So, I've been vaping for about a year and a half now. Started out on Blu disposables, moved to a cigalike battery with some mini tanks on it, then moved to an ego style battery with some cheapo plastic tanks and replaceable coils. I just bought the iStick 50W and a Nautilus Mini. My main question is whether there is anything special I should know about starting to vape on the box mod or whatever. I guess that's kind of a broad question but up til now, I've always just filled, screwed the bits together, and started pushing the button, so I'm wondering if I need like a crash course on using fancier equipment. Sorry if this is a stupid post.
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The first thing you will want to do is charge the iStick. I hope you purchased the charger to go with it.
I think the Nautilus comes with a head already installed. Fill it and put it to the side.
When the battery is charged, attach the Nautilus and vape.
I think the Nautilus comes with a head already installed. Fill it and put it to the side.
When the battery is charged, attach the Nautilus and vape.
Yep! It came with a charger and the Nautilus came with a head and an extra one. Sounds like I'm good to go then! Thanks!
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I hope you enjoy them.
Just one or two other things.
With clearomizers, I always clean them before using them as an extra precaution. Just take it apart, make damn sure to remove the head and soak the rest in very warm water with a little soap. Rinse the living heck out of it, soak in very warm water again and then dry. Then put the head in it and fill.
And if you only have the two heads get more. Quickly. They only last so long before you need to replace them.
Just one or two other things.
With clearomizers, I always clean them before using them as an extra precaution. Just take it apart, make damn sure to remove the head and soak the rest in very warm water with a little soap. Rinse the living heck out of it, soak in very warm water again and then dry. Then put the head in it and fill.
And if you only have the two heads get more. Quickly. They only last so long before you need to replace them.
When you get your istick, turn the watts down. Mine was set at 50 watts when I got it. Turn it to five watts and turn it up slowly til you get the vape you want. Don't want to torch your coil.
With the head, after you've cleaned the tank but before you screw the head in, hold it upside down over your sink and drop a few drops down the shaft into the coil. Let it soak through. Maybe do this twice before you screw it in. Once you've filled your tank and closed everything up, pull on it a few times without firing it. Doing these things will prime your coil up a bit. I find not doing this on a mini leads the first few hits to taste burned and awful.
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Thank you everyone for the advice!
Hey! I came back to report that I am totally loving the new setup so far. I basically spent the entire evening telling my fiancee "Oh, here's ANOTHER thing I like better about this setup...." He even pointed out that it appeared like I had more control over the whole system than with the previous one which pretty much summarizes about half the items on the list of reasons I love this.
I love the feel of the iStick, the adjustable airholes on my Nautilus, and the taste of my e-juice in this tank. I also had a little fun stealth vaping in the movie theater since I didn't have a giant glowing button to try to hide.
My only "issue" and it's not even a huge deal and I'm pretty sure it is fixable is that I will have to see about alternative drip tips for the Nautilus because I am not crazy about the way the stainless steel feels in my mouth.
One interesting thing I noticed was that I seem to be burning through my juice more quickly and after vaping one tank lowered my nic. The vape shop that I bought this particular juice at happened to be out of 18 mg the other day so I bought a 24 and a 12 and mixed them half and half for 18 and found that it was too high, so I've dropped down to just the 12 now and that seems to be better.
Yeah, more vapor production means more juice consumption and more vapor per hit means more nic intake per hit. It's common to need to adjust nic level when changing devices. I use 12mg in my tank and 6mg in my dripper.
Buying juice online can save you a bunch of money. Juice prices in local shops is usually pretty high. The only drawback is not being able to sample it first so there can be some trial and error involved, but might be worth the trouble.
Buying juice online can save you a bunch of money. Juice prices in local shops is usually pretty high. The only drawback is not being able to sample it first so there can be some trial and error involved, but might be worth the trouble.
I do the same as he does in my tanks and my drippers, 12 and 6.
Take a sec and hit the review portion of this site for online shopping. Taste is subjective of course, and there will always be a "get what you pay for" result with ejuice, but there are a few less expensive vendors with decent stuff.
Personally, I just bought from yaeliq, and although shipping takes forever, the juices have been good. 10-18 for 100 mils is good by me.
Happy vaping