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I recently decided to switch from smoking cigs to vaping so I bought a smok morph 219 starter kit, two Samsung R25 batteries, two juices 30 ml pg/vg 50:50 18mg/ml strength (my wife said the website had it listed as a 70/30 pg/vg), and a blackcell charger. Well I am in love with everything about it so far except it's really harsh on my throat and chest. I don't even hold it a full 1.0 seconds. I have no idea about what wattage is the best or anything about the other settings. I know I have a pre-installed 0.25 ohm coil that is best between 30-80 watts that's about it. If anyone has the time to help explain the basics about this I would be extremely grateful. Thank you.
 

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I would advise you to drop your nic.
Starting at 18mg is great for a heavy smoker using a mouth to lung/low power setup.
At 30-80w, I would suggest trying around 6-12mg.
 

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your in the right place to learn.

i would suggest finding a device that closely matches your old analog habit.

either a mouth to lung system with reduced airflow where your pulling the vape to your mouth then breath to inhale it or a
direct to lung open or restrictive air flow system where you just breath the vape in while inhaling both get exhaled moments later.

to make what you have work best i would lower the wattage and if possible reduce your airflow a bit this will still make it fell warm but may reduce the harshness some. no one starts out high wattage open air flow at least those i have helped switch or quit. 50/50 juice will fell a bit harsh at high wattage with full open air flow. if possible i would switch to a true 70 vg 30 pg juice at around 6mg.


are own @Vaping With Vic has a nice primer video

Yea as I was writing the message I was thinking man why did my wife get such strong juice lol. Should I be around 30 watts?
you should be at a wattage that vaporizing your e liquid that you find enjoyable without being to harsh on your throat or wicking
 

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so I bought a smok morph 219 starter kit, two Samsung R25 batteries, .

Since you already bought the starter kit which is the most expensive thing by far you may as well just get some lower nic eliquid.

I suggest getting a bottle of 6mg/ml eliquid and a bottle of 3mg/ml eliquid.

Most people start with 6mg but if it's too harsh you may want to drop down to 3mg.
 
Yea I appreciate the comments. The e-juice was suppose to be 70/30 oh\vg but instead we got 50/50 which is fine I'll try 3mg probably first. My first hit I didnt have any idea and took it at 140 watts and I will never do that again lol.
 

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I will never do that again lol.


Never say never

To your above question as to if 30w was the right setting:
I don’t know. It will say on the side of the coil what is “recommended.”

Keep in mind, any “recommendation” by manufacturer is a bunch of hooey.

Vaping is all up to the individual. Find a setting you like, gear that you like, juice that you like. You’re quitting smoking, don’t think to hard about setting buttons, and gizmos.

If you take it up as hobby, that’ll all just become part of it and second nature. For now, focus on the juice and settings that work for you. Whatever meets that satisfaction and lets you step away from the combustible tobacco.

This forum is chock full of People that will do what we can to help you. We all have our own story and our own gear that works for us. Even those of us with identical gear have them at different settings.
 

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@5150sick is right on the money 3 or 6mg/ml is a good nic level for the setup you are using, but just starting out (and this is how I started,) I would suggest a good mouth to lung (or mtl) setup. OBS makes a great mtl starter kit called the Cube. It's an 80watt internal battery kit that comes with a good mtl tank. It would work well with your 18mg/ml juice. It also wouldn't require and batteries as it has one built in. I bought one for my uncle and he loves it, and has cut down on his smoking considerably.

Now, I'm not pushing you to buy another setup, just a suggestion that I hope will help you.

You can still vape your Morph with some lower nic juice too. I personally carry like 4 setups with me on a daily basis, each with a different style of vaping.

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Yea I appreciate the comments. The e-juice was suppose to be 70/30 oh\vg but instead we got 50/50 which is fine I'll try 3mg probably first. My first hit I didnt have any idea and took it at 140 watts and I will never do that again lol.

I bet you were choking for a long time.

18mg is great for those small vape pens that people use.
But in any device bigger than that you are in for a bad time.
 
Yea. This is actually my wife's, I wanted to try her's out before I bought one. We both decided it's best to quit smoking and that this is going to save us money. I'm just blown away with how far along the vapes have come its a lot to learn. I'm going to go by my local vape shop tomorrow and buy some lower ml juice. Question though?? How do I clean my tank. Because this thing is huge lol I believe it's a 6 ml tank. We're probably not going to be able to finish the 18 ml strength. Do I pour it out? If so how? Also it said it came pre-installed with a 0.25 ohm coil and a replacement 0.35 coil, but when I looked at the replacement it says it's a.0.25 ohm mesh coil not the 0.35.
 

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I bet you were choking for a long time.

