Breakdown: How I Spent $432 in 21 days.

[jaycetan]

I received my first kit from cignot approx 20.5 days ago, and since I’ve spent a total of $432 on my electronic cigarette hobby. Sure, it’s a lot of money to me and others, but I’ve gladly forked it out.


20 days later and I have not smoked a single analog. Two of my brothers purchased their own kits from Cignot and both are now smoking approx 5 analogs a week, maybe less. A coworker of my brothers purchased a kit and is waiting on USPS. Last of all, a long time friend and his brother have yet to smoke an analog since they received their kits from Cignot 14 days ago.

I chose to put in the extra effort, do the extra research, and spend the extra cash, all in order to gain the experience. I’m sure I didn’t have to spend this much, but I wasn’t looking to cut corners.

Hope this helps!!!!





-First 510 Kit and juice from Cignot - $81 (Money well spent)

-Syringes from JRS Medical – $9 (Waste Of Money) Insulin syringes do not work well w/ ejuice. Larger gauge needle necessary.

-Canned air (Blow Off) – $5 (Waste Of Money) Very unnecessary since it is much more effective and easier to blow flooded atty orally.

-Syringe from Amazon.com – $9 (Money well spent)

- Tasty Vapor – $49
- Watermelon Strawberry (36mg) – (Waste Of Money) I personally couldn’t stand the taste.
- tobacco Menthol (0mg) - (Waste Of Money) I personally couldn’t stand the taste.
- Café Macchiato (24mg) – (Money well spent)

- Strictlyejuice.com Order - $14
-Blue Foam (Waste Of Money) Pieces of foam were cut too small
-Tweezers (Waste Of Money) Unusable tweezers
-Pen Style Case (Money well spent)
-Metal Case (Waste Of Money) Couldn’t fit a fully assembled 510.

- Blue Foam from Petco – $7 (Money well spent)

- 510 Kit and more juice from Cignot - $55 (Money well spent)

- Silver Bullet batteries and charger – $115 (Money well spent)

- Extra Atties - $21(Money well spent)

- Tasty Vapor – $39 Waiting on USPS
- Plain PG (N/A)
- Plain VG (N/A)
- Dropper Bottles (Money well spent)
- Tobacco Flavor (48mg)

- Ever Clear PGA - $19 (N/A) Waiting on USPS

- Lorann Flavoring from Ebay - $9 (N/A) Waiting on USPS

Total $432

Feel free to ask any questions.

 

[Bella Chic]

Sweet break down! Congrats on your vaping and I've spent quit a lot too but it is all worth it and I am loving this so much more!

 

[sheep]

I'm three weeks in and I think my total is similar...I'm scared to break it down! (but I think I will anyways this evening)

 

[Jmsdvs]

I have roughly spent $100 on my habit so far.
DSE103 kit + 30ml of juice + extra Carts+ 20 empty bottles+syringe+PCC+2 attys+60ml VG+3 lorann flavors+ 10 ml bottles+usb charger + 2 36 mg nic juice.
I think I forgot a few things but yeah that's the basic

 

[needtoknow]

I have roughly spent $100 on my habit so far.
DSE103 kit + 30ml of juice + extra Carts+ 20 empty bottles+syringe+PCC+2 attys+60ml VG+3 lorann flavors+ 10 ml bottles+usb charger + 2 36 mg nic juice.
I think I forgot a few things but yeah that's the basic

where did you get your stuff from? and do they have pg as well as vg?

And jaycetan, thank you for the info, you helped save us some time and $

 

[Drumonron]

I've spent quite a bit but with no regrets. I think back to all of the wasted money on nicotine gum, Inhibitors(pills), nicotine inhalers, etc and coupled with the fact that THEY never lead to me quitting analogs, I thank god for the PVs!! I've been off analogs since the end of September and my overall health has improved drastically! No smell, No Chronic Bronchitis or Pre-Emphysema wheezing and, MOST OF ALL...it feels great to know that perhaps there's a chance that I can get my PINK LUNGS back.

Good luck to all and VAPE ON!

