New to vape help - overwhelmed!

[Leni]

Now...after opening the box, I primed the coil (as YouTube told me to do so by dripping some juice on the side holes and top of coil) and added the juice into the tank. I ran it at 9w to start with, and on my first few tokes of it, the vape wasn't very pleasent. It was quite harsh on the throat and heavy. Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Or have I burnt the coil? Or just simply bought 12mg which is too high for me?

It could be a few things, there's a bit of trial and error involved when starting out. After priming the coil and filling the tank, did you let the tank sit for 5 mins or so for the cotton to be fully saturated? I bought 18mg when I first started, as I was a heavy smoker, but I found it irritated my throat as the nic was harsh, so I lowered the nic. How heavy a smoker were you? If you've burnt the coil, it will taste exactly that ... burnt. If it's harsh, it could be the nic's too high, it could be the flavour doesn't suit you, or it could be too high PG content in the liquid (this gives 'throat hit'). Next up I would try a 6mg, and experiment from there...

Stick with it, you will get there

 

[Dtpumbationz]

Thanks for the advice Leni, popped into a shop today and got 6mg nicotine and wow - big difference! Still unusual to me but getting used to it - but I guess thats just the transition process. Dropping from 12 - 6mg has def made a big difference though and looking forward to my new vaping journey. Got myself Vampire Vape juice as this is what the shop recommended, and quite pleased.

Thanks again for all your help in getting me started

 

[RevSr]

Thanks for the advice Leni, popped into a shop today and got 6mg nicotine and wow - big difference! Still unusual to me but getting used to it - but I guess thats just the transition process. Dropping from 12 - 6mg has def made a big difference though and looking forward to my new vaping journey. Got myself Vampire Vape juice as this is what the shop recommended, and quite pleased.

Thanks again for all your help in getting me started

Vampire Vape is nice. My personal favourites are Heisenberg and Attraction

 

[Dtpumbationz]

Yeh love the Heisenberg but havent tried the Attraction!

Quick question to all Zenith tank users - how do you clean the tank as it can not be taken apart? And how often do you recommend cleaning it?

 

[Simon G]

Yeh love the Heisenberg but havent tried the Attraction!

Quick question to all Zenith tank users - how do you clean the tank as it can not be taken apart? And how often do you recommend cleaning it?

just give it a good rinse out when you change a coil, a little washing up liquid if you like .... ..... you can wash the tip regularly though if that starts getting smeggy.

I believe most of the harshness you experience at first is just your body saying 'no' to the change, remember how your first cigarette made you cough? .... you'll soon get used to it as you did breathing in smoke all the time...

 

[eyeball kid]

As above and I often use milton or any baby sterilization tablets to help remove any flavours that linger.