New to this all

[Skeski]

Hey all, 

I'm brand new to vaping and now I'm just getting frustrated. I went to a local vape shop, tested some flavors, and made a pick. All the flavors I tested were pleasant, they smelled and tasted wonderful. No problems just delicious and delightful, smooth clouds. Having just bought my bottle of juice, I went home, filled the tank, let it sit (overnight actually) and then fired it up for a puff. OMG it just burned. No good flavor, not a smooth cloud (mostly because my throat went to hell and back and I didn't inhale much). Completely not what I experienced at the shop. I've been search the depths of the internet with no answer and I have no clue what is happening or how to stop it. Any suggestion?

[cany]

Watts/volts too high?

[Skeski]

I have a Smok Alien 220w and I have it in the lowest wattage (6) and only then is it bearable for the first second 

[cany]

What tank/coil are you using and whats nic level of your juice

[Skeski]

Tank is a TFV8 Baby Tank and the coil is V8 Baby-Q2 Core

[Skeski]

Nicotine 3MG

[cany]

What is the nicotine level of your juice

Edited April 21, 2017 by cany

[Skeski]

3MG

[cany]

I just tried my baby beast @7 watts and I cant even get the coil too fire

Edited April 21, 2017 by cany

[Skeski]

Alright now I feel really dumb. It's reading 16 watts not 6

[cany]

@16watts I get nothing try jumping watts up to around 50 and see what happens

[Skeski]

Okay, so I get clouds, but still the really intense burning. 

[cany]

That is a sub ohm tank its gonna be a hot vape  what setup did you try the juices in at the shop

[Skeski]

I'm not 100% sure, it was a mini, one small button press and puff. 

[cany]

Ok with that kind of setup your gonna get a totally different vape then the smok/baby beast  Is this your first setup?

[Skeski]

Yes, just got it because I was recommended this kit as a starter. 

[Walt]

Did you prime your coils?  Not to offend, but it is a process of putting e-liquid directly on the cotton around the coil before vaping on a new coil. 

[Skeski]

Walt, totally not offended, like I said I'm new and have no clue lol. I did not put any directly on the coil. As far as I knew all the priming that was needed was filling the tank and letting it soak

[cany]

6 minutes ago, Skeski said:

Walt, totally not offended, like I said I'm new and have no clue lol. I did not put any directly on the coil. As far as I knew all the priming that was needed was filling the tank and letting it soak

That should  be fine fir priming It seems to me that tank is a bit rough for you as a starter tank as its a high wattage tank/coil mouth too lung hit  setup I would suggest a more first user tank like a subtank mini

Edited April 21, 2017 by cany

[Tam]

9 minutes ago, Walt said:

Did you prime your coils?  Not to offend, but it is a process of putting e-liquid directly on the cotton around the coil before vaping on a new coil. 

OP said he filled the tank and then let it sit overnight. That should have done the trick.

[Skeski]

Is there anyway to reduce the intensity with the tank and coil I have rn?

[Tam]

No need to feel dumb, we all had to start somewhere.

As for the baby beast, I just recently got one and didn't care for the hot vapor even after I tried all the tricks to get it to work the way it's supposed to. It could be that you need something different for your own vaping style. In my opinion? I'd never start a new vaper with your kit, I'd go with something much easier and no subohm. My latest protoge got started with a couple of Vision Spinner batteries (that's what I had on hand to pay forward, not that I'd necessarily go this easy for most people starting out), and a couple of Kanger ProTank mini 3s with 1.8 ohm dual coils. Once he had that for a while I moved him to an Eleaf iPower 80W and a Kanger Aerotank 2. He's not interested in subohming, just wants off the smokes for now and is happy moving slow. Your mileage may be different.   

[Walt]

Sorry, I don't want to introduce a problem that isn't there, but a dry hit is the only thing I can think of that would burn the throat like that at those low wattage settings with that rig. 

[cany]

Im not 100% sure but you might be able to run that coil in temp control mode. You might wanna try turning down the airflow a bit

[cany]

1 minute ago, Walt said:

Sorry, I don't want to introduce a problem that isn't there, but a dry hit is the only thing I can think of that would burn the throat like that at those low wattage settings with that rig. 

The 16 watts he was starting with will barely fire that coil Im not sure it would burn the coil