Hello and Notes on the NPRO (RN4081)

[judasburrito]

Hey guys! Been lurking here for about 2 weeks now.

First, here's my story: I'm 25, a grad student, and I'm originally from New Mexico but now living in Illinois. I've been smoking 10-20 a day for the last three years or so, but I've considered interested in nipping this habit in the bud before I end up with bad bad health problems down the road. One night, somewhat inebriated, I was checking out Wikipedia's take on cigarettes and cancer, and one of the articles mentioned Ruyan's e-cigarettes. Never heard of this before, so I did some research, and in that state of inebriation, immediately purchased a white NPRO. About a week and a half ago, the device came, and since then I've scaled my analog habit to (being honest here) about 5 per day and dropping.

Since I've gotten my ecig, roughly 5 friends have jumped on the bandwagon, most ordering DSE-901s (as I most likely would have, had I seen this forum earlier) from puresmoker.com. So, here are my impressions after a week an a half on the NPRO:

The NPRO, while overly expensive (the PeeWee from puresmoker appears to be exactly the same kit), has performed quite well for me. I blew 40 bucks on 20 cartridges about 3 days after I got it (ouch!!!) and then, smartly, switched to refilling my old carts with PURE camel medium juice from puresmoker (one of my friends added a bottle onto his initial order for me). Haven't tried dripping yet for fear of ruining the only atomizer I currently have.

Well, so far, I haven't had any atomizer/battery/whatnot all else problems, so I'm happy on that front, but unlike a few people I've seen here, I definitely don't like the NJOY cartridges (regular tobacco flavor). The vapor and hit are fine, but the flavor leaves much to be desired. Far too sweet for me. I definitely prefer the PURE Camel, and I'm looking forward to trying some 555 and LikeSmoke that my friend ordered.

So, I'm looking for recommendations for more burny/toasty-flavored juices if anyone knows of any. My favorite analogs were Lucky Strike filters when they were around, and since then I've been smoking American Spirit regulars and Camel Lights. I really want to switch to all-vaping, so I'm willing to try as many juices as I need to in order to find the flavor I want.

Anyway, CaSH, it looks like you run a great site, and you can expect some more orders from me soon. No complaints about NJOY other than they're way too damn expensive, and I felt misled when I discovered that the NJOY e-cigarettes were most likely manufactured in China (I'd gotten the impression that they were made by NJOY, not just re-packaged and distributed).

Alright guys, nice to meet ya, and thanks for all of your help, even if you didn't know you were giving it. Helped quite a bit with the e-cigarette learning curve.

[just4747]

Hey man, can you describe the taste of the PURE Camel for me? What's it like?

As for your question about what other liquids have a burny/toasty flavor, try RY4 and French Pipe Tobacco from Janty USA, they are favs and sorta have that flavor

[MoonRequiem]

I really like the Camel flavor from LiteCigUSA. It's "cigarette-like" flavor is the closest I've seen to overcoming that sweetness of the PG in ejuice. Its not too toasty - but I really enjoy it. Wonder if it's anything like what you got from puresmoker.

Hope that helps.

MoonRequiem

[judasburrito]

Yeah, the PURE Camel is essentially drier and less sweet than the standard tobacco fare, but it's still a bit sweet (I could live with it if I can't find anything else...)--so I'm wondering if it's the same stuff as you have, essentially. Mine's in the orange-cap "gnome" inkjet refill container with an N on the side.

Thanks for the tip, just4747. Has anyone compared RY4 and French Pipe from Janty to the Riskee Yuice/LikeSmoke and French Pipe from aSH?