Many new users often have problems with their vape devices not working after a few days. Most of the time it is not a quality issue, but it is often a problem caused by mistakes that new users make.
1. Inhaling continuously and taking too deep breaths
Consequences: dry hit (burnt coil, burnt taste)/ nicotine shock
Many new vapers are former smokers. In other words, they tend to take short or deep puffs. Basically, chain vaping means that the user takes many puffs continuously. You cannot maintain the habit of taking many puffs like when smoking traditional cigarettes, vaping does not work like that. If you take many puffs for a long time, it can easily affect your coil such as reducing its lifespan, unbalancing the flavor or even damaging the coil you are using. Pausing between puffs will help the cotton absorb the essential oil evenly and minimize the above risks. So, if you make this mistake, the life of your coil will be shortened. Moreover, if you smell a burning smell, your experience when using vape will no longer be pleasant.
In addition, continuous smoking will cause your body to absorb a large amount of nicotine and this will make you feel dizzy and nauseous. Other symptoms of absorbing too much nicotine in a short period of time are fatigue, constipation, abnormal urine color, dry mouth and eyes, thirst, headache or sore throat.
Furthermore, taking too many puffs in a short period of time will shorten the life of your coil and lead to burning out. Because you don’t give the cotton enough time to absorb more e-juice, instead of vaporizing the e-juice, the cotton dries out and eventually burns. This is called a dry hit.
2. Using the wrong essential oil
Consequences: nicotine shock, coil residue
New vapers often have headaches and easily choose the wrong e-juice because there are so many varieties of e-juice. First, you must know clearly about the PG/VG ratio of the e-juice, then the taste and nicotine level.
Sweet e-liquids with a high sweetener content are more likely to cause the coil to become caked. This is because the sweetener tends to “caramelize” and harden on the surface of the coil. In addition, VG e-liquids are thicker than PG e-liquids, causing the coil to become caked faster than normal. Therefore, if you like sweet e-liquids, you should change the coil and clean the machine more often than when using less sweet e-liquids.
Nicotine is another factor. If you are using a sub-ohm tank, you should choose a low nicotine e-liquid, otherwise you may absorb too much nicotine and experience some side effects.
3. Do not fill the essential oil chamber too full.
Consequence: essential oil spilled out
If your atomizer is not filled with more than 50% of e-liquid and is placed horizontally, you will get a dry hit. This happens when the cotton is not saturated with enough e-liquid when your atomizer does not have enough e-liquid.
On the other hand, the tank often leaks when placed horizontally. Essential oil can leak through the air holes and the body of the machine.
4. Leaving your vape in harsh conditions
Consequences: Leaking essential oil/exploding battery/affecting children
While vaping devices are generally safe, they do come with batteries, which require maintenance and upkeep from the user. In general, you should not expose your device to extreme conditions: high/low temperatures, direct sunlight, stoves, or candles are all extremely dangerous for vaping.
If you have small children, you should keep your vape out of their reach. The heating or power adjustment buttons on the device are dangerous if your child touches them. You must make sure that the vape is out of reach of children to prevent unwanted accidents.
5. Never clean the tank
Consequences: strange taste/coil deposits
Have you ever switched your old coil to a new one and still found that your vape is not getting any better? The reason could be that the tank is dirty and has accumulated residue over the days. If you never clean the tank, the e-liquid will “caramelize” and become residue. So clean the tank regularly to avoid these problems!
6. Vape with old coils
Consequences: No vapor/burnt taste/damaged vape device
Many new users leave their coils for a long time without changing them until their vape stops working properly or starts to taste burnt or damaged. Coils don’t last forever, it depends on how much you use them. At the very least, smoke, a burnt taste, and strange sounds are some of the signs that you should change your coil.
To conclude, here are some issues you should pay attention to with vape devices:
- Avoid taking long puffs or deep inhalations.
- Choose the right type of e-liquid (sweetness, flavor, nicotine)
- To keep the device upright
- Keep your vape in a safe place
- Clean the tank head regularly
- Replace coil on time
