Cost of vaping versus smoking

[Fuzzyfuzion]

For me, after the initial out lay to get started, I'm only spending around $18 every 12 days vaping. According to my little windows 7 counter thingy, that would be around $70 when I was smoking, so yeah, I saved a bunch of money on my habit by switching to vaping!

 

[promdi]

very expensive but very healthy

 

[nansc]

Just don't buy everything you see like I do.

 

[zerocool5878]

I spend a lot because it has become like a hobby. My mom however bought only what she needed and nothing more. She has saved lots of money unlike me who has spent more lol

 

[GotSigs]

cigarettes.... $200/month

first e-cig from a stupid online "free" trial kit... $60

ECF... $0

eGo kit.... $75

being Smoke-free since all this started.... priceless

 

[paris307cc]

free from any cigarete is indead priceless...so right
i used to spend around 200 euro per month
on cigs...
now... HALF amount on e-cig mods and liquid....
not bad at all...
in any way...

 

[Boadacia!]

About $500 so far, but I'm stopping! (buying NO more PV's!)

 

[dearme]

Yeah, that's what they all say........LOL

 

[Boadacia!]

I mean it! (honest y'honor)

 

[Kim151]

I started out good, under $100. Then I kept reading the forums and found the GG. Now, well, I don't even want to talk about it, LOL

 

[vicsan]

Your initial costs will be relatively high, but still lower than smoking. There's an "experimentation phase", where you'll be trying different models, voltages, juices, etc. Plus there's the 'kid in a candy store' thing; you'll see all kinds of new stuff coming out that you just *have* to get & try.

After a while, though, you'll find your sweet spot. Everyone has one, and you'll find it eventually. Once you're there, your experimentation purchases will drop & you'll just be getting standard supplies.

Mine is a home-built 3.7v box mod with a 2-ohm cartomizer & DIY juice (spearmint is my all-day flavor) at around 20mg, 10-20% VG.

I get 100mg nicotine base in 500ml bottles for $170; one will make 2.5 liters of my juice, and at 3-4ml per day, that's 2 years worth. It's kept in the freezer & I split it with a fellow vaper, so once a year, we go "halfsies" on a bottle. Annual= $85

Flavoring & base liquids (PG & VG) are relatively cheap. Figure another $75 or so annually.

Madvapes sells LR cartomizers at lower prices in high volume (I'm sure other sites do too.) In bulk, they're $1.29 each, and one lasts me about 5 days before the flavor & vapor production become unacceptable.
Let's say I use 80 per year. Annual= $103.20

Batteries & chargers I get WAAAAY cheap from DX; they come on the slow boat direct from China, but I'm always back-stocked, so no worries. I'll give it $100 a year for those plus parts for new box mods & sundries.

Add in another $150 a year for new toys (hey, you never REALLY get all the way out of that 'experimentation phase', lol) and as a 'fudge factor'.

I estimate my total annual expenditures at $513.12. That makes a weekly total of $9.87. I used to send about $50 a week up in smoke (now it would be $60 here). So, I can guess that you'll be spending probably as much as you do now at first, but quickly your savings will start to be apparent; by the end of your first year, expect to be spending in the neighborhood of $10 a week.

How do you freeze your juice? I'm just starting DIY juice and would be interested in knowing how to freeze the stuff. If I can make a juice I really like and then make a huge batch and freeze it??? That would be great! Do you put it in the small 30ml-60ml bottles and freeze them all and just take out one bottle at a time when needed? Or do you freeze in large batches, thaw and split it up at that time? What's the system you use? I'd love some input.

 

[dearme]

No, you don't freeze the juice you made. The nic juice you hear people talk about freezing is the bulk nic juice they buy to make the flavored eliquids. They separate the bulk nic juice into smaller bottles and freeze that.

 

[Patrick21]

currently working out more expensive for me at this time within the last few days

 

[Tokemiester]

137 Days /$ 500 "Supplies" = $3.6496350364963503 per day , so far.
Where I am...$10 per pak/ day ($ 1,370 )
Soo...yeah, RICHER 'n' HEALTHER

 

[sidetrack]

Since I stockpiled enough hardware in the first year for the 2 year as well it will only cost me about $68. this year for my DIY eliquid. Yearly vape cost for me is $158. for hardware and eliquid.

Advice.......Research before you purchase, wait to buy during sales and DIY .

 

[TommyG]

I'm about a month and a half in and have broke almost even, I would be ahead money wise if I had found the forums first and not The SafeCig or V2.

 

[Stef64]

I DIY my juices, and with that I spend about $10.00/week (if I don't go hog wild buying another mods or other new things to try )

 

[vicsan]

No, you don't freeze the juice you made. The nic juice you hear people talk about freezing is the bulk nic juice they buy to make the flavored eliquids. They separate the bulk nic juice into smaller bottles and freeze that.

Thank you! That's what I'll do then.

 

[RickH]

I keep reading that cartos are refillable but they never seem to draw as well as new ones... I've tried alcohol washes.. use syring to blast alcohol and water thru...but nothing sems to get all the previous flavor out. and they just sem to heat up but have a hard draw... what am I doing wrong

 

[RickH]

After a month I seem to have gone thru a lot of components.. I like the 510 tanks, but they seem to continually clog and have hard draw. Carto's , I can never seem to get them to work as well as new after flushing out and refilling... CE2 work well... but get the newer versions as the acrylic breaks up after a week of use... new versions seems to be working better, but are a pain to fill with syringe... Giantomisers work pretty well so far... have to wait for longevity. Seem to be spending a lot the first few months trying to fing the Sweet spot of components