hiya :-)

[Deleted]

I've been on here about 3.5 years - not a veteran by any stretch of the imagination

Also I don't sub-ohm or sqwonk. Sub-ohming has no attraction. I need a decent throat hit - that's about it, but if I mix my PG/VG ratios wrong I get chesty. Interesting balance.

Everyone's different on here and we cater for everyone

rare in today's society

I duel fuelled for the first 3 months of vaping then went vaping full time September 2011. I'm happy I did it when life was less complicated and we'd just beaten one threat of regulation/banning vaping

Now we face another in the form of the TPD (look under promoting on the main page of here) but I am ready

Jane

[tim]

Hi kittyvape

So nice to see somebody so excited.

Welcome to AAEC

[kittyvape]

Mar 25, 2015 12:20:38 GMT djs said:

Welcome kittyvape

I'm sure your new 2,200mAh battery will work out fine.

As for ordering a Pink iStick and Subtank... well, let's just say your cravings are going to be under control with that sort of kit.

Thanks djs   Yes, got quite the range to experiment with, plus am thinking the Pink 50w will be great as an indoors, and the 2200mAh and eShisha Hypernova could be cool for outdoors. eShisha have just blown me away in saying I can trial their Stellar plus sending some 0mg flavours to mix with just purchased 18mg flavours, and more batteries for the Hypernova, so I can safely say the spending is done, lol, and it's time to play! So keen to leave cigarettes behind, and great to know there won't be any more cravings! What kit and flavours/nicotine do you use? 

[kittyvape]

Mar 25, 2015 13:04:48 GMT Get Off My Cloud said:

Mar 25, 2015 12:14:49 GMT kittyvape said:

Glad about the longer charge, that there'll be no 'cartridge run out/battery run out/charging case run out' repeating loads during the day, lol. Cool that you started at 24mg too. Have you stayed at that level? Just received 3 juices, one of them Cappuccino, from LT ... omg, I can't wait to smoke it tomorrow!  Am finding I'm getting queasy sometimes, but a Youtube vid [Electronic Cigarettes 102_What to expect when you stop smoking and start vaping] explained various effects, especially in first few weeks, and said must drink plenty of water, otherwise nausea/headaches, so that's sorted, yay.
 

No i moved down to 18mg after about 6 weeks but cravings are different for everyone.
Once i started sub ohm vaping and using drippers i moved down to 6mg, any higher and i was getting nic sick.
I find larger volumes of vapour a more satisfying sensation so had to cut the nicotine down.

That's great about moving down to 18mg! Yes, fascinating to see what happens as try levels out. I've just quickly googled sub ohm, lol, but not drippers yet ... so much to learn. Great that those shifts caused drop to 6mg. I've got glycerin arriving in the order too, as on MSE, in the thread I saw Erme and about this forum in, 'watering down' nicotine with glycerin was mentioned ... how far can you water down a 24mg? I've got some 18mg's on the way too, but would love to be able to use up especially the 24mg cappuccino, without hitting any nic sick. Looking forward to lots of vapour and flavour; more relaxing than nearly passing out trying to get any vapour from an e-cig, lol. 

[kittyvape]

Mar 25, 2015 16:26:27 GMT @johanino said:

I've been on here about 3.5 years - not a veteran by any stretch of the imagination

Also I don't sub-ohm or sqwonk. Sub-ohming has no attraction. I need a decent throat hit - that's about it, but if I mix my PG/VG ratios wrong I get chesty. Interesting balance.

Everyone's different on here and we cater for everyone

rare in today's society

I duel fuelled for the first 3 months of vaping then went vaping full time September 2011. I'm happy I did it when life was less complicated and we'd just beaten one threat of regulation/banning vaping

Now we face another in the form of the TPD (look under promoting on the main page of here) but I am ready

Jane

Lordy, what's sqwonk, lol? And, yes, would be very cool if the norm out in the world was about catering to everyone better ... plus regulators had better keep their mits off; they're complete nutters if they don't realise that clamping down would only hurt revenue; they should find their hearts, somewhere in that tin casing, and care about people's health and enjoyment ... now I'm really talking about big and long term change, lol. Sure it can happen. Vaping is such a perfect solution to smoking, and I understand it's only been around for a few years ... amazing what changes can happen, so I'm always optimistic. *fingers*Signed petitions here before even joining, as it's so vital that vaping isn't negatively regulated. Will read up some more too. We'll win; can't keep something that's such a healthy solution down, plus companies must be braindead if they don't see the potentially even bigger revenue from vaping, while not negatively regulating. They need to change their machinery and get on the vaping bandwagon, as it's a way bigger bandwagon than smoking!

Newbiness alert, lol ... duel fuel? I only know that as how I used to pay gas and electricity bill, lol haha. 

[kittyvape]

Mar 25, 2015 22:26:30 GMT tim said:

Hi kittyvape

So nice to see somebody so excited.

