What's Up With This "Throat Hit" Thing?
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I like Hot Peppers AND throat hit, and both for good reasons! Peppers are an addiction that has some good side effects, like I never get bitten by mosquitos (but thats not why I eat them) and the TH is pleasing, just like the burn of peppers!
Hey there eethr,
It depends on the "strenght" of the cigs you smoked.
The higher throught hit, the easier it is to get over the "smoke monkey" in the first
couple of weeks.
It depends on the "strenght" of the cigs you smoked.
The higher throught hit, the easier it is to get over the "smoke monkey" in the first
couple of weeks.
Judging from the replies on here, you are among many others with the same taste. I was surprised to see that. Smokers don't seem to talk about things like that. Who wouldda thunk?
That makes sense---if it doesn't replace everything, it's not really a replacement....
Throat hit means different things to different people. It can also be adjusted... using the same juice.
For me; and I only speak for myself. I don't need to nearly gag on the 'vapor' / smoke. IE: it doesn't need to be so thick or punchy that I find it discomforting. But I can't have it just be like air. I have also found that thick vapor feeling the vapor go down is good enough for me, rather than - harsh throat hit from high nic.
For those wanting to drop nic, but still feel the vapor the whole way down. Menthol. Find the coolest menthol you can, not the peppermint or anything that produces a 'hot' vape and you'll be able to feel it - without getting the super harsh high nic type hits you get trying to seek the sensation with higher nic juices. But menthol and nic work well together. The menthol is a good cool numbing agent. Give you that deep draw you can really feel, and taking away some of the discomfort of doing so.
Another way is air. Air plays an important role in my flavor junky fix that has pretty much consumed my vaping habits. More air, less throat hit. (And flavor.) I now use high output devices, and low nic juices. And adjust the airflow until I get the balance just right for me at that moment. If I put 18mg MASS menthol that I would run in a protank or DCT in say the aqua... I would be on the floor. It's just a quantity thing. The aqua vaporizes twice as much juice. If you cut the airflow way down to get an even more dense hit. I could gag most people with a 6mg juice. You would swear you were sucking on the flavoring bottle.
I meter out throat hit this way now. By density of the vapor and concentration via airflow. No need for high nic, or harsh juices.
There are many ways to get where you are going. Find what "you" like, and that's all that matters. But if harsh hits, and higher nic juices aren't your thing, - but you still want that feeling. Equipment can also play a role in getting there.
For me; and I only speak for myself. I don't need to nearly gag on the 'vapor' / smoke. IE: it doesn't need to be so thick or punchy that I find it discomforting. But I can't have it just be like air. I have also found that thick vapor feeling the vapor go down is good enough for me, rather than - harsh throat hit from high nic.
For those wanting to drop nic, but still feel the vapor the whole way down. Menthol. Find the coolest menthol you can, not the peppermint or anything that produces a 'hot' vape and you'll be able to feel it - without getting the super harsh high nic type hits you get trying to seek the sensation with higher nic juices. But menthol and nic work well together. The menthol is a good cool numbing agent. Give you that deep draw you can really feel, and taking away some of the discomfort of doing so.
Another way is air. Air plays an important role in my flavor junky fix that has pretty much consumed my vaping habits. More air, less throat hit. (And flavor.) I now use high output devices, and low nic juices. And adjust the airflow until I get the balance just right for me at that moment. If I put 18mg MASS menthol that I would run in a protank or DCT in say the aqua... I would be on the floor. It's just a quantity thing. The aqua vaporizes twice as much juice. If you cut the airflow way down to get an even more dense hit. I could gag most people with a 6mg juice. You would swear you were sucking on the flavoring bottle.
I meter out throat hit this way now. By density of the vapor and concentration via airflow. No need for high nic, or harsh juices.
There are many ways to get where you are going. Find what "you" like, and that's all that matters. But if harsh hits, and higher nic juices aren't your thing, - but you still want that feeling. Equipment can also play a role in getting there.
just another use of vapor I don't think has been mentioned here. I barely take any vapor into my lungs at all. I do a little here and there, but for me it is more like smoking a cigar where everything is in the mouth and I exhale thru the nose mostly. I seem to get all the nicotine I need and my lungs are clearing up nicely, which was my goal. When I am seriously craving a real cig, I notice a th and inhaling into the lungs seems to help quite a bit, but I am leaning more towards me taking a deep breath and getting oxygen 
Whatever works for you friend, we are all different(I can't eat hot peppers and can't imagine doing it, but someone posted they have them with breakfast and LOVES it lol). One you find your spot, you will know.
Whatever works for you friend, we are all different(I can't eat hot peppers and can't imagine doing it, but someone posted they have them with breakfast and LOVES it lol). One you find your spot, you will know.
I personally tried some 50 50 and liked it a lot it wasn't quite as harsh to me
i dont think i knew what i needed to quit until i had that good th and then tried some that didnt have that th and was like, i need the th. does that make any sense at all.........
PG provides no throat hit. It simply allows more of the throat hit from nicotine to come through in comparison to VG. 90+% of throat hit comes from nicotine.
And a good throat hit is NOT burning or scratchy as some have described it.
But he is right. PG does provide throat hit and if you don't want that then you should get %100 VG.
The problem with that is PG is a better flavor carrier so upping the VG content can reduce the flavor and as you said, it can cause wicking issues.
I'm not a fan of throat hit but I'm all about flavor so I use a 70PG/30VG mix. But I tend to use light, fruity flavored juices which tend to deliver a much lighter perceptible throat hit at a given nic level than bold or savory juices. I also use things like bottom coil attys that deliver a cooler vape and vape a tick or two below optimal voltages to cool it down even more which reduces the throat hit on the juices I use to being almost negligible without killing the flavor. The downside is that I don't get monster clouds of vapor when I vape and to many, the cloud is where a lot of the satisfaction from vaping is derived.
That's the hard part of vaping. There's so many variables that finding what YOU like and then finding the hardware and liquids that deliver that can be difficult.
I'm still new and I NEED the throat hit...hopefully that will decrease the farther I get from real cigarettes
In my experience, it also depends on your setup. When I was using carto-tanks, 70pg 30vg @18mg nic was working ok for me. When I got my first RDA, it was too harsh for me. I soon had to change to 50/50 @12mg.
The best pre-steeped juice I have found can be had at vapedojo.com. They ship fast and have great prices and options.
I have to have a harsh throat hit or I can't transition at all. Right now I'm using an aspire bdc cranked up to 10 watts with an 80pg/20vg mix in a 24 mg strength. It helps a lot. If you've even gutted Skoal or Copenhagen, it feels a lot like that.
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