Are you done stocking up?

[DavidOck]

It's funny -- For the past few months, stocking up absorbed so much of my attention that i almost don't know what to do with myself now. vaping was only supposed to be a way to spend less on cigarettes. It was never supposed to be a hobby; certainly not an obsession. Wondering why it went the way it did ... Determination? Stubbornness? The satisfaction of giving the government, big-pharma, and big-tobacco the middle finger? Foolishness?

If you could go back in time, knowing of the pending vapocalypse, would you still have gotten into vaping?

Absolutely.

Even if it were similar in cost to smoking, my doc (and dentist) have both remarked on how my health has improved with this less harmful habit.

And, while initial (or vapocalpyse) spending is higher, after that it's lots cheaper.

Why it went the way it did? The Dooming. If we don't "get it now" there's a huge likelihood that we will never get it. Stocking for "forever" puts all the cost up front, not spread over years...

 

[Myrany]

Absolutely.

Even if it were similar in cost to smoking, my doc (and dentist) have both remarked on how my health has improved with this less harmful habit.

And, while initial (or vapocalpyse) spending is higher, after that it's lots cheaper.

Why it went the way it did? The Dooming. If we don't "get it now" there's a huge likelihood that we will never get it. Stocking for "forever" puts all the cost up front, not spread over years...

And some of us vapocalypse prepped TWICE. Once in 2016 and again now since the technology changed so much. And in my case I was underprepped in 2016

 

[borno]

Yea but at the same time many states legalized it before we did. And the weed up here bought from dispensaries is complete garbage. I think its sold by the govt atm so there is no there is basically no competition.

How far we have gone, I remember getting a nice big ounce of columbian gold for $30 walking into the liquor store smoking a cig. and drinking a cold one on the way home from work and it was not a crime.(except for the weed)

 

[rosesense]

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[MLEJ]

Im hoping I have everything I need to go forward.

What you said.

We usually just do what the US does

Definitely stop that right now!

walking into the liquor store smoking a cig. and drinking a cold one on the way home from work and it was not a crime.(except for the weed)

i thought it ridiculous that our society & government came to vilify tobacco smoking while celebrating (recreational, as opposed to medicinal) marijuana smoking. Now, experiencing the attack on vaping, there's no way to not conclude that there's either gross stupidity or a malicious agenda.

 

[4GTM]

I was thrilled to find out the advances in technology with vaping compared to many years ago. I was blessed to finally be able to dump the cigs and I'm coming up on 1 year smoke free. Rooting around learning about vaping, picked up some good devices, more digging for info, and got some really great devices now.
With PMTA looming it was reading up on even more stuff..DIY, the flavors, the mixing, RTA's, wire, youtube for coil building, and then the nic. It was info and shopping overload. I'm done and most important content with my stash but yes it was time consuming and there was money flying out there but I have no need for anything for quite sometime and a much better alternative to smoking.

 

[f1vefour]

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[Myrany]

I was thrilled to find out the advances in technology with vaping compared to many years ago. I was blessed to finally be able to dump the cigs and I'm coming up on 1 year smoke free. Rooting around learning about vaping, picked up some good devices, more digging for info, and got some really great devices now.
With PMTA looming it was reading up on even more stuff..DIY, the flavors, the mixing, RTA's, wire, youtube for coil building, and then the nic. It was info and shopping overload. I'm done and most important content with my stash but yes it was time consuming and there was money flying out there but I have no need for anything for quite sometime and a much better alternative to smoking.

2 weeks after I started vaping 7 years ago I heard about the then pending deeming regulations being written that would spell the end of vaping. It was my first day on ECF. That started me on the path to being ready right then and there. Imagine the panic. 2 weeks vaping and you find out about this. LOL

My research was done in chunks over the years as technology changed. First how to Rebuild CE5's. Eventually hunting down original protanks when they came out and rebuilding those coils.

Eventually I bought a REO and RM2 (rebuildable squonk atomizer). At that point I knew that was sustainable. Eventually I picked up another REO, a couple of other mechs, dripping atomizers, and a pair of provaris.

I mucked about with a few other rebuildable tanks along the way settling in on Subtank minis (rebuildable).

