Advice needed for newbie on e-cigs

[poppet]

Hi everyone, just joined AAEC (fab site) and have been reading through all the various threads but can't seem to find the answer(s) I'm looking for regarding e-cigarettes so any advice/info greatly received :-)  After many years of smoking finally decided to try and ditch the habit but do actually enjoy the "act" of smoking, I've got children, although never smoked in front of them or in the house but still find the time to smoke about 15 on a good day - more if I'm somewhere else without them and with friends that smoke - if you know what I mean!! 

After reading some of the threads decided to buy the starter system from MyPack.  It came with the tobacco cartridge and also ordered the cherry flavour both in 18mg which I found to be a bit harsh at the back of my throat, so ordered lower nicotine ones but they don't do it for me and I end up just popping outside for a normal cig.  Before I end up buying the entire range can someone give me some feedback on which cartridge(s) to try next which will give me the "hit" but not the burning throat sensation? 

Thanks everyone for your time and hopefully help

[CaptainChaos]

ello poppet & welcome to this great & helpful site ....

The issue everyone has is differing tastebuds - one like X, another hates it.

To me, in my first few days, I tried KY4 (24mg), King of Tobacco (24mg) and Triple 5 (24mg). All Dekang (myepack)

I am a lover of RY4 (smooth), quite keen on KoT (a bit harsher but not unpleasant), and not so keen on Triple 5 (quite harsh), but again, what one person loves, another one hates.

Try smokerainbow - you can get loads of 1ml samples to try loads so you can say "oh yeah I'll order that" or "oh gawd no way never again", but again, early taste bud loves can turn into taste bud hates - it's a complicated old world out there.

But ello anyway

[djs]

Welcome poppet

There are many starter kits on myepack... can you be more specific?

[decoy]

just one thing did you put the jucie in and wait 5 min for it to soak in to the cartage before useing

[nem]

poppet

[poppet]

Thanks for all your replies and welcomes! The starter kit I got from Myepack was the V1 power pcc starter kit which you use with the cartomizers. I am presuming you can buy blank/empty ones and fill with liquid?? At the moment I am using the pre-filled ones but open to suggestions.

[chykensa]

poppet - hi and a warm welcome from me - have never used the PCC system so can't really comment. The comments above about your taste buds changing over the next few weeks are very valid though

[Clivia]

hi and welcome poppet

I am also not used to this starter kit , because I am using different batteries and tops. Tops, which I can easily refill with any liquid.

I agree with the above said - tastes are different, it's a bit of trial and error, but there are vendors like joosejuice and smokerainbow who have cheap samples to try out - specially joosejiuce as you can decide how you want the liquid - nicotine strength and the ratio of pg and vg

[Perpetua]

Welcome to you poppet.


You might find adjusting your inhaling technique, taking a few chugs and then holding the vapour in your mouth for a few seconds before taking it down, helps lessen the effect on your throat. It's not uncommon for new vapers to experience what you are in the first few days.

[POSitality]

Can't believe no one's mentioned this: try some VG-only juice. I have some "Pancake" and "Tennessee Cured" both 18mg and both VG-only and there's almost no "throat hit" compared to the usual 70/30 PG/VG. Still a nice buzz though

If 12mg isn't really cutting it I'd recommend getting some 18mg and 24mg of something basic like VG-only RY4.

[djs]

Apr 20, 2014 16:33:20 GMT poppet said:

Thanks for all your replies and welcomes! The starter kit I got from Myepack was the V1 power pcc starter kit which you use with the cartomizers. I am presuming you can buy blank/empty ones and fill with liquid?? At the moment I am using the pre-filled ones but open to suggestions.

This one then...

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/34428/review-myepack-power-pcc-starter

and you are struggling with the tobacco cartomizers (18mg) ?

[djs]

Apr 20, 2014 19:46:46 GMT POSitality said:

Can't believe no one's mentioned this: try some VG-only juice.

Shall I try it? I have some blanks and some 100% VG Dekang...

[poppet]

Apr 20, 2014 19:51:50 GMT djs said:

Apr 20, 2014 19:46:46 GMT POSitality said:

Can't believe no one's mentioned this: try some VG-only juice.

Shall I try it? I have some blanks and some 100% VG Dekang...

Thanks would appreciate it  Finding it all very confusing so really do appreciate all the help I can get.  I decided to go with the e-cig to start with as it feels slightly more familiar in my hand.  I'm going away in a few weeks time so thought it would be easier to take the pre-filled cartomizers through customs but as it currently stands I hate the taste/burning throat sensation   Is it easy to fill the blank cartridges with the liquid?

[poppet]

Apr 20, 2014 19:50:00 GMT djs said:

Apr 20, 2014 16:33:20 GMT poppet said:

Thanks for all your replies and welcomes! The starter kit I got from Myepack was the V1 power pcc starter kit which you use with the cartomizers. I am presuming you can buy blank/empty ones and fill with liquid?? At the moment I am using the pre-filled ones but open to suggestions.

This one then...

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/34428/review-myepack-power-pcc-starter

and you are struggling with the tobacco cartomizers (18mg) ?

Yes that's the starter kit I got and it came with the 18mg tobacco cartomizers, thought it was the strength that I found hard to cope with so tried lower (12 and 6mg) but although it didn't burn as much in my throat just tasted like a bonfire in my mouth (or herbal tobacco if you have ever tried that - absolutely foul)

[poppet]

Apr 20, 2014 19:46:46 GMT POSitality said:

Can't believe no one's mentioned this: try some VG-only juice. I have some "Pancake" and "Tennessee Cured" both 18mg and both VG-only and there's almost no "throat hit" compared to the usual 70/30 PG/VG. Still a nice buzz though

If 12mg isn't really cutting it I'd recommend getting some 18mg and 24mg of something basic like VG-only RY4.

Hi - sorry probably a really stupid question but what is VG only juice and the PG/VG?  This is all so new to me so apologies for all the questions, feel like the new girl at school