If you’re new to vaping, this article is about to become your favorite online resource. This is your complete guide to getting started with any refillable pod vaping system. In this guide, we’re going to walk you through your first vaping experience and ensure that it’s as great as it can be. Let’s begin.
How to Choose Your Vape Juice
As mentioned above, this article assumes that you’ve selected a refillable pod system as your first vaping device. With the U.S. ban on pre-filled vape pods and cartridges in flavors other than tobacco and menthol, it really only makes sense nowadays to buy a vaping device that you can fill with the e-liquid of your choice.
A refillable pod system doesn’t include e-liquid, so you’ll need to complete your purchase by buying a bottle of vape juice. If you are convinced that you want your first vape juice to taste as much like a cigarette as possible, then you should try a tobacco or menthol e-liquid. Don’t make that your only purchase, though, because the majority of those who vape prefer e-liquids designed to taste like fruit, candy and other sweet flavors. It’s likely that you’ll also prefer sweet flavors.
It’s usually also wise to select the highest available nicotine strength when buying your first e-liquid. Today’s nicotine salt e-liquid typically comes in nicotine strengths ranging up to 50 mg/ml, and with a nicotine concentration in that range, a vape juice can deliver nicotine to the body almost as quickly as a tobacco cigarette. That’s what you need when you’re trying to make the transition to vaping.
How to Charge Your Pod System
Your pod system has a built-in battery that charges via USB. You should charge the device before using it for the first time, and to do that, you’ll simply connect the included USB cable to the charging port on the device and to your computer. An indicator light on the device will either turn off or change color when charging is complete.
Don’t attempt to charge your pod system with the wall adapter for a tablet or mobile phone. Mobile devices can charge quickly because their wall adapters provide high charge currents. The battery in a vaping device isn’t designed to accept a high current, thus creating a potential risk of overheating.
How to Fill Your Pod System
To fill your pod system, remove the pod from the device. When you examine the side of the pod, you’ll see a rubber or silicone plug. Remove the plug to expose the pod’s filling port. Add e-liquid until the pod is nearly full and close the pod. Make sure that you’ve closed the pod securely, and you’re good to go.
When filling a new pod, wait several minutes before you begin vaping. It’s important to allow plenty of time for the pod’s wick to become completely saturated with vape juice. Otherwise, you’ll risk burning the wick, which will ruin the pod’s flavor.
Don’t overfill your vape pods. If you don’t allow a little space for air, the plug will push e-liquid out of the pod when you close it, and you’ll experience gurgling and leaking.
How to Use Your Pod System
Most pod systems use automatic puff sensors that detect when you inhale. To use your pod system, then, you’ll simply puff on it as if it were a cigarette. The puff sensor activates the atomizer coil in the pod, vaporizing the e-liquid. A pod system is usually calibrated so that the pod holds enough e-liquid – and the battery holds enough of a charge – to last a typical smoker all day. Keep an eye on the pod’s window when you vape. If you vape with an empty pod, you may burn the wick – so refill the pod when it’s close to running out of e-liquid.
What to Do if Your Pod System Gurgles or Leaks
The most important thing to remember about learning how to vape is that you shouldn’t inhale with the same air pressure that you would use when smoking a cigarette. While a cigarette has a fairly tight draw, the airflow characteristics of a pod system are generally looser. Watch the device’s indicator light when you inhale. When the light turns on, the device is producing vapor; there’s no need to inhale more firmly than that.
Are you hearing a gurgling sound when you vape? When you remove the pod from your device, do you sometimes find a pool of e-liquid under it? There’s a good chance that you’re inhaling too firmly. Using too much air pressure when you vape causes excess e-liquid to enter the pod’s atomizer coil assembly. That’s what causes the gurgling noise. The excess e-liquid has to go somewhere, so if it doesn’t end up in your mouth, it’ll leak out of the pod’s air intake vents.
If your pod system does leak, it’s important to wipe away the e-liquid promptly with a paper towel. You don’t want the liquid to seep into the device’s internal electronics.
To fix a gurgling pod, remove the pod from your device when it is empty. Holding a paper towel over the bottom of the pod, blow firmly through the pod’s mouthpiece to expel the e-liquid.
What to Do if You Don’t Like Your E-Liquid’s Flavor
The most wonderful thing about vaping is the fact that there are literally hundreds of different e-liquid flavors from which to choose. The reason why so many different e-liquids exist is because taste is subjective; what works for other vapers may not necessarily work for you. Most vapers, for instance, don’t enjoy tobacco flavors because they’d rather taste flavors that don’t remind them of cigarettes. Your opinion, however, might be entirely different. The sheer variety of flavors available means that it’s very wise to buy several different flavors when you purchase vape juice for the first time. If you don’t like the first flavor, keep trying. We can guarantee that there is a perfect e-liquid out there for everyone.