Well, if anyone it keeping tabs - I found a thread on the site here about 7-11 selling e-cigs. Now, I know they aren't the best but I'm very much the instant gratification type so after reading through that entire thread it seemed there were a lot of people who were "anti" and "pro" - with a vast majority of the people who had tried them being on the pro side and many other voices who hadn't bought them being on the not so pro side. Well, there's a 7-11 within view of my house so I popped on over and picked up the starter kit for $20. I was just about out of the so called analog smokes anyway so I figured what could it hurt? I'd be wasting $20 on something else stupid at one point or another so why not waste it on something that could maybe save my lungs some more torture.
I bought the plain version (not menthol). The flavor is nothing even close to a Marlboro Light like I'm use to, and I don't think the throat impact is as high as I'm used to from an analog, but overall its not a terrible experience. The after taste leaves a little bit to be desired, but it could be worse. The weird part is seeing "smoke" come out, but not having the smoke smell. That'll take some getting used to. Another thing I think will take some getting used to is ... I feel stupid. I imagine I don't look any dumber than someone with a real cigarette in their hand, but it just feels different for some reason. Can't place my finger on what it is yet.
While we're at it, I pulled the trigger on the Bluecigs.com starter kit this afternoon after giving the 7-11 kit a try. It comes with everything all in one shot and a friend of mine highly recommended them. I figure as a place to get started they had some good sounding flavors and I really liked the charging pack they include since I work 12 hour shifts. I understand from reading around the site that there are better options out there, but I also figured out from reading around the site I have a heck of a lot more reading to do before I really know what I'm talking about and buying. My hope is that with an all in one pack to start me off - by the time I smoke my way through that I'll be ready to really decide what unit I want to go with, what battery type I would want, and all the other options out there.
So, I guess thanks for the recommendations everyone gave. I'll be spending a lot of time going through the posts on the site. I had no idea there were so many options available in this vapor thing!
