Hey all!

[Alz]

Hey,

Hope everyone is in good stead. I was given the briefest of introductions to the vape world a few weeks ago by someone who gave me a few drags on their device. I was thoroughly impressed after being turn off by the look-a-like e-cig a few years back (it was murder when the juice dropped in my mouth).

Since those few drags of what tasted like fizzy cola bottles, I have been looking into them more and more. I'm not sure what device I tried or the origin of the juice but my approach was not to give up smoking just yet (am not quite ready yet) but to phase them out.

How has it been going? Not bad but not great. After some research, I plunged for this:

Mini Protank 2 Kit SS - Starter Kits

Also purchase red cola (18mg) and menthol (12mg) as on a normal work day I smoke 4 B&H gold duty free and 6 roll ups golden virginia so was unsure of the strength required.

After watching a few you-tube vids, I was vaping away in 10 mins after opening the package. I tried just the cola first and found this too strong. Added menthol and it was ok. I was aware that the menthol was over-powering the cola but I figured as I get used to the device, I'll reduce the menthol and keep it to add to other flavours later on down the road.

This was last week. I am now on just cola but am not getting the rich taste as I did when I tried it all those weeks ago. Is it the device, the liquid?

I have currently replaced my morning and 'before bed' smoke with this device and I am currently going through the weekend without a cigarette (although it is a battle!). I just wondered if its the brand of liquid I got from the site and if I need to get it elsewhere. The reason I also question the device is I am quite aware this is a starter pack and feel I am missing out on something special with the experience.

I would like to eventually give up smoking cigarettes but with my current setup, it doesn't feel that it's a viable option at the moment. The more I've looked into the issue, the more I've gotten lost with mentions of mods and coils etc.

I guess I'm missing the simplicity of taking a cigarette out and lighting it. I would appreciate any help/advice/vids to help me on this journey to eventually giving up.

By the way, while researching, I was stunned to find how vaping has generate a community online!

Apologies for the looong first post!

 

[Azrael_Fallen]

Aloha man, welcome to the forums

 

[Steven]

Your taking the right steps and your at the right place, lots of knowledgable nice people on here. It took me a wile to find the right juice that I liked to keep me from smoking but your set up seems fine, maybe invest in a vv battery for your next step. Just remember nicotine is not the only substance that's adictive in tobacco so you will feel you are missing something even tho your getting nicotine. Just keep going it gets better after a week. Good luck


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[Puffindoors]

Hi Alz!

Pleased to see you're loving your vaping and you started off with a great little setup now really.

I'm not sure how much you know or don't know so forgive me for starting with the basics but just want this to be informative and helpful in the best way I can.

Let's start with the liquids you bought and what you used to smoke before; You were smoking B&H and Golden Virginia but you went for Menthol and Coke? We have many customers who do change to fruity flavours but maybe you're missing the familiar taste, which may well help with getting you off the cravings a little more? you can also try a 24mg instead of 18/12mg which might help and then drop down a little later once you are off the 'Stinkies' for good? You can get (we also offer but not an advertisement) Benson & Hedges and Golden Virginia flavour liquids from many E liquid suppliers so might be worth a little go on this, unless there is a reason you have not gone down that road and not put it in your post?

The next thing I'll address is your flavour and not getting the 'rich taste' you were getting. There can be a few reasons for this but one of them is that your coil in your Protank 2 might need changing? You might of got new ones with your tank or you might want to invest in a couple for future as they do wear out.

As for your kit not being enough to give up; do you know what yo might be missing form your kit at the moment? If you want more vapor you could go for a new tank like an AeroTank which has an adjustable air ring which allows the user to increase or decrease the amount of vapor they get, so something like that might be a way forward. The other thing you can look into is maybe a iTaste MVP 2.0 which is a great mid-range kit (around £40) which gives variable voltage and variable wattage so you can customise your hit a little better?

This is a great forum for tips and advice and simply reading other people's posts and comments will get you loads of info and help with any decisions you might want to make in future. If you want any more info from me you can just reply on here and I'll do all I can to answer any questions you might have.

Thanks

Glenn

PS: See the two E Liquid flavours you smoked here:

Benson and Hedges E Liquids
Golden Virginia E Liquids

 

[junglist]

Hi Alz, welcome to PotV!

Well done so far, that's a really good start and you will have stinkies kicked in no time! I wouldn't go any higher than 18mg if you were only on about 10 day I reckon, especially if most of them were rollies. I did have pangs for cigarettes when I switched but they can be got over if you have found enough flavours to keep you going. I would recommend grabbing another three or four clearomisers - this way you can test out different flavours much easier. Have a shop around and get a couple more mini protanks or look at the Aspire BDCs or Evods, you could grab another 5 for less than £20 if you shop around. For me the ability to switch juices when I had stronger pangs

Lots of different flavours around. If you liked the cola one then you might be more into the sweets than anything else. In terms of the flavour of the cola going a bit, could be your taste buds changing as I wouldn't have thought the coil would get clogged up that quickly. It looks like the started kit you bought had a pretty low power battery - is it a 650mAh one?

Let us know and also confirm if it is the sweeter flavour of the cola and me or someone else will be able to give you some more help.

 

[Diche]

Nice to meet you
I would say look at your juice as the key. There are lots of different quality juices on the market, I did a phased switch like yourself and once I got my hands on better quality juice I found the switch easy.

 

[juliashortman]

I've started with the 24mg tobacco flavoured juice as I am a heavy smoker and wanted a good hit. It's really working for me so perhaps just get some tobacco flavoured so that it feels more familiar

 

[Steven]

Yeah and if you like a slight sweet hint on a tobacco flavour royal vapor mystic juice ry4 special is really nice


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[tim26792]

Hi there

Ive only been seriously vaping for a couple of months now and I can honestly say it does get easier the first week is worse but I dont miss the stinkies at all now. I found it was more the habit I was missing rather than the actual smoke. I would go outside in morning when first got up and after all meals and have a smoke so all I do is still go outside but just take my device instead of a stinkie all in my head I know but works for me doesnt feel like im denying myself that way.

 

[oldhippydude]

I am another one for increasing the nicotine level till you manage to get off the fags.
I am a fan of the pt mini2 it is mostly what I use.I stopped the rollups a few months ago within a week of buying one and went and bought two more.Started on 24mg tobacco flavours and am now on about 12mg.
Keep it up and good luck.