e-cig too heavy

[Brooke1975]

E-cig shorts are even too heavy to hold in my mouth like a analog. Also I can't even hold them between my fingers they are just that heavy. The are the batteries with V4L on them. Do they sell lighter batteries? Or are there lighter batteries out there that will work with V4L cartos? Since I am just getting started I want the experience as close to smoking as possible. Please help!

 

[msroulette]

Brooke, I'm not sure you will find anything tha will be as light as an analog. The shorties are lighter than the regular batteries. I don't even hold mine like I would a cigarette...I think having a little difference also pulls us a little further away from falling back into smoking analogs too easily (new habits).
Stick it out, this is a good thing you are doing! It is your life you are saving!

 

[Brooke1975]

Brooke, I'm not sure you will find anything tha will be as light as an analog. The shorties are lighter than the regular batteries. I don't even hold mine like I would a cigarette...I think having a little difference also pulls us a little further away from falling back into smoking analogs too easily (new habits).
Stick it out, this is a good thing you are doing! It is your life you are saving!

Very good point, didn't think of it that way! Thanks!

 

[plantlvr]

Give it some time Brooke, pretty soon the nasty cigs will feel like what they are, dried, toxic plants, way to light!l
I tend to bite the cartos while I vape, holds it in place and I feel like some old movie star using a cig holder

 

[doots]

yes, you have the lightest ecig made, anything less would not create vapor.. lol

 

[leaford]

Brooke, all e-cigs are metal tubes filled with batteries. Real cigs are paper tubes filled with dried leaves. So, no, there are no e-cigs that are as light as a real cig.

 

[leeshor]

Brooke, all e-cigs are metal tubes filled with batteries. Real cigs are paper tubes filled with dried leaves. So, no, there are no e-cigs that are as light as a real cig.

One of these days we WILL have paper batteries, seriously, they exist now but not there yet.

 

[bwood12043]

Brooke, I know you feel right now like you really want the ecig to "feel" as much like an analog as possilbe, but give yourself time.

We all go through it, and it does get better. I could not even tolerate the feel or taste of an analog now. I know, I test myself from time to time, and I cannot even stand to light one.

For over 37 years, I barely ever had a moment where I didn't have one in my fingers, but it did not take long to break that habit, and now, I can barely remember why I ever liked it. Smoking tobacco NEVER gave me the pleasure that vaping does. NEVER EVER ! It was a demon in my life.

So give it time, and be patient with yourself. You will probably soon be wanting even bigger, better units with more vaper and longer battery life, and you will find such a variety of PV's out there to enjoy.

Some of us vape the same unit all day, some of us have a variety that satifies us.

Enjoy the adventure.

By the way, that feeling that you have to hold it between your lips and it's too heavy, well that will evolve and you should soon get to the point that the need to do that will be replaced by the ritual of vaping.

Again, welcome to our world of pioneers in one of the most satisfying adventures in our lives.

 

[Kimmy]

Brooke, I know you feel right now like you really want the ecig to "feel" as much like an analog as possilbe, but give yourself time.

We all go through it, and it does get better. I could not even tolerate the feel or taste of an analog now. I know, I test myself from time to time, and I cannot even stand to light one.

For over 37 years, I barely ever had a moment where I didn't have one in my fingers, but it did not take long to break that habit, and now, I can barely remember why I ever liked it. Smoking tobacco NEVER gave me the pleasure that vaping does. NEVER EVER ! It was a demon in my life.

So give it time, and be patient with yourself. You will probably soon be wanting even bigger, better units with more vaper and longer battery life, and you will find such a variety of PV's out there to enjoy.

Some of us vape the same unit all day, some of us have a variety that satifies us.

Enjoy the adventure.

By the way, that feeling that you have to hold it between your lips and it's too heavy, well that will evolve and you should soon get to the point that the need to do that will be replaced by the ritual of vaping.

Again, welcome to our world of pioneers in one of the most satisfying adventures in our lives.

Couldn't have said it better myself

 

[bsoplinger]

You can check out the M401 subforum here under the specific type area. Those are the smallest PV out there. The smallest, the M403 is about the size and diameter of a regular king size cigarette. Still heavier than the real thing. The battery life will be way less than the V4L batteries you have now. It won't produce the vapor or taste either although some people find that they do make enough.

Overall I'd suggest you just learn to hold your V4L differently and enjoy the vapor and flavor you get. But if you're truly unhappy you can try the very small M401 (about 108mm) M402 (about 98mm) or M403 (about 86mm).

 

[ETsmokinandvapin]

Strange that this would come up, I was just thinking today that at first I found the e-cig heavy and sorry I couldn't hold it in my mouth like the old analogs.

I can now.....been doing it without even thinking about it. I must have jaws of steele.......It's not super comfortable, but doable for a few seconds.

Anyways, you just adapt over time to new habits.

 

[krazie_Kid]

It does take time to get used to it, I hold mine while in my mouth with my teeth, since mines an auto, I press the button with my thumb and wrap my index around the e cig.

 

[SMILIN]

Brook

Use a passthru, no battery inside, light, light light

Steve

 

[maxx]

Duct tape......

 

[akcrabslayer]

Try a passtru they are the lightest thing available so far

 

[Vaporaise]

One of these days we WILL have paper batteries, seriously, they exist now but not there yet.

Whoa! paper batteries sounds cool! I just can't imagine it...

 

[leeshor]

Whoa! paper batteries sounds cool! I just can't imagine it...

Scientists are trying to perfect printing batteries on plain paper, (or very close to it), with a printer much like an inkjet. They are doing it now but it doesn't have the voltage to be very useful. Yet.

 

[PaulB]

I wish there were some sort of wi-fi electrical power in the air that would suffice. (I have the same mini-gripe about weight.)

 

[empnero]

they are heavy but after a month i was so used to it, i hold the regular size one in my mouth while i'm fishing. trust me, holding it in place while casting a 10ft rod with 5oz sinker plus bait, in high wind on the beach, took a bit of getting used to. at first i was biting on it, now it just rests naturally in there. you get used to it

 

[fwm]

Hang on Brook - I felt the same way, and thought I'd never get used to it....but you do. As some have said, you even wind up holding it different than a cigarette. My friend (who quit cold turkey) laughs at me and says it looks as though I'm trying to "hide" my e-cig.....but I told her, I'm not even sure why, you just hold it different than a cigarette. It is heavier, it is cold to touch so you don't have to be careful there, so the way you hold it doesn't matter.....but the times I did light up a cigarette since I started vaping, I once burned my hand because I forgot there was real fire there! There are definitely changes you will go through - I couldn't even begin to imagine vaping anything other than tobacco flavors.......now I rarely do.....all of the others are so good.......just be persistent, hang with it....you will be amazed.