two vapes and a cough

[macrimmon]

hullo

My purchase of a zmax vape machine arrived this morning, charged battery ,came home and couldnt get it working , press 5 times and it fired into life , took my first couple of vapes less than ten minutes ago , a bit of coughing etc etc but sure i will get used to it . a couple of bits of advice required , firstly i have bought three bottles of fluid with it black cherry 24mg ,swedish fish 36 and a banana 36 , ihave got the 24 black cherry in at moment and think i will get the hang of it, should i stickto 24 strength with a viw to reducing down and just order more 24? any other advice for a complete novice will really be appreciated.

ps- 1 cigarette left for the morning and i am determined thats my last

Macrimmon

 

[Midnight]

Hi and welcome to POTV.

With nicotine strengths; it really depends on what and how much you smoked. Many average smokers start around 24mg and go down over time. If you are finding you are not craving a fag on the 24mg and feel it satisfies you then stick with that for now. If you find you are constantly vaping to get a hit you may need to go higher. If you are finding you are vaping too much and getting a nicotine headache you may want to go down to 18mg. It's all very much trial and error when you first start vaping.

I was a light to moderate smoker of roll-ups and started on 12mg. I now vape 6-12mg which suits me fine. Higher for when I need more of a hit and lower for when I just want to sit and chain vape in the evenings.

 

[Fleabag]

How many were you smoking per day?

I was a 17-20 per day smoker. I started on 18mg and dropped it to 16mg a couple of months later.

36mg is pretty high, so you might find you get the head rush/nausea if you chain vape - in which case you might choose to drop it by a fair bit in order to vape more

 

[Jackson]

Well crank that Zmax down a bit. You could also get a small bottle of glycerine and add some to lower your nic as an experiment. You can worry about taste later.

 

[macrimmon]

thanks midnight sounds like a plan

cheers

 

[macrimmon]

probably 20 -25 a day fleabag , think i will stick to the 24 and order some more at that strengh with a view to dropping down in a couple of months , not sure yet how itwill all go its all a bit early and aint used to the vape yet i keep coughing although it is easing off a bit.

 

[Bandini]

Welcome to the forum mate.
Good advice from Midnight but I'd add don't smoke that cig in the morning.
You don't need it now and you'll feel like a boss when you chuck it in the bin!

 

[macrimmon]

hmmm interesting Jackson , by cranking it down i take it you mean the volts? i have it set to 3.6 ... will give it a try

 

[macrimmon]

Strange Bandini was sitting thinking the same thing myself , i may just have a few vapes and bin that mother

 

[Fleabag]

I wasn't smoking much less than you, and especially in the early days, got the headache & queasy feeling & had to give the vaping a rest at times (which was really annoying, as I was enjoying it).

If you do order some more juice, maybe throw in a bottle of 18mg to the order as well, just to see if that works as effectively - it will allow you to vape more, and if it's not quite giving you the nic hit, you can always save it for use further down the journey.

The coughing is quite common with the more effective set-ups, though trying lower nic and/or lower PG levels might give you a smoother vape (nicotine and PG give more throat hit, higher VG will provide more vapour)