pre-vaper, VERY well informed thanks to ECF, ordered one last night.

dragonfyre13;1844283 said:

I'm a new member here, "Hi all!", and wanted to make my obligatory intro thread.

First, I tried my first ecig about 6 months ago. HORRIBLE stuff. It was a "NicStick" they've got here at my tobacco shop in town, and the guy had a demo unit. Auto batt, best as I can tell it was a 401? 'Bout 100mm long, size of a camel wide. As I said, the taste was not good. Sickly sweet, hurt my head and chest even off one puff. Prior to this, I hadn't even heard of them. I didn't pay much attention after that to them, since I wrote them off as a "crazy person device" for people that couldn't smoke anymore. But I didn't have that issue, my analogs did me just fine.

Well every few months lately I've been getting the urge to quit. Problem is it only lasts about a day since my beautiful wife smokes also, and when I smell a good menthol it kills me not to smoke something. So that doesn't last long. Last time she was out of town, I quit for about a month, (her uncle died of cancer, and she took care of him during his last months) but started back up when she returned.

I got the urge to research more on ecigs about a week ago, and decided I was going to take the plunge after reading the health advantages. I've got bronchitis (again!) which I've had about once every few months for the last 2 years. My doc says my analogs don't help the situation, and I've been coughing, and coughing. I'm fed up, and looking for a change. I just finished deciding I need to pickup one of these nicsticks (they are $25) since I wasn't going to pay $100 for something I'm going to be miserable doing anyway. Then I ran across this site.

Well, this site was an eye opener. Best as I can figure, the juice was horrible in this stuff, since obviously those on this site don't have the same opinion I have! I read over most of the posts from the last 4 days in the newbie forum, as well as a handful of other forums, in addition to reading the stickies in the library, and following all of the links in the stickies in this forum. I also went out and did some research into the different types of pvs, as well as maintainance work to be done on them, the way juice is made, ingredients (not to hard) and how to mix your own.

I settled on an Ego after all my research. No, it's not the size of a cigarette, and it's not an auto, but based on my research that's not what I want. I want something that's going to last the day at work with minimal recharge. I want something I can drip without killing the atty, and won't have the inherent issues of an auto (I can control the flow with a manual). Also, I've read the throat hit, vapor produced, and overall experience is superior in the ego as compared to a 510, which was my other choice (I could deal with recharging constantly at work).

I ordered from freedomsmokeusa, based on three factors. First was the reviews they've got on this forum. Second, they had the ego for a pretty decent price (just under $70). Third, they had juice that got great reviews, and I'm all about the juice . So I ordered the starter pack (2 of everything, 5 cheap carts), and about $20 worth of juice. With the 10% discount, it came in a bit over $80. So all in all, if it works, I like it, etc. I'm ecstatic. I'm currently paying $3.50 per pack for analogs, so hopefully it will be cheaper. But in the end, it's about feeling better, coughing less, and actually being able to breath, as well as reducing risk of cancer.

Right now, everything I think I know is theoretical. So help me out if you see me straying down the wrong path, but quite honestly I'm about jumping out of my skin waiting for it to get here. I anticipate it will be at least halfway through next week, since labor day is here.

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