E-cigarette models

[Ladypixel]

I agree with tj99959 up there. While yes, a Provari is fantastic (and no, I don't have one because they cost so damned much for one singular unit), there's a level of experimentation to find what produces the right amount of vapor/flavor for each person. I'll be truthful: I still like my ego-T, and a lot of people hate the tank system on those. I also love my Phiniac tank with either 1.7 or 2.0 Boge cartos. I also am a huge fan of clearomizers. I have a Lavatube clone, ego batteries, Riva batteries, kgo batteries (well, okay, my husband has the kgos), and I'm waiting for a wooden box mod to arrive.

I've spent far more than I would have on a Provari. But instead of having one PV, I have multiple, and some juices taste better in one than in the others, and I haven't had a cigarette for over a month... and I now have a clue what the heck I want out of vaping (and for me, that would be "variety", because some juices are better cooler and others are better warmer).

Everyone's a little different.

 

[wv2win]

Howdy all,

Another noob here, first post. After reviewing some different posts and threads I seem to have gone overboard for my PV. But in keeping with my experienced group of vapers here on my overseas post, the guys all recommended to go straight to the Provari. So in my normal over the top approach to things I bought the PV and a bunch of e-liquids, tanks, cartos and spare items. Since my order, a friend has allowed me to borrow his older PV and charger along with samples of e-liquid.

While I am enjoying being able to vape at my desk I still enjoy going for a smoke once in awhile. But I'm already getting kinda tired of constantly keeping a battery on the charger and dripping quite often. Actually keeping a battery charging isn't that big of a hastle but I'll be glad when my PV arrives along with the three 18650 batteries. Wish I would have bought a 4th battery but that can be taken care of later on. Always seems to be a learning curve to everything so that's to be expected.

So while I'm content from a hardware perspective, I'm always on the prowl watching e-liquid reviews and reading different forums. Not sure what the longterm outcome will be but I hope to completely kick the habit and just enjoy a good vape now and then.

You won't be sorry you bought a Provari. I wish I would have picked up mine first.

That would be bad advice in my opinion. A person is better off learning on a "so what if I bust the damn thing" model.
Replacement "xGo" batteries can be found all over the place for less than 20 bucks, a carto costs around a buck and a half. Spending $200+ before you even know if you will like vaping doesn't make any sense at all.
In the end everyone will end up with their very own favorite, mine is "more than one". I don't care what mod someone else says is best, all by itself it would never satisfy my needs. Same reason that I smoked pipes and cigars as well as cigarettes.

I disagree on several levels. First, the OP has been vaping for a while and obviously wants to continue, so suggesting a Provari or other better performing model as goats & dc did, is not a bad suggestion. Second, eGo's are not even the best option in their category of PV's. When you say eGo batteries are under $20, they are at some suppliers but generally not by much, $15 being the average. The E-Power, which has better batteries than the standard eGo batteries, only cost around $4.00 unlike the $15+ ego batteries.

 

[TamJeff]

Before I got the volt, I tried some other cig sized versions and coming from missing cigs while quitting, they were all good and better as far as I was concerned at the time. I am older so rechargeable batteries are like great technology to me. A Volt kit with two batteries? I thought I had found e-cig Mecca. One on charge, one in use. I have to sleep sometime so I was never without an e-cig. As a matter of fact, they were overlapping with one in use and the other already charged. IMO, the Volt 78mm battery outlasts all of the other 808 skinny e-cigs "I" have tried.

I should also note a pattern I follow with e-cigs. I really didn't want to overdo it and I didn't want to become a vape monster like I was a smoke monster with cigs. I'm the guy who could work and do everything with a cig in my hand or mouth. The skinny Volt keeps me grounded in this regard and it is easy on the juice consumption. Another thing is that alot of these high performance mods start taking on that fiendish look. Where people start to look hopelessly addicted, and to me, spells a warning to non-vapers and to other uninformed people who may be in a position to find a reason to legislate against vaping, like they do with everything else that is somewhat harmless and fun once they figure out money is being made and too many people are liking it. Hyperventilating vapor looks like addiction, more so than regularly smoking a cigarette, again IMO.

The cigarette styled 808 looks benign comparatively, and all I have to do to appreciate it, is think about what quitting cigarettes would be like without it, or having to old school it with disposable AAA batteries. 5-6 hrs on a REcharge with something that somewhat feels like smoking? If it never was any better than that, I would still not find room to complain.

With that all (sorry if I am being redundant) said, I keep the 808 so that I still look like I have a sensible grasp on my habit, and my larger mods for fun. With this in mind, I think most people would find a convenient, sensible place/time for the smallest to the largest. The smallest just keeps from too many people knowing I am having too much fun.

 

[mrjt]

i currently use the D1 battery and cartomizers from Lecig does anyonelse use those? if so how do u like them?

