Coughing on Vape
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Well...i've been vaping for getting on for 10 months now, and i'm still prodominantly a MTL vaper, using stock set ups..but i do have a couple of stock DTL set ups for when i want something a bit more powerful. But i agree with @MrDJ, best to start with a MTL set up first to replicate the habit of smoking and then perhaps try the DTL stuff a bit later on. My go to item is a MTL device, and i can't see myself shifting to just DTL set ups solely anytime soon.
After all..i'm not doing this as a hobby, so cloud chasing isn't my thing....i just wanted to stop smoking...MTL serves that purpose.
Welcome to POTV @Aves, have you tried a Naulitus/Nautilus Mini tank yet? That's the first one i tried and it's a great little tank, nice tight draw, juice lasts for ages with the 1.8 coil! Doesn't make me cough, but then i didn't have that problem when i switched over anyway. DTL can be a tad too much at first for new vapers, so maybe try a Nautilus or the Zenith (i have both, great tanks) and see how you get on with that. As a new vaper, you'll find it'll take a wee while to find your groove..find the right juices, flavours, set ups & juice ratios etc. You didn't say what juice you were using, so the juice you are vaping may not suit the device you've got perhaps?
Take my set ups...in my MTL devices i stick to 50/50 to 60/40 VG PG, as the juice is thin enough for the high ohm coils used in the Zenith/Nautilus tanks.
In my DTL Crown SE1 tank (uses a 0.25 ohm coil), i use 70/30 to 80/20 VG/PG juices, as the coils can cope with the thicker juices better. If you're using a very thick juice in your set up, it may not wick properly enough, so you may be getting something called a dry hit, which is essentially the cotton wick burning..and that is disgusting! That will make you cough and gag!
Just a couple of pointers for you to check out...hope you resolve things..and don't go back to smoking..believe me, you'll thank yourself later. I smoked for 26 years....today..i hate the smell of tobacco smoke...i'll never go back to that again. You'll breath better, smell better..and your bank balance will thank you in time too!
Stick with it lassie....it took me a while to get to grips with it..i didn't have a clue what i was doing at first, when i took up vaping...persevere and you'll get there eventually.
Good luck Ave!
After all..i'm not doing this as a hobby, so cloud chasing isn't my thing....i just wanted to stop smoking...MTL serves that purpose.
Welcome to POTV @Aves, have you tried a Naulitus/Nautilus Mini tank yet? That's the first one i tried and it's a great little tank, nice tight draw, juice lasts for ages with the 1.8 coil! Doesn't make me cough, but then i didn't have that problem when i switched over anyway. DTL can be a tad too much at first for new vapers, so maybe try a Nautilus or the Zenith (i have both, great tanks) and see how you get on with that. As a new vaper, you'll find it'll take a wee while to find your groove..find the right juices, flavours, set ups & juice ratios etc. You didn't say what juice you were using, so the juice you are vaping may not suit the device you've got perhaps?
Take my set ups...in my MTL devices i stick to 50/50 to 60/40 VG PG, as the juice is thin enough for the high ohm coils used in the Zenith/Nautilus tanks.
In my DTL Crown SE1 tank (uses a 0.25 ohm coil), i use 70/30 to 80/20 VG/PG juices, as the coils can cope with the thicker juices better. If you're using a very thick juice in your set up, it may not wick properly enough, so you may be getting something called a dry hit, which is essentially the cotton wick burning..and that is disgusting! That will make you cough and gag!
Just a couple of pointers for you to check out...hope you resolve things..and don't go back to smoking..believe me, you'll thank yourself later. I smoked for 26 years....today..i hate the smell of tobacco smoke...i'll never go back to that again. You'll breath better, smell better..and your bank balance will thank you in time too!
Stick with it lassie....it took me a while to get to grips with it..i didn't have a clue what i was doing at first, when i took up vaping...persevere and you'll get there eventually.
Good luck Ave!
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@Aves i think @MrDJ might have solved your problem here bud. If you are dragging on your mod like you would a fag then you’ll definitely cough.
A direct to lung set up like yours requires a different drag technique. It also delivers more vapour so requires lower levels of nicotine. You can easily give DTL vaping a try. Or put that mod to one side for now and buy a mouth to lung (MTL) pod or starter style kit. You can find endless decent ones via here or YouTube reviews. A MTL will produce less Vapour and should be ‘smoked’ like a fag.
As you will have noticed from this thread most of us gave up the fags via a MTL starter kit and progressed from there.
A direct to lung set up like yours requires a different drag technique. It also delivers more vapour so requires lower levels of nicotine. You can easily give DTL vaping a try. Or put that mod to one side for now and buy a mouth to lung (MTL) pod or starter style kit. You can find endless decent ones via here or YouTube reviews. A MTL will produce less Vapour and should be ‘smoked’ like a fag.
As you will have noticed from this thread most of us gave up the fags via a MTL starter kit and progressed from there.
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From looking at the make of vape you’re using it does look like all their tanks are for direct lung and, as some have mentioned, this may not be helping if you’re dragging like a cigarette. The set up looks similar to the Eleaf and I just couldn’t get on with the Melo 3 tank at all and it made me cough. Not saying your tank is the same but I’m guessing it’s similar.