18mg is great for those small vape pens that people use.
But in any device bigger than that you are in for a bad time.
This is true. I use 18mg in sub ohm tanks but i didnt start there. Start at 8mg tops. Adjust from there when you find your vaping preferences. I was a 2 to 3 pack a day smoker so that is why i settled on 18mg.
 

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Welcome @New2vaping101 and I hope you enjoy your stay~!

With the Wattage start low and work your way up slowly until you find your sweet spot. I tend to stay on the low side with wattage and even when using Temperature Control. Good Luck.
 

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Yea. This is actually my wife's, I wanted to try her's out before I bought one. We both decided it's best to quit smoking and that this is going to save us money. I'm just blown away with how far along the vapes have come its a lot to learn. I'm going to go by my local vape shop tomorrow and buy some lower ml juice. Question though?? How do I clean my tank. Because this thing is huge lol I believe it's a 6 ml tank. We're probably not going to be able to finish the 18 ml strength. Do I pour it out? If so how? Also it said it came pre-installed with a 0.25 ohm coil and a replacement 0.35 coil, but when I looked at the replacement it says it's a.0.25 ohm mesh coil not the 0.35.

One thing you could do, rather than dump the 18mg juice, if you like the flavor, buy more of that same flavor at 0mg nicotine. Mix the two together and you'll have that juice at roughly 9mg nic.

Otherwise, small amounts of juice you can rinse down the sink. To clean your tank, just take it apart over a sink (remove the coil if you want to continue using it) and rinse the pieces with hot water. Pay attention to how it comes apart so you know how to put it back together. Be careful trying to take the glass tank away from any pieces it connects to. Different tanks handle glass differently, and it sometimes is easy to break the glass if you're too rough trying to take it apart.

Let the pieces air dry until all the moisture is gone. If you absolutely cannot wait for this, dry pieces with a paper towel, but be sure you get into all the nooks and crannies and the thing is REALLY DRY before you put it back together to use.

Nicotine is an insecticide, so if you have more than a little of it to dispose of, I'd use it as insecticide outdoors. Be careful of exposure to bare skin, and also be aware that animals love to lap up sweet things, and e-liquid tastes sweet. Don't dump it in a large contained amount where an animal could ingest it or stand in it.
 

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@5150sick is right on the money 3 or 6mg/ml is a good nic level for the setup you are using, but just starting out (and this is how I started,) I would suggest a good mouth to lung (or mtl) setup. OBS makes a great mtl starter kit called the Cube. It's an 80watt internal battery kit that comes with a good mtl tank. It would work well with your 18mg/ml juice. It also wouldn't require and batteries as it has one built in. I bought one for my uncle and he loves it, and has cut down on his smoking considerably.

Now, I'm not pushing you to buy another setup, just a suggestion that I hope will help you.

You can still vape your Morph with some lower nic juice too. I personally carry like 4 setups with me on a daily basis, each with a different style of vaping.

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I think I saw that OBS has a rerelease of the Cube with a single 18650 door now, as well.
 

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Like some others have said, you have to drop down your nic level.

Go with 3mg or 6mg and 70VG/30PG for the best experience with your setup. Even with years of vaping, I wouldn't dare use 18mg nicotine on my setup that's very similar to yours (we call it "subohm"). If you want to vape 18mg, you're going to need a pod vape kit like the Uwell Caliburn - way cheaper than a Morph.
 

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I think I saw that OBS has a rerelease of the Cube with a single 18650 door now, as well.
That's correct, although I'm not sure if it's released yet. It is a great kit though. I still want one for myself :)

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I personally carry like 4 setups with me on a daily basis, each with a different style of vaping.

Well I've three. One Coppervape with a Gorge using a staged heat Clapton. A brass Coppervape with a brass Wasp Nano having what looks to be a 26g Kanthal coil. A Pico Squeeze with a Wasp Nano using what seems the same as the brass CV Wasp. I'm mostly using the aluminum CV with the Gorge. The others set on my desk for occasional use.

Think my next shopping spree I'm going to get another aluminum CV & Gorge. Recently wound up buying a few CV squonk bottles. Had an order for 5 in, went and ordered another 10 because I forgot. No big deal though, not like I won't use them. :)
 

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well, i have to disagree with the others.
i went MTL for a month, then to 18mg DTL for a month.
for 4 months i've been at 12 mg.
i was a heavy smoker n that suits me, but maybe not you.

the thing is, i never go as high as the recommendations.
with your set up, try 20 watts n see what happens before you spend any money.
 

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well, i have to disagree with the others.
i went MTL for a month, then to 18mg DTL for a month.
for 4 months i've been at 12 mg.
i was a heavy smoker n that suits me, but maybe not you.

the thing is, i never go as high as the recommendations.
with your set up, try 20 watts n see what happens before you spend any money.
Better for a new vaper to start lower, like 8mg and adjust from there. Would hate 4vthem to get discouraged and go back to smokes. Jmho
I run 18mg sub ohm 55 to 90 watts. I guess i am not in the norm range.
 
