It doesn't have to be expensive at all. I used my ego starter kit exclusively for probably 2 months until I added another tank at $10. Then a spinner battery.The most I had at once was 3 batteries and maybe 5 tanks. So that's less than $100 over 5 months not counting juice. My local b&m is pretty cheap - $15 for 30ml. Probably all told for the first 5 months, I was in less than $200. Cigarettes here are $50+/carton X 2/month x 5 months = $500. I've since bought a urock battery and hbc tank for a total of $68. So I'm still ahead and I don't see me getting further into equipment. And no cigarettes = no smell, absolutely NO sinus infections (I had horrible sinus issues), no standing outside when it 11 degrees, etc. Well worth the investment.
Be careful when you advise your friends that vaping is cheaper
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The word of the day is Contentment.
Separate what you Need to be a non-smoker from what you Want. What you Need isn't expensive at all and is probably recoupable your first week away from smokes. Buying what you Want will be more expensive.
Go ahead and look at me that way, they do the same over on Fountain Pen Network when I say I have enough pens. (In my defense, I'd contend over 100 fountain pens Is Enough.)
I went about 5 weeks with 2 Evods. Now I'm using the Evods on a iS 30. No one Needs anything more than that. Now I AM rebuilding my original coils Better than they were new and the Evods Are drilled out but none of that costs, it Saves. Still, even if I'd bought the iS30, I'd Still be ahead of the game $ wise at week 2. I can vape Way more vape than I Need from the Turbo'd Evods on the iS30, way more than the stock ones on a stick.
I DO envision getting a couple GS Air MS's soon but that's a Total Want, not any kind of any Need. (Not getting the GS for the iS30 is like getting a '63 Vette without a 327 in it. The GS Was designed for the iS.)
Do your homework ahead of time and it's not hard to pick sufficient enough, Inexpensive equipment to quit smoking with on the first try.
Of course, once you Admit that you're spending for A Hobby, not Just to quit smoking, all bets are off.
("Once you get rid of integrity, everything else is a piece of cake." J.R. Ewing)
Bruce in Ocala, Fl
Separate what you Need to be a non-smoker from what you Want. What you Need isn't expensive at all and is probably recoupable your first week away from smokes. Buying what you Want will be more expensive.
Go ahead and look at me that way, they do the same over on Fountain Pen Network when I say I have enough pens. (In my defense, I'd contend over 100 fountain pens Is Enough.)
I went about 5 weeks with 2 Evods. Now I'm using the Evods on a iS 30. No one Needs anything more than that. Now I AM rebuilding my original coils Better than they were new and the Evods Are drilled out but none of that costs, it Saves. Still, even if I'd bought the iS30, I'd Still be ahead of the game $ wise at week 2. I can vape Way more vape than I Need from the Turbo'd Evods on the iS30, way more than the stock ones on a stick.
I DO envision getting a couple GS Air MS's soon but that's a Total Want, not any kind of any Need. (Not getting the GS for the iS30 is like getting a '63 Vette without a 327 in it. The GS Was designed for the iS.)
Do your homework ahead of time and it's not hard to pick sufficient enough, Inexpensive equipment to quit smoking with on the first try.
Of course, once you Admit that you're spending for A Hobby, not Just to quit smoking, all bets are off.
("Once you get rid of integrity, everything else is a piece of cake." J.R. Ewing)
Bruce in Ocala, Fl
The word of the day is Contentment.
Separate what you Need to be a non-smoker from what you Want. What you Need isn't expensive at all and is probably recoupable your first week away from smokes. Buying what you Want will be more expensive.
Go ahead and look at me that way, they do the same over on Fountain Pen Network when I say I have enough pens. (In my defense, I'd contend over 100 fountain pens Is Enough.)
I went about 5 weeks with 2 Evods. Now I'm using the Evods on a iS 30. No one Needs anything more than that. Now I AM rebuilding my original coils Better than they were new and the Evods Are drilled out but none of that costs, it Saves. Still, even if I'd bought the iS30, I'd Still be ahead of the game $ wise at week 2. I can vape Way more vape than I Need from the Turbo'd Evods on the iS30, way more than the stock ones on a stick.
I DO envision getting a couple GS Air MS's soon but that's a Total Want, not any kind of any Need. (Not getting the GS for the iS30 is like getting a '63 Vette without a 327 in it. The GS Was designed for the iS.)
Do your homework ahead of time and it's not hard to pick sufficient enough, Inexpensive equipment to quit smoking with on the first try.
Of course, once you Admit that you're spending for A Hobby, not Just to quit smoking, all bets are off.
("Once you get rid of integrity, everything else is a piece of cake." J.R. Ewing)
Bruce in Ocala, Fl
That's all true... but even on a budget, trying as much as possible to save money, it's important to have backups for your backup's backup -- it should always be easier to vape, than to go get cigarettes. Unless you just really want to fail -- because hardware is fallible; electronics are fallible; the USPS is fallible -- if you have a big enough surplus of the things you NEED, you'll never come to a point where you can't find SOME way to vape.
Andria
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J/K... I use my dust collectors to help others quit the habit. I gave my old EGO/CE5 to someone to help her quit... just in the "nic of time", she recently had a baby and hasn't smoked in over a year, and vaped in over 6 months. Even though she quit, I told her keep it.. and if you ever feel like picking up a stinkie, pickup the vape instead... it's healthier.
