I hate to ask newbie questions that can easily be answered by a forum search about the question that's already been asked/answered 100 times, but unfortunately here there are SO many experts and SO many opinions and SO many rightful biases & prejudices that I don't feel obtuse or research lazy by offering my specific situation and soliciting specific recommendations.
That said, I started with Joye 510s. Worked for a little while, got me into the activity (ok, obsession) of vaping, got off analogs. They got old fast; short battery life, leaky attys, constant topping off, lack of vapor, lack of flavor, no satisfaction once they became my sole source of nicotine and oral pacification. Tried cartos with little change, juices from a bunch of places in various forms/strengths, still lacking. Found out I'm a flavor/vapor person, TH is my last priority.
Moved up to the eGo. Big improvement, for a little while. Currently using a 1000 mA eGo-T battery with LR attys and large cartridges. Didn't get enough zoom from the SR attys, have had limited success with cartos. Tried some EMDCCs, with disappointingly less vapor or flavor than with the LR atty/cart setup with the same juice. I've tried filling via the condom method, syringe method, rhythm method, name it, same result. I can be satisfied dripping onto the LR atty and topping off the cart every six or eight hits, and then the atty's dry. Too much fiddling, especially at work or in the car.
So, logically, it's time for a mod. If I thought the e-cigs themselves offered a confusing assortment of choices, mods seem to be the mother lode. After much reading, I was somewhat committed to trying a Reo. Unfortunately they're apparently unavailable anywhere in this solar system as everyone decided to commit to a Reo at about the same time. Looked at sparkplugs, but they seem to use a different thread system than the 510 and I have a considerable amount of 510 threaded equipment I would rather employ on a mod than replace it all. Switch placement on the SP puzzled me as well. The bottom feeders appeal to me for simplicity and drip-similar effect but there don't seem to be a lot of bottom feeders developed yet. Periodic maintenance doesn't scare me, but continual nurturing to keep a device satisfactorily operational turns me off.
Mod brand/type loyalty abounds here as much as in the motorcycle world, understandably, but the "Just get a ____" statements left to stand alone haven't helped me much. Sorry this is long, but I wanted to document as much data as my limited experience will allow to work with before appealing to the Zen gurus of vaping to offer input on a sensible entry level mod. Price is irrelevant, availability is not.
Your input is much appreciated!
That said, I started with Joye 510s. Worked for a little while, got me into the activity (ok, obsession) of vaping, got off analogs. They got old fast; short battery life, leaky attys, constant topping off, lack of vapor, lack of flavor, no satisfaction once they became my sole source of nicotine and oral pacification. Tried cartos with little change, juices from a bunch of places in various forms/strengths, still lacking. Found out I'm a flavor/vapor person, TH is my last priority.
Moved up to the eGo. Big improvement, for a little while. Currently using a 1000 mA eGo-T battery with LR attys and large cartridges. Didn't get enough zoom from the SR attys, have had limited success with cartos. Tried some EMDCCs, with disappointingly less vapor or flavor than with the LR atty/cart setup with the same juice. I've tried filling via the condom method, syringe method, rhythm method, name it, same result. I can be satisfied dripping onto the LR atty and topping off the cart every six or eight hits, and then the atty's dry. Too much fiddling, especially at work or in the car.
So, logically, it's time for a mod. If I thought the e-cigs themselves offered a confusing assortment of choices, mods seem to be the mother lode. After much reading, I was somewhat committed to trying a Reo. Unfortunately they're apparently unavailable anywhere in this solar system as everyone decided to commit to a Reo at about the same time. Looked at sparkplugs, but they seem to use a different thread system than the 510 and I have a considerable amount of 510 threaded equipment I would rather employ on a mod than replace it all. Switch placement on the SP puzzled me as well. The bottom feeders appeal to me for simplicity and drip-similar effect but there don't seem to be a lot of bottom feeders developed yet. Periodic maintenance doesn't scare me, but continual nurturing to keep a device satisfactorily operational turns me off.
Mod brand/type loyalty abounds here as much as in the motorcycle world, understandably, but the "Just get a ____" statements left to stand alone haven't helped me much. Sorry this is long, but I wanted to document as much data as my limited experience will allow to work with before appealing to the Zen gurus of vaping to offer input on a sensible entry level mod. Price is irrelevant, availability is not.
Your input is much appreciated!