By this time it was 2016, I had been making my own liquid for years and winding my own coils. I stocked my nic and waited for the inevitable. Which didn't come. We got a series of reprieves. I didn't bother to buy more stuff other than coils for what I had. I was settled and comfortable and getting a satisfying vape. No reason to venture out.

I kept an eye on what was coming out but rarely bought anything new other than replenishing my existing stocks. At that point 2 things came together. 1. A boom of advancement in squonkers lead me back here to see what was what and EVALI which I knew was going to finally force the FDA's hand.

Last Sept/Oct I started stocking again in earnest. I was really finished by Christmas. The few orders since then were I wants not I needs.

Do I have some regrets on things I never got to try? Yep but they are small ones. In the end I am getting a satisfying vape and not smoking. That is all that matters.

I hate that current smokers will never get the opportunities we did to really stop smoking with vaping. Unless the world does a 180 I don't see it being above ground again until I am a very old woman or quite likely dead.

 

[f1vefour]

I hate that current smokers will never get the opportunities we did to really stop smoking with vaping. Unless the world does a 180 I don't see it being above ground again until I am a very old woman or quite likely dead.

That's more smokers in the US though, as the UK has embraced vaping and I'm guessing some other countries aren't nearly as closed minded as here in the states.

 

[Myrany]

That's more smokers in the US though, as the UK has embraced vaping and I'm guessing some other countries aren't nearly as closed minded as here in the states.

Doesn't help the folks here unless they are able to leave the country.

 

[CAAB]

If you could go back in time, knowing of the pending vapocalypse, would you still have gotten into vaping?

Or if you knew how much time and money you would have spent on it... If it gets you off an unhealthy tobacco product, thats great. But do you really need to stock up to use at a certain level for the rest of your life? That's the question I pose to myself, and I haven't found an answer.

I think an important and difficult question to ask is if you need vaping for the rest of your life? Or do you really need nicotine? Or is the time you spend on vaping unhealthy or otherwise interfering with your life?

Not here to judge anyone, just bring up the idea that stocking up isn't the only answer. Quitting or curtailing vaping habits is another option to consider.

 

[Fstop]

Guess i can now answer "Yes" to the thread's question.
Last nic order placed. No more is going to fit. If my estimates are right, it'll be enough (even if i spill or otherwise ruin a little of it).
Got all the hardware i can afford. Can only hope nothing dies on me too soon. Wish i weren't so clumsy.

It's funny -- For the past few months, stocking up absorbed so much of my attention that i almost don't know what to do with myself now. Vaping was only supposed to be a way to spend less on cigarettes. It was never supposed to be a hobby; certainly not an obsession. Wondering why it went the way it did ... Determination? Stubbornness? The satisfaction of giving the government, big-pharma, and big-tobacco the middle finger? Foolishness?

If you could go back in time, knowing of the pending vapocalypse, would you still have gotten into vaping?

 

[Fstop]

Given vaping is my transition off cigarettes, i'll continue vaping as longer as I want. Just have to get spare parts for tanks. Of the liquids I ordered, so far I found a gd cigarette substitute. TUES rest of eLiquids arrive. Will do my tasting thing & then my final order. Need Kanthal & Wicking Materials. Need protank mini
O-rings. Anything you can add?

 

[440BB]

Or if you knew how much time and money you would have spent on it... If it gets you off an unhealthy tobacco product, thats great. But do you really need to stock up to use at a certain level for the rest of your life? That's the question I pose to myself, and I haven't found an answer.

I think an important and difficult question to ask is if you need vaping for the rest of your life? Or do you really need nicotine? Or is the time you spend on vaping unhealthy or otherwise interfering with your life?

Not here to judge anyone, just bring up the idea that stocking up isn't the only answer. Quitting or curtailing vaping habits is another option to consider.

I'm not sure I'll be vaping for the rest of my life but I certainly want that option for the rest of my life. Vaping has been my only successful approach to keeping off cigarettes after trying most all other methods so it was cheap insurance to stock up. The benefits of nicotine as I dive into my senior years are something I want as well.

I didn't enter into vaping with the idea I would keep doing it long term but it's been a great help and I enjoy it. Caffeine and nicotine are manageable vices for me.

