i am uk also, and have a very similar experience, i ended up after some really cheap package deals going with a intellicig which was really quite ok for my basic needs, the cig was fine, but i just found the batteries and/or chargers to be very unreliable and often left me with no vaping ability, so need to have a rethink and get myself sorted now, going to check out some of the links on here also, tah!