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{{{{{Amused}}}}}}} Please don't stay away just because you've slipped. Your still a part of this family and I for one don't want to see you isolate yourself for this reason. I am so terribly sorry that you are having a tough time, You too tags. Please don't give up, you do what you need to do for you for now but don't give up, take a break from vaping if you need too we'll still love you! And you need to still love you too. Don't beat yourself up, stick with us here and after you've had a little break maybe you'll come back and vaping will be as good as it ever was, hell maybe even better. please anything you need.... I 'll be there!

Sorry I've been away for a bit. Here's my method of filling... what works for me may or may not for others, but it never fails for me. Using 100% PG based juices only, works much better anything with VG in it. Trust me, I've tried a lot of blends, 70/30 and 80/20, and went right back to my PG ONLY juices. I know other people say they use blends... but it simply does not wick fast enough for me, not to mention it really changed the flavor and throat hit of my juice... and not in a good way either! OK, now that my PG/VG rant is over I can explain my method. First, I remove both of the 'condoms' and the little 'buttplug', then put the smaller of them back on the threaded end. I typically push it almost all the way on... but leave a small space. Taking a juice filled syringe, with a fairly small needle, I poke it in to the filler down to the bottom of the carto. When adding juice, gently push on syringe while slowly drawing it up. Repeat this process a few times until filled... don't worry about any juice that comes up through the center or overfilling either. After it's filled to top I take it and give it a good 'thermometer shake'... so that there is a small amount of juice seen in the carto. You should notice that the filler material looks a bit dry after doing this. This helps to spread the juice all through the filler material much better. I then add enough drops till it's to the top of the filler material again and repeat process. Now, the most important part from what I've learned, is to stand the carto up in a shot glass or something (carto still on) allowing it to soak in totally. I prefer to leave it overnight since I already have cartos I'm vaping on. After it has sat, for however long you can let it, it's ready to vape. Remove condom, wipe off any excess juice from it, throw on a drip tip and vape! And as other have said... I toke on it for 10-15 times and set it down for a bit. When it's time for more, I just pull drip tip off and add enough drops till it's nice and wet, and vape away. Some would say: "Why the hell don't you just use an atty then since you have to drip often?" To that, my response is that I actually prefer the flavor/vapor/throat hit of my carto over an atty anyway. And the other reason is that when I did direct drip, I was constantly having to wipe juice up that leaks from the bottom of atomizers. With my cartos... there isn't NEARLY as much of that, rarely actually. It's a hell of a lot easier to over drip and get those nasty 'dry hits' if it's not properly filled. And don't believe em when they say: "I never get 'dry hits' or have leaky atty's"... there lies I tell ya, all lies! Attys just aren't for me... and with cartos you don't have to worry about harsh hits. Especially, if you take the time to 'top off' often, it provides the best tasting/most constancy while vaping for me anyway. Experiences and opinions obviously vary greatly in the 'carto vs. atty' debate... just try to find what works for you and you will be totally satisfied! Hopefully I didn't leave too much out... I don't know how I could have with the length of this book!

The reason I asked this question, is because I quit smoking 7 years ago. I never lost the love I had for sitting out on the deck with my wife in the mornings and evenings and enjoying a cup of coffee and smoking a few cigarettes. When I quit smoking, I still enjoyed sittting out on the deck with my wife, but it just wasn't the same. I heard about the e cig, and started doing some research on it,(asking alot of question on forums like this one) and decided to give it a shot. I bought the Riva 510 starter kit, and loved it and now I'm back to enjoying that cup of coffee in the morning and evenings while sitting on the deck with my lovely wife.

Hi johns. The VT store is pretty amazing. They replaced an eGo passthru for me even before I mailed the defective one back!! And, believe it our not, the next day I accidently washed my robe with my replacement IN IT'S POCKET. Kinda funny when I realized what I had done and opened the lid of the washing machine.... it looked like there was a flashlight down there! (pretty easy to find). Of course, the atty had popped but the eGo P/T dried out and STILL works like a champ to this very day. Stick with VT. They care.

just got my juice today PG Turk & USA Blend - Extra High - 24Mg - awesome - TH-8, Vapor-6/7, taste/flavor-8, overall-7 PG -USA Mix - Extra High - 24Mg - meh not my style(may need to let steep) TH-5, Vapor-6/7, taste/flavor-3, overall-6 VG Turk & USA Blend (Tobacco) - Extra High - 24MG - same as the PG TH-5, Vapor-8/9, taste/flavor-8, overall-7 VG USA Mix (Tobacco) - Extra High - 24MG - something about this wasnt that great- TH-3, Vapor-8, taste/flavor-4, overall-6

I have noticed that some flavors will encourage me to feel rather... frisky. If I vape them long enough, it will either go away, or I will end up having to ... yeah.