So I started with a Joye 510 maybe 2 or 3 months ago. The first day I really questioned how effective it would be. The vapor seemed a lot different then smoke, but had a better taste to it but it was still just "different". During the first day I tried to use it as much as possible, switching flavors to find one that I liked it.
On the second day I felt that I had spent around $100 for the c-cig, charing carrying pack, and various juices- I should definitely at least give it a try. I own a small business and I am out on the road from 9am to around 7pm. I left my analog cigarettes at home and brought the 510. I used it, liked it, and didn't crave a cigarette once that day.
This continued for a few weeks. I noticed that when I was in a public setting (at a bar, out with friends, or even driving in the car while sitting in traffic) I would feel uncomfortable about vaping. All of my friends were at first like "WTF IS THAT?", but liked the idea of a less harmful, and better tasting smoke. All of my non-smoking friends really liked it and said "Man you don't have to go outside to smoke anymore, it's great". A few of them even tried it. They were taking back by the strength of the hit I would imagine- or maybe just not being used to nicotine.
While out for drinks or dinner, when my smoking friends would want to go outside to smoke a cigarette (can't smoke inside any public place in NJ), I would usually bum one of their smokes. I didn't like this, never liked people bumming from me, and I particularly didn't like the taste of the cigarette after getting accustomed to delicious flavors. The few times that I did try to vape in public in this type of setting- I would hear whispers from groups of people like "WTF??". I would sometimes get the occasional person who knew what it was, or had a friend or acquaintance used a PV. When I was driving in the car, I felt like a cop or someone was going to see me pulling "smoke" out of a "pipe", and I just didn't want to go thru the hassle. I would vape in the car but I would kind of do it low-key and certainly not if I knew a cop was around. I even had a certain way of holding the 510. Using my thumb or index finger to hit the button, and to hold the e-cig. My other 3 fingers would lay in front of the cigarette, to cover the LED (damn LED gives it all away).
Now heres my downfall:
I had an atomizer fail on me one day while I was working. It was my fault, I should have had a spare. I am sometimes prepared for this, but one I got home I saw that I only had one atomizer remaining. When I connected it to the battery, I then realized it was DOA. At the time I really wanted to try cartomizers and I knew that vaporkings had the exact ones I wanted. They were actually out of stock at the time and rather then get a different one on accident, or get one that I wasn't too happy with- I waited about 2 weeks to place my order. During this time I went back to smoking analogue cigarettes. I wasn't smoking nearly as frequently, but I was still smoking.
Since then I have received my order from VK and even though I was impressed by the cartomizers and ease of refilling, I still continue to smoke cigarettes. I pick up my 510 a few times a day but can't seem to put down analogues. I am actually smoking just as frequently as I was before I got my 510 (a few short of a pack a day).
I feel like a bum
I was very happy with the 510 and even more happy with how I felt after a week of not smoking. One thing that I can say is that I have ran out of my favorite juices. I still have the "so so" juices that I enjoyed, but not the REALLY GOOD ones. I guess its a possibility that I'd rather smoke then vape the current juices that I have, but I'm not really sure what to do from here.
On the second day I felt that I had spent around $100 for the c-cig, charing carrying pack, and various juices- I should definitely at least give it a try. I own a small business and I am out on the road from 9am to around 7pm. I left my analog cigarettes at home and brought the 510. I used it, liked it, and didn't crave a cigarette once that day.
This continued for a few weeks. I noticed that when I was in a public setting (at a bar, out with friends, or even driving in the car while sitting in traffic) I would feel uncomfortable about vaping. All of my friends were at first like "WTF IS THAT?", but liked the idea of a less harmful, and better tasting smoke. All of my non-smoking friends really liked it and said "Man you don't have to go outside to smoke anymore, it's great". A few of them even tried it. They were taking back by the strength of the hit I would imagine- or maybe just not being used to nicotine.
While out for drinks or dinner, when my smoking friends would want to go outside to smoke a cigarette (can't smoke inside any public place in NJ), I would usually bum one of their smokes. I didn't like this, never liked people bumming from me, and I particularly didn't like the taste of the cigarette after getting accustomed to delicious flavors. The few times that I did try to vape in public in this type of setting- I would hear whispers from groups of people like "WTF??". I would sometimes get the occasional person who knew what it was, or had a friend or acquaintance used a PV. When I was driving in the car, I felt like a cop or someone was going to see me pulling "smoke" out of a "pipe", and I just didn't want to go thru the hassle. I would vape in the car but I would kind of do it low-key and certainly not if I knew a cop was around. I even had a certain way of holding the 510. Using my thumb or index finger to hit the button, and to hold the e-cig. My other 3 fingers would lay in front of the cigarette, to cover the LED (damn LED gives it all away).
Now heres my downfall:
I had an atomizer fail on me one day while I was working. It was my fault, I should have had a spare. I am sometimes prepared for this, but one I got home I saw that I only had one atomizer remaining. When I connected it to the battery, I then realized it was DOA. At the time I really wanted to try cartomizers and I knew that vaporkings had the exact ones I wanted. They were actually out of stock at the time and rather then get a different one on accident, or get one that I wasn't too happy with- I waited about 2 weeks to place my order. During this time I went back to smoking analogue cigarettes. I wasn't smoking nearly as frequently, but I was still smoking.
Since then I have received my order from VK and even though I was impressed by the cartomizers and ease of refilling, I still continue to smoke cigarettes. I pick up my 510 a few times a day but can't seem to put down analogues. I am actually smoking just as frequently as I was before I got my 510 (a few short of a pack a day).
I feel like a bum
I was very happy with the 510 and even more happy with how I felt after a week of not smoking. One thing that I can say is that I have ran out of my favorite juices. I still have the "so so" juices that I enjoyed, but not the REALLY GOOD ones. I guess its a possibility that I'd rather smoke then vape the current juices that I have, but I'm not really sure what to do from here.
