Where to start? Okay: I've wanted to quit smoking for years, decades really, and have tried to quit hundreds of times. Sometimes I've lasted as long as two or three days, more often it's that many hours. Tried the patch and gum, both with some limited--I cut way down--success, but never totally quit and never lasted very long.
A neighbor started smoking ecigs about a year ago and never went back to tobacco, so I started looking into it. At first I was put off by the expense, I'm retired and on a pretty limited budget, and ecigs just seemed too damn expensive. But I continued to get more and more disgusted with the smell and the mess and the morning coughing fit and all the rest. Then I ran across ECF and, after a fairly steep learning curve, realized that I may be able to quit tobacco and at least break even if not save some dough.
So... I finally bought a $30 starter kit then a day later a pass-thru and a couple 10ml bottles of juice, all of it online from MyVaporStore. Why them? I don't really know but I think it was because I saw a video with some chick touting the kit and she looked interesting in an edgy/trashy sort of way so I went to the site and here I am except, naturally, I bought the wrong damn kit--I swear, women make me stupid--and had to go back and order the pass-thru and some juice.
I got the kit and the other stuff on Monday, 10/2, and haven't had a cigarette since, still have a pack and a half of menthol lights 100s and a lighter in my dresser drawer. Of course now I have a bunch of questions, a BIG bunch. Here goes:
That's enough for now, but I'm sure I'll be back with more questions. I guess I gotta post four more times here before I can sit at the grown-ups table.
Mostly I gotta say this: this is the longest I've ever gone without a real cigarette and if I can last six more days with what I've got--two sticks, six cartos and two 10ml bottles of juice--I will have broken even and every day after that is pure profit. And mostly it's due to this site, despite the fact that it took me a few days to figure out enough of the abbreviations and acronyms to make any sense of what I was reading. Boy am I glad I didn't go for one of those "free" offers when I was first looking around.
A neighbor started smoking ecigs about a year ago and never went back to tobacco, so I started looking into it. At first I was put off by the expense, I'm retired and on a pretty limited budget, and ecigs just seemed too damn expensive. But I continued to get more and more disgusted with the smell and the mess and the morning coughing fit and all the rest. Then I ran across ECF and, after a fairly steep learning curve, realized that I may be able to quit tobacco and at least break even if not save some dough.
So... I finally bought a $30 starter kit then a day later a pass-thru and a couple 10ml bottles of juice, all of it online from MyVaporStore. Why them? I don't really know but I think it was because I saw a video with some chick touting the kit and she looked interesting in an edgy/trashy sort of way so I went to the site and here I am except, naturally, I bought the wrong damn kit--I swear, women make me stupid--and had to go back and order the pass-thru and some juice.
I got the kit and the other stuff on Monday, 10/2, and haven't had a cigarette since, still have a pack and a half of menthol lights 100s and a lighter in my dresser drawer. Of course now I have a bunch of questions, a BIG bunch. Here goes:
- After filling cartos and fooling with the gear, how do I get this filmy goo off my fingertips? The damn touchpad doesn't respond right and I have to get up and go through a whole hand washing deal and don't want to, especially if I'm using my laptop while I'm messing with this stuff.
- I'm using an 808--finally figured out that's what I got--and wonder if these stick batteries have to be recharged more and more often as you use them. The first day or so, they seemed to last for hours but now one of them started blinking at me and I'd just charged it last night and only used it for my typical morning smoke-fest.
- There seem to be compatibility issues--much like the situation with my ex-wife[that MODERATED]--can someone briefly explain what goes with what. For a new guy it all gets pretty confusing: 510, 808, eGo, 905, Joye, Lambo and on and on. What is what and what goes with what? There's probably a page here that explains all that, but damned if I can find it. I'm getting too old for this stuff. Would prefer just a simple explanation.
- I like the two piece system but am thinking about getting clear cartos (clearomizers?) next time I order, both so I can see how much juice I have in there and so I don't have to fill up so often. I don't think I have any choice in the voltage of the stick battery, but do I want 2.4 or 2.8 ohms and what the hell difference does it really make? Do I even want clearomizers, should I just stick with refilling cartos and getting new ones every month or so?
- If I were to watch "What's New .....cat?" now, would I still think it was as funny?
- Do these stick batteries have a memory like some batteries, do I have to let them discharge fully or can I keep them topped-up? I have read that Lithium-Ion batts don't have a memory like NiCads do, but for all I know the site where I read that might have been pushing Li-ion batteries and I don't know what's what with these ecig gadgets.
- I believe that the cartos and batteries have to be replaced regularly. Since I was a pretty heavy smoker, pack-&-a-half a day since Eisenhower was in office, does a 5-pack of cartos and one new stick battery a month sound about right? I'm figuring that with that and maybe two 30ml bottles of juice a month I'm still gonna be spending way less than I spent on smokes.
- Has anyone else gotten real vivid and REAL weird dreams when they first stop cigarettes, like this one I'm getting with Erin Burnett in a French Maid outfit slapping a riding quirt on her thigh and telling me I need discipline and that she must be obeyed? Of course that was the night I smoked myself half sick, sitting at my computer sucking on the pass-thru every 10-15 seconds or so until I got cross-eyed and dizzy and realized that once again I'd overdone things. Too much is not enough still seems to be my default approach to new pleasures.
- What's inside these things? Are there any pics or drawings that show exactly what's what in them? It looks to me like I could push the guts out of either a battery or a carto but mostly I still wouldn't know what I was looking at. The few threads I've read read like they were written by EEs for EEs. What the hell, I was an English major.
- Can you overfill cartos, how do you tell if you did and what happens if you do? I've been filling them by squishing them down in a rubber cap thing half full of juice. How often should I fill them?
That's enough for now, but I'm sure I'll be back with more questions. I guess I gotta post four more times here before I can sit at the grown-ups table.
Mostly I gotta say this: this is the longest I've ever gone without a real cigarette and if I can last six more days with what I've got--two sticks, six cartos and two 10ml bottles of juice--I will have broken even and every day after that is pure profit. And mostly it's due to this site, despite the fact that it took me a few days to figure out enough of the abbreviations and acronyms to make any sense of what I was reading. Boy am I glad I didn't go for one of those "free" offers when I was first looking around.
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