... Well, I guess it's been two weeks by now? It's hard to keep up.
This is my first post, so I'll start off with a little intro about how I discovered vaping and my subsequent spending spree. I think I out paced my knowledge, so some of my gear will have to wait until I look a little more. I'm planning on looking into it this weekend, but will also talk about it here if someone wants to help out a lazy newbie.
Anyways, I tend to be verbose and I type fast, so what follows is likely to be a wall of text. I don't expect anybody to read it and it's not really related to the real reason I'm posting. Skip the middle section to get to the relevant part.
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Started smoking when I was about 14. Quit for 2.5 solid and glorious years when I was 20, but picked it back up in my last year of college. I'm 31 now. Though I've often considered myself and "off and on" smoker, if I'm honest with myself that's not really true. In the last 9 years or so I've made several attempts. Something like 6 or 9 months was my longest in that time from using chantix, which I wouldn't reccomend in retrospect. In college I was at times a 2 pack a day smoker, but not smoking in the house because of kids, and the inconvenience of taking smoke breaks at work has stabilized me to about 15 cigs a day. I wasn't the type of smoker that really enjoyed the habit which is probably why I would make attempts once or twice a year... the average break time probably being around about 2 months. This summer I think I made it 4 months until I fell off the wagon, which was 2 months ago now.
On reddit I responded to a post that was somehow related to smoking... or maybe it was a self post? Anyways, somebody asked if I ever considered electronic cigarettes. I responded no, because I wasn't really interested in changing the nature of my nicotine habit.
Jumping back a few years, 2007 perhaps, I was smoking outside my office building and one of the regulars to the spot had asked me if I had, "ever seen one of these things?" What he showed me was what I've learned is generally called a cigalike. "No, I've never seen that... what is it?" "It's a fake cigarette. No tobacco and it uses batteries. I'm trying to quit." I wasn't interested in following up this guys seemingly flawed logic or the weird tech behind it. That was my very first exposure to the existence of "fake cigarettes" and the fact that it was, according to him, seemed dodgy. He was smoking analogs again within a week.
Since then, that's more or less how I've seen electronic cigarettes. Or, did, rather.
Every once in a while I would see cigalikes brought out at bars or concerts. Because cigs are banned in my area, my thought on the subject was always that I wouldn't want the attention whether it was tacitly accepted or not. Just as easy to continue my habit of going outside to smoke... that's where the best conversations happened anyways (sometimes.)
About 6 months ago all the gas station convenience stores in my area started prominently displaying electronic cigarettes. Mostly blu. A couple of weeks ago I thought, what the hell? Bought a starter pack. To me, that was the extent of how far the tech had come since I first saw one. Disposeable pre-filled carts with a little charging pack to go with two batteries. Awesome.
I wasn't dissapointed. I wasn't expecting much... first thing I noticed was that it wasn't like smoking at all really. In fact, I felt kind of silly holding this thing that didn't have a lit end like a cig. I wondered if there was anybody out there that had done something to improve on these little things... I didn't have any specific improvements in mind, not really knowing anything about what I was doing.... but what I found blew me away.
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So I found out that, yes, things have improved a little over the years. I spent a few days poking around the internet trying to get a feel for what a good starter kit would be. On a whim I looked up if there was a local shop and there is. To this point all my stuff has come from them.
To recap, this has all happened within the last week or so. Been back to that shop every other day, pretty much.
And this morning I picked up
So, that's what I have. My next purchase is going to be an RSST. I was going to pick up an AGA-TD (?), but the shop guy said they were going to be getting in the RSSTs on Monday. I guess I'll be seeing them again on Monday then.
Anyways, the batteries are on charge now. Here's what I'm looking into moving forward.
Anyhow, break is over. Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any advice.
This is my first post, so I'll start off with a little intro about how I discovered vaping and my subsequent spending spree. I think I out paced my knowledge, so some of my gear will have to wait until I look a little more. I'm planning on looking into it this weekend, but will also talk about it here if someone wants to help out a lazy newbie.
Anyways, I tend to be verbose and I type fast, so what follows is likely to be a wall of text. I don't expect anybody to read it and it's not really related to the real reason I'm posting. Skip the middle section to get to the relevant part.
****
Started smoking when I was about 14. Quit for 2.5 solid and glorious years when I was 20, but picked it back up in my last year of college. I'm 31 now. Though I've often considered myself and "off and on" smoker, if I'm honest with myself that's not really true. In the last 9 years or so I've made several attempts. Something like 6 or 9 months was my longest in that time from using chantix, which I wouldn't reccomend in retrospect. In college I was at times a 2 pack a day smoker, but not smoking in the house because of kids, and the inconvenience of taking smoke breaks at work has stabilized me to about 15 cigs a day. I wasn't the type of smoker that really enjoyed the habit which is probably why I would make attempts once or twice a year... the average break time probably being around about 2 months. This summer I think I made it 4 months until I fell off the wagon, which was 2 months ago now.
