Little background here. Last year one of my kids turned me on to vaping. Smoking for some 65 years.
Gave me a hit of his mod. Fruit. Hell, no. F’n nasty! Went to a local smoke shop and he got me the same mod he had, but got me some Brown Sugar. Now, THAT’S what I’m talking about.
Being the wise old man, I figured I could go straight to 0 nic. BAHAHAHA! Juice is expensive on a fixed income, quickly found ELR and mixed my own. 'Twas a year ago and I don’t recall what I mixed. 70/30 VG/PG and some flavors. Don’t recall %'s.
Couple months later I dropped the mod, broke it and went for a new one. They didn’t have the one I had, and frankly if it’s that fragile, I don’t need that.
Smoking for 65 years, I didn’t start the day I was born so, you know, I’m getting on in years. Memory’s not so good anymore. Kinda like my sex life. Now that you have that saggy ass image stuck in your mind for the rest of your life, I’ll proceed.
Bought a Smok Mag-18 per the advice of the shop. TFV16 or 18 coils. Sub ohm. See, now I keep track of these things. So. DIY, 0 nic, AF almost closed and after smoking weed for 40 plus years (Started smoking AFTER I found ganja) I was “DTLing” like it was a joint. Wattage 120. LOVED it! Except I need the nic so I gave it up.
Few months ago I thought, WTF am I doing? Almost a gallon of VG/PG, some 25 flavors, a scale, syringes…etc. Time to try again WITH nic. Found the calculator here, like it a LOT more than ELR’s, adapted some recipes that were 3 to 6 mg nic to 12. I smoke Swisher sweets. Like at least 8+ a day. Googles experimental AI said one swisher sweet is like 10 cigarettes.
Course that doesn’t take into account how frequently I hit the mod… Been doing some reading. And taking notes 
Did some SFT’s. Like brown sugar at 12% nic, 3% flavor, 5 and 10. Waited a couple weeks, did a real dtl, (Not like a joint) and picked my lung up from my dirty garage floor. On all 3 bottles. Ran the wattage from 120 down to 30. I get almost NO vape at 30, and 60 kills my lungs.
Made some more at 3% nic. Similar results. I get a little flavor, cough up a lung and use 4 letter words. Not as bad…
Someone told me how to find the median % of flavoring, and today I’d like to do some more mixing. The image shows the recipe I want to try. Using the median % as suggested by the calculator, it totals 3.25% total flavors. Most of the recipes I see are a good 10% and up. I don’t think I’ll get much flavor from that.
And this mod leaks like a sieve. Yes, I close the AF when filling. Few questions.
- Can I let the coils with too much nicotine dry out and use them again?
- Can I dry them out and fire them a half dozen times to get rid of the old juices? Coils aint cheap!
- Is it me, or would a different mod work better for my style?
- If a different mod, whataya suggest?
I know. More info please.
