Vaping is hard. It takes discipline, determination, and planning ahead. You need at least two of everything in the setup, because electronics and mechanical devices fail. People have a hard time understanding why you need more than one battery and one delivery device. What if that battery dies? Or that one clearomizer bites the dust?
Keep at least a week's worth of juice on hand at all times, because it can take a week to order and receive it by mail. Keep on a plan and stick to it. Don't let spent batteries just lay around, get them back into the charger. No charged batteries - no vaping. No working "toppers" - no vaping. No juice - no vaping. It's not THAT hard to understand.
I have a coworker that I gave a simple setup on loan so he could try it out without having to buy a crappy device from a gas station. Nothing fancy- 650 ego, evod, charger and 30ml of liquid. IMHO a decent "test" setup if you will.
I explained the setup- how to operate, charge, clean and fill, and also have him links to ECF and various suppliers so he could purchase what he wanted when the time came. That was 2 months ago.
First, he didn't like the liquid. "Okay" I said and gave him another 15ml.
Then, he thought it wasn't strong enough. "Okay" I said and gave him 10ml of something stronger.
Then, he thought the PG / VG ratio was wrong for him. "Okay" I said and mixed him 3 different 10ml ratios and flavors. My rationale this whole time being that he has needed to try a few different liquids and I can understand that this can be one of the most frustrating parts of starting.
THEN, he tells me that it all tastes like crap and he thinks something is wrong. "Let me see" I said. I proceeded to dismantle the head to find the coil was almost a solid chunk of burnt liquid. (I explained cleaning this too, btw).... "Okay" I said and put in a replacement head. While I was at it, I cleaned out the liquid that was pooled up in the battery threads and explained again that this needs to be done regularly of the battery was to survive.
THEN, he tells me that he is out of liquid but didn't really like what I gave him anyways, so "what else can you make me" and "oh, by the way I think I need another one of those head thingies".....
Turns out he never visited ECF, never even looked online for his own setup, and didn't really think he needed to, since he figured I was so "pro vaping" that I would do whatever it took to keep HIM off cigs.
I told him to keep the hardware and I bought him a pack of cigs the next day on my way to work.
In summation- vaping...... It's not for everyone.
I shoulda just done a second post - sorry.