Ok here's an update... I actually switched flavor to my other 18mg strength BlackBerry and blueberry and it was better on my throat. My wife just picked up a 6 ml strength nic pretty sure 70/30 pg/vg. It is called Marie Laveau "exotic fruit suprise".. I love it. It changes flavors every hit. I've tasted at least 15 different flavors and it is really really smooth. I am in love. I found that it's just right at 40 watts with this juice. The is everyone for y'alls advice!!
 

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Better for a new vaper to start lower, like 8mg and adjust from there. Would hate 4vthem to get discouraged and go back to smokes. Jmho
I run 18mg sub ohm 55 to 90 watts. I guess i am not in the norm range.


I started at 3mg and was dual using. Then I upped to 12-18mg sub ohm and DL. It was fine since i didn’t want to smoke. I’m using 0-6 now at 40-ish watts. I’ve been chain vaping and trying to use 0mg for that. Just started, it’s okay but I’ve been bumping it up.
I wonder if anyone on VU is in the norm for anything!!


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Well I've three. One Coppervape with a Gorge using a staged heat Clapton. A brass Coppervape with a brass Wasp Nano having what looks to be a 26g Kanthal coil. A Pico Squeeze with a Wasp Nano using what seems the same as the brass CV Wasp. I'm mostly using the aluminum CV with the Gorge. The others set on my desk for occasional use.

Think my next shopping spree I'm going to get another aluminum CV & Gorge. Recently wound up buying a few CV squonk bottles. Had an order for 5 in, went and ordered another 10 because I forgot. No big deal though, not like I won't use them. :)


Hey, don’t be the guy who recommends RDAs to beginning vapers! That’s an ECF thang to do. LoL


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Did not intend it like that. Reckon I'll triple think what I type.

I was basically goofing, but I’m sure newbs don’t appreciate the advice. Most of them disappear really fast, anyway.
Hope you’re doing okay in all this heat!


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I started at 3mg and was dual using. Then I upped to 12-18mg sub ohm and DL. It was fine since i didn’t want to smoke. I’m using 0-6 now at 40-ish watts. I’ve been chain vaping and trying to use 0mg for that. Just started, it’s okay but I’ve been bumping it up.
I wonder if anyone on VU is in the norm for anything!!


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Ther is no real norm. You will find it all here on vu. I chain vape ay 18mg. Most do not at the watts and ohms i push. Lol. Only time i nock it down to 8mg is when i am using my series mechs. Thats just to much even for me.
 

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Ther is no real norm. You will find it all here on vu. I chain vape ay 18mg. Most do not at the watts and ohms i push. Lol. Only time i nock it down to 8mg is when i am using my series mechs. Thats just to much even for me.


Have you tried the 30-50mg nic salts? I haven’t but I got some WTAs in 24mg. Put them in a Naut Mini at about 18 watts and I was fine with that much nic.
I thought the chain vaping would ease off after a while.
Stay cool.


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I think many of us who've been vaping a long time started on mouth-to-lung devices at 10-15W, and we used freebase nic at anywhere from 12 to 36 mg. I started at 18 and vaped that for probably three or four years, then dropped to 12 mg for another three or four. About 18 months ago when I was trying to adjust to sub-ohm vaping, I dropped to 10, then 8, and then 6. I have unfortunately felt a little wobbly since I dropped to 6 mg (nicotine serves as my ADD treatment), so I have started mixing 8 mg again.

You don't have to use pods for nic over 10 mg. You can use a mouth-to-lung rig at just about any level under 20W. I probably wouldn't go above 24 mg nic, but back in the day, 24 wasn't that unusual for someone who was in the process of trying to quit smoking.

What really matters, of course, is the relationship of the nic content of juice combined with the amount of juice you vape in a particular period of time. So, in other words, don't vape a large amount of high-nic juice in a short period of time.
 

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I think many of us who've been vaping a long time started on mouth-to-lung devices at 10-15W, and we used freebase nic at anywhere from 12 to 36 mg. I started at 18 and vaped that for probably three or four years, then dropped to 12 mg for another three or four. About 18 months ago when I was trying to adjust to sub-ohm vaping, I dropped to 10, then 8, and then 6. I have unfortunately felt a little wobbly since I dropped to 6 mg (nicotine serves as my ADD treatment), so I have started mixing 8 mg again.

You don't have to use pods for nic over 10 mg. You can use a mouth-to-lung rig at just about any level under 20W. I probably wouldn't go above 24 mg nic, but back in the day, 24 wasn't that unusual for someone who was in the process of trying to quit smoking.

