Lucky enough to be travelling abroad soon? Want to take your vape with you? This handy guide will tell you all you need to know about travelling abroad with your Personal Vaping Device, from essential travel preparations to where you can safely vape.Imagine: You land in Singapore, stroll through the streets enjoying the sights.You haven’t had a puff for some.....
Ashtray Blog - Chronicling Vaping's Journey Since 2008
Do you use oxygen for medical purposes?If you do, and you're an electronic cigarette user, you might want to check out the latest advice on oxygen.The Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association (ECITA), has been working with the British Compressed Gas Association to provide updated advice for people who use both ecigarettes and medical oxygen.Key PointsOxygen helps things burn - pure.....
Vape shops do a lot more than just sell.For many vapers, vape stores are their first port of call when they have a problem. The enthusiasts in these shops are often experts in diagnosing and fixing problems with vape devices – and this expertise can be essential in helping new vapers switch from smoking to vaping.However, not everyone has the.....
Have you ever been been vaping your favourite flavour, and suddenly noticed you don’t like it any more?Or, even worse, found you can’t taste anything or that your tongue is a bit numb?Then, my friend, you have the dreaded vaper’s tongue.First, don’t panic, as it is usually NOT serious and NOT permanent.In this article you’ll find out what causes vaper’s.....
Updated August 2023Since 2008, I’ve added over 1000 posts to this blog. This makes it rather hard to find what you want, especially if you are new to e-cigarettes and want to get an overview.If you are a beginner or intermediate user of e-cigarettes, the articles below cover the essentials for getting started, as well as some more advanced information.Menu
If you’re completely new to the world of vape tanks, it can feel like there is a lot to take in. But don’t worry. We’ve put this guide together to help you navigate the ever-expanding world of tanks, and it covers everything from the basics to more advanced topics.If you're just getting started, you may prefer to read A.....
Updated: September 2021Since we first wrote this post, technology has moved forward a lot.If you have a quality tank or pod system, you’re far less likely to encounter a problem with flooding.However, it can and does still happen. Fortunately, it’s usually not hard to solve the issue.In this post, we’ll look at the signs of a flooded coil, what.....
One of the keys to successfully switching to vaping is choosing the correct nicotine strength.
In fact, it may be THE most important factor.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of incorrect information written about e-liquid nicotine strengths.
As a result, many smokers fail to switch to vaping.
Based on research, experience and an unusual French experiment, we put this guide together to.....
I’m quite proud that the teams in our vape stores are clued up on vaping myths. Thanks to their research, and regular updates from head office, they have the knowledge, information and confidence to deal with concerns generated by negative press.
When we visit other shops, though, that’s not always the case, and I’ve seen some vape sellers struggle to.....
Surface area arms race
In recent years we’ve seen a race amongst vape manufacturers to maximise the surface area of coils. It started with dual coils (which incorporated two wires), and that’s a process which continues today with coils incorporating multiple strands of wire in multiple coil holes.
One game changer was the original Aspire Cleito tank. Thinking outside the box,.....
Vape juice is one of a number of terms used for e-liquid. E-liquid has been the most commonly used terms in recent years, along with e-juice, but more and more people are now using the words vape juice.
We've put together a great vape juice infographic which will provide you with all the essential need to knows, and you’ll also.....
Millions of people now vape as an alternative to smoking. With Public Health England estimating that it’s at least 95% safer than smoking, it’s been a massive success.
But many more millions of people continue to use tobacco cigarettes.
Why?
One reason is that while vaping replicates the hand to mouth experience of cigarettes, it doesn’t deliver nicotine to the body as.....
Updated January 2020 by Lee Johnson
I still remember the time a customer wound up one of our customer services team by requesting a dual-triple horizontal-vertical kryptonite coil.
Perhaps because of the amount of coils and tanks coming in at the time, she passed on the request to our product manager - to much merriment.
And if anything, there have been even more coils.....
After updating this vaping glossary several times over the years, it’s astonishing to see the growth in e-cig slang and vocabulary. In fact, when I first wrote this in the very early days of vaping, we had about 15 words (and I had to scrape around for some of those)!
As we predicted at the time things are very different.....
By Andrew Nicholson
Update: Since we wrote this, the Cleito has been replaced by the new and upgraded Aspire Cleito Pro.
Contents
What we like
What we don't like
What's in the box
Features
Who is it aimed at
Compatibility
How to fill
How to change the coil
Cleito Cuffs
Conclusion
What we like:
Fantastic vapour and flavour
Super easy to fill
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