Are you saving money?

[Davey59]

In theory yes. I will break even on Monday. Seams that is exactly what I said about this in another thread a few weeks ago I do have a lot of cool stuff instead of a pile of stinky cigarette butts. Plus some of the money I have spent is paying it forward.

A little under 8 bucks a pack in WA, more depending on where you buy. At a pack + a day it won't take long to realize some REAL savings but I will have to stop upgrading to start the real savings. I can only think of about a hundred thing I still want

Edit: Without adding extra packs of smokes caused by extra stress or drinkin I have been spending 2,810 dollars a year at a pack a day. This does not include the wife's cigar habit which pales in comparison to my smoking is at least another grand.

 

[Pamailman]

NO........Just look at my signature. That's since the end of January and I have no idea on juice.

 

[benroy44]

I don't know if I'm saving money or not and I don't care if I am or not but I'm not smoking any more and that's all that maters any way

 

[sc12]

I am a big $17.01 into the green zone.

 

[mattiem]

I kept track of what we spent the first year. We came out over $1700.00 in the black. That was for two of us. I know we wasted a LOT of money just starting out but now that we know what we like and I DIY most of our e-juice the savings are really adding up.

 

[PapaSloth]

I am a big $17.01 into the green zone.

Woohoo! That's a good burger and a pitcher of beer to share with your friends.

 

[K_Tech]

From day one of vaping, no, but my expenditure has gone down significantly since the first four or five months. I think I've settled into a nice routine, finally.

 

[sbc83]

Spent about $850/yr on cigs, half a pack per day. My first year vaping I saved $550, spent $300. This year I started diy and will be saving $750, budget being $70 in diy supplies and $30 for misc from ft. I already have a well supplied stash so not much is needed.

I'm simple and have self control. I don't have the need to buy premium juice or every new shiny thing I see.

 

[cbrite]

I spent a lot of $$ on vaping in the first 3 or 4 months. Not as much as on smokes (2 packs/day at $7) but close. But now I have a ton of juice and most of the batteries, tanks, etc. I want. So only spending a little for coils and zamplebox membership. It evens out after a while.

 

[windxrunner]

I pay $8.99 for a 15ml bottle which lasts me one week. I vape about 2 ml a day.

I don't really go in for the whole "omg I need this new mod because I saw it online... I was totally happy with mine but now that I know this one exists I am not happy with mine anymore" so I have two VV batteries and one MVP 2.0 that just arrived. I paid $46 incl. shipping for the Innokin, and that's the most expensive bit of vaping gear I own.

I'm saving a LOT of money.

I smoked over a pack of Newports a day, and even with Oregon's cheap cigarette prices ($6.26 for a pack of Newports,,,Camels are $5 and some change for reference) that is a LOT of saved money.

$9/wk, plus maybe $20/month in new gear, that puts me around $60/month, which is a liberal estimate.

smoking = around $200/month for me.
vaping = $60/month

I save approximately $140 every month!!

 

[TheRac25]

not saving money atm as i was only paying about 30 per month for my tobacco habbit

 

[dmetzcher]

Yes, I'm definitely saving money. The initial cost of buying the vaping gear certainly made it more expensive at first, but the cost going forward is about $10-20 per week, because it's only a matter of buying ejuice. I'm building my own coils, and cotton isn't very expensive. Even if you add the cost of buying replacement coils for something like a Kanger EVOD, you'd still be saving a lot of money, as a pack of five coils is only $10.

Now, all this changes if you like to buy shiny new vaping gear every month. Depending on what you purchase, it might end up being more expensive than smoking cigarettes, but, if it's your hobby, you're getting more out of it than smoking. I still doubt that it will be more expensive, unless you are buying an authentic mod every month.

 

[its_dizzle]

after upgrading my all my ecigs i am now offically saving money. only juice which is about 80-100 a month and then depending on if i have juice to last me another month then i go and get me some batteries or some new attys. whatever. i gave myself about 100 bucks a month which is a lot cheaper then 2 packs a day of cigs and here in hawaii a pack is about 10 bucks. i'm winning!! hahah!!

 

[Novena]

Haven't actually saved anything yet. I only started vaping about a month ago, so I've got the usual start up costs factored in right now. Think I've already found a line of juices that I love though, so I won't be spending so much on trying out different things. As others have said though, this has become a bit of a hobby to me already so I don't mind that I haven't technically saved anything monetarily. I'm certainly saving my health, which is priceless.

 

[DEAc23]

I keep track of how much I spend on vaping equipment and e-juice in my signature below, and here's where I'm at right now:

-Total spent on vaping: $696.05 ~~ Amount saved by quitting: Over $1,146.°°-

In the last few months I've bought two Protank 2's, two Mini Protank 2's, and an iTaste MVP 2.0. Other than that I've just been buying e-juice and coils, so the savings just continue adding up Although now that I've saved over $1,000 I plan to start buying some new equipment, and I've already got about $300 worth of items I really want to buy

 

[choochoogranny]

Nope, not even close to saving. Have no other interests/hobbies. Try to stay in what my smoking cost/mo. but sometimes go over due to sale or just desire. However, consider it money well spent because of health reasons. Spend less at doctors, or on drugs, and for insurance premiums. Retired now. Saved money all working days in SPITE of smoking, will spend it now.

 

[inswva]

Vape costs to date: $332.30

Money "saved" is in my signature. However, I didn't quit cigarettes to save money. Good thing, I guess!

 

[twgbonehead]

I'm desperately saving money so I can buy more vape gear. So, Yes.

 

[Flt Simulation]

Based on my DIY Juice prices .... Cigarettes used to cost me more that 11 times as much



Smoking:
2 packs per day x 30 days per month = 60 packs per month (6 cartons) x $34 per carton = $ 204 Monthly


Vaping:
6ml juice per day x 30 days per month = 180ml per month x .10 cents per ml = $ 18 Monthly

 

[mazterpr]

I was a heavy smoker ... 2 packs a day!! when I switch to vaping (and it took me 2 months) I was literally drinking my ejuice ... 60ml a day ... I was hung up on the
flavor and no stinky smells ... so I decided to do my own eJuice ... since I started DIY two years ago (and I'm getting pretty good at it) my wallet is very happy!!