Tam

All of the members on the forum could throw recommendations at you, but the only one who can tell you what you like is you. Not that I'm trying to give you a hard time or anything but flavor is so subjective. What one person thinks is perfect, it will taste like dirty socks to the next person. It will all depend on what tastes good to you. One eliquid vendor I liked a lot when I first started out is EC Blends. They have little 5 ml samples for under three dollars (usually something like $1.99 or so). You can customize the juices as much as you like. My all day vape for several years now is an almond joy flavor. I would never have guessed I'd like it this much. Ever. You might surprise yourself with what you find tasty. If you want more throat hit, you'll want a little more PG in your eliquid. This is the flavor carrier, thins the liquid and gives better throat hit. If more vapor, smoother throat hit, a little sweeter, is your thing, then go a little more on the VG. For the set up you have I would recommend going with a 50 PG/50 VG to start. You don't want to go with anything thinner with that tank. Also, at the beginning, go up a little on the nicotine. 3 mg isn't enough for someone trying to get off cigarettes. I'd go at least a 6 mg or 8 mg. If you vape too much and get too much nicotine, yes, you'll develop a headache. Just stop vaping for a little while and it should go away on its own. Make sure to drink lots of water. Vaping dehydrates you so increased water intake is a must -- not soda, not coffee or tea, or anything other than plain water. If the juice tastes a little "bad" when you increase the nicotine, then just have the vendor increase the flavor a little to mask it. Hang in there, we've all been through it. The first few weeks are especially trying because your body is detoxing from all the carcinogens that you took in with cigarettes. If you can hang in there, this will pass.

I don't think flavor is as important as the amount of nic in your eliquid when you first try to quit. I smoked a pack of Marlboro Lights per day so when I switched to vaping I was using 24 mg. nicotine in my eliquid. Now, this was over five years ago so the equipment was vastly different as was how much nicotine I was absorbing. What tank are you using? The resistance of your coil? What mg. of nicotine is in your juice? All these things will help us to help you.

Oh, I remember the Silver Saddle well. I was playing bass in a country band and the rest of the group were trying to "country-fy" me by making me hang out at country western bars. It's now some kind of family pizza place. :(

LOL! I was trying to figure out the directions you gave in your first comment that didn't add up but figured it was just not enough coffee this morning. The SO grew up in Colorado City. He has two brothers who live there and one in Rye. I used to work at the depot once upon a time. It was a very interesting commute when you crunched on the tarantula crossing or ran over rattle snakes on that road.

Congrats! I'm happy to hear that life is good for you. It was so cute how you met, too.

Sorry to hear it's being such a pain to you locals, I can totally sympathize on a smaller level. In our town we have the State Fair happening in just a week or so. There will be no hotel rooms available within 200 miles of us for 11 days. Traffic will be terrible, the restaurants over flowing, and the town will be turned upside down and shaken for the duration. You know... the eclipse isn't happening until Monday. If you put some signs out I bet you could still get some campers on your property... you know... those last minute people who didn't have the foresight to book ahead? Might be worth a shot. Good luck until Tuesday!

One more thing -- if you're not already doing it. Vaping will dehydrate you so you want to be drinking lots of water. Just plain water, not soda/pop, juice, coffee, tea, whatever. The water will keep you hydrated better.

@Earthling789 gives sound advice. I would also add that the same juice can and will taste vastly different in different tanks with different resistance coils (or even coils of the same resistance). Give a different tank a try.

Just like when you drive a car, just because your car is capable of going 120 mph doesn't mean you should drive it at 120 mph, you can (and probably should) only be driving it at lower speeds. Even if your mod can go up to 40W doesn't mean you should. I have one that goes up to 80W yet I use it at 7.8W to get the best flavor and vapor production.

SMOK Alien can handle down to 0.1 ohm coil so you should be fine.

In my opinion your PG/VG ratio is fine. If there's a way to open up the airflow more than it is right now you might also want to do that, if you're not getting enough air to the coil, that would also give a burning sensation. The 2mm airslots are located at the bottom of the stick.

Just did a google search and found that you can't adjust power on your unit. Sorry about that. If you fill your tank, I would leave it standing up and not unassemble and put it away in the box again. If you want to direct drip your juice, you'll want to get a different set up that's made for this purpose.

If you're not filling your tank, it's a good possibility that you burned your wick, which will give you the burning sensation when you take a draw. This is not a dripper type of tank, it's made so that it holds liquid. You need enough liquid to keep your wick wet. I would change out your heating coil, refill the tank and let it sit for a few minutes to let the liquid soak into your wick and then try vaping it again. Start with a low wattage, vape. If that doesn't give you satisfactory results, increase the wattage/power by just a bit and vape. Repeat until you get just a hint of a burning taste, back down your watts a bit and that should be the sweet spot for that coil and juice.

What is the resistance of the coil you're using in your tank? If possible, what I would do is to get a higher resistance coil (above 1.0 ohm like a 1.5 ohm or 1.8 ohm coil), and that way you can lower your wattage/power to it. If you use a higher VG liquid, that will increase more vapor output. How you vape also can affect how much vapor you're getting. You can push the button for a second before you begin the inhale, then inhale (more of a puff really), two or three quick puffs to get the vapor going before you inhale the last one. Did that make sense?

Sorry, without doing some serious testing I doubt there's any way anyone on a forum could tell you what's causing your symptoms. If you want to do a test yourself, you might get some of the juice you've always used and customize it to a higher VG level to match the juice that's giving you problems. If you get the same symptoms, I'd say it's the PG ratio. If not, then it's probably just the juice and you should buy from a different vendor. I would go with the juice you always use for a few days until the original symptoms go away then start your experiment. If the symptoms continue, I'd go see the doctor, it might not be the juice at all and could be that you're coming down with something else.

Are you sure it was a mod and not just an unprotected battery? Most of these stories include people putting batteries into their pocket with change that shorts out the battery until it explodes.

Moved to General E-liquid discussion. Hopefully, you'll get more replies here.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ecigarette-ban-has-advocates-fuming/8431564 Google "Australia vape ban" and you'll get all kinds of links.

In my experience, Australia tends to open packages to check what's inside. They nearly had fits when I sent bottles of flavored vinegar and olive oil to a friend who lives there.

Could be I just hide it well online.

Read what I'd posted to you and it sounded funny. In September I'm going in to get a full knee replacement. To make it fun (and my weird sense of humor), I've decided to name my new knee "George". The rehab is for the physical rehab on the knee. LOL I'll definitely get in touch with you two when I get out there.

Now we're even. I want an In N Out burger too... And to think I just got an alert that I could fly to LA for around $100 or so but I have to save my leave time for when I go get George in September. *pouts* After I get through rehab I'll have to make a point to get out your way.

Out here in the boonies, we don't have either one. We do, however, have Bingo Burger, which is a place that uses all organic veggies, grass-fed, free range beef and sides. They also buy all they can locally... mmmmm. Now I want a Bingo burger.

Is In N Out really that good? I've seen pictures and it looks absolutely decadent. And I'm not overweight, I consider it either under-tall or just fluffy.

Congrats on the lower nic level, Chris. Go you!