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HisBoog

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Hello everyone!

My husband and I have only been vaping for a little over a month. We both were smoking at least a pack a day when we decided to try it out! My best friend had purchased an ego style vapor and was having great success with it, so we decided to give it a try! I have fallen in love with the unlimited choices of flavors, and more so the fact that my home and clothes no longer smell like and ash tray!!! I actually was walking through a parking lot the other day and someone somewhere was smoking a real cigarette and the smell was horrendous!! I can't believe I used to smell like that!! We are both down to using zero nicotine liquid, and neither of us have had a craving for the real thing! I am truly amazed!!! However I am now afraid we have traded one habit for another...or maybe this should be looked at like a hobby not a habit! Either way I am happy with our progress and can't wait to learn more about all the different mods and amazing things this new "hobby" has in store...lol

vape Happy Y'all!!!:D
 

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Hi and Welcome to ECF! Congrats on quitting!! Thats really fast to go down to zero, but wonderful! May not be a bad idea to keep a bottle on hand with some nic, maybe 6 or 12 ...kind of a "break glass in case of emergency" thing. You will find some of the withdrawal symptoms may not have completed their cycle just yet. Always better to have a tad of nicotine in your vape in emergencies as opposed to having a cigarette :)

Happy vaping and congrats again to both of you!!
 

HisBoog

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Hi and Welcome to ECF! Congrats on quitting!! Thats really fast to go down to zero, but wonderful! May not be a bad idea to keep a bottle on hand with some nic, maybe 6 or 12 ...kind of a "break glass in case of emergency" thing. You will find some of the withdrawal symptoms may not have completed their cycle just yet. Always better to have a tad of nicotine in your vape in emergencies as opposed to having a cigarette :)

Happy vaping and congrats again to both of you!!

Thank You!!! We actually do have several flavors containing different levels of nic left, and your suggesstion is exactly why we haven't passed them along to our friends...lol...with a house full of boys (we have 3 btw) I am sure at some point one or both of us will need a little kick in our vape :blink:
 

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Welcome and Congratz on being smoke free Both of you. Down to no Nic. juice Is a great accomplishment. I'm sure all the flavors are tasting even better now. I am still at 12 Mg and dropping every week so I cant wait to be at 0 nic. Now that you have gotten this far there are many choices on tanks, drippers and the like. Do some research based on what your looking for from vaping, so you spend your new found cash on worth while purchases. It's easy to get sucked into all the new stuff reviews are worth there weight in Gold. Good luck to you and your hubby.
 

HisBoog

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Welcome and Congratz on being smoke free Both of you. Down to no Nic. juice Is a great accomplishment. I'm sure all the flavors are tasting even better now. I am still at 12 Mg and dropping every week so I cant wait to be at 0 nic. Now that you have gotten this far there are many choices on tanks, drippers and the like. Do some research based on what your looking for from vaping, so you spend your new found cash on worth while purchases. It's easy to get sucked into all the new stuff reviews are worth there weight in Gold. Good luck to you and your hubby.

Thanks for the welcome!!

I have been reading so much lately that I have confused myself I believe. :?: I have a friend that has dove head first into the mods and all that, but I am still using my simple 900 ego style battery. I did "upgrade" from my basic EVOD tank (I think that's what that part is called...lol) to a EVOD Glass with a double coil. I have noticed that I go through MUCH more juice with this new tank that with the other. I have also learned that I like the cloud of smoke but not as much as like to feel the flavor in my mouth and throat!!! I started reading last night about the different components of the liquid that cause these effects. I am still rather confused on that part though. Most, well all, of the vape shops around me are all "prepackaged" shops. You go in and sample the liquids they have ordered from who knows where and get a prepackaged sealed bottle and that's it. I (being the southern mom that I am) LOVE to come up with my own recipes in my kitchen, and that is falling over into my vaping. I am constantly mixing flavors...counting how many drops...telling my husband "here...trying this one"...and I would really like to learn how to correctly blend the liquids I get for the results I am looking for. I know I have a lot of reading in my future...but I am looking forward to it! Who knows...maybe there is a future for me with an "honest to goodness vape shop" here in my small hick town:toast:
 

HisBoog

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Hello and Congrats! :D
Can I ask how you stepped down to 0 nic? What did you start at? I've been using 12mg since I started (3weeks today) and haven't attempted to step down yet. I'm really considering trying 6mg...but darn it I just ordered more 12mg lol

:2cool: Thanks for the welcome!!

I started with 16mg of menthol tobacco flavor. I used it for about a week and fell off the wagon...smoked about half a pack of my old trusty Camel Menthol's :facepalm: I visited a friend near the coast and she let me taste a juice she was using. I had said I didn't want to use the "flavors" because if I was going to want a smoke it would be because it tasted like the real thing....I WAS WRONG! LOL I tried her juice...a menthol and cinnamon blend called Lava Flow (it's a MyStart liquid and you can order it from ecigcharleston.com). I absolutely loved it!!!! I went straight to her local vape store (listed above) and bought a 10mL bottle of 11mg. I vaped it straight for about a week and decided to go to our local "vape lounge" and try some other flavors. I settled on a honeydew flavor and bought a 6mg bottle. I started mixing these 2 half and half...from there I bought several bottles of 0mg in different flavors and mixed them with the other liquids I still had. As of this past week I ran out of the lava flow and have ordered more in 0mg. I have found that the throat hit from the cinnamon seems to take care of my "need" to feel the smoke in my throat!!!

I think the best way for you to still be able to use what you have and still step down is go buy some 0mg and mix it with you 12mg. Different ratio's will cut the 12mg down to what you are hoping to achieve! 50/50 will get you pretty darn close to 6mg...75/25 closer to 3mg...I know its not exact but hey it worked for me...lol

Good Luck!!! I hope it works for you like it did for me!! Oh and don't be surprised if you want to vape more as you lower the nic!! I did!!! But now that I am at 0mg...I don't care...hahaha
 

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Great job and congratulations! I'm on day 14 and my hubby is on day 6. I'm still using 24 MG nicotine and that's helped stop my cravings. I had smoked 2 packs a day for 25 years so that's one reason I use the 24. It keeps me comfortable. In the future I do plan on cutting down on the nicotine , just not right now. You have done a amazing job! Keep up the great job! Your a inspiration!
 

HisBoog

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Congratulations and welcome! Amazing to be at 0 mg already, especially with 3 kids - I have 4 daughters, 2 still teens at home, so yeah, I hear you on that. :) I'm still at 24 mg, and plan to step down. Eventually. I think.

Our boys are 13, 8, & 2!! So yeah I am pretty sure I will be in need of some nic be for its said and done!

His Boog
 
A double coil tank is just that. @ coils and thus 2 wicks thus twice the vapor. So yes you will more juice. Still cheaper than the real deal. Congrats on the switch and don't worry about the Nic levels as long as your happy with the feeling and it keeps you from the "Stinkies" as you now are realizing. Yes I too are realizing how bad it smells and I did too. I couldn't see the trees for the forest. And yes the flavor craze never ends. Go for it !!! Thats the best part is there will always be something different coming your way. Like a kid with Halloween candy I say.
 
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