Is it normal to spend this much....

[rlh445]

So I'm ten days clean, guys and gals! It feels great and I have no intention whatsoever to go back to analogs EVER. My question has to deal with money. I've spent near five hundred bucks in the past 10 days. I have bought a Triple V (LT 3.0) kit from Vaporbeast (Tim's a doll), $78.00 at Health Cabin for two 1000mah Twists, six clearos and two 10ml bottles of Dekang juice. My first kit cost $200.00 from Zeecigs. I have a couple of seventy dollar purchases from both Backwoods and Highbrow for liquid. Is this normal?

[rfahlbush]

I haven't got nearly that much tied up yet - maybe a couple hundred bucks and I've been vaping for about a year-and-half now.

One thing I have found out, however, is stick with one basic set of equipment for awhile as the gear takes some time to break in and develop taste and vape. Use it too little and it will never "season" enough to deliver good results.

Also, it helps to try and keep the number of batteries you use down as batteries hold up better if you use them and don't let them just sit around.

[Jeepster08]

I'm afraid to add up what I have spent the past 6 months or so!

[hairball]

Ummm....I dropped a grand the first 2 months of vaping. I won't tell you what I've spent in almost 2 years...it would scare you.

[Sev00]

Hmmm seems a little high. I would say for future purchases, find the product you like, them shop it around the web for good prices. I personally can recommend DFWVapor and Madvapes. But to answer your question, yes. Once you get excited about the products hardware and flavors, you can initially spend a bit.

However if your off the analogs your far ahead. Starter kit $200, twist $78, smoke free priceless.

Sev

[Seeker]

Not sure. Tho, I'm well on my way. Smoking ciggies like crazy waiting on my mini Pro V. Just could'nt wait for the blue l.e.d. Spent $ 260 w/ them and still have extra batteries, charger, cartos, juice,etc. to go. So many " I wants". Will be worth it to be a non smoker again.

[Seeker]

Really liked the Phiniac glass. Will it look goofy on a mini proV? From pics I've seen the reg. Size tank.for 510's looks like it wont be flush?

[Warren D. Lockaby]

Congratulations on switching, & Welcome to ECF! As to your question, IMO the notion of being "normal" is highly overrated. For instance, when people realize they paid for something they didn't need, they don't "normally" consider what they were really buying was a little education (which, obviously, they *did* need). One of life's great ironies is we never know the value of our lessons until well after we've learned - or failed to have learned - them. So, don't worry about what you've spent - it's gone. If you can grab all that new knowledge, laugh & move forward with it you will always get your money's worth. (Again, just my opinion.)

One other thing: every lesson you can learn here for free is one you won't have to pay for out there in the marketplace, so learn all you can here. Also, learn to discern, or polish that ability; what works perfectly for someone else my prove worthless for you.

It's a wonderful journey so have a ball! & Happy Vaping!

[Forkeh]

Normal is relative. Some of us are lucky to find our sweet spot fairly quickly. For me it was one very small battery express kit, $20, from there a full sized 510 kit with all the stuff, smart pack and everything, $80. Then a single battery mega 510 manaul $13. From there the LT kit $100. So I've spent about $213 in just the hardware. Then the juice delivery devices, I'd estimate around $50 in an assortment of clearos, cartos, attys, and drip tips. Juice, I go through about 100ml a month, so around $40 a month in juice.

You've just got to find the equipment that works best for you. That can take time and money. You can always sell some of your old gear in the classifieds here. But once you get your equipment figured out, and find juices you really like, the cost drops significantly. Right now you're probably still trying to find juices you like too. Once you get that all settled, and the new toy syndrome wears off (:P) your costs will level out.

I'm over all that, I just recently got my LT, and that's it for me. Works great, all I could really want. I also, generally, know what I like in an eliquid. So I spend about $40 a month in liquid, maybe another $10-$20 a month in attys and clearos....though, some months I spend nothing at all, really just depends on when they decide to die. Clearos can be cleaned and reused pretty easily until they crack (or the heating element dies). So I'd say my max total cost for the month is around $60.

I used to smoke a pack a day. In my neck of the woods, that's $5 and some odd cents for a cheap pack of cigs, $6+ for anything decent (subjectively...I'm not sure any cigarette is really decent lol). So $6 every single day works out to about $180 a month for cigs. That's just the cost of the cigs, I had to buy lighters too, which I lost all the freakin' time, so another $10 for that. Then I needed gum and body spray to smell....alright I guess, I still smelled bad, but it made me feel better. Another $20 a month (mostly for the body spray, gum isn't expensive lol). So that's a cost of $210 a month to smoke. The measly $60 a month for my vaping habit is less than 1/3 the cost of smoking for me.

Then of course, you have to think of your health. Down the road, that smoking habit is going to cost a whole lot more in health care, especially if you don't have insurance. And there are indirect costs of smoking too. Cigarette burns in your car make it worth less, so does the smell. A potential employer might pass on someone who smells like cigs. Do you take any cough drops now to deal with that cig cough? Smoking in your car and home does pose a fire hazard if you don't pay attention, if you have an accident you'll be out a lot of money too.

[chillidc]

spend what it takes to stay off the ciggies.

for some people its a $50 ego kit.

for others (like me) it took a VV device to kick them. Money well spent.