What is the difference between MTL and DTL vaping?

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When vaping, there are two different ways of inhaling and exhaling vapour. We can’t stress enough that there’s no incorrect style. It’s all about what you as the vaper feels most comfortable with.

Below is everything you’ll need to know about direct to lung vaping and mouth to lung vaping, providing everything from the methods and devices to the e-liquids they’re best used with.

Mouth to lung vaping

Mouth to Lung Vaping (MTL) is a vaping style that puts taste before vape cloud. The Mouth to Lung vaping style was the original method of vaping and offered vape users an easy way to enjoy the taste of their high PG e-liquid. This method of vaping applies to any kind of vape device because when it comes down to it, it’s all about the technique.

Mouth to Lung vaping is the style most akin to smoking cigarettes. When inhaling your vape device, MTL vapers take the vapour into their mouth, savouring the taste, before inhaling further into the lungs. This is because of either a less powerful draw on your e-cigarette or a less-powered e-cig.

What do they work best with?

MTL is best utilised with smaller, more concentrated hits from smaller devices. The higher PG e-liquids are enjoyed best on MTL devices. With less power and higher nicotine concentrations, MTL styled vaping tends to give a greater throat hit. Try a nicotine strength above 12 mg to best enjoy MTL vaping, as well as cartridge-based e-liquids for lower-powered, inhale activated vape devices.

You can find plenty of high nicotine e-liquids at Nicohit.

Direct to lung vaping

Direct to Lung vaping (DTL) vaping developed alongside the new generation of vape devices. First seen in its second generation back in the late noughties and early 2010’s, DTL opts for bigger vape clouds and smoother inhales. DTL vaping is very much suited to higher powered vape devices and ensures that you exhale thick vape clouds, perfect for performing vape rings and other tricks.

DTL vaping is less like smoking than its MTL counterpart. The sensation is quite different and may take some getting used to for the ex-smoker.

The force of the air exiting into your lungs means that it bypasses the mouth completely, which is exactly what happens with DTL vaping (but of course in a more enjoyable way!). 

What devices do they work best with?

DTL vaping is best utilised on higher-powered, low resistance devices. These devices are often variable mods and offer powerful hits of vapour due to their sub ohm coils and variety of power settings. The e-liquids best used for DTL vaping are nicotine-free or contain low concentrations of it as well as high VG juices that have a thicker consistency and produce denser clouds.

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Who is MTL best for?

MTL vaping is the best style for those who have recently transitioned from smoking. With its use of high nicotine concentrations and great flavours, high PG vape liquids and easy to use vape pens and pod mods are the best devices for MTL vaping. The reason for this is that MTL vaping gives the user an experience which is similar to smoking, often on devices in some way resembling cigarettes. You can use the MTL style on more powerful, less nicotine concentrated e-liquids but you may have to adjust your variable settings.

Who is DTL best for?

Direct to Lung vaping is a more advanced form of vaping, not just because of the different techniques you have to learn when inhaling but because of the complexity of devices that are optimised for it. DTL vaping can be attempted by anyone and on any device but the most satisfaction will come from high VG, variable wattage or voltage devices.