Caved in and ordered

[Animation-Imp]

Hi all,

after lurking the forum for a while and comparing everything here I caved in and ordered an apollo standard starter kit.
I think it will be an ideal kit for my needs as I'm not a heavy smoker and I like the cig aesthetic.

As a technophile I'm really excited to get my hands on the device,
my wife however still needs some convincing.

She's a little afraid of internet bought consumables,
but I think that with apollo as a starter not much can go wrong...

Well I'll keep lurking and learning.
Nice informative community.

 

[whatitstrue]

Welcome From Phoenix Az.

Good Luck!!!!!

 

[Animation-Imp]

thanks,

I just hope everything gets through customs ok.
Belgium classified e cigs as medicnal.
So they're illegal to sell here whithout the proper research development.

Politics, a large chunk of the Belgian Government's treasury originates from tobacco sale... go figure.

 

[Boodle]

Welcome! Hope your package makes it to your mailbox safe and quick.

 

[Animation-Imp]

Thank you.

Like I said the biggest challenge will be to convince the wife.
I'm a very sporadic smoker you see, I quit for several months, than smoke one pack, and quit for several months again...
When I heard about e cigs I thought it would be the ideal sollution.
Use it when I want to, almost zero health risk.

She sees it as an excuse to smoke more.

 

[dormouse]

Grats and good luck. BTW in the National Forums section of ECF you'll find a Europe forum and a UK forum (UK has some decent vendors, particularly Liberty-Flights.co.uk). If you got the small Apollo I am thinking of they say it's not compatible with anything and I do not recognize the model (looks like one but but can't be because it has the screw thread gender of another) so you'll have to get your supplies from Apollo other than eliquid.

 

[whatitstrue]

my wife however still needs some convincing...
She's a little afraid of internet bought consumables.

My wife was very scepticle as well... We've been at it 3 days and she loves it.

 

[Animation-Imp]

Grats and good luck. BTW in the National Forums section of ECF you'll find a Europe forum and a UK forum (UK has some decent vendors, particularly Liberty-Flights.co.uk). If you got the small Apollo I am thinking of they say it's not compatible with anything and I do not recognize the model (looks like one but but can't be because it has the screw thread gender of another) so you'll have to get your supplies from Apollo other than eliquid.

Well they're kind of cheap, so that doesn't matter.
I weighed all the pros and cons, and a regular 510 just seems too big for me.
At the moment I smoke 3 to 5 analogs a day (very irregularly) so the small battery wont hinder me.
I'm more concerned about taste and getting too much nicotine. I get headaches fairly quick even with analogs.
So I didn't want a blaster like the eGo models,
I want the feeling of normal smoke with a little nicotine, not a truckload of vapour and a nicotine od...

 

[Animation-Imp]

My wife was very scepticle as well... We've been at it 3 days and she loves it.

Well I hope it turnes out ok.
she doesn't smoke by the way.

 

[whatitstrue]

Well I hope it turnes out ok.
she doesn't smoke by the way.

That makes a difference... It might take her a little longer to get on board.

 

[DaveP]

There's something to be said about size and I thought I wanted something small to start with. After charging batteries once an hour and always having one charging, I bought an Ego. I carry it in a pants or coat pocket just fine and the battery size just seemed normal very quickly. With 5 to 6 hours battery life on an Ego vs an hour or so on the slim 510, I learned to like it and never looked back.

My wife, OTOH, likes the 180mah 510 so I have many spare batteries for her plus a charge and carry case she can use. Preference is personal.

 

[reprisal]

Welcome and good luck.

 

[jj2]

Hi and Welcome Animation!!

 

[dormouse]

A regular Joye 510 is hardly bigger than a cig. 100mm with a cartomizer (the way most use them) and 9.2 mm diameter. And they have nice sealed manual batteries available. But what you got should be similar, just less flexible and not with manual batteries.

 

[faizmatrix]

nice info guys...I am just starting out on finding the best 1st step..I dont have much to spare but from what i read, i stand to save more going digital.
I am looking for something small to start with too, been eyeing the KGO that's on sale , dont know anyone who vapes so dont exactly have any idea how big it is...anyone care to help?

 

[chinchilla]

My wife was happy as hell that I stopped smoking analogs and went to e-cigs. No more stinky breath, no more smelly car odor, no more ciggy butts in the yard. Good Luck!

 

[Animation-Imp]

A regular Joye 510 is hardly bigger than a cig. 100mm with a cartomizer (the way most use them) and 9.2 mm diameter. And they have nice sealed manual batteries available. But what you got should be similar, just less flexible and not with manual batteries.

They have manual batteries too...
I bought auto's, mainly because I think it'll convince some of my friends to try e cids too...