3 days ago, I gave my VAMO to someone else. She was a young kid (18) who would occasionally smoke socially/stress, but never was a "x per day" type smoker. I told her it's cooler, healthier, and just a smarter move than smoking. I hope she sticks with it and never starts.
I also kept convincing a now Ex manager to switch to vaping. His wife vapes, but he still stayed with the analogs. Even though I didn't give him any equipment, I did order for him a few CE5's and an EGO. When he was serious about quitting, He wanted me to get him an Istick 20. I bought one for him for $30 and told him to pay me when he got the money... he managed to get $20 of it. He got transferred to another store, but before he left, I told him don't worry about the $10, I'd rather he not pickup the cigarettes instead. Last I heard, he quit.
So, you never know who those tanks/spare parts can go to. I'd keep the ones that might help someone finally kick the habit. IF they're more advanced devices that a new person might not use, then keep those for spare parts. I took an old Protank II coil head, and used the rubber grommet to fix my subtank nano center pin. I've used various o-rings to fix some of my other tanks. Just box them (the more advanced ones) away until you need them.
I mean yes it cheaper in the long run and healthier with less harmful risks I paid 26 dollars for a evod a five pack of coils and protank mini 2 and two 10ml of ejuice one 20ml of ejuice and one 17ml of ejuice that includes shipping as well and I'm a light vaper so I'm set
One CAN vape on the cheap if they choose to do so. It is all about choices.
Totally agree with vaping are cheap but hobby aren't hahahaha….I have 2 tanks and a box mod for 3 months, now my mind keep telling me temperature control will be the next thing for me to upgrade hahaha…that's mean spending again….
I had a dream last night that my Vamo miraculously turned into a temp control device. It was very confusing, and I decided to stay with traditional Vamo software.
As much as I enjoy gadgets and shiny, vaping can be done cheap. Bought my first kit, a $12 V2 kit a little over a year ago.Lasted me almost a week, then I started trying to refill the carts to save money, meantime I was still smoking a little (finished what I had)
Since then, I have purchased several cheap Ego batteries and tanks, a Vision Spinner II, 2 Innokin VV 3.0 (one for my wife) and a Kanger evod kit. Currently functioning are: the Kanger and one of the VVs. I also have a Greensmoke battery, took advantage of that $1.00 offer.
cost so far, just hardware: batteries are around $180 and tanks probably average about $5.00 per week (I have a bad habit of dropping things....)
juice is running me about $10.00 a week.
total 12 month cost around $1000.
Cigs at $8 per pack 1 pack a day would be: around 3000 for 12 months.
My actual smoking cost is harder to calculate, as I was rolling the cheapest pipe tobacco I could find with filter tubes, but that was around $15 a week, running 780 a year, but I was also buying a pack whenever it didn't make sense to stop and make a bunch of cigs, which lets say averaged once a week: add 400 on the tobacco side, bringing the total up to almost 1200 a year. Not counting lighters. Or the gum/ breathmints I no longer rely so heavily on. Also, should I add in all the medical treatments I won't be needing that I was aiming for?
My advice: skip the really cheap stuff, but you don't have to buy all top of the line stuff either.
Since then, I have purchased several cheap Ego batteries and tanks, a Vision Spinner II, 2 Innokin VV 3.0 (one for my wife) and a Kanger evod kit. Currently functioning are: the Kanger and one of the VVs. I also have a Greensmoke battery, took advantage of that $1.00 offer.
cost so far, just hardware: batteries are around $180 and tanks probably average about $5.00 per week (I have a bad habit of dropping things....)
juice is running me about $10.00 a week.
total 12 month cost around $1000.
Cigs at $8 per pack 1 pack a day would be: around 3000 for 12 months.
My actual smoking cost is harder to calculate, as I was rolling the cheapest pipe tobacco I could find with filter tubes, but that was around $15 a week, running 780 a year, but I was also buying a pack whenever it didn't make sense to stop and make a bunch of cigs, which lets say averaged once a week: add 400 on the tobacco side, bringing the total up to almost 1200 a year. Not counting lighters. Or the gum/ breathmints I no longer rely so heavily on. Also, should I add in all the medical treatments I won't be needing that I was aiming for?
My advice: skip the really cheap stuff, but you don't have to buy all top of the line stuff either.
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Totally agree. I hunt for the best bargains and won't spend unreasonable amounts for things I can get a lot cheaper elsewhere -- and I'm completely OVER ordering from the far east, it's just too far away and too many idiots in-between, unless the thing I want simply cannot be found in any US shop.
The only exception is... if I'm buying a pricey-something, and there's a cheap-something I also need, I may pay more for the cheap-something at the shop where the pricey-something is, in order to save on shipping costs. It either balances out, or I still end up paying less, considering how outrageous shipping is.
Andria
I have $45 into my setup, i figured that if it even saves me from buying 5 tins of chew i would be happy.
Over 4 months into vaping and I am spending 1/2 now or less than I did smoking which was about 125/mo. Still building my stock pile of flavors and DIY materials and have recently moved up to Evods and T3S. Yeah I know old school but works for me and cheap. I passed on all my 808 cartos, batteries and esmart clearos to get others off of cigs. might get an istick 30, might not. they are the same cost as a vision spinner and I like the small size vs the long battery on the spinner.
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