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All of the members on the forum could throw recommendations at you, but the only one who can tell you what you like is you. Not that I'm trying to give you a hard time or anything but flavor is so subjective. What one person thinks is perfect, it will taste like dirty socks to the next person. It will all depend on what tastes good to you. One eliquid vendor I liked a lot when I first started out is EC Blends. They have little 5 ml samples for under three dollars (usually something like $1.99 or so). You can customize the juices as much as you like. My all day vape for several years now is an almond joy flavor. I would never have guessed I'd like it this much. Ever. You might surprise yourself with what you find tasty. If you want more throat hit, you'll want a little more PG in your eliquid. This is the flavor carrier, thins the liquid and gives better throat hit. If more vapor, smoother throat hit, a little sweeter, is your thing, then go a little more on the VG. For the set up you have I would recommend going with a 50 PG/50 VG to start. You don't want to go with anything thinner with that tank. Also, at the beginning, go up a little on the nicotine. 3 mg isn't enough for someone trying to get off cigarettes. I'd go at least a 6 mg or 8 mg. If you vape too much and get too much nicotine, yes, you'll develop a headache. Just stop vaping for a little while and it should go away on its own. Make sure to drink lots of water. Vaping dehydrates you so increased water intake is a must -- not soda, not coffee or tea, or anything other than plain water. If the juice tastes a little "bad" when you increase the nicotine, then just have the vendor increase the flavor a little to mask it. Hang in there, we've all been through it. The first few weeks are especially trying because your body is detoxing from all the carcinogens that you took in with cigarettes. If you can hang in there, this will pass.

Just a tip! TC loves airflow. Too little airflow action makes coil ceiling out at max temp and shuts it down. That's just my experience and my advice on getting most out of TC. YMMV.

I get my NIC in VG I like80VG mixes

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To me, I get a nice chocolate flavor with a fairly strong coconut and a hint of the almond in the background. How you vape also makes a difference in how you get the flavor. It really doesn't matter if you're a mouth to lung - this is like how most people smoke - they draw the vapor into the mouth before inhaling into the lungs. Others will draw direct to lung. Either way, when you're exhaling, try blowing the vapor out of your nose and mouth in equal amounts at the same time. I've found I get better flavor recognition this way, so have other new vapers I've coached. Keep some 3 mg and some 6 around and switch them out. Have you heard of a phenomenon that's referred to as "vaper's tongue"? All this means is that you've vaped one flavor too long and can no longer taste it. This is normal. Just keep a different tank around with a vastly different flavor (or more than one), and switch when you can't taste it anymore. In the past I used to go from a minty Mojito flavor to an apple pie to the Almond Joy to a... and so on. Drinking more water will also help to flush out the toxins faster too.

The past four years or so it's been an Almond Joy flavor from EC Blends. I buy it by the 125 ml bottle, usually a couple at a time.

Welcome @carlycathleen You're in good hands already!

Just an FYI. When I first started vaping, I was on 24 mg of nic, but you need to take into account that we didn't have the kinds of equipment we do now. Most of my eliquid now is at 3 mg but I still have some at 12 and 18 mg for those days and times when I can't vape as often.

Carly welcome When started there were not the great starter kits. So I did not completely switch till I got a vamo6 (20 watts)and a protank 3. Then there was enough of a throat hit to feel like the little cigars I was smoking. For the first 6 months I vaped indoors and smoked outside. If you need a stinky stick as long as vaping is what you do. Keep busy. Deep breathing helps. When your feeling weak go to your local vape shop and hang out till it passes. 3 1/2 years tobacco free. Smoked for 35 years. Good luck we are here.

Like I said, keep your nic high. And flavor is important. If you don't like the juice you have, you won't vape it. Which also means you'll smoke.

I don't think flavor is as important as the amount of nic in your eliquid when you first try to quit. I smoked a pack of Marlboro Lights per day so when I switched to vaping I was using 24 mg. nicotine in my eliquid. Now, this was over five years ago so the equipment was vastly different as was how much nicotine I was absorbing. What tank are you using? The resistance of your coil? What mg. of nicotine is in your juice? All these things will help us to help you.

The Vapor Talk Store ( the ones who make this forum possible) have many different juice offerings. Click on the SHOP link st the top of the forum.

It's totally normal to be craving. I smoked for 20 years but quitting and taking up vaping was easy for me, I was suprised. If you're looking for a good tobacco flavored juice try wrangler by vape wild. They have good juice in general. Also ejuice connect has amazing prices. I've been vaping for a year and just started craving tobacco flavor lol. Especially when i drink. When I first started vaping I stuck with high nic and tobacco flavors. The key is finding a juice that will satisfy your cravings.

Welcome Carly. I have ordered from Sauce LA. Check out Fuggin vapor. Omvapes is another site I order from. Stay focused and you should not return to the stinkys. Just have fun trying new flavors

Oh, I remember the Silver Saddle well. I was playing bass in a country band and the rest of the group were trying to "country-fy" me by making me hang out at country western bars. It's now some kind of family pizza place. :(

Thank you so much! I totally get it! I'm going to do a build later.!! I'm so excited to try this out Sent using The Vapor Talk mobile app

The newer Smok devices are providing pretty good TC. Have you found a power setting you like in power mode? What I mean by that is a power setting that gives you a good ramp up time and satisfying beginning of the vape. I would start with that setting in TC mode for the wattage setting. Every mod is different but in general the power setting in TC mode should provide 1. The maximum power applied during a vape. You will want to have the setting high enough for the coil to reach your set temperature. 2. Be a function of how fast your coils heat up. In mods that do TC well you will be able to set the power higher than the power to achieve your set temperature and decrease your ramp up time. 3. Some mods with a preheat setting will further boost or decrease the initial power to modify the beginning of the "hit". I hope that makes sense.

Hi guys, I bought my e-cigarette 1 week ago and everything was good until yesterday, I am not sure if I had too much but today I feel like sore (dry) throat and somehow like burning lungs or dry lungs I don't know how to explain. The strange thing is that when I vap (40W) very often bit of liquid comes out (I can feel just a bit on my tongue. Is that normal? Thank you