Hi Brendan - Like you I chose the V2 as my first "
vaping" experience. Paid $65 for first starter kit. I liked the size of the battery and the "ease" of using pre-filled cartridges as I'm a pretty no hassle type of person. However, do not buy the claims that 1 cartridge is equal to 1 pack of analogs - not so. I smoke a pack of analogs a day or less but I went through 20 pre-filled cartridges in one week! I am not a constant vapor - in fact, I don't smoke analogs in my house so I wanted to "vape" the way I "smoked". If you do the math 20 pre-filled carts added up to about 3 packs a day! Their pre-fillers are expensive too. Saw many complaints on their own forum about people getting bad batches of carts that were going dry quickly as was the case with mine. Their service is ok but they like to make you believe that this is a "rare" thing and I even had a customer rep tell me that "you only hear the complaints people have never the good things". I told her that was not so but I felt like her company misrepresented the length of use you would get out of a cartridge. Let's face it, if most people are like me they want to quit analogs not only for health reasons but to save $$ and I didn't want to be throwing them $40 for 20 cartridges only to get 1 week's worth out of those! I sent my kit back under their 30 day money back warranty, got my money back, found these nice folks at ECF who gave me advice and ended up with the Riva 510 Starter kit at half the cost of V2's. Using cartomizers and juice. I'm still a newbee and still having to find the right "curve" on how to fill, vape, clean, etc. but that's to be expected. Been watching lots of You Tube "How To" videos on
vaping. Yes, miss the pre-filled carts but compare the cost of a bottle of e-liquid that lasts close to a month for me to the cost of $40 for 20 pre-filled carts - no brainer

. I don't want to bash a company - V2 had some good qualities and they are fairly new but I just don't like products to be misrepresented to me. Stick with ECF before you make any further purchases. These guys have been
vaping for quite some time, successfully and know the ends and outs that will help newcomers like us. Good luck to you - and me for that matter - still trying to get off analogs completely but do have faith that day will come soon
