Ok so quick bio, smoked for 18 years. 1/2 pack to a pack a day. In the Army, anyone who's in the military can attest, quitting smoking is not an easy task to accomplish while in the military.
But I did it, almost a year ago.
Well kind of, it helped that I am in the reserves now, but still every drill weekend I had to have my cigarettes.
So two months ago I picked up an Ego starter kit (labeled as Everybody Vapes not Ego). Came with a 900mAh batt so wasn't too bad.
I was never quite happy with the hit, and still had 3 ciggs last drill (2 weeks ago), which is a lot better than the 30-40 smokes over 3 days
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Last week found a local shop that specialized in vaping, Level's Vape in South Sacramento if anyone cares, and the owner (one of?) actually taught me a few things that I didn't have a grasp on yet, and recommended a ProTank2 to me and set me on my way.
At first I was really happy and contently puffed big white puffy clouds. But one thing I wasn't getting was the throat hit I was used to with cigarettes and the clouds died down quite a bit.
Tried a lower resistance coil but still wasn't there. Then I tried the cotton mod to the coil. and was happy again.
But due to 18 years of always taking long drags off a smoke, and the tiny stock coils in a protank, that cotton burned out quickly (yes I wet it before firing the first time).
Today, I went back to Level's Vape and picked up some Kanthal Wire, 28g. I was hoping to get a nice W I D E coil that wasn't too hot for the cotton. I now have the wide coil, but it's a bit on the warm side yet, but that isn't so bad, because it takes the coil so long to warm up
Next coil will be a 30 gauge wire and I think I'll be happy.
Oh and to get enough 28 gauge to fit in that tiny hole, I used a 2.0mm allen wrench to wrap on (mic'd out to 1.8 - 1.9mm) and my coil is a hot 1.5 ohms
I have no wicking problems like I think I had before with the cotton mod alone.
But I did it, almost a year ago.
Well kind of, it helped that I am in the reserves now, but still every drill weekend I had to have my cigarettes.
So two months ago I picked up an Ego starter kit (labeled as Everybody Vapes not Ego). Came with a 900mAh batt so wasn't too bad.
I was never quite happy with the hit, and still had 3 ciggs last drill (2 weeks ago), which is a lot better than the 30-40 smokes over 3 days
.Last week found a local shop that specialized in vaping, Level's Vape in South Sacramento if anyone cares, and the owner (one of?) actually taught me a few things that I didn't have a grasp on yet, and recommended a ProTank2 to me and set me on my way.
At first I was really happy and contently puffed big white puffy clouds. But one thing I wasn't getting was the throat hit I was used to with cigarettes and the clouds died down quite a bit.
Tried a lower resistance coil but still wasn't there. Then I tried the cotton mod to the coil. and was happy again.
But due to 18 years of always taking long drags off a smoke, and the tiny stock coils in a protank, that cotton burned out quickly (yes I wet it before firing the first time).
Today, I went back to Level's Vape and picked up some Kanthal Wire, 28g. I was hoping to get a nice W I D E coil that wasn't too hot for the cotton. I now have the wide coil, but it's a bit on the warm side yet, but that isn't so bad, because it takes the coil so long to warm up
Next coil will be a 30 gauge wire and I think I'll be happy.
Oh and to get enough 28 gauge to fit in that tiny hole, I used a 2.0mm allen wrench to wrap on (mic'd out to 1.8 - 1.9mm) and my coil is a hot 1.5 ohms
I have no wicking problems like I think I had before with the cotton mod alone.
