Cost of vaping versus smoking

[jpracing]

If you are a gadget freak, it will cost you your liver and kidneys, not to mention
the proverbial arm and leg.
If you are sensible, it costs less than death sticks over time.

 

[dearme]

hiram, do you mind if I ask where you buy your nic liquid? I buy from RTS and don't spend near that much. I also buy 100mg by the 1000ml. It's very good nic.

 

[whitepony]

just upkeep i spent like 51 a month but i have a addiction to buying new mods so i spend allot more

 

[wv2win]

75 cents to a $1.00 a day. A LOT less than smoking.

 

[otrpu]

I currently spend $30 per carton, roughly a carton a week. How much does it cost to vape instead of smoke?

When I smoked $33 was the cheapest readymade carton. And I bought a carton every 3 days. Been vaping, at first doing both, vaping & smoking, later, after a year or so, dropped the tobacco totally. Took the Big Batt ProVari and 5 mL Tanks for me to have nuff power and juice to last a workday, (12 hour days), and quit tobacco. That first year I prolly put a grand in crap trying to find the right combination that would get me off tobacco. Last 5 months no tobacco, in fact, no nicotine and no Flavor Added. I DIY my eLiquid. I'm not an average vapor, actually not average anything. I'm unique to my core. And, my eLiquid cost is out 3 decimals. .006 per mL, 10 to 15 mL per day off. JMHO

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[VapingRulz]

hiram, do you mind if I ask where you buy your nic liquid? I buy from RTS and don't spend near that much. I also buy 100mg by the 1000ml. It's very good nic.

MyFreedomSmokes is having a sale right now and you can get 1000ml x 100mg for $139.95. They also have documentation on their website showing that they're selling the good stuff.

 

[cbm]

For me, vaping became a new hobby. I've spent more money than I care to think about this past month on a couple mods, trying different juices/atomizers and some other accessories. But in the end I'm pretty sure I'll be saving a lot more vaping than if I were still smoking, unless of course I start to collect mods...

 

[mianker]

My Dad has saved a LOT of $$$$, he doesn't want or NEED to try everything. On the other hand I have purchased most of the mods available. This would have been costly enough but I also have to try all the new tanks, cartos, attys & even drip tips, not to mention the rebuildable atties like 4 different Genisis atties and Iatty I have bought. So have I saved an money? NOPE, but I feel great and my health is better than ever=PRICELESS.

 

[leftfeild]

It used to cost me upwards of £25 a month to roll my own cigarettes. Which to be fair was quite cheap. If I was a pack a day smoker here it would cost me £5+ a day and around £150 a month.

Now that I have the vaping gear I like and all the 'start up' costs are out of the way, it costs me about £8 for 2 months to make my own liquid. If I don't make my own I can get 50ml for £10 meaning a good month of vaping for me is £10. Cheaper than rolling my own and much, much, much cheaper than if I smoked packs.

 

[carpedebass]

I currently spend $30 per carton, roughly a carton a week. How much does it cost to vape instead of smoke?

The cost effectiveness cannot really be an issue until you figure out what really works for you. After I got my gear situated, and learned how to DIY, I now spend about $20 (sometimes less) on vaping per month. This is when the savings really add up.

 

[Semiretired]

For some people it's pretty cheap I guess. My sister has never been on the forum evah (imagine that!) and has an ego and just gets juice and cartos. I order them for her because apparently even that is too much of a strain. She also doesn't vape 100%

If you hang around the forum, it's very tempting to want to try everything you see, but I think the support here helps you stay motivated and keep vaping.

That is the key really - avoiding trying everything you see. Estimating hardware costs, hardware life, juice (I DIY), etc. I am spending $20 a month. I have not fallen into buying a new PV everytime I hear about one (some do as it becomes a hobby more than a change in life)...

I am researching and comparing now to upgrade what I have, but still keeping it to a budget limit. I will not buy a provari or one of the other extravagant PV's as for me it is a way to stay off of analogs - not a new hobby. The money I am saving is going to enjoyable things in life (at least for me) - vacations... I can afford them now (woooohoooo)...

 

[dearme]

Thanks, hiram. I always buy nic from RTS and have found the quality and prices very good.
100 MG Flavorless Nicotine Liquid

 

[Patrick21]

Cheaper for me. I would spend about £14 on cigs in the past but that was when we got fags from abroad. Now though i vape and its about £5-10 a week depending if i need a new atomiser or anything

 

[dearme]

If you have your setup and DIY supplies, you can get the cost down to 10 to 12 dollars a month, including cartos, or under 20.00 a month if you splurge.....LOL

 

[Viper65]

I got filling cartomizers down to .40 cents, that was DIY mind you. About .60 per ML ordering juice. Thats choosing the best vendors with the best prices as well.

 

[hulsey76]

So far, I'm figuring that I'll spend around $45-50/month on consumables as opposed to $160-200 on analogs. My initial set up cost me the same as a carton, and I'm good for about two months on what I have now. I'm OK with that.

 

[happ]

Think it is relatively close to smoking in the begining cost wise but after you get your gear it will save you tons just look at some of the sigs people have and you can see what they have saved.

 

[ambition]

Not counting hardware, just daily consumables like cartos and juice I'm running at about $1.50 - $2.00 a day.
I buy 100mg unflavored nic from rts, I get conc. flavours and dekang and PG/VG from healthcabin and I get the occasional tasty juice doublers from juicewh ore.com.

That's a .... ton better than $21 a day. $14 bucks a pack here....yep, I know.

Shipping is a killer though, if I planned it better and bought more I could save a bundle on shipping, but still at these prices I could buy a new starter kit a week with heaps of prefilled cartos and still save money.

 

[dearme]

Healthcabin has killer sales at Christmas. I don't order from China, but shopping sales and buying in bulk I can come very close to the same cost.

 

[Xaria]

I live in a cheap tobacco state, so cigs was never a huge cost. Now that I know what works for me. I don't really spend that much on vaping. Heck I spend more on my crazy Keurig cups a month than I do on vaping supplies now. YMMV.