Hi everyone,
I bought my first e-cig today and I have a few questions I'd be grateful for some help with. I have a Totally WIcked Store near me and after a few months of umming and ahhing and looking at their website I popped into the shop because none of what I read made any sense at all (an I'm mostly too impatient to order things online!)! lol She asked about my smoking habits (I used to smoke around 20 menthol cigarettes a day but changed to RYO Menthol Tobacco and menthol tips about three years ago smoking around 25-30g a week) I actually prefer RYO to bought cigarettes as my combination of menthol tip and menthol tobacco makes them 'mintier' than a traditional cigarette. She recommended the Tornado Tank and 18mg Menthol liquid over the i-cig or microlight as they are more for the lighter smoker. I've tried the unit and liqid out for most of today but I really don't like it- like a true n00b I inhaled it like a normal cig and pretty much dessimated a lung! There was also this fairly nasty after taste that I can only describe as cheap nasty cigarette! As I said before my current combo is a fairly minty smoke with an equal throat hit to a polo and cola
ie, not tobacco throat hit but a just brushed your teeth and gone outside throat hit! After talking with the husband we've come o the conclusion that I don't actually smoke that much- I'm a lighter and doer (if that makes any sense!) I'll light a cig and pop it in the ash tray whilst I do other stuff returning for regular puffs etc I also leave a really long stub so my 20 a day is probably 15 actual cigarettes. Upon trying the e-cig my husband also set fire to his lung (I did warn him but you know ) but he said the taste was fine and he didn't get the nasty after taste that I did. I've also developed a whacker of a head ache and substantial nausea that I can liken to the time I tried nicotine patches and they gave me 16mg patches that were too strong (why did I not remember ANY of this when I was stood in the shop!).
So, my questions are; Will reducing the mg to say 8 or 11 reduce the throat hit I'm not keen on as well as the nausea and headache? Is the PG liquid the culprit for the nasty throat-ness; should I opt for VG? (I read a page on here where somone described VG as a slightly sweeter, smoother vape; which I like the sound of). My husband is ok with the menthol liquid at 18mg so I was going to go and buy another unit tomorrow and a lower strength liquid- would the microlight type be ok for me or would it work out horribly expesive in the long run (a common thing I have seen on vape forums is a lot start out with the cigalike type and progress to the tank style anyway). I intend to mix my own eventually as my (very) long term goal is to reduce my nicotine to 0.
Also, despite my impatience, is there better places to buy my tank and liquids from online?
Thanks so much for reading this far in my long rambly post
I bought my first e-cig today and I have a few questions I'd be grateful for some help with. I have a Totally WIcked Store near me and after a few months of umming and ahhing and looking at their website I popped into the shop because none of what I read made any sense at all (an I'm mostly too impatient to order things online!)! lol She asked about my smoking habits (I used to smoke around 20 menthol cigarettes a day but changed to RYO Menthol Tobacco and menthol tips about three years ago smoking around 25-30g a week) I actually prefer RYO to bought cigarettes as my combination of menthol tip and menthol tobacco makes them 'mintier' than a traditional cigarette. She recommended the Tornado Tank and 18mg Menthol liquid over the i-cig or microlight as they are more for the lighter smoker. I've tried the unit and liqid out for most of today but I really don't like it- like a true n00b I inhaled it like a normal cig and pretty much dessimated a lung! There was also this fairly nasty after taste that I can only describe as cheap nasty cigarette! As I said before my current combo is a fairly minty smoke with an equal throat hit to a polo and cola
ie, not tobacco throat hit but a just brushed your teeth and gone outside throat hit! After talking with the husband we've come o the conclusion that I don't actually smoke that much- I'm a lighter and doer (if that makes any sense!) I'll light a cig and pop it in the ash tray whilst I do other stuff returning for regular puffs etc I also leave a really long stub so my 20 a day is probably 15 actual cigarettes. Upon trying the e-cig my husband also set fire to his lung (I did warn him but you know ) but he said the taste was fine and he didn't get the nasty after taste that I did. I've also developed a whacker of a head ache and substantial nausea that I can liken to the time I tried nicotine patches and they gave me 16mg patches that were too strong (why did I not remember ANY of this when I was stood in the shop!).So, my questions are; Will reducing the mg to say 8 or 11 reduce the throat hit I'm not keen on as well as the nausea and headache? Is the PG liquid the culprit for the nasty throat-ness; should I opt for VG? (I read a page on here where somone described VG as a slightly sweeter, smoother vape; which I like the sound of). My husband is ok with the menthol liquid at 18mg so I was going to go and buy another unit tomorrow and a lower strength liquid- would the microlight type be ok for me or would it work out horribly expesive in the long run (a common thing I have seen on vape forums is a lot start out with the cigalike type and progress to the tank style anyway). I intend to mix my own eventually as my (very) long term goal is to reduce my nicotine to 0.
Also, despite my impatience, is there better places to buy my tank and liquids from online?
Thanks so much for reading this far in my long rambly post
