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Hello & welcome to the forum, escapee, to your Mum too! Smashing that you're doing the homework for her & it looks like you're well into that. Mind you don't get shineyitis on her behalf though. Do hope that you manage to get the right mix to stop your Mum's reactions & that she can happily continue vaping.

[chykensa]

Hi escapee and welcome to the forum! And all credit to you for helping your Mum - you seem well-informed, and I hope that we can assist in any way we can to guide your Mum to a sustainable vaping life.
You appear to be going down the right track with the 70/30 and 80/20 juices, keep us posted on their successes or otherwise, and please ask if you have any queries!
Andy

[vaper22]

escapee and well done to your mum!

[Roscopecotrain]

Welcone to aaec.

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[Roscopecotrain]

Welcone to aaec.

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[Perpetua]

Aug 14, 2013 21:56:45 GMT escapee said:

from what I've ready rich64 - the main two drawbacks of 100% VG is a thicker mixture that some cartomizers struggle with (burning out the wick too quickly) and the potential for a build up of phlegm/catarrh which apparently high doses of VG can have a tendency to cause in some users.

I'm hoping my mum has an intolerance to higher doses of PG and not PG in general as I've purchased 30/70 and 80/20 eliquid to trial.... failing this I do have one bottle of 100% VG in reserve.

Do you believe that you have an intolerance to PG?

Welcome to you Escapee and congratulations to your Mum.


I've a PG sensitivity, some people find that taking an antihistamine tablet helps them, although it didn't me. Switching to VG heavy liquids have, I don't have any problems with wicking as the current delivery systems available are much better at being able to cope with a thicker fluid.

You'll also find that a pre-made juice will have had it's VG content diluted so wicking really shouldn't be a problem, it will also have a percentage of PG as the majority of flavourings are suspended in it . . . so both those factors will loosen the VG up.

On the positive side, at least this sensitivity has surfaced before you've stocked up too much with PG heavy juice.

[Super-Shiny]

Hello and escapee

[dragon]

As perp said, the newer equipment out there copes superbly with heavy vg fluids. IMO (and I confess I am a bit weird ) Then they cope even better with less water added than is the standard wisdom. Vaping equipment is evolving really fast, and sometimes it is hard to keep up.

I am sensitive to pg, I can tolerate some, but I take care not to cross the line. I vape home mixed 100% vg diluted with 5% demineralised water. I have 0 problems with wicking and as yet have no problems with phlem etc.

I have had problems in the past with premixed vg juices and gurgling/condensation issues. I am convinced that lowering the water content solves this (due to experimenting once I started mixing my own)

Now that I am so used to 100% vg (and yes most of my flavours are suspended in pg, so 100% is not entirely accurate, but I rarely mix at more than 10% flavour) I find pg juices really harsh, and don't mind at all that I can't use them much anyway.

[Perpetua]

Aug 15, 2013 6:52:57 GMT dragon said:

 I find pg juices really harsh, and don't mind at all that I can't use them much anyway.

Me neither Dragon . . . I'd far rather have vapour over throat hit anyway.

[Beatnik]

Hello and welcome to AAEC

[escapee]

Thanks again everyone for the kind words of support and advice..... I do have a couple more question though if anyone could answer these please.

1. What is the best atomizer/cartomizer for use with 100% VG (currently trialing Vivi Nova rebuildable tanks)

2. What is shineyitis?? ???

[Chrissie]

1. I'm a stick in the mud & still like Boge cartomisers - especially for high content VG e-liquid, but hopefully others will come up with other alternatives

2. shineyitis is a terrible disease

[djs]

Aug 15, 2013 20:07:09 GMT escapee said:

Thanks again everyone for the kind words of support and advice..... I do have a couple more question though if anyone could answer these please.

1. What is the best atomizer/cartomizer for use with 100% VG (currently trialing Vivi Nova rebuildable tanks)

2. What is shineyitis?? ???

I'd imagine Vivi Novas won't like 100% VG very much. Not long wicked ones anyway.

The other thing...um...

[escapee]

Ah I think I may be cursed with that affliction already Chrissie (though nothing's fallen off yet!)

I daren't guess as to how much the cost implication is - just to say the first mech mod I bought I decided to buy 5!! This then opened my eyes to the world of VV/VW and I ordered a Vamo V3 which is winging it's way from Fastech and should be here in the next couple of days!

[escapee]

I look at it not so much shineyitis... more 'pimp my ma!'