Ok guys, whoever can lend me some help here would be greatly appreciated. I have done far too much searching on this forum and haven't really found what I'm looking for yet, so I decided to sign up and post. Hopefully it will be beneficial.
I'm not exactly looking to get into vaping as I am not a smoker. I did happen to notice as I was signing up that "ECF does NOT advise or condone the use of e-cigarettes by non-smokers" so I just wanted to make you all aware that I understand that. So don't get all preachy on me.
I am looking into getting an e-cig for a couple reasons:
One; I recently realized I have quite an oral fixation and I am aware that this can be a trait of one who smokes. After seeing plenty of videos on those forsaken 'free trial' sites, it seems that many smokers can happily switch from analogs because they can still satisfy the "hand-to-mouth" reflex. Or for those of us with an oral fixation problem that don't smoke, we snack. I've (only recently) considered the idea that perhaps a nicotine-free flavored e-cig could aid in curbing my desire to always put food in my face. I tend to gravitate towards candy, so I figured something chocolate or fruity flavored would still be a welcome sensation while avoiding dumping all those extra calories into my steadily growing gut.
Two; lets get off the topic of me taking up vaping while not being a smoker. I live a creative life. Without going into too much detail; I enjoy creating music, drawing, painting, photography, etc... if its art I'm into it. I am also very interested in film and you could say I am an aspiring filmographer. I have shot a few things before but am wanting to get more in depth and do a short film or two. I have ideas for a sequence where the character (me, for the time being) will need to be smoking—and of course I have no desire to smoke a real cigarette. This has led to me being interested in the e-cig.
I first got really interested about 9 or 10 months ago. And I ordered a trial kit from our good buddies over at (there was supposed to be a link here, but I guess I can't do that until I have 15 posts) Knightsticks. Surely most of you know how that went. I was looking for a free trial of course, and only after completing the order did the site let me aware that I was to be charged $100 for it after my 7 day trial period was up and billed $60 a month from then on to send me cartridges. Well, after 3 or 4 days I called to cancel without even having gotten the package yet and of course the lady became quite b*tchy with me but said I needed to send it back. I indicated that I was worried about being billed if I didn't get it back in time and she then let me know that I had two weeks to get it back to them. Crap, I was hoping to keep this free little thing to use for my film projects. So I got it a day or so later and I used it for a few days just to see what it was like and I quite enjoyed it. I mean it tasted pretty awful, but it was a cool experience. It looked convincing enough as well that I could use it as a 'cigarette simulator' for my films. Then I sent it back and everything was copacetic.
And so it has been only recently that I have decided to pursue this venture again, and now I'm seeking your advice.
I'm looking to get an e-cig that most accurately simulates a real one. I know most of the scene has gone the other way as you want to disassociate yourselves from the 'negative image' of smoking, and now mostly what's available comes in black or looks like a pen or has a blue led and usually comes equipped with a manual battery. No disrespect to anyone here, because I think they look pretty neat but I'm trying to find a cigarette clone in look and performance. I want it to be brown on one end, white on the other and glow red when I use it... without having to press a button. It seems to me after browsing through the supplier forum and clicking a bunch of links that it's all that's really available now and the only way to get a cigarette LOOK is through the shady trial sites.
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to find a CHEAP (I'm still a student here, I don't have a huge budget for props) starter kit and hopefully one that I can get with a flavor other than tobacco or menthol. I don't care so much about PCCs or how long the battery lasts (I prefer the look of the shorter one), and I also don't want one that I have to refill... I'm looking for an automatic battery with the screw on cartridge. I don't care about whatever a throat hit is, but I do want as much vapor as possible so it looks good on camera. I'm looking for a PROP afterall, and I'd like to get away with spending less than 20 bucks if that's at all possible. Heck, if somebody has an old one they want to get rid of for cheap that would be great, and just tell me where I can get extra carts for it.
If you read all the way through this I thank you, and I'm sorry I made it so lengthy but I hope you can appreciate the fact that I'm only a newbie when it comes to e-cigs and not when it comes to forums. I searched for quite a while before I posted: yay for noobs that don't just sign up and start a new thread with the same simple question for the 8th time this week!
