Eh, you kids...I never thought I would turn into the guy yelling at kids the preverbal "get off my lawn"...but then again I never thought I'd see the day where mom was always right and it turned out I was wrong the whole time either
Anyways....I remember a time when I lung hit 24mg max vg liquid and now it stings my throat and gives me a headache above 6mg. I've said this over and over again....Sub ohm vaping, especially below .5 is uncomfortable even with the proper airflow in the beginning. And you don't have to build super sub ohm to cloud chase...I always try and make that clear. You don't have to lung inhale to enjoy vaping and you don't have to vape super low to enjoy it either.
But if you must....try lowering your nic level...it will take some of the sting you're getting in the back of your throat out for sure....max vg juice produces more vapor but is less flavorful than say a 50/50 or even an 80/20 vg/pg so a little PG, even with the extra throat hit it will have, gives a more flavorful vape. One thing you can do to help condition your throat to sucking in all that vapor is to take your protank you've got now and as you're inhaling it open up the corner of your mouth and suck air in while you're trying to lung hit off of it instead of a normal mouth to lung inhale like you would....it will produce more vapor and it will help condition your throat to get ready for full on lung hits.
When you do get your Atlantis and dripper, remember that clouds are a combination of airflow, coil build, amount of wicking, type of juice, how much power is going to your coil, and how you inhale. All of these factors contribute to vapor production and any one of them alone will not get the job done. When you're ready to start building start with like a 26 gauge wire and a higher build, above .5 . This will be a baseline reference for you to determine what you'll like in terms of vapor production and temperature and quality...if you dive in super sub ohm it's risky in the first place, and you think it's uncomfortable now? even a cool vape off a .2 coil the first time isn't pleasant if you don't know what's coming,
It's like boiling lobsters, you gotta start slow and slowly work your way up...and in time you'll find that either you want more vapor as your body becomes accustomed to it or you'll find your happy place and stop there.
I have a couple of Mutation X's and such and blow clouds once in awhile, but the first time I built a .24 coil I even choked
most of my builds are .4-.9 and are in flavor rigs like a magma, or a manta, or my tobh, or my storm V2 and they put out a decent amount of vapor but they'll never will a cloud contest by any means. Like I said....just try directly inhaling off your protank while sucking in a little bit of air threw the corner of your mouth to start with. What you've got now was never meant to be lung inhaled so it's not going to be able to be used for that in the first place since it's not what it's designed for. But if you can suck air in while direct inhaling off of it then you'll be on your first step down the path of the cloudy side of the force.
Vaping for me was all about being finally free from analogs and the hobby grew out of that. Just enjoy the journey of it all and don't try and rush anything. The drippers and clouds will still be there when you're ready for them...in the meantime find some tasty juice and enjoy while you learn the basics of ohm's law, the importance of battery safety, and basic coil building. Then when you're ready you can jump off the cliff head first knowing you're not jumping into rocks under the water down below....have fun and happy safe vaping
