I’ve decided to keep a blog of my vaping experience for the record. Maybe this will help out some of the new people, maybe it will help out me.. Who knows.. Anyhow, here it goes..
First some quick background, I am a 39 year old male living in Florida, Married wit 3 kids living at home. I have been a smoker for well over 25 years, as of late smoking 2 packs a day (Marlboro Medium 100’s) My spouse is smoking about the same (but Menthol Lights 100’s) I have had asthma since I can remember. I work outside or in small, confided, hot, nasty spaces as a cable installer. (ie – I craw around in attics)
I had been looking into e-cigs off and on for some time, usually thinking ‘too expensive’ or ‘not for me’ However last month when smokes went up about .80 per pack, I announced to the clerk that I would not be buying ANY MORE smokes.. as soon as I was done with the carton I just bought.. I went home and explained to my spouse the increase in price, and also the up incoming increase in April. I also told her about these-cig things and that I was going to look into it.
Oddly enough, one of my co-workers must have been thinking the same thing, as he came into work the next day with a njoy e-cig. A brief discussion with him and I came to the conclusion that if it would work for him, it would more than likely work for me. I decided to watch him for a few days and see how he liked it. After 3 days, I saw him smoke a few regular cigs. But he was also a 40 a day smoker. He said it was great, and that I should give it a try.
So, there I was, ordering away, I got 2 901’s and a few extras (atom’s bats, carts, and juice) enough for my spouse and I to give it a go. Now let me just say, I was very excited about the whole thing, I figured if I slowed down or even quit smoking regular smokes, that would be GREAT! My spouse was a bit iffy about the whole thing. And as soon as I finished the order, I found myself checking the status over and over, trying to figure out when it would be here.. I was hooked and haven’t even got the stuff yet..
My first order was from Totally Wicked for $179.91
·1 Platinum 901 Starter Kit
·2 Extra Batteries
·3 Atomizers
·10 Blank Carts
·1 30ml High Marlboro
So here I sit, waiting, I found myself reading every message I could on some boards, checking out this item and that item. I would even rush home at lunch to check the mail. Finaly, I got it.. charged it all up and started vaping before returning to work. I received my kit on 3/17 at 11:30am. I didn’t smoke anything other than the e-cig that day. I also made my 2nd order in less than 3 hours into it. I flavor sample pack from Midwest Vapor.
Second Order from Midwest Vapor for 32.95
·2 Flavor Sample Packs (10 3ml bottles)
Now, during the next 3 days, I bought some mint oil for the spouse, a bottle of VG and a sad attempt at a vanilla flavor. I had smoked a total of 3 regular cigs in 4 days and my spouse had consumed a few packs.. (I assume because the lack of menthol but I donno)
Oh yea, after only 24 hours of not smoking regular cigs, they suddenly began to taste like CRAP, after the second day, I didn’t have the 15 minute coughing fits I got in the morning , nor was I using my asthma inhaler as much as I use to. These were all positive effects, now the negative ones…. I was friggin hungry all the time.. I was getting more work done cuz I wasn’t outside chatting with all the smokers. (not that that is a bad thing..)
Shortly after my 2nd order came in I made my 3rd. All within one week. A new store called dietSmokes opened up. There stuff was cheep and I now knew that I wanted some FLAVORED juice instead of the Marlboro stuff, I was hooked on coffee and the spouse was craving some menthol. Soo….
3rd Order from DietSmokes for $39.00
·25 Blank Carts
·10ml Coffee High
·10ml Menthol High
So, here I am last night, NOW I am looking at NEW e-cigs, thinking about getting a penstyle or a kissbox.. My birthday is coming up.. planning out my next order in a few weeks.. I’m done for now, right? WRONG, my spouse comes to me with **TWO** deed atoms.. Jesh.. 4th order..
4th Order from Totally Wicked $32.97
·2 901 Atomizers
So after 7 days and $284.83 later what do I have? Let me break it down for ya..
I have saved $115.50 because I didn’t have to buy smokes at all for me and only one carton for the spouse, and she has 8 packs left! So that puts me $169.83 in the hole so far. Next week I will save $154.00, now I’m only $15.83 down! I am sure I will have an order in for more juice and atoms in by then.. I’m sure that within a month I will be in the positive. Pointless though, the most important thing right now that in only a week of not smoking real cigs, I feel better, and my kids are happy that I am not smoking any more.
I’ll be back soon for more updates as necessary.. To all you new guys.. hope this might help you decide. If you have any questions feel free. If I don’t know, I am sure there are 1000’s of people right here that do.
