Howdy all! This is my first post as you can see! This is sort of a recount of my experience so far in hopes to help out any other new users or people thinking about going this route. I was overwhelmed with info when I started researching vape'n and alot of "reviews" seem to be "sponsored" by companies indirectly. I assure you this is completely my experience with no incentives involved. I smoked analog cigs for 18ish years, "lights" the first couple of years and Marlboro reds and boxed Newports the rest. For the last 15 years I have smoked at least a pack of Newports a day. I am in the process of building a house and I told myself I would quit when I moved in and that time is nearing. My neighbour smoked 2 packs a day and had told me how ecigs allowed him to only smoke 2 analogs a day. I give him credit for putting the bug in my ear.
I just started with Ecigs a week and a half ago, mainly to stop smoking analogs. I first bought a Mistic(Menthol) starter kit out of a Pilot gas station about lunchtime two Wednesdays ago. I was rideing with my boss/friend and he does not smoke or allow me to smoke in his company truck. I assembled a cig and hit it a couple of times. The experince wasn't duplicate to a real cig, but it was damn close! Another plus was my friend couldn't even smell me smoke'n it. The menthol taste is almost just like a full flavor Salem. It's no Newport, but this just might work! I only smoked 2 more analogs that day, hitting the Ecig everytime I had the urge to smoke.
The next morning I wake up and smoke a Newport. After that I use my ecig until lunch. After lunch I had to smoke a Newport, the Ecig just wasnt close enough to satisfy that after eating smoke. I continued to use my Ecig the rest of the day. After work I have my mind made up this is going to work and I begin researching Ecigs on the interwebz. My first hits were for V2s and Joye and a few others. This kept showing up but they are showing up on "rigged" looking best Ecig sites. I start looking deeper and run across a few forums that appear to reccomend eGo and such, but I want as close to a fake analog as I can get. I then stumble upon a few reviews of Halo G6 on here. One review seems alot like Halo sponsored it and the others look legit. Halo G6 it is! Hell I can research all day, but I gotta pull the trigger at some point! I ordered a G6 starter kit, PCC, tobacco sampler, and a pack of Malibu Menthol carts. I'm kinda excited, if the gas station ecigs work as good as they do, these G6s are going to be the ticket! Lol, I smoked a Newport in celebration and called it a day!
Once again I wake up to a Newport, but I didn't feel like I needed one. I guess it was just from ritual at this point. I smoked my Ecig the rest of the day, and it was even good enough for after lunch. I smoked a Newport before bed.
Saturday morning I wake up and smoke a Newport. I smoke my Ecig the rest of the day. I'm hopeing my G6s come in the mail, but they don't. Oh well.....
Sunday I try my Ecig instead of my morning Newport. It seems to work fine and I only smoke my ecig all day.
Monday is the same as Sunday.
Tuesday my G6s arrived! While the Mistics were good and getting the job done, the G6 just seem to be alot better product. The G6 smokes pretty damn close to a cigarette imo. The Malibu Menthol or Menthol Ice aren't as good as I hoped, there's just not enough menthol there. In my opinion theres not even enough menthol there to justify putting Menthol in the name. Tribeca is pretty tasty, so is Torque 56. Prime 15 is pretty damn close to a Marlboro Red! If it didn't have an aftertaste that makes me feel like I licked the ashtray you prolly couldn't tell the difference. Captain Jack just isn't for me. None of these are even close to a Newport, so I start researching on the internet. I know I'm going to need a strong Menthol type smoke for day in day out smoke'n. I order blank carts, Coolmist and Truepure small bottles from Halo after reading they are Halo's real Menthols. I read that Nuport from NHaler is as close to Newport as I'm going to find so I order up a big bottle. I run across udamskipy's post about DIYFlavorShacks good service and order Mint, Doublemint, and Thinmint from the based solely on them showing damn good business practice with udamskipy.
Wed-Fri I continue just smoke'n my G6. None of the flavors I currently have quite suit me, but the Prime 15 gets me through.
Friday evening ALL my flavors come in!!!!! I'm really looking for that Newport flavor, so I immediately load up the Nuport and let it soak for about 15. It tastes "kind of" like a Newport, but no dice. The two Halo flavors can actually claim their Menthol title this time with Coolmist being pretty damn tastey. The doublemint is kind of good, I can see myself smoke'n it. The Mint makes me realize I'm now really looking for MINThol instead of menthol. It's pretty damn good! I then get the idea to add about 5 drops of mint to my half smoked Prime 15 cartridge. You guys, this is great! It's not 100% what I'm looking for, but it's mighty damn close!!!! The thinmint I haven't tried yet. NHaler threw in a snazzy little bag to keep my Nuport in, DiyFlavorShack threw in 7ml of their Menthol cig and a small sample of Tigars Blood, Halo didn't throw in anything. The free stuff doesn't amount to much, but it shows me they appreciate my business. I have spent 10 times as much money with Halo, but these other 2 companies appreciated my business more? It's not a deal breaker, but kinda shows some class. Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for free stuff, but its nice to know my business is appreciated.
As I type this, I haven't smoked an analog in over a week! I'm pretty tickled guys, I didn't know ecigs would make quitting this easy! On top of everything, I do believe I have picked up a new hobby. I'm going to continue my search for the perfect all day smoke flavor, and prolly run across some sweet tastes in the process. I'm considering buying an eGo or something along those lines soon to see what all the fuss is about also.