What really matters, of course, is the relationship of the nic content of juice combined with the amount of juice you vape in a particular period of time. So, in other words, don't vape a large amount of high-nic juice in a short period of time.


Really good advice. I forgot that the volume of juice vaped affects the amount of nicotine taken in, as does the amount of time it takes to vape it. It’s so obvious, I wonder how I missed it!! Thanks, keep cool this weekend. :wave:


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Yea. This is actually my wife's, I wanted to try her's out before I bought one. We both decided it's best to quit smoking and that this is going to save us money. I'm just blown away with how far along the vapes have come its a lot to learn. I'm going to go by my local vape shop tomorrow and buy some lower ml juice. Question though?? How do I clean my tank. Because this thing is huge lol I believe it's a 6 ml tank. We're probably not going to be able to finish the 18 ml strength. Do I pour it out? If so how? Also it said it came pre-installed with a 0.25 ohm coil and a replacement 0.35 coil, but when I looked at the replacement it says it's a.0.25 ohm mesh coil not the 0.35.


Yes, just empty it down the drain. If you have kids or pets, make sure that it’s washed away. If you have a top fill tank, open it, blow inside the hole and empty it down the drain. Then wash the juice away in the sink with running water. Just ask around the forum if you need more help, folks here will be glad to answer questions etc.

About the coil, I’m not sure about the ohms, but possibly the .35 is in the tank already or are you sure you have two of the same?
I wouldn’t stress out about it, it may not be that much of a diff in the vape. You can always buy coils for your setup at the ohms you like later.
Did you get lower mg juice? Good luck!!


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I was basically goofing, but I’m sure newbs don’t appreciate the advice. Most of them disappear really fast, anyway. Hope you’re doing okay in all this heat!

Yes, the heat has been something else. Fortunately our apartment has central air with a heat pump & air conditioning. We're keeping it 73 degrees Fahrenheit inside. The upstairs tends to stay a little warmer. Suppose that's expected though as heat rises. In Winter downstairs stays a little colder, again heat rises.

Hope all is well your way.
 

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So, in other words, don't vape a large amount of high-nic juice in a short period of time.

The inverse holds true if you do want more nicotine in your body. That is to say you vape a higher nicotine strength juice without needing to vape a lot of juice, chain vaping all day. I vape moderately using 18 mg nicotine strength. So far I'm averaging about 5 ml of juice a day, or roughly one half of my full 10 ml squonk bottle. Some days that's closer to 4 ml than 6 ml it all depends on how I'm feeling, doing. I joke about catching up to folks vaping 18 - 20 ml + per day. Then, I realize many of those people are vaping 6 mg strength juice and see it evens out.
 

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Personally I would suggest 12mg at minimum with the Morph setup, would also advise buying 70vg juice to smooth out the hit. I could never have quit at 6mg even with dl on a .25Ω coil.
 

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Yes, the heat has been something else. Fortunately our apartment has central air with a heat pump & air conditioning. We're keeping it 73 degrees Fahrenheit inside. The upstairs tends to stay a little warmer. Suppose that's expected though as heat rises. In Winter downstairs stays a little colder, again heat rises.

Hope all is well your way.


At least you have an upstairs in your place. This place is small, even though it’s a pre-war building. The rent is cheap compared to other places but I’d really appreciate a house. But with the economy as it is, don’t know when that will be.

Did the heat break in WV? It’s cooler in NY now. But y’all don’t have much in the way of snow or winter, iirc. I could be wrong, though. And with these “interesting” times nowadays, who knows? Have a good one, man.


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At least you have an upstairs in your place. This place is small, even though it’s a pre-war building. The rent is cheap compared to other places but I’d really appreciate a house. But with the economy as it is, don’t know when that will be.

Did the heat break in WV? It’s cooler in NY now. But y’all don’t have much in the way of snow or winter, iirc. I could be wrong, though. And with these “interesting” times nowadays, who knows? Have a good one, man.


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We made a few trips to WV a few years ago, and during one of them, we drove nearly three hours in snow and ice. I finally had to turn the wheel over to my son because I could not see well enough to keep going. He managed to get us down the interstate to the right service road, where we stopped and gravely considered the hill that was between us and our hotel. I do not even know how we made it, no chains or snow tires on a 2WD SUV, but we did.

All the high elevation in WV? Yeah, they have some winter. Perhaps not what you're used to, but traumatic as hell for us Southerners! (I'm from NC originally.)
 

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We made a few trips to WV a few years ago, and during one of them, we drove nearly three hours in snow and ice. I finally had to turn the wheel over to my son because I could not see well enough to keep going. He managed to get us down the interstate to the right service road, where we stopped and gravely considered the hill that was between us and our hotel. I do not even know how we made it, no chains or snow tires on a 2WD SUV, but we did.

