Hi, I JUST got into vaping this past week. I bought one of the new "Finiti" starter kits at Walgreens, and was impressed enough with it to want to invest some money in a higher-quality e-cig. So, for my birthday, I ordered a DSE910 starter kit with some extra batteries and cartomizers from AquaVapor, and it came in the mail today.
Oh, yeah, I live in Columbia MD--and if you think analog cigs are expensive here (getting close to $8/pack for premium brands), you should look at the prices on e-cigs and supplies--WOW--spendy. I'll be getting all my e-cig supplies online, or in VA, that's for sure.
Anyway, I've finally got all four batteries charges, and the cartos and atomizer carts filled with liquid ("Camal" flavor from AquaVapor and "Clove" from Johnson Creek), and so far I'm pretty impressed. These units look very nice, they smoke well (but I'm still "breaking them in", and they have that "factory-new" flavor, that I assume comes from the PG/VG lube they wet the attys with). Good throat-hit, mice amounts of smoke, and they taste very good.
Plus my wife TOTALLY digs the fact that my clothes don't stink and my kisses don't taste like an ashtray.
After smoking Camels and Djarum Specials for about 17 years (I just turned 47, but I didn't start smoking "analog cigs" until I was 30) I'm so glad I found out about "vaping". I've tried to quit smoking through other methods, and they never worked, and I don't know if ecigs will help me quit nicotine altogether, but it's sure a lot more pleasurable (for me AND for my family) than burning "traditional" cigarettes.
Another BIG plus is that I won't have to stand on the balcony all winter when I get a craving, because I can smoke them in the house and it won't make the whole house stink, and there is no tar and combustion by-products to mess up the electrostatic panels on my Martin Logan speakers.
I look forward to being a member of this forum, and learning a lot about the joys of vaping. I feel like I've discovered some tremendous treasure with vaping, and I look forward to hearing what everyone else has to say...