Is the e-cig "worth it"... Financially?

[J-ShaZzle]

I spent close $100 a month of cigarettes. About a pack every 2-3 days. So it's costing me more now, but that's b/c I've bought 4 different kinds of e-cig kits. Plus about 3 juice orders and other accessories. Once I find the juice I like and stick with one kit. I'll start to break even and begin to save money.

I also see this as a hobby as well. Do I really need 5 drip tips or 20+ different juices. No, but it's fun and I enjoy it. Do I really need a mod? No, but an auto juice fed box mod or precise would be totally awesome.

I guess it depends on how quick you find out what works for you. Also, whether or not this becomes a hobby for you. You also have to consider how much you were spending on cigarettes. Compared to the pack a day smokers, I was only spending a third of what they were.

 

[THE]

I've managed to "embrace the new found freedom" without going "device crazy"
I know a woman who has a collection of probably 300 items I won't mention and I've asked her, well, which one is the best ... says, I don't know I haven't tried them all .. LoL over here

For myself and my sister and brother in law I think we'll just be happy with this Hello 016 and keep what we need to keep it going and be satisfied ... I THINK ... LOL .. NEVER KNOW .. I can see my brother in law going a little extreme

 

[xg4bx]

I could buy 1 or 2 510 kits (depending on the site) each week for what I was was paying for a carton of cigs each week ($56).

 

[Cyia]

I broke the numbers down for just my smoking habit a bit before I "presented" my findings to my smoking hubby my accountant so to speak. We here in MO smoke the cheapest you can find. Exeter full flavor 100s. $2.75 a pack and even $2.45 at the special smoke shop when it's open. At the special smoke shop it's $18.00 a carton. I go through roughly a carton a week. That's $72 bucks a month from JUST me. Hubby not included lol. Now if I did include him, he smokes roughly the same amount. Which makes it $144 bucks a month in the cheapest analogs we could find. If we went with what we were buying them for which is $25.00 a carton 2 cartons a week: $50 bucks a week totaling $200 a month. That is a crap load of e-cig parts, accessories, and so much more. I could buy all the vendor's t-shirts I wanted! It's really amazing once you get past that initial start cost which was a little saving on my part since I am dirt poor half the time and being a free lance artist doesn't necessarily buy Bentleys or anything lol.

 

[Zurd]

Guess I'm one of the very few that vaping cost A LOT more, 4.91$ per day today (770.15$ in 157 days) compared to 1.47$ a day for smoking, will break even in 386 days if I don't buy anything which will never happen of course.

But hey, let's look at the bright side, tomorrow I'll be at 4.87$ per day

 

[JustMeAgain]

I wonder how much impact on cost the FDA is causing...If it weren't for the shadow cast by their continued efforts toward a ban, I think we'd see new models mass produced by American manufacturers and wide spread availability on a local level, which would eliminate shipping cost.

 

[THE]

I could buy 1 or 2 510 kits (depending on the site) each week for what I was was paying for a carton of cigs each week ($56).

Since they were spending 2x5=10x30= $300/mo , they could buy a Hello016 complete kit for each of them every week for less .. 2x35=70x4= $280

 

[gashin]

Yeah... cancer is pretty expensive...

 

[PaulCincy]

Like most people, the upfront cost can be a little high, but now,,,all I order is juice and some attys...Batteries are the big cost for me....So I try and take good care of them....
But, still a lot cheaper then the $45.00 plus I use to spend each week for analogs...
That is $180 a month....No way do I spend that now...Maybe, about $40-$60 a week with my PV....mostly for juice....Enjoy the adventure...