Waiting on the Super T Super Six and the Juice Box!!

'Cause I'm in it for Life!...and, remember, if you smoke analogs...YOU WILL DIE. I know, I know...we all die...but I don't want to be in my golden years draggin' along an oxygen tank while wheezing, coughing, spitting up who-knows-what, feeling dizzy, and sleeping horribly.

Wish all the best.

 

[jaycetan]

I've spent quite a bit but with no regrets. I think back to all of the wasted money on nicotine gum, Inhibitors(pills), nicotine inhalers, etc and coupled with the fact that THEY never lead to me quitting analogs, I thank god for the PVs!! I've been off analogs since the end of September and my overall health has improved drastically! No smell, No Chronic Bronchitis or Pre-Emphysema wheezing and, MOST OF ALL...it feels great to know that perhaps there's a chance that I can get my PINK LUNGS back.

Good luck to all and VAPE ON!

Waiting on the Super T Super Six and the Juice Box!!

'Cause I'm in it for Life!

Good to hear! The money we spend cannot even compare to the medical bills we would have incurred!

 

[terrie1]

where did you get your stuff from? and do they have pg as well as vg?

And jaycetan, thank you for the info, you helped save us some time and $

Tasty Vapor sells vg and pg in their micsellanious category

 

[ZeeTo]

ha i've spent about the same.

started with blucigs-59.99
ran out n ordered another pack of carts-25.00
bought puresmoke at a local smokeshop 39.99
refils since then 60.00
JC e-liquid 30.00 with shipping
vp2 from dietsmokes that came without the battery n atomizers-140.00(2day air)
Tornado EN-I kit & 10mil liq-99.99 with shipping.

only one i feel ripped of for is the vp2 i couldnt use because the guy from dietsmokes.com forgot to include the batteries/atomizers/manual.
so i havnt even been able to use it, or to see if it even works.

so yeah my total has been around 450.00

this is in the past 3 weeks

really expensive but atleast im smoke free.

 

[CaptJay]

I daren't add mine up :lol
Just a thought here:
No juice is a waste of money cos its useful to know what you DON'T like - and, sometimes they taste different after a while. Maybe its our tastebuds, maybe its the juice, idk, all I DO know is that lqiuids I thought were yuk or couldn't taste when i got them, now taste ok or even great.
Except today which is one of my 'can't taste anything' days Yesterday I could taste lovely flavors and smells, today, nothing lol. It seems my poor lil' buds still aren't operating at 100% and take days off to recover or something

You seem like a great ambassador for PV - seems like everyone around you is a convert!

 

[Jmsdvs]

I just bought vg from the store like walmart or hobby lobby, then I would buy a high nicotine ejuice with pg and mix those to bring down the nic to my level changing 1 30ml btl into roughly 10 5ml bottles of whatever flavor I want. Was there something specific you would like to know about which ones I got from where?

 

[Belhade]

The compressed air is not a waste of money...I use the extension tube for my cart straw mod and I think I've seen people say you can use them with blue foam as well.

And, of course, you should always blow out your computer case!

 

[NCC]

Glad to see I'm not the only one. I attribute this to excitement, enthusiasm, OCD, whatever! It is excessive. On the other hand, I've been without smoking for more than three weeks for the first time in 35 years. So, I spent more than five month's cigarette budget in a couple weeks ... shoot me.