Welcome to AAEC

Hiya Tim, and thank you! So excited about this there's literally only the jumping about I haven't yet done, lol. But here goes ... 

[Get Off My Cloud]

Mar 26, 2015 1:46:21 GMT kittyvape said:

Mar 25, 2015 13:04:48 GMT Get Off My Cloud said:

No i moved down to 18mg after about 6 weeks but cravings are different for everyone.
Once i started sub ohm vaping and using drippers i moved down to 6mg, any higher and i was getting nic sick.
I find larger volumes of vapour a more satisfying sensation so had to cut the nicotine down.

That's great about moving down to 18mg! Yes, fascinating to see what happens as try levels out. I've just quickly googled sub ohm, lol, but not drippers yet ... so much to learn. Great that those shifts caused drop to 6mg. I've got glycerin arriving in the order too, as on MSE, in the thread I saw Erme and about this forum in, 'watering down' nicotine with glycerin was mentioned ... how far can you water down a 24mg? I've got some 18mg's on the way too, but would love to be able to use up especially the 24mg cappuccino, without hitting any nic sick. Looking forward to lots of vapour and flavour; more relaxing than nearly passing out trying to get any vapour from an e-cig, lol. 

Oh dear don't ask me to do the math
If you add 2.5ml of VG(vegetable glycerine) to 7.5ml of your 24mg ejuice you should end up with 10ml of 18mg juice, how much that will mute the flavour i don't know, you're probably best off asking in the mixing forum.

[kittyvape]

Mar 26, 2015 2:44:19 GMT Get Off My Cloud said:

Mar 26, 2015 1:46:21 GMT kittyvape said:

That's great about moving down to 18mg! Yes, fascinating to see what happens as try levels out. I've just quickly googled sub ohm, lol, but not drippers yet ... so much to learn. Great that those shifts caused drop to 6mg. I've got glycerin arriving in the order too, as on MSE, in the thread I saw Erme and about this forum in, 'watering down' nicotine with glycerin was mentioned ... how far can you water down a 24mg? I've got some 18mg's on the way too, but would love to be able to use up especially the 24mg cappuccino, without hitting any nic sick. Looking forward to lots of vapour and flavour; more relaxing than nearly passing out trying to get any vapour from an e-cig, lol. 

Oh dear don't ask me to do the math
If you add 2.5ml of VG(vegetable glycerine) to 7.5ml of your 24mg ejuice you should end up with 10ml of 18mg juice, how much that will mute the flavour i don't know, you're probably best off asking in the mixing forum.

lol, I laugh too when someone confronts me with maths, usually face straight while my brain does this   ... but no results, haha. Thanks for explaining that so clearly and ref'g me to the mixing forum. The venturing into mixing begins, lol. Got the Cappuccino 24mg from LT, but can see that on JooseJuice you can choose proportions and strength ... so that's that fixed. 

[PinkyPuff]

Hi and welcome kittyvape

[Deleted]

Mixing is a good way to save kittyvape. If you need some 1ml syringes for your mixing I have 20 on order from ebay (I don't need 20).....I can send you a few if you just pm me your address when they arrive. Second class. No charge

I started mixing back in the day with full body armour. plastic apron, plastic gloves the works! Now I don't sweat the odd drop of 70mg/ml on my skin....

If you need VG try this www.boots.com/en/Value-Health-Glycerin-B-P-200ml_852418/

If they don't have it in your store you can click and collect (I think it's free post for that)...it's what a lot of us use and perfectly fine

And also get some plastic shot glasses from the pound shop for decanting liquids before mixing though be careful on washing them up as they break easily (I just do a quick rinse and put them on the draining board). Believe they do them in pink as well

Something like this - www.poundland.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=shot+glasses

Hope that helps

Jane

[djs]

Mar 26, 2015 1:36:26 GMT kittyvape said:

and the 2200mAh and eShisha Hypernova could be cool for outdoors. eShisha have just blown me away in saying I can trial their Stellar plus sending some 0mg flavours to mix with just purchased 18mg flavours, and more batteries for the Hypernova,

That sounds good.

One comment I would make is to be very wary of companies offering to let you trial stuff.

I don't know who e-shisha club are but if they are like most 'brand' e-cig companies, they'll be looking to find ways to tie you into their products and services.

I did look yesterday at the Hypernova and my feeling is that if they give you extra batteries, take them and use them, if they work for you. Keep the company at a safe distance and beware any kind of situation where you obliged to pay them any money or give credit card details and that sort of thing.

I don't think you'd want to get into using the Stellar e-cig long term. They want to sell you 89p clearomisers for £4.99 or £5.99. That's how they work.

You probably know all this, but it's worth mentioning.

[kittyvape]

Mar 26, 2015 10:06:58 GMT PinkyPuff said:

Hi and welcome kittyvape

Thanks PinkyPuff! 

