Anyone saved any money over smoking?

[SammyT]

I know that the real "saving" involved in vaping is saving your life, but I am wondering if anyone of us REOnauts have saved any money over smoking. I know that if you fly coach in this vaping world it is possible to save money, but I'm not sure that with our addiction to fine PVs, and fine juice, and good attys and such that this is actually attainable. I think I have actually just about evened out now, and may have saved if i hadn't bought up a whole bunch of juice I don't care for. maybe by the end of the month I will have saved a little cheddar... at least until I buy another reo

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

Hi Sammy!
I think it depends on where you live and how much cigs are. We live in an area that is expensive to smoke. If MX and I were still smoking it would cost us $900/month, not including the doctor bills, hospital bills, and possible funeral that could have been an issue by now if we didn't quit when we did. With those kinds of savings, we could by 4 REOs a month plus accessories & juice. We don't, but we could

 

[BardicDruid]

I was until I discovered mods then oh well.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

I was until I discovered mods then oh well.

Ya...there is that

 

[Bogey]

I actually looked at my finance software. Yes. I am but it's close. I am still pretty new though. I am confident it will go down. I had a 350 dollar a month smoking habit.

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[ltrainer]

I've kept a spread sheet of all my vaping purchases since I started vaping in September of 2010. On my anniversary of being smoke free I am going to do an analysis and see how much I have saved. I know I have saved because I only have one Reo :-( and I DIY buying nic juice when on sale.

 

[Who-dat]

I was a pack and a half a day smoker and will say that my 1st month or two of e-cigs cost more than smoking. I had every kit & juice known to man coming to my door, and my bank account was getting hammered. I estimate I spent at least $1,000, on e-cig stuffs, in those 1st two months. Now, about 6 months into it, it's a different story. I pretty much alternate between my two Reo Minis, and I guess I go through an atty or two a month. I found a juice or two I like (eg. Robacco Caramel from Blue Mist) that cost a whopping $30 for 180ml, and sales pop-up where I can get that juice for ~$20/180ml. I've also cut down on my consumption, quite a bit, and have been known to forget my e-cig, without freaking out. If I said I spent $50 a month on my habit, I'd be exaggerating. I just placed an order for ~$140 in juice and attys, and that's my first order in 3+ months. It will probably last me for the next 3-4 months. So, yes, I'm saving.

So, costly in the beginning, but a real money saver, later on.

 

[mlinky]

I would have if I had only bought 2 REOs. That said, my "maintenance" cost, juice, batts, and attys is MUCH cheaper than my smoking habit was.

 

[John Wayne]

Cigarettes are cheap where I live in comparison to most of the country, but if I were to have just bought a basic starter kit and refilled as necessary it would still save me money after a couple months. Unfortunatley, I WANT TO TRY EVERYTHING! So I would have to say no.

 

[SammyT]

wow, see with me on a bad month my habit was 97.50 per month. Cigs are cheaper in Alabama, especially if you smoke off brand like I did. most months I could get away with only spending more like 80 bucks. for a while there I was down to half a pack/day making it 48.75/month. these figures are based on 3.25/pack which is how much my cigs were when I quit. I bought cartons at the cheapest place in town and smoked pall mall reds. Like I said, I have evened out, but when you think about it... what do I have to show for it... a Reo grand which is still valued at like 120 bucks, some KR 808 stuff I could probably sell for 25 bucks or so, and a boat load of juice I hate, but would still vape if needed. So in essence I have saved a couple of hundred bucks I guess. With smoking all I had to show for it was black lungs and a full ashtray. not to mention the smell

 

[Big Hitter]

I could if I wanted to .... .... but no!

 

[SammyT]

I could if I wanted to .... .... but no!

Well Said!

 

[nerak]

My 1 pack a day habit did not cost me a lot. I was paying around $99 for two carton.
My vaping, well lets just talk juice, attys, cartos, and drip tips, o.k.?
My figures for them are less per month than my cartons of cigs.
My initial KR808 and supplies, and my first REO cost about 4 cartons of cigs.

Any other purchases I have made related to vaping were not necessary to continue to vape, therefore I do not figure them in to the total.

The joy of vaping, and the health risks I have eliminated in my 6 months are priceless!

