I had quit smoking, having a kiddo did that. I would still have an occasional cigar or pipe on a guys night out kinda thing, but I was clear. I had a good job (TDCJ Corrections) that could be a little stressful when a friend and former co-worker joined my family in grey. Our Sargents decided we worked well together. We went in, went to break, and left all together. And every time it was "you want a cigarette?" As you would expect on stressful night I said yes. BAM! I'm back to smoking at work, which led to smoking at home...
A few months down the road I had a family reunion to go to and a family road trip to take. 4 hours in a car with a 4 year old. I didn't want to smoke in a car with her, and didn't want to have to add stops just for me. Blu had been aggressively advertising as "safe" in terms of secondhand vapor so I picked up a Blu disposable for the trip. I enjoyed it enough and with the exception of a couple "party cigars" it was all I "smoked" that trip. That led to a Blu kit and I used them for a little over a year.
One day I realized that 3 kits when one had broke and all the refills were almost as expensive as the cigarettes they replaced, especially as I was hitting them more often than I ever had cigarettes. So I went to the local vape shop and over paid for an ego style and a few ce-4's. Another co-worker showed me his MVP, and the internet sold me an MVP 2. I liked the iClear 30 it came with, but that tank was almost the opposite of reliable. I got a Nautilus mini and was in heaven... or so I thought.
Around this time I got onto ECF. I toyed around with mechs and kept looking for the perfect blend of flavor and clouds. My coils were sloppy, but serviceable and rebuilding was so much work for so little improvement. The Atlantis was coming out and sounded so very cool. I pulled the trigger on an SVD 2 as it was advertised on ebay as being able to run the Atlantis. (yeah, maybe... in some dream) The very next month I bought a Sigelei 150 and thought I would never run it over 45 watts.
Now the Atlantis is sweet on the 150, and I do still use it. The SVD and Nautilus got a lot of love until a couple months ago. See I went back to my Nemesis and RDAs. My coil building got very competent. I was dripping more and more. The Atlantis setup replaced the Nautilus, Rdas at home. I kept buying Rdas and looking for something better.
Last month I took the Reo plunge through the classifieds. It was very nice, but the firing pin had issues, I replaced the pin but was still having trouble. I bought a second Reo direct from Rob. I rebuilt the first one almost completely. Both function like champs. I'm looking for my favorite Rda for it, but so far a Mephisto clone from Catfich Mods has been king. Now I have been toying around with "bigger and better" builds on both my mechs and the Sigelei. I built a serious cloud chaser on a competition Rda I picked up at a whim but enjoy (Samurai) .5 Ohm and finally took it 100 watts with a cool-ish and stable build. Man is that awesome for when you just HAVE to feel draconic.
The Reos have become my daily carries. The Siglei and mechs, my playground. My first MVP and 2 others have been gifted to friends and family. I'm still chasing that blend of flavor and clouds, I have some Rtas that get some use, and my SVD doesn't get really dusty as I use it every couple months. I'm almost done chasing gear... I think. For a while there vaping was my most expensive hobby. Now days I'm just buying juice and coil gear, much cheaper. Heck of a journey, loving every step!
