My los cherry popped....

[rickcharles606]

by a snus eating gnome that took a shit in my teeth!!

Well, I got my Ettan los today along with various other portions that I use and wanted to try. Also got a pris master for the los. So I get home this evening and after dinner decide to go for my first pris of los.

I load the PM and compress it until I see some juice seep out, then I pop it into my hand and form it up a bit with my fingers....it breaks, shit.

Take two, load, compress, pop into hand, form and go to place in lip. Before I get it where I want it, it breaks, so I decide to just keep going and put it up there and took two fingers and formed it up a bit in my lip. Worked okay and lasted about 30 minutes before it totally disentigrated in my mouth. Every miniscule morsel of Ettan ran into all of the nooks and crannies that my mouth has..lol

What's the easiest way to place a pris after forming it up. Should I just use the pris master and push it right in my lip? Because I want to try this more and more. The flavor of Ettan los is better than the portions for certain and liked the mouthfeel better too.

Gonna go read some los thread to see if there is anything about pris placement...then try again later.

[rickcharles606]

How hard should I compress the pris with the PM? I think I read somewhere that it should be pressed until some juice comes out...

Gonna try again in a few, any tips?

[Jason]

Yes, compressing it until you see juice is the best way to make sure the pris is as tight as possible. Then you just stick the prismaster vertically under your lip and pop it out.

I also use the PM to get halfway there and fine-bake the rest of the way.....I find that if I just put it straight in, it leaves crumbs and gives you mud mouth a lot quicker just like you described.

[rickcharles606]

Thanks Jason, I'll try that in a few. Gonna finish this Gen ES and wait a few before hittin the los.

[rickcharles606]

Okay, here we go. Opened can of Ettan, pushed end of PM down into los and placed thumb over end to compress. Seemed like enough, so I went to place the pris into my lip and as I did, the pris broke into a million pieces. So I cleaned out my mouth and noticed the PM still had some snus in the end and after further investigation....I had "loaded" the wrong damn end of the PM with snus. Took forever to clean it out and dry it..lol

Started over and got a nice pris formed and put in my lip, feels better than the first time. Wish I had gotten it a little higher in my lip though, but I'm affraid to touch it with my tongue right now.

Feels pretty good and the taste is much better than the portions. Thanks for the info and advice, will try a few others now.

I can't forsee me giving up portions for los though, but los would be a nice diversion from the portions in the evenings.

With a pris of los in, can you ever touch the pris with your tongue and if so, how long should I wait till I do so?

[lxskllr]

With a pris of los in, can you ever touch the pris with your tongue and if so, how long should I wait till I do so?

Absolutely. I'm constantly playing with my lös snus while it's in. That'll take experimentation on your part to figure out what you can get away with. You'll get more comfortable with it over time, and after awhile you can really manipulate the snus without causing a mudslide.

[Maximus]

Another thing that works with the Prismaster if it is too big a Pris is to take the center plunger and reverse it so that your pris is maybe smaller and easier to manipulate. I did that after reading about it here and made it a little easier. Also that seemed to control the size of the Pris to being closer to the amount in a portion.

[rickcharles606]

I have a pris in right now, feels good, no migration...yet. This one feels better than all the other attempts too. This last time I decided to make the pris a little smaller and then hand baked it a bit more, and then placed it right in front of my lip. Whereas last times I was placing more to the right, over my canine tooth. Going to let it sit for awhile to see how long I can keep it in.

My only issue with los (don't know how to use the umlaut) is that with a portion I'm constantly moving about my mouth. If my gums are gonna recede at all, I at least want them to recede evenly..lol Plus it seems that the more I play/chew on a portion, the more flavor I get out of it. With the los it seems as if I'm taking a less active roll in my snusing, because I can't play with it, if that makes sense.

[Maximus]

I was the same way in the beginning. I was concerned because I was used to nibbling my portions to release more flavor. I'm finding now with lös that I am getting better with controlling it longer, better with the lip puff, I did actually more one the other night (although I just switch sides normally to offset the receding gum evenness) and I think eventually I will be able to manipulate it more.

I think it is similar to how you smoked or may have smoked. I know personally that over the years the way I held the cigarette and flicked the ash off etc evolved. The more you do it and the more experimentation the more confident you feel with it and other methods or techniques start to click. Just keep trying and of course read some of the threads by others on tips they use and incorporate what you can. Most of all, have fun with it. As I know Sagedil will point out, you don't have to use lös. Using snus is all about the enjoyment in whatever method you find suits you.

[lxskllr]

My only issue with los (don't know how to use the umlaut)

Alt-numpad-0246 = ö

is that with a portion I'm constantly moving about my mouth. If my gums are gonna recede at all, I at least want them to recede evenly..lol Plus it seems that the more I play/chew on a portion, the more flavor I get out of it. With the los it seems as if I'm taking a less active roll in my snusing, because I can't play with it, if that makes sense.

I'm the same way with portions. It takes awhile to get the full flavor from lös. It's a little mellower, but it'll last much longer than portion flavor. You'll get to play with the lös as you get more experience. When you first start with it, it feels like a foreighn object in your lip, that you don't know quite what to do with. After you've been using it awhile, you can poke it with your tongue, and move it around a little. It'll become a more active experience as you gain experience; That's how it worked for me anyway :^)

[Maximus]

Plus when I get little bits that drop down I nibble them. After all they are plant parts right? So I still get to nibble a little.

[rickcharles606]

Just dumped the last pris of the night. This one lasted at least 45min, got a pretty good nic hit off of it too. I'll continue to experiment with the los because I do like how it feels in my lip, and I did notice that Ettan los tastes better to me than the portions.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I have gotten more information off of this forum in the 17 days of snusing, than any other web page or forum that I've ever visited to educate myself on any topic.

I've even gotten my parents to try snusing, and that's the first step for them to quitting the smokes. Thanks so much!

Now for a Grovs svart portion, then off to bed.

[joshua]

I've tried los a few times before, but the pris would fall apart in my mouth almost instantly...I got a pris master a few orders ago but never got around to using it until today. I made a nice pris of general and stuck it in my lip and it was awesome. I'm going to start doing los every time I'm at home and save the portions for work.
Portions are like sex with a condom on.

I've seen the light.

[bakerbarber]

I'm going to start doing los every time I'm at home and save the portions for work.
Portions are like sex with a condom on.

I've seen the light.

you wouldn't eat a steak with a balloon on your tongue right?

[rickcharles606]

Have the afternoon to myself, so decided to check the boards and continue my los experimentation. First pris of the day is in and going strong for about 30 min now. Think I made this one too small though..not much of a nic hit. Need to order some sterk los, prolly gonna be Skruf Stark los, I really like their portions, so the los should be good too.

Next pris I'll hand bake, or at least make an attempt to do so.