The Right Kind Of E-liquid Juice For Sub-ohm Vaping

By Author: Stacey Slater
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Sub-ohm vaping is more personal to vapers’ preferences than how the technicalities state them to be. In a nutshell, this is a style of vaping that is all about intense flavours and when you enjoy it, the room fills with dense big clouds - that makes you a cloud chaser. Now the flavourings are humongous, there are hundreds and hundreds of them. The choice of flavours is your personal preference. But the chemistry of the eLiquid juice for sub-ohm vaping is pretty straightforward. And what would that be? That’s the big question this article is aimed at answering.

What Kind of eLiquid Juice is Best for Sub-Ohm Vaping

Bottom line first: the rule of the thumb for sub-ohm vaping is to choose eLiquids with higher VG content and lower PG content, something like 80% PG and 20% VG. If you choose an eLiquid with nicotine, then the maximum nicotine strength should not go beyond 6mg.

If you don’t know what all that really means, then you have to understand the chemistry of vape juices and know what goes into your eLiquid to produce the flavour and cloud that you so enjoy.

What is PG: VG Ratio ...
... And How To Choose the Perfect Blend

eLiquids are available in bottles ranging from 10ml to 120mls in the UK. The content is a mix of Vegetable Glycerine (VG), Propylene Glycol (PG) and flavourings. Now, the basic chemistry is that the PG and VG would be the base of the eLiquid and covers about 95% of the juice. The remaining 5% is the flavour.

Of the 95% of PG/VG mix, a good quality sub-ohm vape juice would have a greater content of VG and a lower PG ratio. The ideal combinations include 80/20, 70/30 and 50/50 blends. Depending on the ratio you choose, the taste and flavour of your vape would fluctuate.

VG is a thick liquid, and the higher the content of VG, the greater the smoothness of the vapour, whereas, the PG is much lighter in volume, which creates a strong throat hit, like how smoking a cigarette for the first time feels.

Many people enjoy this throat hit, especially those who have recently quit. But since sub-ohm vaping is about dragging large amounts of vapours, this throat hit can become a nuisance after a couple of drags. The greatest pleasure comes across the 80/20 and 70/30 blends. Now, if you know you can handle the throat hit, then the 50/50 is made for you!

Perfect Nicotine Strength for Sub-Ohm Vaping

Nicotine is a chemical sourced from real tobacco. It is often added to eLiquids to mimic the stimulation of real cigarettes. Nicotine based vape juices are high-on-demand for eLiquids in the UK, but you can get ones without nicotine also. In the UK the nicotine range in eLiquids goes like - 0%, 3mg, 6mg, 12mg and 18mg. There are higher concentrations available, and the maximum content can be 36%. But the conventional strengths available commercially, are between 0% to 18mg.

For sub-ohm vapers, the most recommended nicotine strength is 3mg (0.3%) if not less. For those who are new to vaping and recently quit, there can be intense cravings for the real tobacco and the feel of a real cigarette. For such cravings, you can increase the nicotine content, but even if you are an avid smoker, the content of nicotine any greater than 6 mg can give you unpleasant harshness at the back of the throat.

For more continent vapers there are shortfills. They are larger bottles of nicotine-free vape juice ranging from 50ml to 60ml in quantity, with about 10ml of void space. Vapers can use these shortfill bottles to fill the required amount of nicotine shots or nic shots and customise the blend according to their needs.

What Are Some of the UK-made eLiquid Brands for Sub-Ohm Vaping

Some of the brand names with this blend would be Zombie Juice eLiquids range, Serial Vapes, Zillions Salts, Pancake Stack to name a few. All these eLiquids feature an 80/20 blend. If you are particularly looking for the throat hit, then search according to your choice of PG/VG ratio. In the UK, the vaping market is abundant with choices where there is something for everyone.

Nic Salts Doesn't Go With Sub-Ohm Vaping, Here’s Why

Nic Salts are also eLiquids, but because of the greater nicotine levels in nic salts, they are a big no-no for sub-ohm vaping.

Sub-ohm devices are designed to produce dense clouds of vapour. Coils in these devices exhibit resistance ratings of less than one ohm and high wattage ranging anywhere between 40 watts and up to 200watts.

To vape nicotine salts, you'll particularly need a low-wattage pod system. If you try to vape nic salts in a sub-ohm device, you will end up with too much nicotine in your system with only a few drags. This might make you extremely unwell. Low wattage devices are good for nicotine salt because you don't need as much vapour to get the same amount of nicotine as you would with a high powered device.

Author Bio:

The author is a fan of sub-ohm vaping and has to pour over all that she knows about this sort of vaping. The Zombie juice e-liquid is one of her all-time favourites. Watch this section for more valuable information about e-liquid juice, vaping devices and vaping laws in the UK.