For a couple of years, every now and then I would google e-cigarettes and usually end up right here, but it was like reading a foreign language to me and I never did any real research. I often passed by a local B&M at lunchtime, and one day, over 2 years ago now, something made me stop in. The place as PACKED with people, these stores were quite a novelty then. What turned out to be the owner latched onto me and pretty much told me what I needed...the "Deluxe" starter kit with two ego batteries, two clearomizers, charger, and a bottle of juice. I charged them up that night but didn't try it until the next day. After trying to dump the juice into the wrong end of the clearo, I finally figured out how to fill it. First time I hit the button, it popped very loudly and I got a big puff of vapor. I just sat there and smiled. I had about 1/2 cigarette a week later, and another half a week after that and they tasted awful...that as all she wrote. I've steadily upgraded my equipment over the past couple of years and, looking back, I don't know how that little ego did the trick, but it did.