Ooh, djarums are yummy! I remember those fondly.
But glad to be free of cigs, now. Geez, they're really expensive, too! You're paying more for ecig than you did with a djarum habit?
I definitely save from cigs. I used to smoke American Spirits, and in my area they were about $54 a carton. I smoked about 4 a month. Now, there are months when i'm 'stocking up' and hit somewhere like Health Cabin and buy 8 packs of boge cartos and a ton of other stuff. Those months i might approach what I used to smoking. This month I went hog wild and invested in a ton of DIY supplies and a ton of really fabulous juices, but all those things will last me a long while. But other months, when I'm using stuff I stocked up on before, its practically free. I just broke this down for someone recently. Keep in mind I use Boge cartos with my Ego, not attys and cartridges. I figure in an average month, I go thru about 3 packs of 5 cartos. I can get those 15 for $22 at Crystal Clear Vaping (and they throw in a driptip! Snazzy!)
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Then I figure in an average month, I go thru 2-3 ounces of juice. I vape my head off, truly. Even with my high end all organic juices, the most they cost me is about $17 each. Plus I usually grab a sampler of new flavors, just cause I ADORE my Virgin Vapor and she's always coming out with new flavors. That's $11.99. So that's about $63 in juice (but I'll definitely have some left over for the next month).
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So we're at about $83 for the month, round up to around $90 with shipping. That's still about $110 savings from cigs for me, and that's using best of the best quality juices and cartos. But when I first got started, there were a lot of 'one time' expenses... stuff like a pass through battery and case and so forth.
If you're using attys and carts, I found that rather expensive when i used my old pv. But the big thing for me was finding the right suppliers and not overpaying for stuff just cause I was used to getting it at one place. I used to pay about $8 for a pack of 5 cartos, now I pay between $4.50 and $6ish. Those little savings definitely add up!
Hope that helped! Oh, another thing is it cost me much more than it does now when I was just starting out because I didn't know what i liked, yet. I'd buy 5 bottles of juice (this is before I found the fantastic organic ones) and flat out dislike 3 of em. THAT costs a bunch, buying stuff that you end up really disliking. Is that what's going on with you, or are you spending on one time components and stuff?
BTW, I was just at Onestopdiyshop for diy stuff, and they had a 'clove' flavor concentrate. They've also got artisan mixing kits with EVERYTHING you need to try mixing your own juices, including the unflavored eliquid and flavors. They range in price from about $36-40, I think. You might consider grabbing one of those, and the clove flavor, and whatever other ones you think you might like to mix in to get your perfect djarum blend. I think the kits come with 4-8 flavor concentrations of your choice. Once you figure out a 'recipe' (they'll help you in the DIY eliquid forum), you'll save an absolute TON. I get my eliquid for about $4.50 an ounce when I buy in bulk for diy, and the flavors themselves are pretty cheap, as is plain PG or VG. That would be a cheap way to go! Plus you can fine tune your recipe so you have it just right.
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