All the high elevation in WV? Yeah, they have some winter. Perhaps not what you're used to, but traumatic as hell for us Southerners! (I'm from NC originally.)


Wow! I’ve been living in NY most of my life, so I thought it was supposed to be pretty warm down south. Oops.
NC is one of my favorite places. A while back, we went went to Raven Rock state park to camp, visited Fayetteville and stopped at Ft. Bragg for a while. It was a really fun trip, and it is beautiful there. But I really like pine trees. I’ve never been in the winter, though. But it’s really nice there!
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Wow! I’ve been living in NY most of my life, so I thought it was supposed to be pretty warm down south. Oops.
NC is one of my favorite places. A while back, we went went to Raven Rock state park to camp, visited Fayetteville and stopped at Ft. Bragg for a while. It was a really fun trip, and it is beautiful there. But I really like pine trees. I’ve never been in the winter, though. But it’s really nice there!
Stay cool! :)


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Well we definitely have plenty of pine trees, all different kinds. And yes, it was 101 degrees around lunchtime today. Too hot to do anything outdoors.

Have had two very heavy snowfalls here since we've been here. There was 24" in 2001 and 19" last December. Other than those two storms, about the most we'll normally have in a single winter storm would be about 8". It might stay on the ground for two days or two weeks, just depending on what the weather decides to do next. What we don't have is snow that falls in October and doesn't melt until April. I don't know how people live in conditions like that.
 

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We made a few trips to WV a few years ago, and during one of them, we drove nearly three hours in snow and ice. I finally had to turn the wheel over to my son because I could not see well enough to keep going. He managed to get us down the interstate to the right service road, where we stopped and gravely considered the hill that was between us and our hotel. I do not even know how we made it, no chains or snow tires on a 2WD SUV, but we did.

All the high elevation in WV? Yeah, they have some winter. Perhaps not what you're used to, but traumatic as hell for us Southerners! (I'm from NC originally.)

*chuckles* I think in 2005 we had a real bad snow (it was over half a foot) and then on top of it we got this freak freeze. Where we lived at that time me and wife were more into a wooded area. I woke swearing I was hearing shotguns going off beside our bed.

Looking outside it became clearer what was going on. Trees were literally freezing from the inside to out. The moisture in the wood froze solid and then as the temperature began rising with day moving onto us, the trees were snapping cleaning off.

We lived for over ten days (a military week) with only four to six hours of electric a day provided by her grandfather running a generator for the barest essentials. Think we had a chest deep freezer & our refrigerator hooked up. Her granddad's help come at the expense of me helping do several various odd jobs for folks around and about once the weather broke and we could get out to go help. Yes, yet again a grandfather trying to work me to death. *grins, smh, chuckles* As if I've ever minded.

Our apartment is rather small even with an upstairs. The style of apartment we're in has a galley style L shaped kitchen. That opens to a squared living room that has two closets on the interior wall, one closet is a half bath water closet, the other houses the furnace, water heater and electrical panel.

There's a short hall from the stoop entrance going into the living room, off to the interior wall there's stairs. Upstairs is one twin bed sized bedroom or "kid's room" we've converted into our "office", and one master bedroom, a hall between them with a full bat on the end. The living room and upstairs are low pile carpeted, bathrooms, galley, mech room have linoleum. There's a small room sized outside storage room butting against the neighbor's storage room on our "patio" a concrete slab.

I'd say likely 8'*12' for the kid room and the master 12/10''* 12' not counting closet space in either, think the full bath is 8'*8' standard. The kitchen also houses the laundry room/closet with its folding track doors. Wife and I agree that the place was constructed with lower grade "affordable" materials internally. We were told there was insulation in the walls. We've our doubts about that as we can hear the neighbors at times.

Odd story regarding that too. Wife had to phone up 911 one night. There was a thud next door as if something or someone had fallen down the stairs. Then, a lady over there screamed "someone call 911!" A short while later we see in the newspaper that the resident over there had been located 4 miles away stuffed behind some big round hay bails in a barn.

Apparently l.e.os (Law Enforcement Officers s) suspected some kind of foul play, possibly even murder. I was upstairs in a "dead to the world" sleep, this was before I'd been diagnosed with the apnea. At any given about a week after reading that in the paper a man and woman come by and were questioning me and her about what happened. The man stated he was the brother of the man that was the alleged victim & that he knew in the victim's medical state there was no way he walked 4 miles nor climbed in behind the hay.

I still believe though the man and woman questioning us was more likely to have been F.B.I that come out of Charleston office to assist local l.e.os. They seemed far too "collected" about the whole incident and it was "approached" all too casually & coincidentally to have been "family". I might be wrong though but you'd play hell trying to get me to shake that feeling about it, having once been a federal employee myself, spent time with plenty enough cops working with and otherwise.

