Bluefish]

Pg is propylene glycol and vg is vegetable glycerine, most common is 80/20 pg/vg, but you can have 100% of either and any mix in between + what he said ^

[trellentor]

General rule is that
PG = Stronger flavour and Throat hit
VG = More vapour and more viscous in the tank.

Then there is also the items you can mix it with. Most VG is mixed with a Diluent such as 10% distilled water ( making Aqueous VG) or some use Alcohol such as Vodka at 10%. This makes the VG easier to work with ( Less gloopy ) and in the case of the Alcohol it increases the throat hit a bit.

Also if you are mixing yourself you need to consider that the vast majority of Flavours are mixed with PG which can effect your calculations.

There are also some other additives that increase throat hit such as Bite Extra from flavour art which can give you a throat hit even if you are vaping with no nicotine.


Some people have a reaction to PG which can cause irritation of the mouth all the way up to anaphylactic shock but it is rare and easily solved by either reducing the PG content or in extreme cases vaping PG only.

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Or as I got in the summer a tight chest/pain in chest. Resolved by reducing PG