Hey CheeseHead! Welcome to ECF! I'm new too, but saw that no one answered your question yet, so thought I'd give you food for thought...
Do you think you are going to use the tank style cartridges and atty's? If you'll use that set up, go ahead and get a kit! If not, don't waste your money. Buy a Twist, the eGo Fast USB Charger and some carto's, atty's and juice.
Kits are the only way to go
**if you need all the parts in the kit. Do the math, you'll find that it always costs more to buy the parts individually.
I like the tank system Joye has for the eGo's (but dislike the tanks for the 510-T). So I bought a JoyeTech kit that has 2 "eGo-C 1,000mAh Upgrade 2" bats, 5 tank atty's, 5 tanks, 2 atty base/covers, 1 Fast USB Charger, 2 Mouthpiece Covers for $85
Joyetech logo MEGA EGO-C starter kit with 1000mAh eGo-C 2 upgrade batteries and type A atomizers - Joye eGo-C starter kits Heaven Gifts - I also bought a JoyeTech eGo-C Twist 650mAh, I like the smaller size because of the "pocketability".
BTW: my wife's a CheeseHead, and we visit Wisconsin all the time, beautiful state!
(TESTING FORUM BEHAVIOR: typing c a r t o s as one word changes to c a r t o n , I think. Let's see: cartos ) Now it's not changing, maybe I have to post, then it'll change. I noticed this quirk when hit edit and fixed my carto s above and it switched back to carton. Maybe it's my iPad, or its browser Safari?