Wife says our full rent would run around $535 monthly. At present we're using what here is called section eight housing, meaning H.U.D helps offset some of our rent. Think we pay roughly $475 so H.U.D. is not covering much of the cost. She figures if in September she is hired for her new job, we'll likely be paying full rent. She'll be able to do that though as she'll be earning better.

I know it seems I'm not contributing. No, I'm not doing so financially. I would if I could without any hesitation. In fact I would rather be helping out by bringing money home. She has a point though in that I have done her proud in the two years we've been here in keeping house. I know that doesn't seem much perhaps. My part will become greater once we find our little farm. I'll be the one tending the farmstead and homestead.

She also has a point that I only have 1 gear, ... "git 'er done!" And I've done that long enough in life that it's now catching up with me in possibly some of the damnedest ways. I used to give 160% constantly, on my "better" days now I'm lucky if I can manage 80%, and for someone like me, I consider that a disability.

Unfortunately, ... da da dumb, the state or and feds will not grant me disability. As well, apparently all they require anyone to do is roughly 45%. Kid you not her family tells me they know a guy that is a drunkard who gets disability. I cannot afford staying a drunkard even if I so desired, which I don't, yet someone does and gets disability for it.

We've decided that until we're able to sock back possible down payment, we'll stay here. Still looking for something ranch style, no stairs, $30,000 - $50,000 range with 2 to 5 acres for a small hobby/family farm. We'd like to be as sustainable, self reliant as we can be.

To those ends I'm intending to "work smarter" not harder in caring for our home/farm/stead. Been seeing a lot of different handy tips and tricks regarding husbandry. All else fails I got a near complete collection of Foxfire books full of old time wisdom to fall back on.

Currently apartment living suits us but it is also a temporary means to hopefully a better end.
 
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Well we definitely have plenty of pine trees, all different kinds. And yes, it was 101 degrees around lunchtime today. Too hot to do anything outdoors.

Have had two very heavy snowfalls here since we've been here. There was 24" in 2001 and 19" last December. Other than those two storms, about the most we'll normally have in a single winter storm would be about 8". It might stay on the ground for two days or two weeks, just depending on what the weather decides to do next. What we don't have is snow that falls in October and doesn't melt until April. I don't know how people live in conditions like that.


I loved that NC is the Pine Tree State. (Seriously!) When we drove down, we stopped at the first visitors stop we found and got out of the car. We were surrounded by trees, the air was fresh and piny, and you could see the stars since it was dark. There was an amazing silence since no one was around, too. It made me fall in love with NC!!
The ppl were great, too. We found all these great pancake places to eat in, and the waitresses would be like “y’all can’t be from NY, you don’t have the accent!” or “y’all are too nice to be from NY!”. So yeah, I love it and we thought about moving there.
The weather is so odd anymore , that I can’t even say what any given season will be like! I wish we had regular seasons.

Nice talking with you. Have you decided on any CBD yet? I can’t tell you what I ended up getting, I think it’s against the rules. But it’s legal hemp. You can guess! :teehee:


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*chuckles* I think in 2005 we had a real bad snow (it was over half a foot) and then on top of it we got this freak freeze. Where we lived at that time me and wife were more into a wooded area. I woke swearing I was hearing shotguns going off beside our bed.

Looking outside it became clearer what was going on. Trees were literally freezing from the inside to out. The moisture in the wood froze solid and then as the temperature began rising with day moving onto us, the trees were snapping cleaning off.

We lived for over ten days (a military week) with only four to six hours of electric a day provided by her grandfather running a generator for the barest essentials. Think we had a chest deep freezer & our refrigerator hooked up. Her granddad's help come at the expense of me helping do several various odd jobs for folks around and about once the weather broke and we could get out to go help. Yes, yet again a grandfather trying to work me to death. *grins, smh, chuckles* As if I've ever minded.

Our apartment is rather small even with an upstairs. The style of apartment we're in has a galley style L shaped kitchen. That opens to a squared living room that has two closets on the interior wall, one closet is a half bath water closet, the other houses the furnace, water heater and electrical panel.

There's a short hall from the stoop entrance going into the living room, off to the interior wall there's stairs. Upstairs is one twin bed sized bedroom or "kid's room" we've converted into our "office", and one master bedroom, a hall between them with a full bat on the end. The living room and upstairs are low pile carpeted, bathrooms, galley, mech room have linoleum. There's a small room sized outside storage room butting against the neighbor's storage room on our "patio" a concrete slab.

