Have you started vaping on your new e-cigarette, and have you also figured out what you need in order to vape on your e-cigarette? Of course, vaping is not difficult, but it requires you to sit down and find out how the different parts of the e-cigarette work.
Therefore, many vapers, both new and experienced, may encounter various problems when vaping. For example, there may be questions about how to assemble the e-cigarette and how to create some large and dense vapor clouds. But there may also be questions about why an e-cigarette suddenly starts to become hot.
How does an e-cigarette work?
An electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, does not work in the same way as the regular cigarette you know. Instead of consisting of tobacco and a filter, the e-cigarette consists of a battery, a tank and a coil.
To vape, it is necessary to have an e-liquid of your choice inside the tank—also called e-juice. The liquid is heated inside the e-cigarette when it is turned on, and in this way you can easily inhale the vapor that forms inside the e-cigarette.
The smartest thing about e-cigarettes is that you can control exactly how you want to vape. This means that you control the amount of vapor, flavor and smell, and whether you want to vape with or without nicotine.
What do I do with a hot e-cigarette?
Especially in the beginning, it is a good idea to pay attention to how you vape. You should also keep an eye on the coil, as using it incorrectly can easily cause your e-cigarette to break. If your e-cigarette quickly becomes hot when you vape, it may be because the tank is empty or partially empty, but it may also be that you are simply vaping too forcefully and quickly.
How to vape properly
Like many other things, the e-cigarette requires you to get used to it, especially if you have switched from regular cigarettes directly to the popular e-cigarettes. This means that, besides inhaling and exhaling vapor, it is also a completely different and new way of smoking.
If you want to spend time finding the right way to vape, both for your own sake and so that the e-cigarette does not become hot when you vaporize, here is a short guide on how to vape correctly.
- We recommend that you take the time to learn how to vape. Therefore, you should take a few steady and calm puffs when vaping. Let them last for 3–5 seconds and pause for about 10 seconds before taking the next puff.
- You should also avoid taking quick and hard puffs; the same applies to long, deep puffs. If you do this, you draw the e-liquid out too quickly and thereby prevent new liquid from flowing into the burner / atomizer / coil. This causes the burner in your e-cigarette to overheat and the e-cigarette to become hot.
- Instead, think of these as measures that you must take regularly. This will also give you a significantly better vaping experience, so that your e-cigarette lasts longer.
- If you found it difficult to vape, you may want to take 1–2 puffs at the beginning to warm up the e-cigarette.
How many puffs correspond to a whole cigarette?
If you have taken 4–6 puffs from your e-cigarette, we would say that you have covered the worst nicotine cravings, if you are using nicotine-containing vapor in your e-cigarette. After 8–10 puffs, you have smoked the equivalent of a regular cigarette. If you smoke the equivalent of a whole cigarette, it is a good idea to let the e-cigarette have a long break, preferably at least 15–30 minutes, so that it does not become hot.
Use an e-cigarette with temperature control
To have a good vaping experience and obtain even vaporization that does not become too hot, you can choose an e-cigarette with temperature control. By choosing an e-cigarette with temperature control, you decide for yourself what temperature the coil in your e-cigarette should operate at.
The temperature in your e-cigarette has a major influence on how you experience vaping. If the e-cigarette becomes too hot, it will taste burnt when you vape, and if it is too cold, you will have problems evaporating the e-liquid.
With a temperature-controlled mode, you have a menu where you can switch between VW and TC (variable wattage, temperature control). Here, you control the temperature in exactly the same way as when you control both the voltage and wattage in your e-cigarette.
Temperature control is here to stay
Just like the popular e-cigarettes, smart temperature control is here to stay. The control ensures an even vaping experience where you do not have to experience dry hits that taste burnt.
However, it is not quite as easy to vape with TC, and it is probably also necessary to replace the coil in your e-cigarette if you choose temperature control.
Avoid chain vaping on your e-cigarette
When vaping, it is a good idea not to chain vape. Many smokers who were previously used to smoking regular cigarettes tend to chain-smoke their cigarette. It is a habit for many smokers that they automatically bring with them when they switch to the new e-cigarettes.
But if you chain-smoke your e-cigarette, you can easily overheat it, because in a way you build up heat inside the e-cigarette—a heat that it cannot get rid of.
Use the button on your e-cigarette correctly
The final piece of good advice is to keep an eye on how you use the on/off button on your e-cigarette. Many people make the mistake of holding the button down for too long. The correct way is to press the button only when the e-cigarette reaches your mouth, not earlier. Once you have taken a puff, be sure to release the button before removing it from your mouth.
What happens is that you cannot create what is known as airflow in the cigarette if you press the button too early. This means that the burner simply starts without being activated, and consequently the electronic cigarette does not have the opportunity to cool down properly. This may be one reason why your e-cigarette becomes very hot, very quickly.