I don't usually write stuff like this, but I felt my experience might be usefull to someone here. I also found lots of good info here and felt like I could give a little in return this way. If this helps people out, maybe I'll start write'n my vape'n experiences here. Thanks for all the info on these forums and I look foward to an analog free future and interacting with you guys!!!!!
I just started with Ecigs a week and a half ago, mainly to stop smoking analogs. I first bought a Mistic(Menthol) starter kit out of a Pilot gas station about lunchtime two Wednesdays ago. I was rideing with my boss/friend and he does not smoke or allow me to smoke in his company truck. I assembled a cig and hit it a couple of times. The experince wasn't duplicate to a real cig, but it was damn close! Another plus was my friend couldn't even smell me smoke'n it. The menthol taste is almost just like a full flavor Salem. It's no Newport, but this just might work! I only smoked 2 more analogs that day, hitting the Ecig everytime I had the urge to smoke.
The next morning I wake up and smoke a Newport. After that I use my ecig until lunch. After lunch I had to smoke a Newport, the Ecig just wasnt close enough to satisfy that after eating smoke. I continued to use my Ecig the rest of the day. After work I have my mind made up this is going to work and I begin researching Ecigs on the interwebz. My first hits were for V2s and Joye and a few others. This kept showing up but they are showing up on "rigged" looking best Ecig sites. I start looking deeper and run across a few forums that appear to reccomend eGo and such, but I want as close to a fake analog as I can get. I then stumble upon a few reviews of Halo G6 on here. One review seems alot like Halo sponsored it and the others look legit. Halo G6 it is! Hell I can research all day, but I gotta pull the trigger at some point! I ordered a G6 starter kit, PCC, tobacco sampler, and a pack of Malibu Menthol carts. I'm kinda excited, if the gas station ecigs work as good as they do, these G6s are going to be the ticket! Lol, I smoked a Newport in celebration and called it a day!
Once again I wake up to a Newport, but I didn't feel like I needed one. I guess it was just from ritual at this point. I smoked my Ecig the rest of the day, and it was even good enough for after lunch. I smoked a Newport before bed.
Saturday morning I wake up and smoke a Newport. I smoke my Ecig the rest of the day. I'm hopeing my G6s come in the mail, but they don't. Oh well.....
Sunday I try my Ecig instead of my morning Newport. It seems to work fine and I only smoke my ecig all day.
Monday is the same as Sunday.
Tuesday my G6s arrived! While the Mistics were good and getting the job done, the G6 just seem to be alot better product. The G6 smokes pretty damn close to a cigarette imo. The Malibu Menthol or Menthol Ice aren't as good as I hoped, there's just not enough menthol there. In my opinion theres not even enough menthol there to justify putting Menthol in the name. Tribeca is pretty tasty, so is Torque 56. Prime 15 is pretty damn close to a Marlboro Red! If it didn't have an aftertaste that makes me feel like I licked the ashtray you prolly couldn't tell the difference. Captain Jack just isn't for me. None of these are even close to a Newport, so I start researching on the internet. I know I'm going to need a strong Menthol type smoke for day in day out smoke'n. I order blank carts, Coolmist and Truepure small bottles from Halo after reading they are Halo's real Menthols. I read that Nuport from NHaler is as close to Newport as I'm going to find so I order up a big bottle. I run across udamskipy's post about DIYFlavorShacks good service and order Mint, Doublemint, and Thinmint from the based solely on them showing damn good business practice with udamskipy.
Wed-Fri I continue just smoke'n my G6. None of the flavors I currently have quite suit me, but the Prime 15 gets me through.
Friday evening ALL my flavors come in!!!!! I'm really looking for that Newport flavor, so I immediately load up the Nuport and let it soak for about 15. It tastes "kind of" like a Newport, but no dice. The two Halo flavors can actually claim their Menthol title this time with Coolmist being pretty damn tastey. The doublemint is kind of good, I can see myself smoke'n it. The Mint makes me realize I'm now really looking for MINThol instead of menthol. It's pretty damn good! I then get the idea to add about 5 drops of mint to my half smoked Prime 15 cartridge. You guys, this is great! It's not 100% what I'm looking for, but it's mighty damn close!!!! The thinmint I haven't tried yet. NHaler threw in a snazzy little bag to keep my Nuport in, DiyFlavorShack threw in 7ml of their Menthol cig and a small sample of Tigars Blood, Halo didn't throw in anything. The free stuff doesn't amount to much, but it shows me they appreciate my business. I have spent 10 times as much money with Halo, but these other 2 companies appreciated my business more? It's not a deal breaker, but kinda shows some class. Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for free stuff, but its nice to know my business is appreciated.
As I type this, I haven't smoked an analog in over a week! I'm pretty tickled guys, I didn't know ecigs would make quitting this easy! On top of everything, I do believe I have picked up a new hobby. I'm going to continue my search for the perfect all day smoke flavor, and prolly run across some sweet tastes in the process. I'm considering buying an eGo or something along those lines soon to see what all the fuss is about also.
I don't usually write stuff like this, but I felt my experience might be usefull to someone here. I also found lots of good info here and felt like I could give a little in return this way. If this helps people out, maybe I'll start write'n my vape'n experiences here. Thanks for all the info on these forums and I look foward to an analog free future and interacting with you guys!!!!!