Different strokes for different folks!

 

[Myrany]

Or if you knew how much time and money you would have spent on it... If it gets you off an unhealthy tobacco product, thats great. But do you really need to stock up to use at a certain level for the rest of your life? That's the question I pose to myself, and I haven't found an answer.

I think an important and difficult question to ask is if you need vaping for the rest of your life? Or do you really need nicotine? Or is the time you spend on vaping unhealthy or otherwise interfering with your life?

Not here to judge anyone, just bring up the idea that stocking up isn't the only answer. Quitting or curtailing vaping habits is another option to consider.

I went down to zero nic for a year with absolutely the intention of stopping entirely. I discovered that my depression flared to a horrible level and my anxiety disorder reared its ugly head again. Went back on a very low level of nic and poof it all vanished. Even my Doc agrees that the low level of nic is a far better solution for me than serious pharmaceuticals for anxiety and depression given the side effects I have with the drugs.

I might be a fringe case but for some of us, yes, nic is necessary.

 

[Rossum]

Imagine the panic. 2 weeks vaping and you find out about this. LOL

I don't need to imagine it, I experienced it, although in my case I'd call it "determination" rather than panic.

I ordered my first liter of 100 mg nic base almost exactly two weeks after I put down a 40+ per day habit without actually intending to. I remember the exact day I placed that order: December 31, 2013, determined never to let anyone take this miracle away from me.

I had no clue how to DIY juice at that point, but was determined that I could learn how.

A few weeks later, I started building and wicking coils, determined to not to be dependent on a supply chain that could be shut down by politicians and/or bureaucrats. I should dig up pics of the first couple of coils I built. Thet were pretty sad looking things, but they made vapor!

 

[Myrany]

I don't need to imagine it, I experienced it, although in my case I'd call it "determination" rather than panic.

I ordered my first liter of 100 mg nic base almost exactly two weeks after I put down a 40+ per day habit without actually intending to. I remember the exact day I placed that order: December 31, 2013, determined never to let anyone take this miracle away from me.

I had no clue how to DIY juice at that point, but was determined that I could learn how.

A few weeks later, I started building and wicking coils, determined to not to be dependent on a supply chain that could be shut down by politicians and/or bureaucrats. I should dig up pics of the first couple of coils I built. Thet were pretty sad looking things, but the made vapor!

Once I learned it was possible to build coils and make liquid then panic became determination. That took a few days for me to find out what I needed to learn to do.

And yes you and Baditude and a few others were a big part of me getting it all sorted out.

 

[MLEJ]

Imagine the panic. 2 weeks vaping and you find out about this. LOL

Yup. Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt. Exactly.

determined never to let anyone take this miracle away from me.

Love your perspective!

The benefits of nicotine

Funny how mainstream news never seems to mention the benefits of nic, ain't it?

 

[Katya]

If you could go back in time, knowing of the pending vapocalypse, would you still have gotten into vaping?

The vapocalypse has been pending for at least 11 year--since the day the FDA started seizing shipments of e-cigs from China in the summer of 2009. We've been having a party on borrowed time and we have all been aware of it from day one. This is nothing new, even though things look pretty grim right now--possibly the grimmest. But I still refuse to believe that the fight is over. But that's just me. It may take another year or 10 years. If not vaping as we know it today, then some other, similar, form of tobacco harm reduction will be invented.

So, to answer your question, going back in time, I knew about pending vapocalypse and got into vaping enthusiastically and with eyes wide open.

 

[Redbird11]

The vapocalypse has been pending for at least 11 year--since the day the FDA started seizing shipments of e-cigs from China in the summer of 2009. We've been having a party on borrowed time and we have all been aware of it from day one. This is nothing new, even though things look pretty grim right now--possibly the grimmest. But I still refuse to believe that the fight is over. But that's just me. It may take another year or 10 years. If not vaping as we know it today, then some other, similar, form of tobacco harm reduction will be invented.

So, to answer your question, going back in time, I knew about pending vapocalypse and got into vaping enthusiastically and with eyes wide open.

Do you ever go to sleep? Or is the Fasttech drama making you an insomniac?