Ok. This is my first post, but I'm going to try make it a legitimate one.
So probably like most everyone else here, I decided I was tired of smelling like an ashtray all of the time and being utterly out of breath after climbing just a few flights of stairs. I was ready to give this whole vaping thing whirl. Being a pretty obnoxious geek in most respects, I set out to research all of the options and just start with the "best" starter unit I find/afford, not wasting money the gas station versions. Well, after about 8 - 10 hours of reading forums (including this one) and browsing vendor sites, I had a headache from trying to reconcile all of the contradicting "reviews" and filter out the information on long outdated models.
So I started over and, instead of trying to find the "best", I tried to figure out what I really wanted out of my PV and go from there. Easier said than done having no vaping experience whatsoever. So here's the list I started with about a week ago:
1) It's got to just work - If I've got to screw with it all of the time, I'm not interested. This isn't a hobby...at least not yet.
2) I don't want to spend a significant portion of my life messing around with carts, pulling, cleaning, stuffing, dripping who knows how many times a day. - (see #1)
3) I want to think I'm smoking - I'm trying to quit smoking so I want to feel like I'm smoking...it makes sense to me anyway.
4) I don't really care if it looks like a cigarette, but I don't want to look like I'm sucking on the tailpipe of the Battlestar Galactica either.
To make long, drawn-out search short (too late, I know), I got a basic Joye eGo-T kit with Type B atty's. It came with 5 tanks pre-filled with Marlb 18mg, but I also got a small RY4 and, just to be a little wild, a small Red Bull, both 18mg. I got this all at pretty good price and utterly fantastic service/shipping from cignot.com.
After a whole 5 hours of vaping, I'm pretty happy with how it operates - I'll leave it at that since I have no significant experience and nothing but cigarettes to compare it with. (The noob guide here on how puffing a PV is NOT like puffing an analog was most helpful.) With the Exxon Valdez sized tanks though, I'm still working on the first one.
I am however already seeing why everybody says that you probably don't really want tobacco flavor that most definitely won't taste like a cigarette. Why taste cigarettes if I don't have to? In fact, I can't stand the smell of smoke and I drink coffee/soda constantly because I hate the taste even more. (I'm sure you're wondering why was I smoking in the first place. If you can figure that one out, let me know.) If you're a noob too and haven't yet bought a bunch of juice, take it from me, the freebie stuff that comes in your tanks will be enough "cigarette-like" flavor - branch out early.
All-in-all, I have to say that this is the first time I've ever actually been excited about the prospect of quitting smoking. In fact, now that I think about it, I haven't had an analog since I opened up the mail. Not exactly a lifetime achievement, but you know what they say about a journey of a thousand miles. I'm not deluding myself by thinking I won't ever light up again, but I definitely don't have that "last smoke" panic setting in at all.
So, good luck to me and everyone else out there trying to kick the chimney sticks.
Thanks for reading,
vaprGeek
So probably like most everyone else here, I decided I was tired of smelling like an ashtray all of the time and being utterly out of breath after climbing just a few flights of stairs. I was ready to give this whole vaping thing whirl. Being a pretty obnoxious geek in most respects, I set out to research all of the options and just start with the "best" starter unit I find/afford, not wasting money the gas station versions. Well, after about 8 - 10 hours of reading forums (including this one) and browsing vendor sites, I had a headache from trying to reconcile all of the contradicting "reviews" and filter out the information on long outdated models.
So I started over and, instead of trying to find the "best", I tried to figure out what I really wanted out of my PV and go from there. Easier said than done having no vaping experience whatsoever. So here's the list I started with about a week ago:
1) It's got to just work - If I've got to screw with it all of the time, I'm not interested. This isn't a hobby...at least not yet.
2) I don't want to spend a significant portion of my life messing around with carts, pulling, cleaning, stuffing, dripping who knows how many times a day. - (see #1)
3) I want to think I'm smoking - I'm trying to quit smoking so I want to feel like I'm smoking...it makes sense to me anyway.
4) I don't really care if it looks like a cigarette, but I don't want to look like I'm sucking on the tailpipe of the Battlestar Galactica either.
To make long, drawn-out search short (too late, I know), I got a basic Joye eGo-T kit with Type B atty's. It came with 5 tanks pre-filled with Marlb 18mg, but I also got a small RY4 and, just to be a little wild, a small Red Bull, both 18mg. I got this all at pretty good price and utterly fantastic service/shipping from cignot.com.
After a whole 5 hours of vaping, I'm pretty happy with how it operates - I'll leave it at that since I have no significant experience and nothing but cigarettes to compare it with. (The noob guide here on how puffing a PV is NOT like puffing an analog was most helpful.) With the Exxon Valdez sized tanks though, I'm still working on the first one.
I am however already seeing why everybody says that you probably don't really want tobacco flavor that most definitely won't taste like a cigarette. Why taste cigarettes if I don't have to? In fact, I can't stand the smell of smoke and I drink coffee/soda constantly because I hate the taste even more. (I'm sure you're wondering why was I smoking in the first place. If you can figure that one out, let me know.) If you're a noob too and haven't yet bought a bunch of juice, take it from me, the freebie stuff that comes in your tanks will be enough "cigarette-like" flavor - branch out early.
All-in-all, I have to say that this is the first time I've ever actually been excited about the prospect of quitting smoking. In fact, now that I think about it, I haven't had an analog since I opened up the mail. Not exactly a lifetime achievement, but you know what they say about a journey of a thousand miles. I'm not deluding myself by thinking I won't ever light up again, but I definitely don't have that "last smoke" panic setting in at all.
So, good luck to me and everyone else out there trying to kick the chimney sticks.
Thanks for reading,
vaprGeek
