I use a nice app on my phone it keeps track of what I spend on vaping by adding what I spend to a list and keeping track of what I would have spent smoking at x cigarettes a day and how much per pack
Holy CRAP!! My mortgage is less than that!!!Up here in Canada I was spending $700/month to smoke 'premium' stinkies.
If one ignores the cost of hardware which varies greatly huge savings can be made by DIY juice.I find the cost savings to be the most overrated thing about vaping. It's cheaper only if you control your spending and/or cigs are expensive. I did RYO for about $50 a month and it was less effort and complexity than my current vaping, although boring. I've probably gone below that 2 months out of the last year and use extreme budget gear. I've met someone that spent $1200 in a short time and people on here have spent $40,000.
The low $/mL quoted for DIY juice requires making a lot -- vaping more or giving it away -- or similar restrictions as hardware. $45 a year? I spent $65 on my 1st batch of stuff 3 months ago, got $40 more and am looking at doing that again already. You could only make 3 flavors and it would still be more than $45 startup for it to be only $45 a year.
There are some other cheap options for ejuice, or the best of all would be to have a friend into DIY instead!
I find the cost savings to be the most overrated thing about vaping. It's cheaper only if you control your spending and/or cigs are expensive.
And most of us didn't "RYO" -- I tried some Prince Albert once, YUCK! I wanted the taste of CIGARETTES, not pipe tobacco.
I live in Florida, so cigarettes are pretty cheap here.
But, it still is expensive if you smoke 2 packs a day like I did for so many years ....
The cheapest generic cigarettes cost $34 per carton ...
2 packs per day x 30 days per month = 60 packs per month (6 cartons) x $34 per carton = $ 204 Monthly
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I now make my own DIY juice which cost me about .09 cents per ml.
I vape 5ml of this juice per day x 30 days per month = 150ml per month x .09 cents per ml = $ 14 Monthly
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So, as I see it .... this cigarette habit was costing me about [14 times] more money than what vaping now costs me!
And God help those unfortunate people that live in places like New York City .... I am thinking that they may be paying triple of the prices I just posted above if they are on a cigarette habit.