 

[sailorman]

....Another thing is that alot of these high performance mods start taking on that fiendish look. Where people start to look hopelessly addicted, and to me, spells a warning to non-vapers and to other uninformed people who may be in a position to find a reason to legislate against vaping, like they do with everything else that is somewhat harmless and fun once they figure out money is being made and too many people are liking it. Hyperventilating vapor looks like addiction, more so than regularly smoking a cigarette, again IMO.
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Sorry, I have to strenuously disagree on that point. If you take the time to study all the anti e-cig propaganda, you will see 2 common themes. One is that they take advantage of the fact that some e-cigs look like the real thing by trumpeting the fact and shreiking that e-cigs lead children to think that smoking cigarettes is acceptable. They latch onto the analog look-alikes to evoke strong anti-smoking emotions among the public. None of their literature ever mention the existence of e-cigs that don't look like cigarettes. They take great pains to describe e-cigs in great detail and as looking just like cigarettes. You will NEVER see any other kind of e-cig mentioned in ANY of their propaganda.

The other theme they use is to continually repeat and stress the word "cigarette" in order to promote the association of e-cigs with analogs in the public's mind. These people know what they are doing. They are professional PR experts. Every time you pull an e-cig out that looks like an analog, you play right into their hands. You tell the world that you still smoke cigarettes, only you smoke electric cigarettes. This is a grave mistake that was started by e-cig marketers to attract smokers. What it also did was attract the hostility of non-smokers. But the marketers didn't care about that.

When I vape in public, I don't vape a cig. look alike. Nobody ever accuses me of smoking. When people are curious, they ask what I have. They don't assume they know already because I'm vaping an analog look alike. This is a valuable opportunity to counter the propaganda they may have heard about e-cigs. I usually tell them it's a nicotine vaporizer. That disarms them. Nobody has a built-in bias against vaporizers. Then, they listen without thinking about all the BS they've heard from the FDA press releases and the anti e-cig propaganda.

If e-cigs never looked like cigarettes, fewer would have been sold. But the opposition to them would be far, far less strenuous and determined. If you want to be treated like a smoker, act like a smoker and look like a smoker. Hang out in the smoking areas. Observe the no-smoking signs. Puff on an e-cig that looks like a cigarette. To the public, you will be indistinguishable from a smoker and e-cigs will be conflated with analogs by every anti-ecig zealot and organization in the country. That's exactly what they want and that's the game they are playing in the battle for public support.

 

[wv2win]

Before I got the volt, I tried some other cig sized versions and coming from missing cigs while quitting, they were all good and better as far as I was concerned at the time. I am older so rechargeable batteries are like great technology to me. A Volt kit with two batteries? I thought I had found e-cig Mecca. One on charge, one in use. I have to sleep sometime so I was never without an e-cig. As a matter of fact, they were overlapping with one in use and the other already charged. IMO, the Volt 78mm battery outlasts all of the other 808 skinny e-cigs "I" have tried.

I should also note a pattern I follow with e-cigs. I really didn't want to overdo it and I didn't want to become a vape monster like I was a smoke monster with cigs. I'm the guy who could work and do everything with a cig in my hand or mouth. The skinny Volt keeps me grounded in this regard and it is easy on the juice consumption. Another thing is that alot of these high performance mods start taking on that fiendish look. Where people start to look hopelessly addicted, and to me, spells a warning to non-vapers and to other uninformed people who may be in a position to find a reason to legislate against vaping, like they do with everything else that is somewhat harmless and fun once they figure out money is being made and too many people are liking it. Hyperventilating vapor looks like addiction, more so than regularly smoking a cigarette, again IMO.

The cigarette styled 808 looks benign comparatively, and all I have to do to appreciate it, is think about what quitting cigarettes would be like without it, or having to old school it with disposable AAA batteries. 5-6 hrs on a REcharge with something that somewhat feels like smoking? If it never was any better than that, I would still not find room to complain.

With that all (sorry if I am being redundant) said, I keep the 808 so that I still look like I have a sensible grasp on my habit, and my larger mods for fun. With this in mind, I think most people would find a convenient, sensible place/time for the smallest to the largest. The smallest just keeps from too many people knowing I am having too much fun.

I agree completely with sailorman. The more our PV's look like the real thing, the more negative the perception we present to the uninformed. Many of us believe we shouldn't use the term "cigarette" ever in relation to vaping. We need to move as far away from the look and terminology of smoking as possible. And anything that looks like a cigarette cannot also look "benign, especially to non-smokers and the "anti's".

And for the average vaper, a mini model PV will not provide more that 2 hours of vaping time. You cannot change the physics of battery functionality. If you are a very light vaper, the mini's will be fine. For the average or heavy vaper, they just won't cut it without constant battery changes.

 

[SkyrimVapz]

i have used blu and volcano products and they are pretty good but i switched to revolver cause they have great customer service and really helped me learn what i was doing so check them out at revolvercig.com