Why does my e-cigarette get hot?

Have you started vaping on your new e-cigarette and have you also figured out what you need to vape on your e-cigarette? Naturally it's not difficult to vape, but it requires that you sit down and figure out how the different parts of the e-cigarette work.

Therefore, with several vapers, both new and skilled, there can be different problems that arise during vaping. For example, questions about how to assemble the e-cigarette and how to create some large and heavy clouds of vapor. But there can also be questions about why an e-cigarette suddenly starts to get warm.

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 that you have a self-chosen e-liquid inside the tank - also called e-juice. The liquid is heated in the e-cigarette when it is activated, 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 completely control how you want to vape. That means 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, which when used incorrectly your e-cigarette can easily break. If your e-cigarette quickly becomes warm when you vape, it may be because the tank is empty or partially empty, but it may also be that you simply vape too violently and quickly.

How to vape properly

As with many other things, the e-cigarette requires you to get used to it, especially if you have gone from regular cigarettes and directly over to the popular e-cigarettes. That means, in addition to the fact that the vapor you inhale and then exhale is also a completely different and new way to smoke.

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 get warm when you vaporize, here is a short guide on how to vape correctly.

1. We recommend that you take the time to learn to vape. Therefore you should take a few even and calm puffs when you vape. Let them hold for 3-5 seconds and pause for about 10 seconds before you take the next puff.
2. You should also avoid taking quick and hard puffs, the same goes for long deep puffs. If you do this you suck the e-liquid out too quickly and thus prevent the new liquid from flowing into the heater/coil. This leads to the heater in your e-cigarette becoming overheated and the e-cigarette becoming warm.
3. Think of these as measures you must regularly take. This also gives you a significantly better vaping, so that your e-cigarette lasts longer.
4. If you found it difficult to vape, perhaps you want to take 1-2 puffs at the beginning to warm up the e-cigarette.

How many puffs are equivalent to a full cigarette?

If you have taken 4-6 puffs of your e-cigarette, we would say that you have satisfied the strongest nicotine craving, if you are using nicotine-containing vapor in your e-cigarette. After 8-10 puffs you have smoked what corresponds to a regular cigarette. If you smoke the equivalent of a full cigarette it is a good idea to let the e-cigarette take a good long break, ideally at least 15-30 minutes so that it doesn't get warm.

Use an e-cigarette with temperature control

To get a good vaping experience and to get a smooth vapor that does not get too warm you can choose an e-cigarette with temperature control. By choosing an e-cigarette with temperature control you decide for yourself at what temperature the coil in your e-cigarette should operate.

The temperature in your e-cigarette has a big influence on how you experience vaping. If the e-cigarette becomes too warm it will taste burnt when you vape, and if it is too cold you will have problems with the evaporation of 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 volts and watts in your e-cigarette.

Temperature control is here to stay

As with the popular e-cigarettes, smart temperature control is here to stay. The control ensures a smooth vaping experience where you don't have to endure the dry hit, which tastes burnt.

It is, however, not as easy to vape with TC, and it is probably also necessary that you replace the coil in your e-cigarette if you choose temperature control.

Avoid chain vaping on your e-cigarette

When you vape it's a good idea not to chain-vape. Many smokers, who have been used to smoking regular cigarettes before, tend to chain-smoke on their cigarette. It is a habit for many smokers that they automatically take with them when they switch to the new e-cigarettes.

But if you chain-smoke on your e-cigarette you will easily be able to overheat your e-cigarette, because in a sense you build up heat inside the e-cigarette, heat that it cannot get rid of.

Use the button on your e-cigarette correctly

The last good piece of advice is to keep an eye on how you use the on/off button on your e-cigarette. Many make the mistake of holding the button down for too long. The right way is to first press the button when the e-cigarette hits the mouth, not earlier. When you have taken a puff, be sure to release the button before you take it out of your mouth.

What happens is that you cannot create a so-called airflow in the cigarette if you press the button too early. It means that the heater only starts without being activated, and thus the electronic cigarette does not have the opportunity to cool down properly. This can be a cause for your e-cigarette to become very warm, very quickly.