Absolute noob

[Diezel1981]

absolute noob to the Vaping world got a SMOK stik v8 baby bought off a friend replaced coil struggling to adapt as I’m a smoker and trying to quit/cut down

 

[Mr Ripple]

Hi and welcome.
You now have access to all the help you could ever ask for and more.

 

[Clogger]

Welcome and good luck with vaping and quitting. I started vaping about 7 weeks ago and haven't smoked in 6 weeks now, you can do it.

 

[Diezel1981]

Welcome and good luck with vaping and quitting. I started vaping about 7 weeks ago and haven't smoked in 6 weeks now, you can do it.

If I can preserve choking everytime going to search for tips and tricks ahhaha

 

[MrDJ]

Hi @Diezel1981 and welcome to the planet.

the reason you are coughing is due to that being a sub ohm tank for direct to lung hits https://www.smoktech.com/kit/stick-v8-baby and not the best bit of kit to get you off the cigs.

questions we need answering so as to advise
how many cigs and for how many years did you smoke.
what make of juice and what strength nicotine are you using in this mod.

there are 2 main sorts of vaping
MTL mouth to lung and DTL direct to lung

MTL can use much higher nicotine and the average to start on is 18mg. this uses a high ohm coil like 1.8ohm which uses much lower wattage.

DTL which is what the TFV8 tank is uses much higher wattage with a low ohm 0.15 or 0.25 coil and is best with 3mg or max 6mg

sadly this kit wont work with a mouth to lung tank.

 

[Tazz]

Welcome aboard Diezel.

 

[Diezel1981]

Hi @Diezel1981 and welcome to the planet.

the reason you are coughing is due to that being a sub ohm tank for direct to lung hits https://www.smoktech.com/kit/stick-v8-baby and not the best bit of kit to get you off the cigs.

questions we need answering so as to advise
how many cigs and for how many years did you smoke.
what make of juice and what strength nicotine are you using in this mod.

there are 2 main sorts of vaping
MTL mouth to lung and DTL direct to lung

MTL can use much higher nicotine and the average to start on is 18mg. this uses a high ohm coil like 1.8ohm which uses much lower wattage.

DTL which is what the TFV8 tank is uses much higher wattage with a low ohm 0.15 or 0.25 coil and is best with 3mg or max 6mg

sadly this kit wont work with a mouth to lung tank.

Thanks I’m using a local juice maker
midnight vapes
70/30 3mg blue slush liquid
Been smoking 20+ years and from 20/30 a day
Do not have much money what would you suggest to get thanks

 

[MrDJ]

Well you've got the ratio and nic strengths spot on for this tank. The coughing just might be your body detoxing all the shite out of your lungs and should pass after a couple of weeks so keep at it. If your still coughing in a week a mouth to lung tank like the nautilus 2 might be worth it but then you would need a new mod as well as it will need variable wattage.

 

[kirsteyj87]

You might be better off starting mtl. I vaped dtl for nearly 2 years then went back to smoking for a few months. When i set up one of my kits and tried to go back to vaping dtl it made me cough. So i got out the nautilus 2 and started on mtl for a few days and opened up the airflow gradually for restricted lung hits. Now im back to full on dtl, now mtl makes me cough [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Simon G]

Thanks I’m using a local juice maker
midnight vapes
70/30 3mg blue slush liquid
Been smoking 20+ years and from 20/30 a day
Do not have much money what would you suggest to get thanks

everyone is different but for me, there's no way I could have quit a 20+ year habit using 3mg nicotine liquid ..... 3mg is the lowest available bar zero, for me it does absolutely nothing even now.

This may not be the case for you, but if you find you are still craving the smokes that's the first thing I would look at.