Berkeley Menthol Newbie!

[flimflam]

Oct 21, 2011 8:49:24 GMT nigwafc said:

Oh and in the Riva kit there was a charger box which was empty - but there was a seperate plug with a USB adapter. Presumably this was in place of the empty charger box - would this sound correct?

Hi Nig,

Yeah that got me on the Riva kit I got as well. Heh. Figured that's the box that the adapter would've been in if it was a one of the small flat 2 pin jobbies (US/EU) that are shown in a lot of the kit pics elsewhere.

John

P.S. Welcome BTW

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Oct 21, 2011 20:51:28 GMT Chrissie said:

Just to add to the info so far, Propylene Glycol in particular is a humectant - very interesting (& long thread about the issue currently on ECF -

www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/231267-vaping-dehydration.html

Just been reading the thread on your link, god it is long lol
I will try to get into the habit of drinking more, its just hard to do so if you dont feel thirsty, it will also help the slight constipation I have now as well

[Perpetua]

That's one of the major causes of being a bit 'bunged up' Chillax, not enough fluids . . . plus ciggies have a muscle relaxing effect, so it will take your system a little time to settle with vaping.

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Oct 22, 2011 4:14:36 GMT Perpetua said:

That's one of the major causes of being a bit 'bunged up' Chillax, not enough fluids . . . plus ciggies have a muscle relaxing effect, so it will take your system a little time to settle with vaping.

I think its getting a little better without going into detail lol
And I have drank loads today

[Perpetua]

Pleased to hear it Chillax . . . though I still have the Allabout Regulation Equipment on standby for dealing with such situations.

[Gordy]

Oct 22, 2011 22:24:53 GMT Perpetua said:

Pleased to hear it Chillax . . . though I still have the Allabout Regulation Equipment on standby for dealing with such situations.

LMAO

[nigwafc]

Had some fun over the weekend with the smokymizer cartridges, having decided to try and fill one with the low strength menthol juice Id got. So - just to give you all a laugh - thought Id share it;

First thing I noticed with the juice was that it seemed to be a bit juicier than the other. So much so that when I tried to drip it in to the cartridge via the syringe needle which I was nimbly trying to hold in the correction position whilst tilted at a slight angle (having not acquired a proper syringe) the needle simply got blocked and nothing would come out. I therefore tried to drip it direct in to the hole itself and found myself squeezing the juice bottle to such an extent that the head decided to come off and half the contents went all over the place including half of my keyboard! The next 20 mins or so was then spent prizing the keys off my keyboard (once Id cleaned it off all my hands) to that I could soak up/clean the juice that had flowed underneath. Once I'd finished that I then discovered that the cartrdige hadnt managed to capture any of the juice that had conveniently flowed everywhere else - so I still had an empty cartridge. With my good lady on her way to the chemists I got her to pick me a syringe up. Having waited for her return, armed with 2 syringes I then found that the tiny syringe needle wouldnt fit on the end - doh! Once I'd kicked the cat in sheer frustration (actually I didnt as we dont have one, but if we did then believe me it would have been) I did the sensible thing and watched the video on filling up by use of the condomn method - once Id filtered through all the youtube videos that werent really applicable to what I was trying to do. I then finally managed to fill up the cartridge with the juice along with half my fingers. The satisfaction that it had not beaten me was great, but not so great when I saw the tiny volume of juice that I had left in the bottle - doh!

Im not too sure whether the juice should of been of such thickness to be honest - or whether Ive just got a bad batch. The other 2 bottles I have are a lot of thinner, and as a result are a lot easier to fill with.

Oh and thanks to the links to the dehydration and health info - very useful. Ive also noticed that last night and today I seem to have a very rapid pulse and feel very anxious. Now this may be either due to me not having had a fag since last week (actually thats a lie - I did have one over the weekend, but only smoked half as it tased rather foul and no where near as nice as a vape), or it may be due to me vaping excessively? Whilst we were watching the epic Titanic movie last night which we'd recorded a few weeks ago, I found myself vaping somewhat easily and quite often. With there being no constraint as to how often or how long you can vape, is there an actual rule or suggestion towards this? Obviously with a fag you have until its gone, ie 5 - 10 mins or so and then wait until your next one. But with vaping you could potentially vape for ages. Do people tend to vape the same periods as they did whilst smoking, or do you find that you may have a single vape or so every 5/10 mins? Its a strange feeling being able to pick it up whenever and as often as you want - not too sure whether I may have been overdoing it somewhat!

[Jemima]

Well it sounds liek you had quite the fun time there lol

That juice does sound quite thick, at this point I'd ask what it was and did you try thinning it down a little, but it doesnt sound liek theres enough left to try that with lol

The anxious feelign may well be because of the nicotine inhalled plus absorbed via the fingers. I belive it can be a stimulant, and I would say that if you showed no other side affects (headache, nausea, dizzyness) at the time then it was prob just a temporary thing and hopefully has now passed ? You may notice it happen again when you vape more often than normal. If your concerned about that try the next strength down for those times when you find yourself chain-vapeing.

I find I seem to take a drag as and when with vapeing, rather that the 7 mins worth it used to taek me to smoke a ciggy and then nothign untill the next ciggy.

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

can just picture you filling it up, frustration

I had a little of that when I started, it didn't last, maybe to much nic or a combo of all the baddies leaving our bodies ???

I vape more than I smoked, especially when I am watching tv etc, I make myself put it down or I would be doing a constant arm action of up to mouth