jeanrose770

Holy Shi*! This is terrifying! This is the unit that I started using electronic cigarettes with! I switched to an eStick and now Im sure glad I did. Not using a combustible in my mouth anymore!

******* also rhymes with bong. Just saying.
******* Bong King Kong
This List Could Be Long
Or Should I Sing The Song
Where We Sing Along
Is It So Wrong
That We Love To
Vape On?!

I remember the day I made it a full 24 hours without an analog as well! Such a great feeling!! Hold on to that feeling and know that it will get better and you will feel more awesome every day you stay away from them! Congratulations! A MileStone to a Much Better Life!

This community is so great for the support and advice, and success story sharing!!!
GOOD JOB!!! Its such a hard feat to finally knock the habit!! 1 year is amazing! Super Cheers to Year 2, you're already halfway there!

Well if you truly believe that you won't crave another one, and that this was the only time, then get rid of them now!!!]
Better safe than sorry.
Because more than likely, the urge to have another will sneakily arise within you again. A feeling that can easily enough be distracted if you don't have a handy pack of smokes. However if you so (in)conveniently have a handy pack, the temptation shall surely be as strong as the tricky devil on your shoulder telling you that you are strong enough to just have one, and no more again EVER! ....just like last time!!!!
CIGARETTES MEET THE GARBAGE CAN!!

I say use one battery mainly with a backup with you. Save the rest to use consecutively as one of the ones you currently use, dies for good! Generally batteries last a while depending of course on quality and how often you Vape.
I have been super happy with the quality of my eSTICK and how long the charge lasts! I charge mine maybe every second day, and use it all the time!!
They are having a super good sale if you want to score a cool kit for trial!
http://shop.juicyejuice.com/electronic-cigarettes/estick-starter-kits.html

Wondering what other directions you could have gone with that!!!
....Oh Pluck It!

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who bought all his juice in a bucket
He said with a grin
As he puffed yet again
If I had some more money, I'd truck it.

There! For the first time in all my 62 years, I wrote it without a single vulgar line! Now THAT's self control.

Your EVOD is fine... your nicotine level is most likely the issue. If you smoked anywhere near a pack a day, 18mg will be the bare minimum you'll require to get through the craving times (morning, before bed, after meals, etc.). If you smoked more than a pack a day, it would not hurt to try 24mg juices too...

Nicotine is NOT the problem, so don't feel bad if you have to have higher levels to fight through the cravings!

Also, using a higher VG% juice will produce more vapor, which many people find to also ease the transition, because you get the sensation of smoking (thicker vapor production). Higher VG will also reduce the throat hit (TH), so your draw will not be as "harsh".... this is a good thing for higher nicotine levels.

Sometime the vets on the forums tend to use terms and slag for some of the most common items, methods and hardware for vaping. This is not the ultimate guide but should make some of the terms a little clearer. (I hope)...


Basic Jargon


Vapor - Vapor is the substance exhaled when using an electronic cigarette which may look similar to cigarette smoke.

Vaping - The act of using an Electronic Cigarette (as opposed to "smoking", as the device creates a vapor rather than smoke).

Vape - Used often in place of the word smoke. I vape, I'm vaping.

Batt - Battery.

Atty - Electronic component that turns the eJuice into vapor.

Cartridge or Cart - The part of a three piece electronic cigarette which contains the liquid. These come blank (with no liquid), or prefilled.

Cartomizer or Carto - The part of a two piece electronic cigarette which contains the liquid. These come blank (with no liquid), or prefilled.

Analog - Traditional tobacco cigarette.

DIY - Do It Yourself.

Dripping - To place a few drops of liquid directly onto the atomizer instead of using a cartridge.

Drip Tip or DT - A special attachment used to make it easier to drip eliquid directly onto the atomizer.

Mod - Modified (custom built) e-cigarette.

TH - Throat Hit a strong feeling in the back of the throat when vaping.

Primer Puff - A short, quick mouth inhale on the electronic cigarette similar to the action when smoking a pipe or cigar. This heats up the atomizer before a full draw.

PV or Personal Vaporiser - An electronic cigarette. Some prefer to use this term as the word 'cigarette' has a lot of negative connotations associated with it that do not apply to PVs.

PCC - Personal Charging Case / Portable Charger Case.

Passthrough or PT - A USB adapter for the Electronic Cigarette which screws onto the atomizer like a battery, but draws power from a USB port.


E-Liquid / E-Juice


E-Liquid / E-Juice - A Flavored or unflavored liquid for use in an electronic cigarette, usually (but not always) containing nicotine.

VG - Vegetable Glycerin

PG - Propylene Glycol

PEG - Propylethylene Glycol

PGA - Pure Grain Alcohol

NPG - Not containing Propylene Glycol. Sometimes used as a synonym to Vegetable Glycerin.

Nic - Nicotine


Cartridge Related


Filler - The clump of fibers that hold the liquid in the cartridge.

Stuffing - Another term for filler.

BFM - Blue Foam Mod. (cart filler material)

Dripping - To place a few drops of liquid directly onto the atomizer instead of using a cartridge.

Dry Smoking - Same thing as dripping, referring to the fact that the cartridge us usually not filled, therefore dry.

Tailpiping - Vaping directly from the atomizer without using a mouthpiece/cartridge.

Drip Tip or DT A special attachment used to make it easier to drip eliquid directly onto the atomizer.

Topping Up/Off - To add a few drops of liquid to a partially used cartridge to prolong its use.


