ReggaeGeek

Don't think i've ever seen two bad Joye ego batts in the same kit before but i guess it could happen...maby a bad mosfet batch or something. They are made in China but Joye's quality is usually pretty good, especially in the last year or so. Joye offers their vendors a guarantee so most vendors of Genuine Joye products will warranty them but most times the shipping costs override any real benefit if you ordered them heavily discounted. Try the supplier first but if no luck, do what i do and pretend it was a couple packs of smokes that we burned up anyway and get some more batts.

I know a lot of folks want to see as much visible vapor as possible but i find that even at 20%VG the loss of throat hit is too much for me. The biggest reason VG was introduced was for the small percentage of people that have a sensitivity to PG. I personally could never really tell the difference in vapor production from a good quality PG juice and an 80PG/20VG blend, but the flavor and throat hit are certainly diminished as the VG level goes up. Again, only personally, but i actually prefer good throat hit and moderate vapor to prevent the attention that spewing clouds of vapor can get when in public.... mo' stealthy. Order a sample of both, see which you like more.

I hear that question over and over, unfortunately there is not static reason for cartridges not wicking into the atty. When i am in person with someone and they ask that question i take their atty off and have them blow it out into a napkin and almost every time the atty was so full it was either flooded or close. The problem wasnt' that the atty was dry and not producing any vapor it was flooded and not producing much vapor so they kept topping off and topping off and topping off trying to get more vapor. This may not be you but you can find out if this is your problem or not by taking the atty off and blowing it out with your mouth into a napkin until no more fluid comes out. Then take an old cart and pull the stuffing out and put it in the ecig and vape. You should be able to vape at least 5 to 7 toots just on the fluid left in the wick. Once you do get reduced vapor and/or bad tasting vapor top off a new cartridge (and i mean brand new). When topping off a cart, the top should look like a slushy and not a pool. If it looks like a pool, blot it with a napkin until it looks like a slushy. Put in in, wait a few secs for it to wick into the atty and vape. Sometimes you may need to swing the cig (holding by the atty end) to force some liquid down into the atty by centripetal force. Also, after several times of topping off a cart, the filler can become compressed by contact with the bridge (wick inside the atty) and not make good contact. At that point either use a new cart or check out this and other forums for help on restuffing a cart.

I smoked about 2 - 2.5 packs a day of Marlboro reds for 30 years and i found it took 36mg liquid to finally get me to the point where vapor alone would squash the cravings. Before that i was using 24mg and was still having to get my nic fix from reg cigs. I used the 36mg for about 6 months and was able to get down to 24mg. After a couple of years now i generally use 18mg as i find anything less than that and i don't get the throat hit that for me was the real pleasure of smoking and now vaping. I can tell you that starting off from where you are, 10ml a week of 24mg liquid just ain't gonna cut it. Just look at the total nicotine you are consuming now and you need to consume at least the same amount from e-cigs to stay comfortable. A Marlboro red king has ~1.2mg of nicotine in each cig x 20/pack = 24mg/pack x 2 packs/day = 48mg/day. For 24mg/ml liquid, 10ml/week divided by 7days/week = 1.4ml/day so 1.4ml/day * 24mg/ml = 33.6mg/day (leaving you 14.4mg short on your daily nicotine). Using 36mg/ml liquid it works out to 1.4ml/day * 36mg/ml = 50.4mg/day which is a tad over but closer. Here's the problem now. You will need more than the 10ml/week of 36mg/ml juice to actually vape 10ml. The vaporizor is not a 100% effective machine and there is some waste as well due to leakage, and you are gonna waste some while learning to drip properly as well. Plus, there is the tendency to vape more than you smoked for at least a while until your habit and mind get comfortable that the vapor is satisfying your nic addiction. I would allow 20ml/week when stocking up, you can always order less next time but it's hard to get some quickly if you underestimated.