Extra Sterk and tolerance..

[EricHill78]

I had a question to the folks on here who constantly do extra strongs ie thunder Odens etc.. Do regular portions satisfy your cravings? One thing that keeps me
from them is that if I use them too much, I'm afraid my tolerance will build up and when I use a reg portion it won't satisfy.. That's why
I use them once in a blue moon. Any thoughts?

[NorwegianKid]

Yes, if you do too many extra starks your tolerance will increase. Use reg/stark normally, and use extra stark when you want/need a buzz.

[khalid]

Agreed, I flirted with sterks but found regular portions became unsatisfying pretty quickly. That said, lay off the sterks for a day or so and you are back in business or limit use of sterks through the day and you should be fine. I found limiting to two sterks a day with the odd sterk free day kept things in balance. I stopped using sterks a couple of months ago now but I do use red Makla a couple of times a week.

[precious007]

I ocasionally have General Extra Sterk (which is one of the strongest) at least for me.

I usually go with General Los and Ettan Los which isn't a very strong snus.

[snusgetter]

Eric, I was always a heavy smoker -- 2+ packs a day (Winstons for many,
many years and then Smokin' Joes for around the last 10 years).

When I first started with snus back in May, I had ordered a lot of 8mg
and 4mg along with Nick & Johnny and Thunder Blend. Used mostly the
regulars and got pretty much nothing out of them except for the flavors;
went from chain-smoking to chain-snussing. When I used the N&J and
TBs I noticed the difference and decided I needed the higher nics to
combat the wicked smokes; the initial lightheadedness and dizziness
eventually went away. My stash is now about 25% sterks.

Now I mix up the different potencies throughout the day and get much
more satisfaction. I'll start the day with the extra sterks and usually use
the lower dose 4mg snus late at night (mostly 'cause I've got so many of
them). I have a chart I made up with the nicotine potency for each snus
I use in case I want to 'adjust' my nic intake (OCD? .......... Nah!! It's just
those damned senior moments!).

Overall, I'm thankful for the snus variety and now look forward to the
seasonal Xmas goodies.

[WickedKitchen]

Tolerance goes up pretty quickly.

For me, though I don't like the feeling of more than two sterks per day. Usually I have only one and it's always the first one of the day. long gone are the days of lightheadedness from the stuff unless I stop snusing at say 3:00 the day before but I can't remember the last time I did that. The sterks are nice sometimes though...you can most certainly feel the difference in the nic and as getter said, it's a nice change. There's something to be said about variety. If I let my self loose on sterks and deal with the initial feeling of too much nic I think I could move to all sterks by the end of a month. Now, I would use less portions per day too and probably go from 8-10 to 5-6 which would be the game plan should PACT make snus that much more expensive. I don't have to worry about it until next summer, but I'm thinking ahead.

[devilock76]

Regular strength for flavor, sterks to keep the cigarette cravings away.

Ken

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

I used to need ES first thing in the morning. Now I'm down to regulars. Still need ES while I'm drinking alcohol.

[Roo]

I use ES portions exclusively and a combination of sterk and regular lös. I don't like to chain snus at all, though, or use snus for more than 20 minutes usually, so when I get the need for some nic I like my snus to hit kind of hard. Having said that, when I was recently completely out of portions and buying General from my tobacco shop, my cravings were perfectly satisfied. Regular strength would be fine for me I guess, but I just like the strong ones. If the strong stuff disappeared overnight I don't think I would be for want of more nicotine. Damnit I need some Odens though. I still haven't ordered post-PACT, I've been getting by through exchanges with the help of a couple people here. Thanks guys.

[EricHill78]

I appreciate everyone's input. It's pretty much what I figured. I still have a few cans of thunder extra sterk in the freezer that I have on the exchange. If no one bites I'll probably go through them slowly. I do like just the strongs like the n and j whites that are 11 mgs I think. Those shouldn't
throw things off too much. Those thunders knock me on my ass though lol.. I'm a light weight.

[tom502]

I don't have any starks now, but when I did, I used 1 first in the morning, and one after lunch. And then regular ones the other times.

[precious007]

Overall, I'm thankful for the snus variety and now look forward to the
seasonal Xmas goodies.

I bet everyone wants some of those cans by Christmas.

[shag1952]

A few weeks ago when I decided to give up the smokes and go on the snus, my first inclination was to hit hard with the sterks, I tried thunder and did not care for the buzz at all. So I went to regular portions and I did have some very minor nic withdrawal mostly in the for of a bad head ache, this lasted for the weekend and then passed. I get all I need from regular portions and mini's at work. Not bad for a 40 year smoking habit!

Tim

[lxskllr]

I've never used starks other than one offs for flavor. Onyx, Skruf stark lös, and a tin each of Lucky lös and Nite are all I've had. Probe, and Gotland are a bit stronger than average, but not really starks. I do have a tin of General stark long I need to try, but I have to get my current overstock of open portions down a bit before I crack that tin.

[c.nash]

I switch back and forth between normal, stark and extra starks.