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[Muay_thai]

Hey, I’m Craig and I’m from Boston, Lincs.

Trying my hardest to stay away from the cigs, the cravings are rediculius... but hopefully vaping will be for me, I can make coils I just don’t know what mod and rta to get, I prefer the mouth to lung style of vaping to direct lung

 

[Deaf Vaper]

& to the Planet Craig!

I quit about a month ago, I haven't looked back since. MTL is definitely a good way to start, as it closely replicates the action of smoking. I would advise starting with a standard tank first off, just to get used to vaping, I like I am...before going down the rebuildable route. At this stage, you'll just want that nic fix straight to hand...and not be messing around building coils. That's my opnion any way, and it's how I started. I'll move onto building later on when i'm ready.

As an idea what nic strenght go with. well that depends on how much you smoked. I was on 20 pre-mades a day, so I now vape 12mgs strength with my Zenith tank using 1.7 ohm coils, & and 6mgs with my Nautilus 2 using .7 ohm coils....works perfectly for me. I use stock coils, so don't know anything about rebuildable set ups. I have acquired since, many more MTL tanks that I've yet to try!

If you were a heavy smoker 30-50etc..then 18mgs would be better in a plus ohm MTL tank. But if you choose to use 'sub ohm' coils in an MTL or DTL tank, then no more than6mgs..otherwise you'll get nic headaches and dizziness..which I found out to my displeasure during the first couple of weeks, as was trying to vape 12mgs in that Naut 2 tank on .7s! Don't do that..it's not nice!

For mods...well..there's a plethora of brands/ mods out there to choose from.....I started with a popular and relatively low cost option....an Aspire Zelos starter kit (which came with the Nautilus 2 tank), and then quickly got a 2nd mod, a 100w Aspire Typhon (I have since bought a couple more different mods). If you're going down the MTL route, then you don't need a super high powered mod...50 to 100 watts is more than sufficient as MTL tanks don't use very much power.

I vape between (depending on which tank i'm using) 10 - 23 watts. A 50 watt Zelos with a Naulitus two tank or a Zenith...with 1.7 or 1.8s coils respectively, would be a good place to start. And generally speaking, you'll get about a day or two worth of use inbetween charging. Plus, no need to buy separate batteries, as the Zelos and Typhon have them built in. Just a USB socket adaptor (or just use a USB socket in a PC) is all you need to charge them. They aren't expensive, the Zelos kit cost me £40 from Ebay.

So, I hope that gives a basic insight and idea to get you started.

Welcome aboard mate!

 

[Muay_thai]

& to the Planet Craig!

I quit about a month ago, I haven't looked back since. MTL is definitely a good way to start, as it closely replicates the action of smoking. I was on 20 pre-mades a day, so I now vape 12mgs strength in my Zenith tanks using 1.7 ohm coil..and 6mgs with my Nautilus 2 using .7 ohm coils....works perfectly for me. I use stock coils, so don't know anything about rebuildable set ups.
I have many other tanks that I've yet to try!

For mods...I use two Aspires, a Zelos and a 100w Typhon (but I have just acquire a couple more mods...but a couple to start with is just fine to get you going)...I don't need that much power though, as I only vape between 10 - 23 watts, depending on which tank i'm using. A 50 watt Zelos with a Naulitus two tank or a Zenith...with 1.7 or 1.8s coils respectively, would be a good place to start. They aren't expensive, the Zelos kit comes with the tank, cost me £40.

How much did you smoke before?

Hi mate, 20 a day or more with work and family life etcettera it can all be stressful

 

[Deaf Vaper]

Hi mate, 20 a day or more with work and family life etcettera it can all be stressful

Same as me then..I've just edited my post, to provide a little more clarity and info..re read it again, should give you a basic idea where to start. You're pretty much the same as me...I smoked for about as long as you have, and the same amount, so buy a simple MTL starter kit or 2 (I now have a dozen tanks and 5 mods!..all acquire in just a few weeks, cos I like to have several juices on the go!)..don't go down the building route...first couple of months you'll be wanting to control your cravings..so keep it nice and simple..my Zelos is a great little mod..all built in...does the job just fine!

The Typhon is bigger (it has 2 batteries to the Zelos's one)...so I use that at home. I also have a little epipe by Kamry fitted with the Nautilus Mini tank, which I love, as it's very compact.

