Purchase recommendations and final thoughts
So now that I’ve written a book on vaping let me provide my recommended shopping list for the starting vaper who is serious about success.
Main vape
Prodigy V3.1 kit from Puresmoker full kit 6V 801/BE112, 510 adapter for same, 10 Boge stardard resists 510 cartomizers $160 I’d also suggest a some bottles of juice to taste or perhaps one of the sample packs.
Juice and extra atomizers
Bestecig.com 2 BE112 SR 5 packs $25, Either the BE112 cartridge sample pack (7 carts) or the prefilled (10cart) $16-24 dollars, 200ml tasteless juice at whatever NIC level you desire $54 they also sell 510 cartos but I’m not familiar with their quality level since I’ve never bought any you’ll also want to use this mainly for bulk orders since shipping isn’t insignificant. $120 plus shipping. Of course tastes vary and if you are ordering smaller quantities the shipping can quickly eat up any potential savings.
Batteries
Batteries All-battery.com Combo smart charger + 6 piece RCR123A 3.0v (3.2 nom) 750mah LiFePO4 Batteries. $26.99 plus shipping this will give you an extra charger and 3 additional sets of batteries to the 2 provided with the Prodigy kit. (compare to Puresmoker price and you basically get an extra battery and a free charger for the price of 5 batteries) be sure you are getting the green 3.2(nom) batteries the blue don’t seem to work real well IMO.
Overall cost will be a bit over $300 with shipping (shipping is free from Puresmoker on that order since it’s over $99)
That is a solid starter kit which can be purchased over time. If you can’t quite afford the whole kit and caboodle on one go get the Prodigy kit and some juice from PureSmoker to start that will be enough to get you started you’ll just need to carry your charger back and forth to work until you can get the second charger. Then in a month or so order extra atomizers and juice. Also if you aren’t going to do it all at once do get more juice and a couple extra batteries from PS, you don’t want to run out early on.
If you really want to maximize your variety of choices instead of getting the Prodigy in the 6v flavor order the 3.7v version and a couple extra batteries (still suggest coughing up a little extra for the second charger if you have a secondary location you spend a lot of time at like say an office) You can always upgrade later to 6v by ordering the kit from all-batteries.com (or two so you get two chargers and a total of 6 sets of batteries).
Final thoughts
While this might seem like a pretty high buy in price. Bear in mind that this is about 3 months worth of supplies and your only ongoing costs after that will be for juice, atomizers and batteries.
Figure out what you spend on analogues and most will this investment will pay for itself in a month or two if you are a moderately heavy smoker. After which point your maintenance costs are reduced pretty much to $30-50/mo depending on how much you vape.
Now one thing I always tell people looking into doing this is to get off analogues is "you really gotta want it" you gotta want to quit. There is a definite commitment to it.
You have to spend a fair amount of money up front. Then you have to plan ahead and make sure you always have enough stock to last you until your next shipment arrives.
There's no noticing you just lit your last cig then heading to the corner store for another pack. You probably won't be able to bum a little juice off a buddy. You definitely won't be able to hit up a random stranger for a couple drops.
You have to keep track of batteries you have to take it into account if you travel and lug around sufficient supplies because unlike a cigarette you most likely won't be able to buy a replacement if you forget your charger at home.
People are going to look at you weird, they're going to ask you questions, some people are going to be the victims of misinformation and you may have to educate them.
Now in addition to some general advice I've made some specific device recommendations. I am in no way affiliated with any of the companies who's products I've recommended they just happen to be the ones I use for those supplies and I've been very happy with their products and services.
This doesn't mean that there aren't other options available. In fact there are quite a wide variety of them many of which look quite nice and others have had great success with them.
I personally don't like the integrated devices like the Ego this comes from my early experience with integrated battery units and I just find that they have way too many disadvantages compared to other types of mods. However many people swear by them.
Once again lots of people around here have different experiences and expectations and are going to offer advice based on those experiences.
This is what has worked for me. I believe that I've got a very effective system going both cost and quality wise.
I think the core components to success in switching to vaping from analogues are at their core pretty simple.
Good reliable vaping device.
Plenty of spares and supplies.
Real desire to succeed.
Planning ahead.
That's it. Whether you buy the Prodigy or any other PV if you follow those basic principles you have the recipe for success.
Ok book complete,
I hope some of the people who bother reading all this find it to be useful and wish you all the best of luck in using these devices to get off the analogue death sticks.