I'd say likely 8'*12' for the kid room and the master 12/10''* 12' not counting closet space in either, think the full bath is 8'*8' standard. The kitchen also houses the laundry room/closet with its folding track doors. Wife and I agree that the place was constructed with lower grade "affordable" materials internally. We were told there was insulation in the walls. We've our doubts about that as we can hear the neighbors at times.

Odd story regarding that too. Wife had to phone up 911 one night. There was a thud next door as if something or someone had fallen down the stairs. Then, a lady over there screamed "someone call 911!" A short while later we see in the newspaper that the resident over there had been located 4 miles away stuffed behind some big round hay bails in a barn.

Apparently l.e.os (Law Enforcement Officers s) suspected some kind of foul play, possibly even murder. I was upstairs in a "dead to the world" sleep, this was before I'd been diagnosed with the apnea. At any given about a week after reading that in the paper a man and woman come by and were questioning me and her about what happened. The man stated he was the brother of the man that was the alleged victim & that he knew in the victim's medical state there was no way he walked 4 miles nor climbed in behind the hay.

I still believe though the man and woman questioning us was more likely to have been F.B.I that come out of Charleston office to assist local l.e.os. They seemed far too "collected" about the whole incident and it was "approached" all too casually & coincidentally to have been "family". I might be wrong though but you'd play hell trying to get me to shake that feeling about it, having once been a federal employee myself, spent time with plenty enough cops working with and otherwise.

Wife says our full rent would run around $535 monthly. At present we're using what here is called section eight housing, meaning H.U.D helps offset some of our rent. Think we pay roughly $475 so H.U.D. is not covering much of the cost. She figures if in September she is hired for her new job, we'll likely be paying full rent. She'll be able to do that though as she'll be earning better.

I know it seems I'm not contributing. No, I'm not doing so financially. I would if I could without any hesitation. In fact I would rather be helping out by bringing money home. She has a point though in that I have done her proud in the two years we've been here in keeping house. I know that doesn't seem much perhaps. My part will become greater once we find our little farm. I'll be the one tending the farmstead and homestead.

She also has a point that I only have 1 gear, ... "git 'er done!" And I've done that long enough in life that it's now catching up with me in possibly some of the damnedest ways. I used to give 160% constantly, on my "better" days now I'm lucky if I can manage 80%, and for someone like me, I consider that a disability.

Unfortunately, ... da da dumb, the state or and feds will not grant me disability. As well, apparently all they require anyone to do is roughly 45%. Kid you not her family tells me they know a guy that is a drunkard who gets disability. I cannot afford staying a drunkard even if I so desired, which I don't, yet someone does and gets disability for it.

We've decided that until we're able to sock back possible down payment, we'll stay here. Still looking for something ranch style, no stairs, $30,000 - $50,000 range with 2 to 5 acres for a small hobby/family farm. We'd like to be as sustainable, self reliant as we can be.

To those ends I'm intending to "work smarter" not harder in caring for our home/farm/stead. Been seeing a lot of different handy tips and tricks regarding husbandry. All else fails I got a near complete collection of Foxfire books full of old time wisdom to fall back on.

Currently apartment living suits us but it is also a temporary means to hopefully a better end.


It takes a lot to keep house, no matter if you’re working or not. Remember that saying “A woman’s work is never done”? Well, that was house work, and it’s not easy! You’re doing a lot!
I hope you do get a house and some land. Probably be nice and grounding for you, as well. And more private!

I hope this sweltering heat dies down somewhat. Sigh. You mentioned pagani in another post, and August 1 is a holiday. Stay cool!


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Probably be nice and grounding for you, as well. And more private!

Yes, the privacy will be most welcomed. I plan on putting up signs on all four sides of the property that read "wolves roaming freely, worry not about them but their pack leader." I also might get a sign reading "if you can read this you're in range" with a silhouette picture of a .50 caliber sniper rifle. And yes, I do intend on keeping a small pack of Eastern Timber wolves. There's a fellow locally that helps the forestry service in repopulating them, raising them from pup up. Figure I might also help.

Grounding? *chuckles* You must find yourself too familiar up in my skull. Another aspect of things I'm hoping to try a little at is maybe pottery. So, yeah I'll be seeking some grounding too. *chuckles* We do have ample red clay here abouts. Shame nothing really gets done with it. I think one could add some lye, possibly work it up into the clay as pottery and form limestone pottery. I might be wrong in this presumption as I'm no master chemist but it would seem that might work out.

I know the "work" never gets done. There are times though I find myself having worked myself out of work. It's not that I go so fast as to not do well at it, merely I have that one gear, "git 'er done" and I move from one task to another quickly. I let no moss grow. *grin* Think I surprised my witch yesterday by hauling down a "dead body" (what we call dirty laundry in a poke), taking out a large amount of trash, doing dishes, wiping cabinets down & still having time binge about four episodes of Enterprise & have coffee. :)

Oddly she stripped me of the doing laundry responsibility. She claimed I kept missing spots she required "treated". I think she was full of beans as many a time i knew full well I'd done an extraordinary job at it. That and she would go find different spots, claiming them as the originals. Figure she just wanted to "do something" to feel she was helping, let her have the doing laundry except the folding.

