Initial Shopping Philosophy and List
(No, not the tldr version yet. Keep scrolling for that)
Our initial lump of stuff should be sufficient to provide the best possible chance for establishment and cultivation of a positive, lasting relationship between e-cigarettes and us, but not so huge that we are overwhelmed, nor our budgets exhausted, because we can't know for sure at this point which size wireless ones we like best, nor which flavors, nor any of the particulars of what's going to work best for us.
So here's what to get:
(No this still isn't the tldr version, as you can see)
electric hookah-doodle (they call it a "passthrough," but you're there to buy one, not judge their vocabulary deficiencies)
at least one wireless e-cigarette (the thing they call a "battery." Not there to judge, remember?)
Chargers:
1 wall rodent for the electric hookah-doodle (sometimes called a wall rat, wall wart, or wall muskrat). (OK, so what if I'm the only person who calls it a wall muskrat, and today is the first time I ever did. I said "sometimes called," didn't I? Well this is a time, and I called it one).
Chargers for the wireless e-cigarettes
There are 4 ways you can charge these
1) in the wall (or uninterruptible power chunk, or one of those power strip things - anything that has just a plain old outlet, like you'd use to plug in your TV, bedside lamp, microwave, hair design equipment, etc) This is the best option for us.
Plug It All Into The Wall
It's something we're all familiar with, thus less likely to cause problems or confuse us more than we already are, and it even rhymes.
2) in a vehicle (You know that little knob you pull out and there's a cigarette lighter on the end? If you make sure it's cooled off and put it somewhere, you can then use the socket you just removed it from to plug things in, and a car charger is one of those things. It's unlikely that we spend enough time in vehicles to warrant getting one of these right away, if ever.
3) in a computer or powered USB hub (My recommendation is that We the Old and Sick not try this, just in case our OMGs might catch wattles or something. Plug it into a wall wallaby instead).
4) in your electric cigarette case (which will also need a wall possum with a USB slot, because while it's called a "charging case," it also must be charged. (It does not, I was somewhat disappointed to learn, construct the electricity molecules all by itself, but they do come in leopard, which almost makes up for that).
Cartomizers - Get a selection of tobacco flavors, in a selection of nicotine strengths, and a few flavors you think you might like, also in different strengths.
Tobacco flavors tend to have more throat hit - and be coughier - than non-tobacco flavors.
Any flavor in zero nicotine is more likely to also have zero throat hit, and any flavor with lots of nicotine, like 24 or 36, is more likely to make you cough.
If you have a Smart Shaman, this is where she may be able to help you fine-tune your shopping list, depending on what you smoke, how much and how.
Any cartomizers that you don't like, hang onto them for now, but put them away so you don't get them confused with ones you do like and will be using.
Eventually, once we've reduced our tobacco consumption enough to obtain those Taste Bud Changes people have been bleating at us about all these years, we'll be able to make much better choices, and decide which cartomizers we know we do not now nor will we ever like.
And Oh! Here's the best part of all - once we're able to taste flavors like pineapple or champagne, if we really don't like them - we get to put them in the PIF section of the forum so that someone who needs them can have them!
Here it is! Shopping Instructions - tldr Version:
Go to the Vapor 4 Life store and get these things:
electric hookah-doodle, or "passthrough"
1 or more wireless e-cigarettes, or "batteries"
chargers for those things
cartomizers
If you're not able to find it all on their website, there's a fill-in form to contact them, and they hang out here a lot. Explain that you're an ancient, addled, and decrepit potential customer, and somebody will be happy to help you.
Continued in Canto III