Rather than starting smoking it may be worth trying something completely different for the same price as a couple of packs of fags? I started on the Jac Vapour s22 and my OH on the Jac Vim with Nic Salts. They come with a 1 ohm mouth to lung coil which lasts ages and combined with Nic Salts are extremely smooth. My OH coughs at everything I own but loves her VIM. I love the VIM too and actually prefer it over the S22 for simplicity of use.
If you don’t want to buy something new then you could buy a new atomiser for the mod you have. Most people will recommend either the
Nautilus 2 tank, the Innokin Zenith or the Jac Vapour s22. These are all designed to replicate the draw from a cigarette.
If you want to try and persist with the tank you have then choose something with a low nicotine level and a high vg content. You can get something for a few quid to try and see but you will need to draw it straight to your lungs and not draw like a cigarette.
Oh and just in case ‘ MTL = mouth to lung draw like a cigarette and DTL = direct to lung as in taking a deep breath
Rather than starting smoking it may be worth trying something completely different for the same price as a couple of packs of fags? I started on the Jac Vapour s22 and my OH on the Jac Vim with Nic Salts. They come with a 1 ohm mouth to lung coil which lasts ages and combined with Nic Salts are extremely smooth. My OH coughs at everything I own but loves her VIM. I love the VIM too and actually prefer it over the S22 for simplicity of use.
If you don’t want to buy something new then you could buy a new atomiser for the mod you have. Most people will recommend either the
Nautilus 2 tank, the Innokin Zenith or the Jac Vapour s22. These are all designed to replicate the draw from a cigarette.
If you want to try and persist with the tank you have then choose something with a low nicotine level and a high vg content. You can get something for a few quid to try and see but you will need to draw it straight to your lungs and not draw like a cigarette.
Oh and just in case ‘ MTL = mouth to lung draw like a cigarette and DTL = direct to lung as in taking a deep breath
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Some good advice in this thread, although important to note that what works for one person doesn't work for another.
Took me 3 attempts to get on with vaping. First attempt was with a pen device with a high nicotine liquid. Kept coughing my guts up as the nicotine strength was too high for me (think it was 18mg)
2nd attempt the vape shop I went to sold me a DTL kit similar to what you are on. But I was vaping on it like I was smoking and so again was coughing my guts up.
What worked for me was lower nicotine liquids (3 - 6 mg) and an airy MTL set up in the Nautilus 2. Wouldn't necessarily recommend the tank as it's easy to over fill it or cause it to leak. However the 2S version is out shortly I believe (I own the non TPD one) and that is a doddle to use. Plus it gives you a really good range of air flow to work out what you like.
Most people cough when they start vaping - partially because your lungs are getting rid of all the shit!!
Took me 3 attempts to get on with vaping. First attempt was with a pen device with a high nicotine liquid. Kept coughing my guts up as the nicotine strength was too high for me (think it was 18mg)
2nd attempt the vape shop I went to sold me a DTL kit similar to what you are on. But I was vaping on it like I was smoking and so again was coughing my guts up.
What worked for me was lower nicotine liquids (3 - 6 mg) and an airy MTL set up in the Nautilus 2. Wouldn't necessarily recommend the tank as it's easy to over fill it or cause it to leak. However the 2S version is out shortly I believe (I own the non TPD one) and that is a doddle to use. Plus it gives you a really good range of air flow to work out what you like.
Most people cough when they start vaping - partially because your lungs are getting rid of all the shit!!
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I don't know why folk assume DTL vapers are cloud chasers. I'm a DTL vaper and couldn't care less about clouds.
It's the full hit at the back of the throat from long draws I like. I often hold it in until there is little vapour.
MTL hits are too weak for me.
It's the full hit at the back of the throat from long draws I like. I often hold it in until there is little vapour.
MTL hits are too weak for me.
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My husband has same problem. His vapor makes him cough but mine doesn't make him cough like his does. Actually wondering if we should switch, but don't see him using a gold vapor. His is a camouflage smok stick baby mine is a gold Eleaf iJust ECM
But he's still smoking cigarettes
I'm not
He told me he likes how mine doesn't choke him out
But he's still smoking cigarettes
I'm not
He told me he likes how mine doesn't choke him out
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Get him the Eleaf if he can vape yours without coughing
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Things go strange at times.
Got a new atty a few days ago, put coils in, wicked it, and tried a fruit juice in it, pretty good.
In the evening I put a cherry liquid 20mg nic salt in, frickin loved it, used it all night.
Got up the next morning looking forward to it, now it makes me cough like hell, so what's going on there...................
Got a new atty a few days ago, put coils in, wicked it, and tried a fruit juice in it, pretty good.
In the evening I put a cherry liquid 20mg nic salt in, frickin loved it, used it all night.
Got up the next morning looking forward to it, now it makes me cough like hell, so what's going on there...................
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So I'm using this as dtl is that why it's getting hot? Is it not a dtl? Is that why im constantly hittin on it? Why im thinkin of switchin to salts? Well shoot if it's not I gotta good while to wait for a new one :'((((
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