Dj
First some quick background, I am a 39 year old male living in Florida, Married wit 3 kids living at home. I have been a smoker for well over 25 years, as of late smoking 2 packs a day (Marlboro Medium 100’s) My spouse is smoking about the same (but Menthol Lights 100’s) I have had asthma since I can remember. I work outside or in small, confided, hot, nasty spaces as a cable installer. (ie – I craw around in attics)
I had been looking into e-cigs off and on for some time, usually thinking ‘too expensive’ or ‘not for me’ However last month when smokes went up about .80 per pack, I announced to the clerk that I would not be buying ANY MORE smokes.. as soon as I was done with the carton I just bought.. I went home and explained to my spouse the increase in price, and also the up incoming increase in April. I also told her about these-cig things and that I was going to look into it.
Oddly enough, one of my co-workers must have been thinking the same thing, as he came into work the next day with a njoy e-cig. A brief discussion with him and I came to the conclusion that if it would work for him, it would more than likely work for me. I decided to watch him for a few days and see how he liked it. After 3 days, I saw him smoke a few regular cigs. But he was also a 40 a day smoker. He said it was great, and that I should give it a try.
So, there I was, ordering away, I got 2 901’s and a few extras (atom’s bats, carts, and juice) enough for my spouse and I to give it a go. Now let me just say, I was very excited about the whole thing, I figured if I slowed down or even quit smoking regular smokes, that would be GREAT! My spouse was a bit iffy about the whole thing. And as soon as I finished the order, I found myself checking the status over and over, trying to figure out when it would be here.. I was hooked and haven’t even got the stuff yet..
My first order was from Totally Wicked for $179.91
·1 Platinum 901 Starter Kit
·2 Extra Batteries
·3 Atomizers
·10 Blank Carts
·1 30ml High Marlboro
So here I sit, waiting, I found myself reading every message I could on some boards, checking out this item and that item. I would even rush home at lunch to check the mail. Finaly, I got it.. charged it all up and started vaping before returning to work. I received my kit on 3/17 at 11:30am. I didn’t smoke anything other than the e-cig that day. I also made my 2nd order in less than 3 hours into it. I flavor sample pack from Midwest Vapor.
Second Order from Midwest Vapor for 32.95
·2 Flavor Sample Packs (10 3ml bottles)
Now, during the next 3 days, I bought some mint oil for the spouse, a bottle of VG and a sad attempt at a vanilla flavor. I had smoked a total of 3 regular cigs in 4 days and my spouse had consumed a few packs.. (I assume because the lack of menthol but I donno)
Oh yea, after only 24 hours of not smoking regular cigs, they suddenly began to taste like CRAP, after the second day, I didn’t have the 15 minute coughing fits I got in the morning , nor was I using my asthma inhaler as much as I use to. These were all positive effects, now the negative ones…. I was friggin hungry all the time.. I was getting more work done cuz I wasn’t outside chatting with all the smokers. (not that that is a bad thing..)
Shortly after my 2nd order came in I made my 3rd. All within one week. A new store called dietSmokes opened up. There stuff was cheep and I now knew that I wanted some FLAVORED juice instead of the Marlboro stuff, I was hooked on coffee and the spouse was craving some menthol. Soo….
3rd Order from DietSmokes for $39.00
·25 Blank Carts
·10ml Coffee High
·10ml Menthol High
So, here I am last night, NOW I am looking at NEW e-cigs, thinking about getting a penstyle or a kissbox.. My birthday is coming up.. planning out my next order in a few weeks.. I’m done for now, right? WRONG, my spouse comes to me with **TWO** deed atoms.. Jesh.. 4th order..
4th Order from Totally Wicked $32.97
·2 901 Atomizers
So after 7 days and $284.83 later what do I have? Let me break it down for ya..
I have saved $115.50 because I didn’t have to buy smokes at all for me and only one carton for the spouse, and she has 8 packs left! So that puts me $169.83 in the hole so far. Next week I will save $154.00, now I’m only $15.83 down! I am sure I will have an order in for more juice and atoms in by then.. I’m sure that within a month I will be in the positive. Pointless though, the most important thing right now that in only a week of not smoking real cigs, I feel better, and my kids are happy that I am not smoking any more.
I’ll be back soon for more updates as necessary.. To all you new guys.. hope this might help you decide. If you have any questions feel free. If I don’t know, I am sure there are 1000’s of people right here that do.
Dj