Measurements


LR - Low Resistance

HV - High Voltage (typically a 5 or 6 volt ecigarette)

IMR - A battery with lower internal resistance and a high discharge rate, good for high drain applications like ecigarettes.

in - inch (also abbreviated ") (1 inch = 25.4 mm)

mm - millimeter (1 mm = 0.039 inch)

cm - centimeter (1 cm = 0.394 inch)

oz - ounce (1 fluid oz = 29.5 ml)

ml - milliliter (1 ml = 0.034 fluid ounce)

cc - cubic centimeter (1 cc = 1 ml)

mg - milligram (often used as measure of nicotine per ml of eliquid)

mA - milliamp (often used as a measure of available power)

mAh - milliamp hour (often used as a measure of battery capacity/duration

Forum Phrases

PM - Private Message

Troll - Somebody who makes a statement with the intention of annoying or angering other posters. This person usually ends up banned.

It is growing as fast as the Hipster Movement.
I guess this is like the "Go Green" Version of smoking!!!
HIpsters don't smoke...
They Vape!

Hello fellow vapers.
Not much to discuss about it, I suppose, but.....

"Vape" and "Vaping" were just added to the Oxford Dictionary !

Click here to read the story.

A little good news on this thread should be refreshing !

I've got another ' just curious' question for ya'll. When you first started vaping, what was the very first you tried, or the first juice you bought. For me that would be Florida Orange, the first juice I bought when I bought my first ego kit.
Dc

I admit it. I'm posting this just to raise the score so I can go to the VIP lounge to see what it's all about. But this being the General e Cig Discussion, I guess it's necessary to say something about e Cigs.


There once was a smoker, a joker
Whose smoking was making him broker.
He said, " I'll jump in
And just start vapin'
And only lose money at poker".

But he started wining at poker
And said, "Now I'm not broker
I'll buy vaping things,
With all kinds of bling,
Leaving no cash for the croaker".

I use the estick. with a dual coil atomizer for 14 month's and have never had a problem with contamination ( I never share a draw with anyone ) and clean the tip everyday with alcohol - I feel great and have never got any lung infection.

Am I the only one who still loves the smell of all tobacco products? The actual use of them is not appealing to me. The few times in my over 500 days of vaping I've had to resort to analogues because of poor planning or system failure, I've enjoyed the first and maybe second toke, but after that all the bad stuff comes back to me. The bad taste, the uncool lung feel etc. But I still love the smell. On the street if I am following a smoker I follow like a dog in heat. At the airport I go to the totally unventilated (Why for fxxx's sake do they do that?) smoking area to vape among the smokers totally sucking up the second hand smoke. Some smokers ask why I don't just vape outside? I usually say, "It's too much trouble to explain that I'm vaping not smoking, and look at their eyes glaze over." Or, " I have a second hand smoke deficiency." Anyway, your thoughts? I know of course everyone's different in this venture. Happy vaping to all!

I have been vaping exoticseliquid.Cuban tobacco e liquid for over 6 month's and although it is dark in color it has not changed the color of my teeth.

Good question! It does not affect the color of your teeth at all. In fact, I had fairly white teeth when I smoked (I used to whiten them often) however after I stopped smoking and starter using e cigarettes my teeth become noticeably whiter. Even now I don't have to do much to keep them white. (I avoid soda which helps)

One easy way to test, if you're smoker, is to take a drag from your cigarette and blow it through a napkin, you'll see a nice disgusting yellow stain left over. Now do this with an entire cigarette and see how much is left.

After that, do the same with an e-cigarette, guess what? No stain left behind

No, it is the tar in analogs that stain teeth. There is nothing in E-Cigarettes that can stain teeth.

So sorry to hear you're having a run of losing stuff, especially vape stuff. Some people scoff at us when we go on and on about having back ups. And back ups of back ups.

And back ups of back ups of back ups.

For me, because I don't ever want to go back to analogs, there's no limit to the back ups I keep around. These days it's around 18 various eGo C, T, Twist, Vision Spinners I & II and various mods and APVs, all kinds of chargers and extra batteries with more tanks than I can count. You can never have too many back ups. Hope your new mod gets to you quickly.

He was a pack/shift (12 hr swing) smoker but last night he had ONE!!! I'm so happy he gave in another chance. He's using an MVP2 with a Nautilus... my same out and about setup *tear.

So, many of you jumped in to help me get started with vaping, whether it was w/ juice, back up battery or replacement parts. I appreciated every single act of generosity more than I can say. Honestly it renewed my hubby's faith in people (he is extremely jaded). That being said, money is still extremely tight, but since I have received so much help, I decided to try and help others when I can.

Started with the guy that works at the store by my house. He recently started vaping to kick smoking, and I noticed that he was using nasty gas station juice. So we brought him one of our bottles to show him that there are really good quality juices out there, along with a few recommendations on where he can buy quality juice.

Then last week, hubby was approached by a guy at work whose dad is a 30+ year smoker who is dealing with several hope issues. He was asking hubby what all he should buy his dad to get him started. So, hubby, knowing that I have been on this forum night and day asked me to make up a list. I decided to do one better. I put together a vape package. A battery, a tank, and extra coil, plus about 6 different juices in varying nic levels. I included a note with a link to where to buy a charger (I didn't have an extra, and links to online stores with great juices(dad doesn't drive).

So, I will continue on this path. I already feel so much better without smoking. I want to spread the wealth!

So I am challenging anyone that has received help from the vaping community to jump up and help someone else when you can. If I have learned one thing in this journey so far, it is that people want to ask for help, but are too embarrassed to do it, and we can offer help!

Hugs to all of you!!!

This afternoon I recieved from http://naturalseliquid 2 new great flavors Cappucino and Black cherry both very smooth and tasty !

It makes sense to crave or miss the smell of something that you were once addicted too. Maybe switch to vaping a tobacco flavor juice to curb the smell thing. Maybe you will kick the habit of missing it!

Ladies and Gentlemen I have officially made 30 days with no tobacco and with no desire to go back. It is truly a blessing.