Right now, I'm debating / procrastinating mopping the galley. It seems like she purposefully comes in after I do mop, sets about making such a mess, soils up my beautifully mopped deck. I get it so clean the moon is reflected back out our humble galley window. Then, here she comes and in ten minutes it's all undone! Of course, I do realize she is usually making up something for us to eat, difficult to fault her making a mess. I bet that's the whole ploy. Ah.

Reckon I ought to, .... dishes & then see how this debate fares, I'm thinking the galley gets mopped sometime in the next few days. She has to go help her mom get a bath later today. Her sister who practically lives with her mom at her grandfather's house will not help their mom. Her grandfather's house was properly and rightly taken by his son, her dad. It's a shame her sister and BIL didn't get the hint and moved in right along with them. Oh well, not my circus or monkey, still strikes me as sad.

Yep, I'm a gonna, ...
 
Yes, just empty it down the drain. If you have kids or pets, make sure that it’s washed away. If you have a top fill tank, open it, blow inside the hole and empty it down the drain. Then wash the juice away in the sink with running water. Just ask around the forum if you need more help, folks here will be glad to answer questions etc.

About the coil, I’m not sure about the ohms, but possibly the .35 is in the tank already or are you sure you have two of the same?
I wouldn’t stress out about it, it may not be that much of a diff in the vape. You can always buy coils for your setup at the ohms you like later.
Did you get lower mg juice? Good luck!!


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hey bud, yea my wife bought some 6mg nic juice and now its not strong enough lmao.. Were going by the vape shop friday to get some 12 mg.. I have had some problems figuring out when I need to change my coils. I fina!ly did it last night after 1200 puffs on about 40 watts. It did t taste burnt, but it was really dry, plus it was starting to gunk up and i didn't feel like cleaning it. Not worth saving a few dollars to go through the trouble. Thanks for following up!
 
Like some others have said, you have to drop down your nic level.

Go with 3mg or 6mg and 70VG/30PG for the best experience with your setup. Even with years of vaping, I wouldn't dare use 18mg nicotine on my setup that's very similar to yours (we call it "subohm"). If you want to vape 18mg, you're going to need a pod vape kit like the Uwell Caliburn - way cheaper than a Morph.
its actually my wifes morph. Im buying mine August 7th, so i have some time to choose what i want. Im kind of blown away at all the choices. I do have to buy some more coils for her morph any suggestions?
 

MyMagicMist

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I do have to buy some more coils for her morph any suggestions?

Might want to check them out at Vape 101. The Smok store has several variations of TF series of coils as well. I look at the sale of a three pack of the coils for that tank at ~ $10.00. That tells me they're charging around $3 a coil. Humbly I think that's rather expensive.

That is one reason I switched over to RDAs and building my own coils. TEMCo offers 250 foot of Kanthal A1 26 awg wire for just a little over $13. Quick estimate, I might get roughly 600 coils off a 250 foot spool making each coil roughly $0.02.

Now, I'm not saying you need to do what I do. I'm just showing you a different way of doing so you can think about it. Every one of us finds what works for us though and whatever works well for you is your best way.
 
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Rhianne

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hey bud, yea my wife bought some 6mg nic juice and now its not strong enough lmao.. Were going by the vape shop friday to get some 12 mg.. I have had some problems figuring out when I need to change my coils. I fina!ly did it last night after 1200 puffs on about 40 watts. It did t taste burnt, but it was really dry, plus it was starting to gunk up and i didn't feel like cleaning it. Not worth saving a few dollars to go through the trouble. Thanks for following up!

No problem, if we hadn’t gotten help when we started, it wouldn’t have been such a great experience vaping!
With coils, sometimes you might notice the tank leaking from underneath by the 510 connection where it screws onto the mod. That means you need to change them pretty soon usually.
When upping your nic, go easy at first. You may want to mix some 6 and 12mg in your tank to find a good level for you. It’s good that your wife is vaping too. You can help each other out!
If you have any other questions, just ask. It’s what we’re here for!


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Rhianne

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its actually my wifes morph. Im buying mine August 7th, so i have some time to choose what i want. Im kind of blown away at all the choices. I do have to buy some more coils for her morph any suggestions?


Go online to someplace like Breazy or MVS, and see what they have. Also, do a web search on your tank and see what coils go with it. You should be able to find some cheaper than a B&M shop.
Or see what they say at your local shop and buy one box. Then you can get it cheaper online, I think. Good luck!


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