Sunday, November 3, 2013
I want to remain honest about my experience in this new world of vaping. I considered not posting this but in the end decided to go ahead. This is somewhat of a rant. If you aren't in the mood to read one, now would be the time to move along to more fun topics.
I imagine most people loathe admitting to themselves that they were difficult to please though I feel that's where I am at right about now.
I've started out having somewhat of a difficult time vaping. Flavors were the main problem initially. In my local B&M I could find no flavors that I liked and instead bought juice that I felt I could tolerate. Evo, Epic, and Halo are this particular store's only offerings.
Then we move on to the problem of the eGo low mAh sticks not holding a charge very long and I owned just one of them, which is dicey at best for a new person. Couple all this with a spate of bad tanks. It is not an auspicious beginning for me.
I got past the first week and a half and then purchased a Protank II and subsequently purchased my first mod (MVP2) just before Halloween. The MVP was delivered two days later and I think it's wonderful. I attempted a number of times to order juices from vendors I saw mentioned on the forum but I was missing their availability times. I wound up purchasing from Heather's HV and Mt Baker and while I read over and over flavors need to steep, I thought surely one of the flavors I ordered would be doable upon receipt. Well, that's just not so. I emailed Mt Baker yesterday and they made a general recommendation of a three week steep. And now I'm reluctant to try the HHV concerned I would dislike the flavors when in reality, they just weren't steeped sufficiently. As an aside, why doesn't HHV have a production date or ingredients on their label? I found that odd.
This means I'm somewhat screwed as apparently I've reached taste tolerance level with the Epic and Evo I have here. I've also dropped far more money into this than I had expected to and frankly just don't have enough cash now to make an appropriate order at Ahlusion for their express line that I just learned about today. And when money is being dropped on tanks that are crap or juices that taste like .... to me (the evo and epic), I am starting to think I'm just going to be running in circles throwing money away over and over again. I don't have any extra money for that sort of thing.
And so, each day I'm getting a stronger urge to smoke which is causing a bit of anxiety and anger. And really, I don't want to feel either.
I also want to note a couple of other issues. The first is the fact that I'm not really eating since starting to vape. I do not, and never have had, an eating disorder of any type. But since beginning to vape I have no appetite and have to make myself eat. It is possible it's not related but I find that unlikely. The second thing I'd like to note is that I've developed a rash on my chest that I cannot account for. No changes in household products or work environment.
I'm sure all this seems rather dramatic and I suppose it is but the fact is, I'm stressed at the moment feeling like I'm about to drive down to the local store and pick up a pack of cigarettes. I also feel terrible in that no one else seems to be having these problems and that leaves me feeling like some kind of psycho freak who appears to only be finding the negatives in all of this. That last particularly bothers and frustrates me.
And as stupid as it may seem to some reading this, I've been on the verge of tears since this morning at the prospect of what it will mean to go back to smoking. I do not relish the idea of failure. And I do not want to smoke another cigarette again. Ever.
While I can clearly see the potential of vaping, I'm not a very happy vaping girl at the moment.
I want to remain honest about my experience in this new world of vaping. I considered not posting this but in the end decided to go ahead. This is somewhat of a rant. If you aren't in the mood to read one, now would be the time to move along to more fun topics.
I imagine most people loathe admitting to themselves that they were difficult to please though I feel that's where I am at right about now.
I've started out having somewhat of a difficult time vaping. Flavors were the main problem initially. In my local B&M I could find no flavors that I liked and instead bought juice that I felt I could tolerate. Evo, Epic, and Halo are this particular store's only offerings.
Then we move on to the problem of the eGo low mAh sticks not holding a charge very long and I owned just one of them, which is dicey at best for a new person. Couple all this with a spate of bad tanks. It is not an auspicious beginning for me.
I got past the first week and a half and then purchased a Protank II and subsequently purchased my first mod (MVP2) just before Halloween. The MVP was delivered two days later and I think it's wonderful. I attempted a number of times to order juices from vendors I saw mentioned on the forum but I was missing their availability times. I wound up purchasing from Heather's HV and Mt Baker and while I read over and over flavors need to steep, I thought surely one of the flavors I ordered would be doable upon receipt. Well, that's just not so. I emailed Mt Baker yesterday and they made a general recommendation of a three week steep. And now I'm reluctant to try the HHV concerned I would dislike the flavors when in reality, they just weren't steeped sufficiently. As an aside, why doesn't HHV have a production date or ingredients on their label? I found that odd.
This means I'm somewhat screwed as apparently I've reached taste tolerance level with the Epic and Evo I have here. I've also dropped far more money into this than I had expected to and frankly just don't have enough cash now to make an appropriate order at Ahlusion for their express line that I just learned about today. And when money is being dropped on tanks that are crap or juices that taste like .... to me (the evo and epic), I am starting to think I'm just going to be running in circles throwing money away over and over again. I don't have any extra money for that sort of thing.
And so, each day I'm getting a stronger urge to smoke which is causing a bit of anxiety and anger. And really, I don't want to feel either.
I also want to note a couple of other issues. The first is the fact that I'm not really eating since starting to vape. I do not, and never have had, an eating disorder of any type. But since beginning to vape I have no appetite and have to make myself eat. It is possible it's not related but I find that unlikely. The second thing I'd like to note is that I've developed a rash on my chest that I cannot account for. No changes in household products or work environment.
I'm sure all this seems rather dramatic and I suppose it is but the fact is, I'm stressed at the moment feeling like I'm about to drive down to the local store and pick up a pack of cigarettes. I also feel terrible in that no one else seems to be having these problems and that leaves me feeling like some kind of psycho freak who appears to only be finding the negatives in all of this. That last particularly bothers and frustrates me.
And as stupid as it may seem to some reading this, I've been on the verge of tears since this morning at the prospect of what it will mean to go back to smoking. I do not relish the idea of failure. And I do not want to smoke another cigarette again. Ever.
While I can clearly see the potential of vaping, I'm not a very happy vaping girl at the moment.