Thanks for your time and thanks in advance for any info you can lay on me here.
I'm not exactly looking to get into vaping as I am not a smoker. I did happen to notice as I was signing up that "ECF does NOT advise or condone the use of e-cigarettes by non-smokers" so I just wanted to make you all aware that I understand that. So don't get all preachy on me.
I am looking into getting an e-cig for a couple reasons:
One; I recently realized I have quite an oral fixation and I am aware that this can be a trait of one who smokes. After seeing plenty of videos on those forsaken 'free trial' sites, it seems that many smokers can happily switch from analogs because they can still satisfy the "hand-to-mouth" reflex. Or for those of us with an oral fixation problem that don't smoke, we snack. I've (only recently) considered the idea that perhaps a nicotine-free flavored e-cig could aid in curbing my desire to always put food in my face. I tend to gravitate towards candy, so I figured something chocolate or fruity flavored would still be a welcome sensation while avoiding dumping all those extra calories into my steadily growing gut.
Two; lets get off the topic of me taking up vaping while not being a smoker. I live a creative life. Without going into too much detail; I enjoy creating music, drawing, painting, photography, etc... if its art I'm into it. I am also very interested in film and you could say I am an aspiring filmographer. I have shot a few things before but am wanting to get more in depth and do a short film or two. I have ideas for a sequence where the character (me, for the time being) will need to be smoking—and of course I have no desire to smoke a real cigarette. This has led to me being interested in the e-cig.
I first got really interested about 9 or 10 months ago. And I ordered a trial kit from our good buddies over at (there was supposed to be a link here, but I guess I can't do that until I have 15 posts) Knightsticks.
Surely most of you know how that went. I was looking for a free trial of course, and only after completing the order did the site let me aware that I was to be charged $100 for it after my 7 day trial period was up and billed $60 a month from then on to send me cartridges. Well, after 3 or 4 days I called to cancel without even having gotten the package yet and of course the lady became quite b*tchy with me but said I needed to send it back. I indicated that I was worried about being billed if I didn't get it back in time and she then let me know that I had two weeks to get it back to them. Crap, I was hoping to keep this free little thing to use for my film projects. So I got it a day or so later and I used it for a few days just to see what it was like and I quite enjoyed it. I mean it tasted pretty awful, but it was a cool experience. It looked convincing enough as well that I could use it as a 'cigarette simulator' for my films. Then I sent it back and everything was copacetic.And so it has been only recently that I have decided to pursue this venture again, and now I'm seeking your advice.
I'm looking to get an e-cig that most accurately simulates a real one. I know most of the scene has gone the other way as you want to disassociate yourselves from the 'negative image' of smoking, and now mostly what's available comes in black or looks like a pen or has a blue led and usually comes equipped with a manual battery. No disrespect to anyone here, because I think they look pretty neat but I'm trying to find a cigarette clone in look and performance. I want it to be brown on one end, white on the other and glow red when I use it... without having to press a button. It seems to me after browsing through the supplier forum and clicking a bunch of links that it's all that's really available now and the only way to get a cigarette LOOK is through the shady trial sites.
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to find a CHEAP (I'm still a student here, I don't have a huge budget for props) starter kit and hopefully one that I can get with a flavor other than tobacco or menthol. I don't care so much about PCCs or how long the battery lasts (I prefer the look of the shorter one), and I also don't want one that I have to refill... I'm looking for an automatic battery with the screw on cartridge. I don't care about whatever a throat hit is, but I do want as much vapor as possible so it looks good on camera. I'm looking for a PROP afterall, and I'd like to get away with spending less than 20 bucks if that's at all possible. Heck, if somebody has an old one they want to get rid of for cheap that would be great, and just tell me where I can get extra carts for it.
If you read all the way through this I thank you, and I'm sorry I made it so lengthy but I hope you can appreciate the fact that I'm only a newbie when it comes to e-cigs and not when it comes to forums. I searched for quite a while before I posted: yay for noobs that don't just sign up and start a new thread with the same simple question for the 8th time this week!
Thanks for your time and thanks in advance for any info you can lay on me here.
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