day one: hey, maybe this will work!

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virga

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Feb 11, 2013
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As I mentioned in another thread, I've been smoking on and off for my entire adult life - and have been 'on' for the past several years. I love to smoke. Don't like the smell, don't like the cough, sometimes don't even like the taste, but I love the action itself and I'm sure my body loves the nicotine =/

I went a little crazy, buying spinner sets for my BF and I, backup 510 sets, an assortment of attys/cartos/clearos/tanks, and a bunch of DIY juice/flavoring stuff. It all arrived today, I got them all charged and I'm determined to make this work.

I mixed up some VZ apple pie first, went with 50/50 PG/VG at 25mg to start. The 510s were fully charged almost immediately, so I filled up one of the blank cartridges it came with and gave it a go. Meh. Throat hit was decent, maybe a little harsh, with very little flavor or taste, except a slight (yummy) aftertaste. I set it aside and tried again - adding some extra apple pie, some cream, and some caramel. Slightly better, still lit a cigarette.

Puttered around while the spinners charged - came back several hours later and decided to try making a creamsicle liquid. full strength (2.5%) mandarin and ~1% cream. Used a boge 2.0 ohm carto, put it on the spinner, and played with the dial. Plenty of vapor and a perfect throat hit once I increased the voltage somewhat. Flavor is still not as strong as I'd like, though the bit that I get is delicious. Not sure if this is my taste buds, new cartos, poor mixing, or what. Going to hit the local place down the road to pick up some juices and recommendations to rule out user error.

Regardless, I like it! I lit a cigarette about an hour ago, and while it didn't taste bad, I SERIOUSLY reached for the vape a couple times when the analog was in the ashtray. I just lit another, but it's been burning away more than it's being smoked, it has an ewie aftertaste. I wish I had a really tasty something for my BF, but I'm hopeful I'll find something tomorrow. I was a little worried with the manual batteries, but I needn't have been. Previous experience with carbs made it about a 2 second adjustment to normal smoking =P


Maybe I won't be buying anymore cigarettes!
 

Romowens01

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Took a week or so off of cigarettes before I started to get the full flavors. Tried a bunch of different kinds at my local store (try before you buy is awesome). Picked out my top 4. By the time I needed more, my original favorite flavor didn't taste as great and my least favorite was now my favorite. Just takes a lil time to get the taste buds back on track.
 

Big Mungo

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Keep at it.....I smoked 2+ packs a day for nearly 40 years and once I started vaping I was off the butts in 3 days.....just couldn't stand the taste of them or the lingering smell. Like you I just enjoyed the sensation of smoking and vaping has filled the bill!!! You might want to try some good pre-made juice until you get the hang of DIY juice....diy is tricky and I've been doing it about 2 months now and have a few really good mixes...and a lot of very bad mixes that I thought would be good. Check out some juices from Heather's Heavenly Vapes or Alien Visions or Backwoods Brew as just a few examples......some of their flavors are AMAZING. Welcome to the world of vaping!!:toast:
 

virga

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I had FOUR cigarettes yesterday. FOUR! And I went to a bar! A smoking bar where many nice people would have happily given me a cigarette. I didn't have a single one. I just hit the vape and thought about how nice it was to have gone to dinner without smelling like an ashtray for the first time in years.

Had one this morning, though, and it was still enjoyable, so I'm not there yet =P I can see a nonsmoking future, though! squee!
 

akatina

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I had FOUR cigarettes yesterday. FOUR! And I went to a bar! A smoking bar where many nice people would have happily given me a cigarette. I didn't have a single one. I just hit the vape and thought about how nice it was to have gone to dinner without smelling like an ashtray for the first time in years.

Had one this morning, though, and it was still enjoyable, so I'm not there yet =P I can see a nonsmoking future, though! squee!

Congrats!!! That morning smoke was the one I kept for a few days, it's hard to give up. I started vaping higher nic juice with my morning coffee with the "option" of smoking the morning cig 15 minutes after (to give my vape nic a change to get into my system), and found I stopped wanting that morning smoke after a day or so.

Good luck!
 
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