Do you fill your own or buy pre-filled?

[plantlvr]

I was only a pre-fill carto user for the first year, maybe a little longer. But I became more curious as time went on, and started to buy juice, blank cartos and syringes after reading about it here. Now I have to laugh at myself because I don't use pre-filled carts at all, only carts that I fill myself.
Whats funny is i used to snicker to myself about all the 'juicers' that used to rave about this and that juice, the best syringe, etc. I'm never gonna become THAT cwazy, i thought to myself....
I wonder how this happened sometimes but i just figure it's a natural progression of what I want, YMMV.
I guess it's all about learning to be a happy vaper and finding your 'sweet spot'!

PS- Pre-filled cartos are great, I'm not knocking them, just observing my vaping experience

 

[SAG]

Hi Plantlvr. Well, I mostly use pre-filled. I have some juice and will drip sometimes... Guess I'm liking the convenience.

 

[zerominusone]

I fill my own too. Only used pre-filled ones until I ran out (a 5 pk. came with my pv). A buddy buys prefilled ones and when they're pretty much done, he'll fill 'em with a similar juice.

 

[SIC08869]

Fill my own. I have friends that are giving me their old cartos as they do not want to refill and its working out good!

 

[katz-in-boots]

I was a lot like you Plantlvr. I couldn't imagine myself getting into the messy business of filling & refilling my own cartos, prefills were perfect. But then I got curious...
Interestingly though, since I got into tanks, I started to resent having to fill carts & muck about with cleaning etc - especially when the price difference between prefills & blanks isn't that much. I recently placed my first order for prefills in probably 6 months or so. They aren't as juicy, perhaps, but they're convenient for in the car and out & about. Rest of the time I'm happy with tanks now.

 

[Mmc]

When I'm home I mostly use the tanks, when on vacation, or at the office, it's mostly pre filled cartos

 

[keyzygirl]

Both. I do like having prefilled for the ease of use and I have a bunch in my bag so I can just pop a new one on.I always refill them and try to get as much use out of them as possible.

 

[Morandir835]

Only use prefills when trying new flavors Ms. Plantlvr, otherwise fill my own.

 

[terrie1]

I have filled my own from almost the beginning. I loved Blueberry cobbler and ordered lots of those, but I wanted my quit to be economical as possible. While there's a rather steep learning curve, after a few months I was good at it, and now Im a pro.
Filling your own, you get it just the way you like it. Oh, dont pass on the tank system...you have to use Diamond series batts, but its the closest you'll coe to a 5v experience, without topping off all the time, as you can get! I LOVE TANKS!!! W00T!

 

[TheScootness]

I did pre-filled at the very beginning but switched pretty quickly to refilling them and then only filling blanks. I really prefer the blanks now. IMO you get a more consistent experience with flavor and amount of time it lasts before needing re-filled. As Morandir said, I only get pre-filled when trying new flavors now.

Also, as others have stated, I use the tanks exclusively at home now so I don't have to re-fill carts nearly as often but it's kind of a pain when I do because filling the tanks is so quick and easy!

 

[krazie_Kid]

I started with prefilled until Sawlight, Darr, Jeffree and Born told me about refilling, and how much it would save me, so I did that after my 1st order and I have not stopped refilling lol.

 

[JenJen]

Buy prefilled and juice. I generally just keep "topping them off" with juice for a few days until they start tasting a bit burnt then I toss them out. Easy Peasy!

 

[jeffree]

Yep, a natural progression for many of us. I laughed at re-fillers for my first 6 months of vaping. Crazy vapaholics. But the syringe won me over. Thanks to the vets, especially Sally, for showing me the light. I still hate re-filling, though, and would buy nothing but pre-fills if I were the 1%.

 

[EleanorR]

If it makes you feel any better, Jeffree, you only have to make $344K a year to be in the 1% -- so you might still want to be economical and buy juice, even then! (Depending on your other obligations . . . )

 

[Lisa66]

I started refilling around week 2 because I'm a control freak.

 

[waylonjessi4ever]

I started with prefilled ,then switched to filling when I wasn't chicken anymore with all your help here of course ....
I buy prefilleds occasionally to have on hand but refill those too .

 

[jeffree]

If it makes you feel any better, Jeffree, you only have to make $344K a year to be in the 1% -- so you might still want to be economical and buy juice, even then! (Depending on your other obligations . . . )

Eleanor, at my average annual salary spikes, and allowing precisely for the current rate of inflation and typical economic fluctuations, I know I can hit that 344 mark in... 2061. Maybe 2070. Yeah, think I'll stay with the juice and wait for sales.

 

[Andy Thatcher]

Must confess I have never used a pre filled.

I found Ecf just before I bought an Ego C so never on the agenda.

 

[kittypie]

I did pre-filled at the very beginning but switched pretty quickly to refilling them and then only filling blanks. I really prefer the blanks now. IMO you get a more consistent experience with flavor and amount of time it lasts before needing re-filled. As Morandir said, I only get pre-filled when trying new flavors now.

Also, as others have stated, I use the tanks exclusively at home now so I don't have to re-fill carts nearly as often but it's kind of a pain when I do because filling the tanks is so quick and easy!

Ditto!....