That's exactly what I figured out in a very long process. Coming from tootle puffing I went the DTL-route and at no point I was really satisfied with my vape. Devices and attys came and went, mostly squonkstuff, craving for stinkies got stronger, and then: bam. I bought a Flash-e-Vapor V4, took the 1.2mm airflowscrew, raised my nic to 10%, put in some decent tobacco liquid and never looked back.
The only vapemail I'm awaiting is a Reo Grand (I sold my first one, because it didn't do well with my sub ohm builds) and a Speed Revolution Clone as my M2L squonknirwana.
It took nearly 1 1/2 year to recognize this, but for now I'm done with excess gear and concentrate more on creating the liquids I wanna vape, getting my nic hit, not worrying about the next big thing out there. Vape and relax, so to speak, not gettin' mad about gear.