On reddit I responded to a post that was somehow related to smoking... or maybe it was a self post? Anyways, somebody asked if I ever considered electronic cigarettes. I responded no, because I wasn't really interested in changing the nature of my nicotine habit.
Jumping back a few years, 2007 perhaps, I was smoking outside my office building and one of the regulars to the spot had asked me if I had, "ever seen one of these things?" What he showed me was what I've learned is generally called a cigalike. "No, I've never seen that... what is it?" "It's a fake cigarette. No tobacco and it uses batteries. I'm trying to quit." I wasn't interested in following up this guys seemingly flawed logic or the weird tech behind it. That was my very first exposure to the existence of "fake cigarettes" and the fact that it was, according to him, seemed dodgy. He was smoking analogs again within a week.
Since then, that's more or less how I've seen electronic cigarettes. Or, did, rather.
Every once in a while I would see cigalikes brought out at bars or concerts. Because cigs are banned in my area, my thought on the subject was always that I wouldn't want the attention whether it was tacitly accepted or not. Just as easy to continue my habit of going outside to smoke... that's where the best conversations happened anyways (sometimes.)
About 6 months ago all the gas station convenience stores in my area started prominently displaying electronic cigarettes. Mostly blu. A couple of weeks ago I thought, what the hell? Bought a starter pack. To me, that was the extent of how far the tech had come since I first saw one. Disposeable pre-filled carts with a little charging pack to go with two batteries. Awesome.
I wasn't dissapointed. I wasn't expecting much... first thing I noticed was that it wasn't like smoking at all really. In fact, I felt kind of silly holding this thing that didn't have a lit end like a cig. I wondered if there was anybody out there that had done something to improve on these little things... I didn't have any specific improvements in mind, not really knowing anything about what I was doing.... but what I found blew me away.
****
So I found out that, yes, things have improved a little over the years. I spent a few days poking around the internet trying to get a feel for what a good starter kit would be. On a whim I looked up if there was a local shop and there is. To this point all my stuff has come from them.
To recap, this has all happened within the last week or so. Been back to that shop every other day, pretty much.
- Evod starter kit (two ego style batteries and clearomizer tanks, 5 atomizer heads, 1 charger.
- ismoka BCC mega (not sure how I feel about that acquisition.)
- itaste VV v.3
- protank II mini
- (smoktech?) cartomizers
And this morning I picked up
- (smoktech?) Magneto
- 18650 battery
- 18500 battery
- (trustfire?) charger
- protank II
So, that's what I have. My next purchase is going to be an RSST. I was going to pick up an AGA-TD (?), but the shop guy said they were going to be getting in the RSSTs on Monday. I guess I'll be seeing them again on Monday then.
Anyways, the batteries are on charge now. Here's what I'm looking into moving forward.
- What do I need to know about running an unregulated mod. What's the output of these batteries? I know that whatever it is it will drop off as the battery gets used up... but is the voltage written on the battery (3.7V) the number I should look at when deciding which of the included heads to use? Anything else I need to know not to blow my hand/face off (or hand, and Face/Off
) - Depending on how I like the unregulated mod, I may get a Kick to go with it. Guy at the shop said the Magneto battery tube wasn't large enough to fit the 18650+kick, hence why I got the smaller battery as well. Does anybody make a slightly larger tube to account for the larger batter plus a kick?
- Except for the cartos, all my delivery systems (if I'm using that terminology right) are bottom coil, wick/atomizer based. I've been carrying around the extras in an old PSP case I had lying around. the Evods and mini pro II seem pretty stable, but I've been getting juice infiltration on the ismoka bcc mega... Haven't really had an issue with getting juice in my mouth, but when I remove the drip tip it looks like there's juice at the connection.
- Pretty much the vv v.3 is going to be my around the town/at work go-to. At this time, the magneto is destined for home use only.... I might change my mind on this once I learn a little bit more about different systems. I would need something that's pretty stable and not (as) prone to leaking when being jostled around in a bag or pocket. Like I said, the clearomizers I have seem to be doing the trick for the most part... but I'm going to give them a little bit more of a work out before I make that call.... if you've got suggestions for "active" vs "at-home" set-ups, I'd love to hear 'em.
Anyhow, break is over. Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any advice.
