Basically 3 Weeks no cigarettes.

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Chester R Bridgewater

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Sunday will be my 21st day off cigarettes. I foresee no reason to go back to cigarettes. Not trying to post too much but it helps during the first month. After switching over to an rda, all my problems were solved. As for myself, I don't see myself going back to tanks...except an rta might be interesting.

With these sub ohm tanks and builds, I discovered that coils get gunked up at a ridiculously fast pace. It's easy enough to change the cotton every day (cotton is cheap). I took four pieces of 24 ga kanthal and twisted them together. Five wraps later, I've been living at 0.18 ohms with a single coil. It's easy enough to build a coil.

I was smoking two packs a day. I realized that I've been going through about 20 ml of juice/day. I also noticed that, with the price of juice, it's not affordable. I found a local vape shop that caters specifically to making your own juice. I bought a kit that came with a bunch of flavors to try. Now, it's costs me about or less than $2 for 30 ml. Also, I love being able to control the flavor level. They showed me how to make it. However big the bottle is, take 20% and that's the amount of flavor to add. If it's too strong, reduce that percentage.

Since I cut the cost of the most expensive part, this is very affordable and I have no issues. Now I'm getting the whole thing with my wattage choice. I did not realize that airflow can also increase or decrease how hot the vape is. In many cases, I can reduce airflow, increase flavor, reduce wattage, and conserve battery life.

Nothing but good things to report!
 

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Sunday will be my 21st day off cigarettes. I foresee no reason to go back to cigarettes. Not trying to post too much but it helps during the first month.
Post away. Everyone loves good news, congratulations.
I discovered that coils get gunked up at a ridiculously fast pace. It's easy enough to change the cotton every day (cotton is cheap)
Wicks, please see: Rayon wick, better flow, flavor, saturation and Nic Hit!
 
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Sunday will be my 21st day off cigarettes. I foresee no reason to go back to cigarettes. Not trying to post too much but it helps during the first month. After switching over to an rda, all my problems were solved. As for myself, I don't see myself going back to tanks...except an rta might be interesting.

With these sub ohm tanks and builds, I discovered that coils get gunked up at a ridiculously fast pace. It's easy enough to change the cotton every day (cotton is cheap). I took four pieces of 24 ga kanthal and twisted them together. Five wraps later, I've been living at 0.18 ohms with a single coil. It's easy enough to build a coil.

I was smoking two packs a day. I realized that I've been going through about 20 ml of juice/day. I also noticed that, with the price of juice, it's not affordable. I found a local vape shop that caters specifically to making your own juice. I bought a kit that came with a bunch of flavors to try. Now, it's costs me about or less than $2 for 30 ml. Also, I love being able to control the flavor level. They showed me how to make it. However big the bottle is, take 20% and that's the amount of flavor to add. If it's too strong, reduce that percentage.

Since I cut the cost of the most expensive part, this is very affordable and I have no issues. Now I'm getting the whole thing with my wattage choice. I did not realize that airflow can also increase or decrease how hot the vape is. In many cases, I can reduce airflow, increase flavor, reduce wattage, and conserve battery life.

Nothing but good things to report!

I'm up to 4 years of no smoking. I tried one vape and haven't had a cigarette since. You have certainly jumped in at the deep end. I know nothing about re building or mixing fluid. I do know I've saved over $40000. That's enough to know to make me happy. I use a very basic kit which is also cheap.
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I like the RTA's best myself. I use the subtank mini (with RBA) or the TFV4 with RBA (TFV8/12 now). It works, although the subtank mini basically never leaks juice, with the Smok ones do leak for me. Good job!

BTW, lung capacity gets pretty decent after a month, and I think almost perfect after a year. I smoked 2 packs a day for 25 years before going to vapes about 2 years ago.
 

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I found a local vape shop that caters specifically to making your own juice. I bought a kit that came with a bunch of flavors to try. Now, it's costs me about or less than $2 for 30 ml. Also, I love being able to control the flavor level. They showed me how to make it. However big the bottle is, take 20% and that's the amount of flavor to add. If it's too strong, reduce that percentage.
Please share the contact information for your shop that caters to DIY. This would be the first I've heard of a walk in retail doing this.

Congrats on your progress so far.

The only atomizer i use is an SV rda clone. I use very little flavoring (1%) and no sweetners which almost eliminates gunking. I also keep resistance high and watts low, which also helps with coil life.
 

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I fell asleep after work yesterday from being dead tired (I'm a metal fabricator) but I do try to get back to responses to a post. The store I got my supplies at is Juice Spot. They have 140 flavors. Right now, Apple Puff is my favorite. It tastes like Apple pie filling. Crunch Berries is good, too...except it tastes like Apple Backs not Crunch Berries. The price on the Web site was higher for the kit than it was in store and I'm not sure why. Anyway, they sell the flavorings, bottles, Inc liquid with different pg/by levels, and the syringes that are needed. Once you narrow down to a flavor, the flavors aren't expensive and I buy them 30 no at a time.

I'll check out the dig juice section on ecf. I have a feeling the coil I made died. I might have a wick that's too loose or too tight. I'm not too sure but a drill and some actual is all that's needed.

Thanks for all the replies and keep on vaping! This is so much better than cigarettes, once you understand things.
 

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Please share the contact information for your shop that caters to DIY. This would be the first I've heard of a walk in retail doing this.

I'm not the OP and the question wasn't directed at me, but I know of a shop that sells kits, offers training classes and the whole works to make your juice cheaper.

DIY Flavor Shack in Las Vegas, NV. (No link because not registered supplier.) Last time I went into the store, they had ZERO pre-made juice available, only pure flavors, PG/VG and nicotine base. Of course they would be happy to make it for you while you are there, but they teach DIY.
 

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I'm not the OP and the question wasn't directed at me, but I know of a shop that sells kits, offers training classes and the whole works to make your juice cheaper.

DIY Flavor Shack in Las Vegas, NV. (No link because not registered supplier.) Last time I went into the store, they had ZERO pre-made juice available, only pure flavors, PG/VG and nicotine base. Of course they would be happy to make it for you while you are there, but they teach DIY.
I have not searched for walk in DIY shops because i assumed they could not exist. I was wrong. There are even a few in Michigan. I have to visit one and see how they are doing. A problem with making money in the vape business in the long run is the activity is so inxpensive how can you ever have eough walk in customers? That goes double for DIY. The next time I'll need any DIY supplies is in a couple more years for PG and VG. In the mean time people need some support to get started on DIY until they realize how simple it is.
 
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