Being new, saying hello, just got Riva 1100 kit

[Elder Druid]

Hello everyone,

I've just signed in. I am your newest Elder (sic) member. Just got my RIVA 1100 kit from FreedomVape. I was all excited to start putting all the gear together and get vaping away. Finally I'll get rid off my cigs, bad breath, smelly clothes etc. That's what I thought. Well I am very disappointed to say the least. I take a drag, a second, a third and nothing. It did nothing for me. What am I doing wrong? Is there any possibility that the E-Lites are better? They look like a cig, they told me that they taste and behave as close to a cig as pos. Please help an Elder Druid to get rid of the habit. Right now I'm dying for an analogue, no matter how many times I inhale the damn thing it doesn't do the job.

[bel]

Hello and welcome Elder

Have you put enough juice in the cartridge? it reallly needs to be very wet??

[Jemima]

Hej Elder

Are you getting any vapour at all ? Any flavour? Are you using atomiser and seperate cartridge or a cartomiser ?

I've been to Gothenburg (not relevent but got a little excited sry lol)

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome Elder

The e-lites are awful, so please don't waste your money on them.

As Bel says, have you put plenty of juice in your cartridge & also added a drop to your atomiser?

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

Ok we could use a little more information - are you getting any vapour at all - what nic content is in your liquid - the Riva kits don't come pre filled so Kev adds 10ml of juice to each kit - did you get the tank kit or the atomizer kit as Kev does both . Any information you can give us on what is and what isn't happening will help us to help you silly question but you are aware the Riva has a manual battery and has a button to press ? i ask because E-lites are automatic and don't require the battery button to be pressed

[Anne (fuzzy)]

I was going to suggest more info was needed, but it looks like Elder has gone offline

[Perpetua]

Hello & welcome ED.

Don't despair . . . it'll be something straightforward and easily sorted!

[Elder Druid]

Hello again and wow, I didn't expect so many replies so fast, thank you guys. Well, to answer your questions, I got the kit, atomizers and cartridges. Yes Kev did include 10ml ejuice, I got Marlboro low on nicotine. You see the analogue Marloboro contain 0.8mg nicotine, the ejuice claims to contain 10mg (low nicotine).
10 drops in the catridge using the condom method, 3 drops in the atomizer to prime it. Yes I get vapour I think enough to make others think that I am smoking for real.

Chrissie I got the kit after reading your advise to another guy and I also used the coupon you gave for the discount.

[Chrissie]

Glad to hear you got the kit due to me recommending it to someone else

I'm wondering if you may have flooded the atomiser as 3 drops on it may have been too much. Also the condom method is only used to fill cartomisers, not cartridges.

You can't really compare the 10mg e-liquid to the 0.8mg of a real cig. How many real cigs did you smoke? I'm betting you need a much higher nic juice

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

Ok well you've got things a little confused atomizer prime doesn't really need to be done but filling up cartridges you don't need a condom method as that's for cartomizers (cartridge and atomizer in one unit) instead fill the cartridge up using the drips like so



You will notice that the juice stops soaking into the cartridge - also the juice doesn't really cross over to cigs on strength form - i vape 18mg juice smoked .9 ciggies my mate smoked s c ultras and uses 24mg juice - it's all about getting the amount of nic that you need

Another thing to mention is that if the taste hasn't kicked in yet either atomizers are stored with a primer liquid on them so the first few hits even the first cart in some cases can taste not like you expect it to

[Elder Druid]

Jan 9, 2012 23:09:58 GMT warlordxxx - (Mark) said:

Ok we could use a little more information - are you getting any vapour at all - what nic content is in your liquid - the Riva kits don't come pre filled so Kev adds 10ml of juice to each kit - did you get the tank kit or the atomizer kit as Kev does both . Any information you can give us on what is and what isn't happening will help us to help you silly question but you are aware the Riva has a manual battery and has a button to press ? i ask because E-lites are automatic and don't require the battery button to be pressed

Lol of course I pressed the button, also this Ego/Riva is the 5 presses on/off battery. My problem is that I still crave for a real smoke, I inhale the vapour, it tastes something like ice cream. I don't remember Marlboro tasting like ice cream, also I do not get the kick at the back of my throat. Marlboro was my analogue choice here in Sweden, when I lived in England and in Greece I was smoking Rothmans. For me it has to do with the strength so I'll probably have to try different mixes. But I got really disappointed, I read here in this forum experiences from vaping that I didn't feel.

[Perpetua]

As Chrissie said . . . it doesn't sound like your juice strength is high enough for you ED. . . there won't be much kick or throat hit in a low strength, especially when you're first making the changeover from cigarettes.

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

Jan 9, 2012 23:39:06 GMT Elder Druid said:

Jan 9, 2012 23:09:58 GMT warlordxxx - (Mark) said:

Ok we could use a little more information - are you getting any vapour at all - what nic content is in your liquid - the Riva kits don't come pre filled so Kev adds 10ml of juice to each kit - did you get the tank kit or the atomizer kit as Kev does both . Any information you can give us on what is and what isn't happening will help us to help you silly question but you are aware the Riva has a manual battery and has a button to press ? i ask because E-lites are automatic and don't require the battery button to be pressed

Lol of course I pressed the button, also this Ego/Riva is the 5 presses on/off battery. My problem is that I still crave for a real smoke, I inhale the vapour, it tastes something like ice cream. I don't remember Marlboro tasting like ice cream, also I do not get the kick at the back of my throat. Marlboro was my analogue choice here in Sweden, when I lived in England and in Greece I was smoking Rothmans. For me it has to do with the strength so I'll probably have to try different mixes. But I got really disappointed, I read here in this forum experiences from vaping that I didn't feel.

JUUS checking i've seen a lot of people think its just an on-off button lol

[Elder Druid]

Jan 9, 2012 23:31:51 GMT Chrissie said:

Glad to hear you got the kit due to me recommending it to someone else

I'm wondering if you may have flooded the atomiser as 3 drops on it may have been too much. Also the condom method is only used to fill cartomisers, not cartridges.

You can't really compare the 10mg e-liquid to the 0.8mg of a real cig. How many real cigs did you smoke? I'm betting you need a much higher nic juice

No it wasn't flooded, actually it looked dry to me but I didn't put anymore in it. Today is my first day, today I smoked my last cigarette at 6:30pm Swedish time. I smoked 2 packets a day, and yes I believe that I need a higher nic strength ejuice.

[Jemima]

If your gettign the vapour and the flavour coming through, I'd suggest a stronger liquid. Also bear in mind that over the next few days your tastebuds will do whatever they please, although that won't of affected anything on your first day ( I doubt)

I'd get a sample pack of about 5 juices from a pick an mix selection, with a higher nicotine somewhere around the 20-26mg mark, and a few cartomisers.

Did kev include a drip tip in the order ? if he did then try dripping 3 drops of fluid directly onto the atmoiser and pop the drip tip on the end. that should get you a bigger vapour inhale which may help somewhat. if he didnt, do you have any empty cartridges? (no filling or take filling out of one) and use that as a temporary drip tip.