 

[zerominusone]

I don't have a REO; KR808D-1 instead but I'm still saving money compared to analogs. I did like ltrainer and wrote up a list of how much I spent. $78 first month, ~$90 second month, <$20 third month... compared to $130/month with analogs. Yeah, BIG savings. Plus I don't have to buy new clothes, sheets, furniture, etc. 'cuz of burn marks.

 

[John Wayne]

I don't have a REO; KR808D-1 instead but I'm still saving money compared to analogs. I did like ltrainer and wrote up a list of how much I spent. $78 first month, ~$90 second month, <$20 third month... compared to $130/month with analogs. Yeah, BIG savings. Plus I don't have to buy new clothes, sheets, furniture, etc. 'cuz of burn marks.

That's a good point at the end there. I used to get up for class at around 6, and my body wasn't used to it. I would light a cigarette and pass right back out, at least until I woke up to a cigarette burning through my shirt. Ruined lost of nice clothes smoking drunk as well, at least before I decided that my wardrobe should consist of thrift store tees with the sleeves cut off.

 

[Torqueguy]

Since quitting in May, I've saved $621.92 in tobacco.

I have however invested well over $3,000 on mods, juice, batteries, chargers, more batteries, more juice, more juice, more mods, even nicer mods, tooling to make my own mods, exotic wood to make even more mods, a soldering gun, wire, connectors, switches, drip cups, cartomizers, atomizers, fluoximizers, wondermizers, minimizers, maximizers, drip tips, mod cases, battery cases, tackle boxes, boxes to put my cases and boxes in. It's been a blast and I love it. I've had lots of hobbies in the past but this one is by far my greatest non family, non work passion. I'm never farther than 5 feet from an ecig of some sort of another. I have dedicated ecigs for my bedroom, my workshop, my car, my office, my briefcase, my suitcase etc.

After 40 years of smoking, one of my greatest pleasures now is holding lunch and learns with my people at work about vaping. It's gotten so that they now bring in their spouses, siblings, neighbors etc. I don't make a dime on anything and actually, usually give well over a hundred bucks a month away in starter stuff for those that are down on their luck. My secretary's brother needed a kidney transplant but was taken off the list because he smoked (makes sense). He started vaping, showed the ecig to the Dr and now it seems he's going back on the list for a kidney! How cool is that?

Gotta go, running to the post office to pick up a new Super T P-18! Can't wait to get ahold of that baby.

Oh yes, I have more energy now and the wife's been smiling more too since I quit. I'll let you figure that one out by yoursleves...

God Bless
Torque

 

[kabonk]

if I was still smoking I would have spent around $3,600 since last Nov so with even buying 4 reo in that time I'm still ahead of the game. my monthly maintenance I figure is around 25-35 dollars I DIY my liquid and use $3 bridgeless attys from GH1 about 1 a month for each reo.

 

[unsure]

Anyone saved any money over smoking?

 

[Delilah718]

I didn't save at first when I started back in December 2010. By February I had purchased three different starter kits. I wondered how I would save any money having to purchase cartomizers and juice and backup batteries inlcuding their chargers. I tried to save money by buying blue foam to refill my cartridges on my pass-thru In January I read about Reos and in light of all of my recent expenditures thought it cost too much. But after a lot of consideration, including the fact that ecig batteries were running anywhere from 15 to 20 dollars each, I thought a Reo with a 306 atty and batteries that cost under $10 most of the time would be a real $$ saver -- and I was right! Only thing I really spend on are atties and juice these days. But Rob keeps coming up with great mods that could blow away my savings in a NY minute

 

[Paddrino]

If I smoked .5 packs per day (actually I was getting closer to almost 1 pack per day when I stopped) it would cost me 70 bucks a month or 840 bucks a year at 5.00 / pack (which is the current average price here). Since I stopped I spent around 500 bucks. If I only had one Reo and just bought juice I would be saving money by now. However I like mods and different configurations so I spend more than necessary. I figure that after another couple of months I should be catching up and then start saving.

Of course this doesn't account for the extra doctor visits, and medicines to counteract the affects of smoking over time.

From a short term money stand point, I haven't caught up yet only because of my mod purchase bug.
From a heath and long term stand point, I am on track to do quite well.