The Beginners’ Guide to Vaping

What Components Make Up Your Vaping Device?

  • Drip Tip: This is where you inhale from.
  • Tank: Holds and stores the e-liquid.
  • Coil: A metal coil surrounded by wicking material, usually cotton. This part should be replaced every few days to a couple of weeks. If you experience a burnt taste, it’s time to change the coil.
  • Battery / Regulated Mod: This contains the electronics and battery needed to heat your coil. The battery capacity is measured in milliampere-hours (mAh), while Watts (W) and Volts (V) indicate the power output of the mod.

What Are Your Options?

  • Pods: Ideal for high nicotine and + ohm vaping, pods are becoming very popular among smokers looking to quit. There are open and closed pod systems. Open systems allow you to fill them with Salt Nic (strong e-liquid), while closed systems are pre-filled and disposable.
  • Mod & Tank: Available in various designs, mods and tanks offer the most effective vaping experience with increased battery life and power. They are suitable for both low and high VG e-liquids.
  • RDAs, RDTAs, and Mechanical Mods: For the advanced vaper, there are Rebuildable Dripping Atomisers (RDA), Rebuildable Dripping Tank Atomisers (RDTA), and Mechanical Mods (Mech mods). RDAs require you to drip e-liquid directly onto the coil, while RDTAs are tanks designed to hold e-liquid. Mech Mods bypass circuitry, using a firing pin to connect the battery directly to the atomiser.

Inhaling Methods

  • Mouth to Lung (MTL): This method uses less airflow on the atomiser. You draw the vapour into your mouth with your cheeks before inhaling into your lungs, mimicking the sensation of smoking.
  • Lung Inhale (DTL): This method involves using more airflow, inhaling the vapour directly into your lungs.

What Is in E-Liquid?

E-liquid typically contains a base of PG (Propylene Glycol) and VG (Vegetable Glycerin). PG and VG are mixed with natural or artificial flavours to create various combinations. Our e-liquids come in different PG/VG ratios, such as 50% PG/50% VG and higher VG blends.

  • Propylene Glycol (PG): A flavour carrier in food products, PG provides a throat hit sensation and is thinner than VG. It is non-toxic.
  • Vegetable Glycerine (VG): A sweet, vegetable-based liquid, VG produces vapour that simulates smoke and is thicker than PG. It is also non-toxic. Higher VG content results in a smoother vape.

What Is Sub-Ohming?

Sub-ohming involves vaping with an atomiser coil that has a resistance of less than 1.0 ohm. This method creates more vapour and enhances flavour. Sub-ohm vapers typically take lung hits, inhaling directly into the lungs, which increases vapour production. Sub-ohmers often prefer e-liquids with higher VG content, as VG produces larger clouds and denser vapour. Because of the increased vapour and nicotine inhaled, lower nicotine levels are recommended for sub-ohming.

If you have any questions not covered in this Beginners’ Guide to Vaping, feel free to contact Dubai Vapor Hub at info@vaporcity.ae.