To blow smoke rings with a vape, take a mouthful of thick vapor, shape your lips into an "O" and push the vapor out in short bursts, either by tapping your cheek or with a quick push from your tongue or throat. Do it in still air. That's the whole answer to how to do vape rings or how to blow O's with a vape: dense vapor, a round mouth shape and a short, sharp push.
Contents
- The Easy Way To Blow Smoke Rings
- Advanced Tips to Blowing Smoke Rings
- 5 Common Reasons Why You Can't Blow Smoke Rings
- Where to Watch Vape Tricks
The Easy Way to Blow Smoke Rings
You need two things to blow smoke rings: a vape that makes thick vapor and a calm spot to practice. Moving air breaks up the vapor before a ring can form, while still air lets a ring grow and hang around for a while.
Start with the easiest method. Draw vapor into your mouth without inhaling it, then shape your lips into a circle. With your mouth in the right "O" shape, gently tap your cheek with a finger. Each tap sends out a small ring.
That teaches you the mouth shape and how much vapor each ring needs. Next, try pushing the vapor out with your tongue or with short puffs of breath instead of tapping. The bigger rings come once you learn to push the vapor out from your throat, with a short, controlled push similar to a very soft cough.
Advanced Tips to Blowing Smoke Rings
- Make them travel faster and farther. Jut your jaw forward slightly as you push each ring out.
- Add backspin. Keep your tongue at the bottom of your mouth behind your teeth, then use the middle of your tongue to push the vapor out quickly while moving your jaw up. This keeps the rings tight and close together.
- Make them look cleaner. Curl your lips slightly just as the vapor leaves your mouth. The quicker you do this, the faster and farther the rings travel.
5 Common Reasons Why You Can't Blow Smoke Rings
Smoke rings look easy, but plenty of vapers struggle with them at first. Here are five common reasons they don't form.
Poor Technique
Spin keeps a ring in shape much longer. If you just blow vapor out in an "O" shape without any spin, the ring falls apart before it forms.
Bad Form
The right "O" shape means flattening your lips against your teeth, without puckering them too much or curling them inward. If your mouth isn't in this position, the rings won't hold.
Not Enough Vapor
Rings are made of dense vapor. If your mouthful is thin, there's nothing to shape. Open the airflow, use a coil and wattage that make more vapor, or switch to a thicker e-liquid.
The Environment
Even a slight draft can stop a ring from forming. Practice indoors, away from fans, vents and open windows.
Practice
Nobody gets this right on the first try. Keep working on the mouth shape and the push, and the rings will come.
Final Tips for Learning How to Blow Smoke Rings
Thicker e-liquid makes thicker vapor, and thicker vapor makes better rings, so the PG/VG ratio matters. Some vapers blow great rings with a 50/50 blend, while others use max-VG juice. A 70/30 VG/PG blend is a common starting point because it's thick enough for rings and works in most sub-ohm tanks. As you get better, you'll find what works for you.
Best Vape Devices for Tricks and O's
As you work on your tricks, think about your device as well. The kind of vaporizer you use affects which tricks you can do.
Your range of tricks depends on your vape's cloud production, so you want a device that balances power, output and airflow.
Most trick vapers use a regulated box mod with a sub-ohm tank and open airflow. Some experienced vapers use rebuildable dripping atomizers on mechanical mods, but mechanical mods have no protection circuits and require solid knowledge of battery safety, so a regulated mod is the better place to start. For example, the VAPORESSO ARMOUR OCTA takes two 18650 batteries, goes up to 220W and comes with the iTank T.
A powerful mod and tank aren't all you need to do vape tricks at a high level. You also need good-quality batteries that suit your device and coils matched to the wattage you use.
Where to Watch Vape Tricks
Watching other people is one of the fastest ways to learn. Search YouTube or Instagram for "vape trick tutorial" plus the trick you're working on, and you'll find slow-motion breakdowns of O's, backspin rings and more. Look for videos that show the mouth and tongue position up close, then copy one step at a time.
