Advice for newbies from a newbie

[lasttango]

Day 6 with my wonderful KR808D-1 from V4L -

I was a pack - pack and a half smoker... about 20 years. I wanted to quit, but my will power is horrible... tried patches, gum cold turkey etc... like you've read in other posts, I was also able to completelly cease with the analogues from the moment my batteries were charged. It's like a miracle!

Anyway, I made a mistake... and this morning, I ripped a pack of camel lights open and went to town on them for about an hour...

Here's what I did wrong... I didn't buy enough cartomizers at a high enough Nic level... I have plenty of 18mgs and 11mgs... I busted through the few 36 and 24's... I had... didn't buy the high nic juice to top off either. I was going through 1-2 carts a day.

Once I sucked a few analogues down, I resumed on my 18mgs for the rest of the day... even the after dinner cigs...

I wish I could have anticipated a few things... but as I read many times on this site, there is a learning curve with e-cigs...

I wish I knew that I should have bought more higher nic cartomizers/juice.

I wish I knew that I didn't like the fruity flavors as much as the tobacco, sweet and nutty kinds...

*I am glad that I bought a third battery and USB Pass to start...
I am vaping like a madman and that third battery are usb pass are very helpful.

I put TWO more orders in recently and by mon/tues I will have another 50+ Carts at the 36 and 24 MG level...

I know that sounds expensive... but I am going a bit overboard on purpose... I really need this to work. I think once I get the hang of my needs, economizing will be easier.

If you are anything like me... and you have a pretty good feeling that this will work for you... don't underestimate what you need for your initial order.
If you get the KR808, get plenty of carts... if you get a 510 get plenty of juice. spend the extra few buck on another battery... they do have decent life... but if you use it all day long, you will want more than two.

It's working well for my wife... we got plenty of carts at the strength she requires and no problems on her end. She lit up a few times and immediately put her cig out and went to vaping because it tasted better and was somewhat more satisfying***

my 2 cents.

 

[reckless68]

It sounds to me like it may be cheaper for you to go with filling up carts yourself. Its cheaper in the long run but you need to set aside a little time to do it each day.

 

[lasttango]

I think you are right... I bought some blank ones and some juice... but again, too low of a nic level at this point.

 

[~Jo~]

Don't beat yourself up about it. That first order is hard when you don't know what mg you need or what flavors you're going to like. A lot of people here start vaping and never smoke another cig, but some of us are easing into it a little slower. I'm thrilled right now because I'm down to half of what I was smoking, and encouraged by the posts from people who say it took them a couple of months, but in the end they quit smoking completely, too. We move at our own paces, and deal with the circumstances at hand. You'll get your new cartos and move on from there. If it was easy, we would have quit years ago, so every cig not smoked is a victory.

 

[Slighter]

Your on the track and you can refill cartos btw. the info is here. You'll break even and then go into real savings

 

[bighatcowboy]

Was at pack and a half here and 18mg seemed to strong to me. Got a bit light headed, doesn't help that I'm vaping a lot more then I smoked.

Got some 0 nic juice comin' soon to cut it down a bit. Guess it's yee old your milage may very. Guess it's better to go high if you aim is to quit right away.

 

[kimsark]

I can relate to what you're going through. I got my setup just yesterday. My mistake was in over estimating the nic level I needed. I started off with 24 mg and it turns out it's too strong for me. So now I have nic juice that makes me cough like crazy and makes me light headed. I've been set back by a few days too until my order for more juice gets here.

It's definately frustrating to say the least.

 

[pisacandy]

I bought menthol "low" strength and regret it already, my "medium"s of cappucino and coffee mint are going over much better... didn't realize I needed the extra nic until after a few days working it. Analogs taste like crap now, but I'm still nursing a few a day to get through this last pack... I am kinda cheap like that, but it sure feels good and almost cleaner to vape now

 

[Switched]

It's not falling off the wagon that is bad, it's not getting back on IMHO. Check the sig. I am not smoke free but 4-5 analogs a day down from 20-25 is positive.

My first order didn't see me thru the advertised period and I ran out. Result 3 days of analogs yuck! I had an orgasm when my carts came in.

I have a big order coming in that should replace the morning and after meal analogs, then I'll place the other banner in my sig.

The glass IS NOT 1/2 EMPTY, IT'S 1/2 FULL. (sorry folks no disrespect intending with the caps, just some positive reinforcements)

 

[critterbug]

Those are really good suggestions. That is one thing I didn't realize, too... that with vaping, just like you don't have just one flavor, you don't have just one strength, as you did with cigs. Like I didn't wake up and have an ultra lite and then have a marlboro red at lunch. But I'll wake up and go low nic and then in the middle of the day have some medium nic. That's invaluable to know and I think, when you're thinking about replacing your cig habit, you're thinking, "Oh. OK. Now I need to find *my strength*." And that's not how it works for a lot of vapers, I see.

 

[FrogHat]

No one is gonna shoot you for going overboard......................that's what I did.

Buy whatever you want and as much as you want. Whatever works for you.

 

[mwahle1]

I started with 24 mg juice, but needed to go up to 36 mg. This definitely helped to lesson my cigarette cravings.

When I started, I liked the tobacco flavors the best; however, now I like many different flavors. I still enjoy the tobacco flavors, but I enjoy other flavors more (blackberry, atomic fireball, green apple, German chocolate cake…..) What I am saying is that your tastes change over time.

My suggestion would be to go to a China site like Healthcabin where you can purchase 50 empty cartomizers at a time, and also experiment with a few quality juice makers to find some good juices (Myfreedomsmokes, Tasty Vapor, DIY flavorshack, Ms. T’s……….). This will be much cheaper in the long run and the juice flavors are much better than the pre-filled cartomizers.