 

[Muay_thai]

Same as me then..I've just edited my post, to provide a little more clarity and info..re read it again, should give you a basic idea where to start. You're pretty much the same as me...I smoked for about as long as you have, and the same amount, so buy a simple MTL starter kit or 2 (I now have a dozen tanks and 5 mods!..all acquire in just a few weeks, cos I like to have several juices on the go!)..don't go down the building route...first couple of months you'll be wanting to control your cravings..so keep it nice and simple..my Zelos is a great little mod..all built in...does the job just fine!

The Typhon is bigger (it has 2 batteries to the Zelos's one)...so I use that at home. I also have a little epipe by Kamry fitted with the Nautilus Mini tank, which I love, as it's very compact.

Cheers mate, what’s the best juice to get? And what strength would you recommend?

 

[Deaf Vaper]

Cheers mate, what’s the best juice to get? And what strength would you recommend?

For a a 20 a day man12mgs should do it, as long a you use plus ohm coils in your tank. 6mgs or less if you prefer a warmer vape and therfor use coils under a ohm. Aspire Nautilus uses either 1.8s, 1.6 (can't tell the difference from the 1.8s!) or 0.7s coils. Zenith uses 1.7s or 0.8s (I haven't tried the .8s yet).

With vaping, you need to vape for longer than you would smoking...so if a ciggy took you 5 mins to smoke..then 8-10 mins with vaping. I don't chain vape..just here and there...maybe more in the evenings. But you may fnd that you'll be vaping a lot to start off with..until you get in to the swing of things...that's okay..takes the body and mind a while to get used to it. I was fine...except for using the wrong nic strength at first!

As for juices....ah well....that's the 64 million pound question!!! Any of them mate! There's hundreds of them out there! I started with tobacco flavours to start with, simply cos the other flavours didn't (at first) appeal to me, so I just bought the best cost effective 10mls I could find. Vampire Vape was the very first one I tried...I bought several tobacco ones from Electric Tobbaconist as they do 3 bottles for a tenner and free P&P if you spend £10.

LiQuid juices, might be a good place to start..as all their juices are £1. Not the best flavours, but I bought some, just to get an idea of what flavours I would like. I also have had some from Halo (love their Menthol Blast as it's strong! Very Strong..i like strong menthols!).

It'll take you a few months to find out what brand and flavours you'll like...I've only scratched the surface of all the juices out there...and have thousands more to try...it's very much hit and miss. I've chucked a few bottle s away already, but have found a few that I now like. Cherry Menthol from Halo is very nice!

Oh...and I suppose I should mention them, as all the seasoned vapers in here do..Manabush! Not cheap at £5 a bottle, but they are lush. The company is run by a POTV member, set up a few years ago. I've only tried a few of his so far...many more to buy and try....defo one for the evenings after a nice meal!

Best thing is, work out what things you like..fruits..tobacco..pudding flavours (yes there are!)..etc ect..and start there. Istopped using tobacco flavours after a couple of weeks, as I found I didn't like them anymore...so I'm now trying other flavours.....it's all one very big experiment mate....you just have to try 'em!

There's many juice vendors out there..you can use the discount codes for some of them that can be found here, just look in the Discount Codes link at the top of the forum page. Plenty of codes, just use the appropriate one when checking out.

Just makes sure the PG/VG ratio is suitable for an MTL tank. Upto no more than 70% VG in a MTL tank. I'm slightly PG intolerant, so I use 50% PG or less, juices. The PG helps to give you that throat hit associated with smoking...but I found after a while, that I no longer need the throat hit, so I now use less PG.

Everybody is different, you'll find your own juice balance in time.

 

[silk186]

Welcome to the planet!

 

[GrumpyOldWoman]

Hiya and welcome to PoTV.

For MTL I recommend the Nautilus Mini or the Nautilus 2. If you're struggling with cravings,I'd go for 18mg (I keep my Nautilus Mini filled with 12mg for just such times)

 

[Deaf Vaper]

Hiya and welcome to PoTV.

For MTL I recommend the Nautilus Mini or the Nautilus 2. If you're struggling with cravings,I'd go for 18mg (I keep my Nautilus Mini filled with 12mg for just such times)

My Nautilus Mini has 18mgs strength juice in it at moment..but that's not what i normally stick in it... but I've only just realised! Can't see the tiny fuggin' writing on the bottle, I thought it was 12mgs!

Thought it was a bit strong...and I've vaping that stuff for 3 days now! Whatanumpty!

 

[rew]

Hi and welcome. Keep going with it mate. Dont be too hard on yourself if you have a few slip ups along the way.