Knight Sticks (S&H) ...........9.95 (chalked up to experience)
Initial V4L order .......... 126.46
Initial Janty order ........ 176.40
Mixing bottles & juice ...... 35.94
Blackhawk 510/PT & juice ... 115.65
1 Litre 100 mg liquid ...... 190.92
Juicebox w/graphic & juice ..126.79
4x 24 gauge syringes ......... 1.00 (useless)
Blue Foam & stir sticks ...... 7.00 est.
2x 18650 Batteries .......... 19.98
Charger for 18650s ........... 5.80
Disposable 510 ............... 9.99
10cc glass syringe .......... 30.93
2x 6 Oz bottle USP Glycerin .. 7.98
3x 15 Gauge pipetting needles 35.28
Juice & flavorings .......... 30.74
5cc & 10cc 17g blunt syringes. 6.15
Tweezers ..................... 2.05
Compartmented boxes ......... 25.00 est.
15x KR808 Cartomizers ....... 33.32
2x KR808 XL Batteries ....... 33.48
1,2,5,10&20cc glass syringes .68.42
18, 20, 21, 22 & 23g needles .11.26
3x 50cc Beakers ............. 15.70
eGo/Tornado ................. 79.45
Mega 510 kit ............... 111.23
Screwdriver kit ............ 111.23
Screwdriver spares set ...... 47.66
Foreign Transaction Fee ..... 10.41
Kensington power pack ....... 39.76
20x Blank Cartomizers ....... 31.09
55 Pre-filled Cartomizers ... 95.06
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.......................... 1,652.08

Shipping & taxes (if any) are included.
I didn't tally this up until I saw your post.
I think I'd better take it easy for a while.

 

[Mickirette]

We should all be good for awhile. ( Unless somebody has a good sale.)
Micki

 

[oldtechno]

Mines around seven or eight hundred including my Plano organizer box I keep everything in, my pyramid tea bags (I got the wrong type so I don't even drink it), etc.

Mostly I shop only with CIGNOT.com. I like those two cuties's (at Cignot.com) cappuccino. Since I now only use the 510--it works out just fine.

 

[AmyB66]

Now I don't feel so bad!

I've sunk about 350 but there are three of us vaping. I seem to be the hard core one though.

 

[rfphill]

Love your honesty everyone, but the other benefit, besides helping a fledgling industry and tons of small businesses, is that you all contribute your hard won experiences for us to use... Thanks guys!

 

[ZeeTo]

Glad to see I'm not the only one. I attribute this to excitement, enthusiasm, OCD, whatever! It is excessive. On the other hand, I've been without smoking for more than three weeks for the first time in 35 years. So, I spent more than five month's cigarette budget in a couple weeks ... shoot me.

Knight Sticks (S&H) ...........9.95 (chalked up to experience)
Initial V4L order .......... 126.46
Initial Janty order ........ 176.40
Mixing bottles & juice ...... 35.94
Blackhawk 510/PT & juice ... 115.65
1 Litre 100 mg liquid ...... 190.92
Juicebox w/graphic & juice ..126.79
4x 24 gauge syringes ......... 1.00 (useless)
2x 18650 Batteries .......... 19.98
Charger for 18650s ........... 5.80
Disposable 510 ............... 9.99
10cc glass syringe .......... 30.93
2x 6 Oz bottle USP Glycerin .. 7.98
3x 15 Gauge pipetting needles 35.28
Juice & flavorings .......... 30.74
5cc & 10cc 17g blunt syringes. 6.15
Tweezers ..................... 2.05
Compartmented boxes ......... 25.00 est.
15x KR808 Cartomizers ....... 33.32
2x KR808 XL Batteries ....... 33.48
1,2,5,10&20cc glass syringes .68.42
18, 20, 21, 22 & 23g needles .11.26
3x 50cc Beakers ............. 15.70
eGo/Tornado ................. 79.45
Mega 510 kit ............... 111.23
Screwdriver kit ............ 111.23
Screwdriver spares set ...... 47.66
Foreign Transaction Fee ..... 10.41
Kensington power pack ....... 39.76
20x Blank Cartomizers ....... 31.09
55 Pre-filled Cartomizers ... 95.06

Shipping & taxes (if any) are included.
I didn't tally this up until I saw your post.
I think I'd better take it easy for a while.

wow all that in 3 weeks, ur a monster!!!(in a good way)

makes my 450.00 in 2 weeks look minute.

 

[Slighter]

You might want to check that canned air a lot of them use a bitterant additive to "discourage inhalant abuse". Warning would be on the can if it does.

 

[needtoknow]

Was there something specific you would like to know about which ones I got from where?

Yes if you could tell me, PG, empty bottles, pure nic, and any other diy items purchased, where and how much paid. THanks