[kittyvape]

Mar 26, 2015 10:21:45 GMT @johanino said:

Mixing is a good way to save kittyvape. If you need some 1ml syringes for your mixing I have 20 on order from ebay (I don't need 20).....I can send you a few if you just pm me your address when they arrive. Second class. No charge

I started mixing back in the day with full body armour. plastic apron, plastic gloves the works! Now I don't sweat the odd drop of 70mg/ml on my skin....

If you need VG try this www.boots.com/en/Value-Health-Glycerin-B-P-200ml_852418/

If they don't have it in your store you can click and collect (I think it's free post for that)...it's what a lot of us use and perfectly fine

And also get some plastic shot glasses from the pound shop for decanting liquids before mixing though be careful on washing them up as they break easily (I just do a quick rinse and put them on the draining board). Believe they do them in pink as well

Something like this - www.poundland.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=shot+glasses

Hope that helps

Jane

Wow, thanks Jane.   Very kind of you. And, lol, full body armour ... so glad you said the occasional drop isn't too bad, as I swallowed some (the eGo II spat at me ... straight juice did taste better than the mega awful TH though, lol), the eGo leaked so it was on my hands, then the iStick 50w order's huge glycerine bottle leaked all over the entire order, and, after 10 minutes of wiping up, I noticed the toxic warning.  Yay! What an interesting start, lol. Thanks so much about the Boots link (Boots rock) and am loving those colourful short glasses ... trip to Poundland is on the cards, for sure. Thanks. 

Regarding the spitting bubbling leaking rip-your-throat off things ( ) ... I've clearly ordered far too high mg ... 24mg far too strong, 18mg too strong, 18mg with a dollop of VG too strong ... there's a theme, lol. So, the plan of action is to rinse both the eGo clearomiser (soak for 10 mins in warm water? then let dry naturally?) and try 75% PG and 25% juice ... would this take a 24mg down to 6mg? and, if I did that with an 18mg, it'd be down to around 4.5mg? Will defo read the mixing section as well, as dr00g advised. So superkeen to get to that moment when I can chuck out the ashtrays, tobacco, etc. 

No idea what voltage's etc I should be doing either, how low I can safely go with the 50w. Mind's a blank basically, lol. Have had to have 2 stinkies, just to reassure my body it's getting some nic. I can only take the tiniest of drags on the 50w, hold it in my mouth, and even then it bites me, lol. I want to be able to do the full lung and smog thing, but without the TH hurting. Drinking lots of water. Love the satisfaction of the high nic, but throat can't take it. 

Vampire Vape have been brilliant about the order covered in VG. Explained that 2 new trainees hadn't packed it right, will retrain them, and sending me new 500ml VG plus my choice of 2 e-liquids. I've gone for cappuccino and vanilla custard, both at 6mg, which should be far easier to smoke. They've been brilliant. 

[phtumshk]

Welcome aboard kittyvape.
With regards to voltages your best bet is to start at the bottom and work your way up.
Id go any where between 3.7 - 4.2v on a regular ego tank.

[kittyvape]

Mar 26, 2015 11:00:28 GMT djs said:

Mar 26, 2015 1:36:26 GMT kittyvape said:

and the 2200mAh and eShisha Hypernova could be cool for outdoors. eShisha have just blown me away in saying I can trial their Stellar plus sending some 0mg flavours to mix with just purchased 18mg flavours, and more batteries for the Hypernova,

That sounds good.

One comment I would make is to be very wary of companies offering to let you trial stuff.

I don't know who e-shisha club are but if they are like most 'brand' e-cig companies, they'll be looking to find ways to tie you into their products and services.

I did look yesterday at the Hypernova and my feeling is that if they give you extra batteries, take them and use them, if they work for you. Keep the company at a safe distance and beware any kind of situation where you obliged to pay them any money or give credit card details and that sort of thing.

I don't think you'd want to get into using the Stellar e-cig long term. They want to sell you 89p clearomisers for £4.99 or £5.99. That's how they work.

You probably know all this, but it's worth mentioning.

Thanks djs. Really making me think here. They've given me 2 free Hypernova flavour packs, sending free Stellar + mixing bottle and 0mg flavours (I've needed to order 18mg juices), and are sending the extra batteries (this is useful, as you're saying, but the constant charging is dreadful, and a fuel cost surely) ... always request a review, and provide the links. Very friendly in answering questions. Buying lots of flavour cartridges for the Hypernova would be pricey, for sure. Have been keeping it in the back of my mind that I can use cheaper non-eShisha juices with the Stellar, if things were getting too expensive at any point. Do you mean that the Stellar wouldn't be able to take 510 clearomisers? Certainly don't want to be tied into anything that can't take standard clearomisers, as you're right that those clearomiser charges are too high. You're right about being realistic, and I was keeping back, watching out incase it was going to be an expensive business. Even if I can just test mixtures/strengths using it, that's something I suppose. I have to admit to loving eShisha's flavours; bit pricier for the 18mg juice, but as a treat, lol.