So now that I’ve written a book on vaping let me provide my recommended shopping list for the starting vaper who is serious about success.
Main vape
Prodigy V3.1 kit from Puresmoker full kit 6V 801/BE112, 510 adapter for same, 10 Boge stardard resists 510 cartomizers $160 I’d also suggest a some bottles of juice to taste or perhaps one of the sample packs.
Juice and extra atomizers
Bestecig.com 2 BE112 SR 5 packs $25, Either the BE112 cartridge sample pack (7 carts) or the prefilled (10cart) $16-24 dollars, 200ml tasteless juice at whatever NIC level you desire $54 they also sell 510 cartos but I’m not familiar with their quality level since I’ve never bought any you’ll also want to use this mainly for bulk orders since shipping isn’t insignificant. $120 plus shipping. Of course tastes vary and if you are ordering smaller quantities the shipping can quickly eat up any potential savings.
Batteries
Batteries All-battery.com Combo smart charger + 6 piece RCR123A 3.0v (3.2 nom) 750mah LiFePO4 Batteries. $26.99 plus shipping this will give you an extra charger and 3 additional sets of batteries to the 2 provided with the Prodigy kit. (compare to Puresmoker price and you basically get an extra battery and a free charger for the price of 5 batteries) be sure you are getting the green 3.2(nom) batteries the blue don’t seem to work real well IMO.
Overall cost will be a bit over $300 with shipping (shipping is free from Puresmoker on that order since it’s over $99)
That is a solid starter kit which can be purchased over time. If you can’t quite afford the whole kit and caboodle on one go get the Prodigy kit and some juice from PureSmoker to start that will be enough to get you started you’ll just need to carry your charger back and forth to work until you can get the second charger. Then in a month or so order extra atomizers and juice. Also if you aren’t going to do it all at once do get more juice and a couple extra batteries from PS, you don’t want to run out early on.
If you really want to maximize your variety of choices instead of getting the Prodigy in the 6v flavor order the 3.7v version and a couple extra batteries (still suggest coughing up a little extra for the second charger if you have a secondary location you spend a lot of time at like say an office) You can always upgrade later to 6v by ordering the kit from all-batteries.com (or two so you get two chargers and a total of 6 sets of batteries).
Final thoughts
While this might seem like a pretty high buy in price. Bear in mind that this is about 3 months worth of supplies and your only ongoing costs after that will be for juice, atomizers and batteries.
Figure out what you spend on analogues and most will this investment will pay for itself in a month or two if you are a moderately heavy smoker. After which point your maintenance costs are reduced pretty much to $30-50/mo depending on how much you vape.
Now one thing I always tell people looking into doing this is to get off analogues is "you really gotta want it" you gotta want to quit. There is a definite commitment to it.
You have to spend a fair amount of money up front. Then you have to plan ahead and make sure you always have enough stock to last you until your next shipment arrives.
There's no noticing you just lit your last cig then heading to the corner store for another pack. You probably won't be able to bum a little juice off a buddy. You definitely won't be able to hit up a random stranger for a couple drops.
You have to keep track of batteries you have to take it into account if you travel and lug around sufficient supplies because unlike a cigarette you most likely won't be able to buy a replacement if you forget your charger at home.
People are going to look at you weird, they're going to ask you questions, some people are going to be the victims of misinformation and you may have to educate them.
Now in addition to some general advice I've made some specific device recommendations. I am in no way affiliated with any of the companies who's products I've recommended they just happen to be the ones I use for those supplies and I've been very happy with their products and services.
This doesn't mean that there aren't other options available. In fact there are quite a wide variety of them many of which look quite nice and others have had great success with them.
I personally don't like the integrated devices like the Ego this comes from my early experience with integrated battery units and I just find that they have way too many disadvantages compared to other types of mods. However many people swear by them.
Once again lots of people around here have different experiences and expectations and are going to offer advice based on those experiences.
This is what has worked for me. I believe that I've got a very effective system going both cost and quality wise.
I think the core components to success in switching to vaping from analogues are at their core pretty simple.
Good reliable vaping device.
Plenty of spares and supplies.
Real desire to succeed.
Planning ahead.
That's it. Whether you buy the Prodigy or any other PV if you follow those basic principles you have the recipe for success.
Ok book complete,
I hope some of the people who bother reading all this find it to be useful and wish you all the best of luck in using these devices to get off the analogue death sticks.
