I just need to know that i'm not alone. I spent 75.00 on the E-cig kit, Another 50 dollars on getting carts and e-liquid. Now i find that i need to spend another 25 dollars for Attys? Good night! Am i really saving that much money on these things? Plus the aggravation of dripping and blowing and batteries and cleaning. I'm down to my last REAL cigarette and i can tell you that i wish someone had warned me that e-cigarettes are more hassle than they are worth. Plus just as expensive as cigarettes. I am getting so frustrated that i spent all this money on them only to find out that they are second rate at best. If you are a newbie and considering getting them....DON'T! I'm so mad about this whole thing...i wish i had never let myself get this kit!
I've had second thoughts also, but just recently realized (with the help of the nice people in this forum, naturally) that a lot of the aggravation was self-induced.
My first eCig was a SmokeStik (RN4081 model). The atomizers died quickly, so I switched to the Cartomizers, which also had a quality control problem. Some of them would last only about an hour of vaping, and were more expensive. The best thing about that one was that it gave me an idea of the advantages of vaping over smoking, both health-wise and financially.
About that time I discovered the Tasty Vapor website, and Geoff really helped me along the path to vapor enlightenment, both with some nice ejuice at a good price, and advice. He also introduced me to the 510 model, a Joye knockoff they offer, but for about half the price of the real thing. Geoff warned me that they weren't as good as the real Joyes, but good to try for a while. And Hey, for a $25 starter kit, I agree.
The FL 510 kept me going for a few weeks, which was much better than the SmokeStik, easier and more economical to refill. But, being a Joye 510 knockoff, these atomizers also had a short life.
Today, I just received my genuine Joye 510 from the WordUp Ecig Super Store (I really like the free shipping) and have discovered why people brag on them so much. Taste and vapor volume are what I have been looking for, but the bottom line is that they just work, and work well.
With the others, what started out with a small box of stuff now covers my entire four foot wide coffee table. Dead carts, unused SmokeStik stuff, bags of poly fiberfill from WalMart and boxes of Fluval from PetSmart, Q-tips and pipe cleaners, bottles, and . . . well, you get the picture.
Right now I'm looking forward to just enjoying my eCig with a cup of tea or coffee, and all the other times I loved a cigarette, instead of the major supply and maintenance operation that has dominated my extra time over the past several weeks. But with my better breathing without the smoker's wheeze, the smelly ash tray, the burn holes in my clothes and everything I have smelling like the ash tray, I have to say that it was, and is, well worth the effort. I'll never go back to analogs again, unless they ban eCigs. Even then I'll probably find the plans to build my own, and make my own ejuice, too.
My sincere thanks to all the Forum members, vaporers and merchants that have made it possible for me to give up tobacco after over 40 years of 2 or 3 packs a day! And to Hell with the FDA and their shilling for the tobacco and pharmaceutical corporations, who are going to be losing the money we vaporers are not going to be spending on their cigarettes or nicotine gum and patches any more.
I'll be posting my reply to the FDA on a new thread shortly, and I hope you all will tell me what you think about it.
Vape Free or Die!
