It all started simply enough. My wife asked if I would be willing to try a e-cig.
Now I've been smoking for 20 years and tried several different ways to stop. Frankly I didn't see me not smoking. In fact I was pretty much resigned to the fact I was going to die a smoker, like my two grandfathers who both died from lung cancer.
I figured, what the hey. If nothing else I can play with the tech and fill my geeky need to tinker. So the wife picked up a cheapo model from the local smoke shop. To say the unit was crap would be putting it nicely. The cartridges were over priced. Suppose to equal a pack of smokes? Yeah right. Battery last more the 4 hours? Good luck. Produce vapor consistently let alone "heavily"? Suuurrreee, and I have a bridge to sell. What it did do, however was give me a taste, and that taste was vanilla.
I was floored. When it worked I wanted more of those flavors. Anything besides that burning leaf taste was just so absolutely astounding to me, I had to dig deeper. That was a mistake, but one I am happy I made. I had no idea how deep this rabbit hole went. Deep. Really deep.
I started as I always do (I am a geek after all), and started searching the net for anything I could find on product comparison, reviews, etc. I knew what I was looking for to start with. I wanted something that equaled at least a pack of smokes at one go with good flavors and decent prices. I settled on Smoketip, a KR808D-1 based model that had been reported to have great service and decent flavors. The lifetime guarantee on the batteries was a bonus. Of course, I didn't stumble onto ECF until after the fact, but we'll get to that later.
So I got my new toy, and launched into it with a vigor I don't often exhibit. Why? Because I didn't have to give up something I loved to do, but at the same time gained SO much more then a plain old cigarette could deliver.
I could have stopped there and been satisfied, but I didn't. A friend who had been vaping for a while pointed me at a place that sold a bacon flavors juice. I love me some bacon. If I were ever to have children, I would likely sell them to you if you offered me bacon as payment. So, I took a look at what DFWvapor had. Now I had just gone from 1 flavor to 10+, now my friend Bagger had just tossed me into the deep end. But I was smart SMRT! I was going to research how to do this whole "Refill a cartomizer" business before I bought anything. After all one of the reasons I pickup up a PV was to save money.
I was surprised how easy it was so I put in a order for 3 flavors for me and one for the wife (Hers are all 0 nic). Once they came in I filled up a couple of cartos immediately and was in heaven. I have found Nirvana. Ok maybe not that far, but by this point I hadn't had a real cigarette in 20 some odd days and had not desire to have one. Why have a pbj when you have bacon wrapped filet?
Then I stumbled upon this hive of villainy, debauchery, and evil evil EVIL temptation! I soon found myself in WAY over my head. It was like walking into the PC mod scene back in the day. I thought I had educated myself thoroughly. How wrong I was. I spent a few days reading reviews on liquids and hardware. Marveling at mods and tweaks. I went from hooked to a near religious fervor (No really. My wife told me to shut up last night about something new I learned from you lot).
It was time to order more liquid. Trying to decide on who is like trying to pick your favorite arm. You know you have to make the decision and pull the trigger, but it doesn't make it easier. I wound up going with Vaporbomb after hearing over and over both here and from other friends how good the cina-bomb was. Wouldn't you know the jerks were right. They were also right about many of the other flavors. The folks at VB were even nice enough to include a free sampler which caused about 5 minutes of confusion trying to figure out where the extra bottle came from.
That has been my journey so far. 42 days in, 1099 cigarettes avoids, and not a whole lot of money saved. I have no idea where to go from here but I'm already eyeballing my next PV so I can hand the 808 over to the wife. It's thanks to you folks that I fell this deep and I'm dragging my friends in with me. Hells, even a couple who don't smoke at all are starting with 0 nic just because all the flavors sound and taste so awesome.
So on the behalf of this noobie, thank you each and every one of you who helped on this journey. Even if you didn't know it. I just hope I can be as helpful with someone understanding all of this as you all were.
Now I've been smoking for 20 years and tried several different ways to stop. Frankly I didn't see me not smoking. In fact I was pretty much resigned to the fact I was going to die a smoker, like my two grandfathers who both died from lung cancer.
I figured, what the hey. If nothing else I can play with the tech and fill my geeky need to tinker. So the wife picked up a cheapo model from the local smoke shop. To say the unit was crap would be putting it nicely. The cartridges were over priced. Suppose to equal a pack of smokes? Yeah right. Battery last more the 4 hours? Good luck. Produce vapor consistently let alone "heavily"? Suuurrreee, and I have a bridge to sell. What it did do, however was give me a taste, and that taste was vanilla.
I was floored. When it worked I wanted more of those flavors. Anything besides that burning leaf taste was just so absolutely astounding to me, I had to dig deeper. That was a mistake, but one I am happy I made. I had no idea how deep this rabbit hole went. Deep. Really deep.
I started as I always do (I am a geek after all), and started searching the net for anything I could find on product comparison, reviews, etc. I knew what I was looking for to start with. I wanted something that equaled at least a pack of smokes at one go with good flavors and decent prices. I settled on Smoketip, a KR808D-1 based model that had been reported to have great service and decent flavors. The lifetime guarantee on the batteries was a bonus. Of course, I didn't stumble onto ECF until after the fact, but we'll get to that later.
So I got my new toy, and launched into it with a vigor I don't often exhibit. Why? Because I didn't have to give up something I loved to do, but at the same time gained SO much more then a plain old cigarette could deliver.
I could have stopped there and been satisfied, but I didn't. A friend who had been vaping for a while pointed me at a place that sold a bacon flavors juice. I love me some bacon. If I were ever to have children, I would likely sell them to you if you offered me bacon as payment. So, I took a look at what DFWvapor had. Now I had just gone from 1 flavor to 10+, now my friend Bagger had just tossed me into the deep end. But I was smart SMRT! I was going to research how to do this whole "Refill a cartomizer" business before I bought anything. After all one of the reasons I pickup up a PV was to save money.
I was surprised how easy it was so I put in a order for 3 flavors for me and one for the wife (Hers are all 0 nic). Once they came in I filled up a couple of cartos immediately and was in heaven. I have found Nirvana. Ok maybe not that far, but by this point I hadn't had a real cigarette in 20 some odd days and had not desire to have one. Why have a pbj when you have bacon wrapped filet?
Then I stumbled upon this hive of villainy, debauchery, and evil evil EVIL temptation! I soon found myself in WAY over my head. It was like walking into the PC mod scene back in the day. I thought I had educated myself thoroughly. How wrong I was. I spent a few days reading reviews on liquids and hardware. Marveling at mods and tweaks. I went from hooked to a near religious fervor (No really. My wife told me to shut up last night about something new I learned from you lot).
It was time to order more liquid. Trying to decide on who is like trying to pick your favorite arm. You know you have to make the decision and pull the trigger, but it doesn't make it easier. I wound up going with Vaporbomb after hearing over and over both here and from other friends how good the cina-bomb was. Wouldn't you know the jerks were right. They were also right about many of the other flavors. The folks at VB were even nice enough to include a free sampler which caused about 5 minutes of confusion trying to figure out where the extra bottle came from.
That has been my journey so far. 42 days in, 1099 cigarettes avoids, and not a whole lot of money saved. I have no idea where to go from here but I'm already eyeballing my next PV so I can hand the 808 over to the wife. It's thanks to you folks that I fell this deep and I'm dragging my friends in with me. Hells, even a couple who don't smoke at all are starting with 0 nic just because all the flavors sound and taste so awesome.
So on the behalf of this noobie, thank you each and every one of you who helped on this journey. Even if you didn't know it. I just hope I can be as helpful with someone understanding all of this as you all were.
