First Year Savings from switching to Vaping

[ScottP]

The wife and I switched from smoking to vaping Jan 1 2013. I just finished tallying up our total expenditures that we spent on vaping for the 2013 Year. The total includes all hardware including chargers, cables, car adapters, wicks, wire, devices, shipping, and juice.
Here are the results:

Hardware Total: $542.30
Juice Total: $473.01
Shipping: $86.66
Taxes: $3.38 (on some adapters we bought at Radio Shack)
TOTAL: $1041.38

Note: The juice expense is a bit high due to a massive purchase during MTB's Black Friday sale. We have barely put a dent in that juice as of today so it should last us a few more months.

Prior to switching we both smoked 1pk/day each (sometimes more) but assuming just the 2pk/day total @ $5.50 per pack, we would have spent $4015 in 2013 on cigarettes.

Meaning we saved a whopping $2973.62 in our first year!!!

Considering we now have enough batteries, toppers, wires, and wicks to last a long time, I don't see our hardware bill for 2014 being much at all. So I am expecting even more savings this year. I just wish we would have switched sooner.

 

[JRZROB]

The wife and I switched from smoking to vaping Jan 1 2013. I just finished tallying up our total expenditures that we spent on vaping for the 2013 Year. The total includes all hardware including chargers, cables, car adapters, wicks, wire, devices, shipping, and juice.
Here are the results:

Hardware Total: $542.30
Juice Total: $473.01
Shipping: $86.66
Taxes: $3.38 (on some adapters we bought at Radio Shack)
TOTAL: $1041.38

Note: The juice expense is a bit high due to a massive purchase during MTB's Black Friday sale. We have barely put a dent in that juice as of today so it should last us a few more months.

Prior to switching we both smoked 1pk/day each (sometimes more) but assuming just the 2pk/day total @ $5.50 per pack, we would have spent $4015 in 2013 on cigarettes.

Meaning we saved a whopping $2973.62 in our first year!!!

Considering we now have enough batteries, toppers, wires, and wicks to last a long time, I don't see our hardware bill for 2014 being much at all. So I am expecting even more savings this year. I just wish we would have switched sooner.

That's awesome!!! Me and my wife are going to try and figure out the same thing next year. It was a pricey first month, however we both got everything we could possibly want/need for a few months. Just the occasional juice and carts now for her and I will be rebuilding. I'm almost certain our savings will be between the $2000-3000 range.

Thanks for that bit of news!

 

[Rosenec]

That's is great. I expect to save $2000 myself this year.

 

[Myrany]

From the start I set my vape budget at HALF what I spent smoking. With 2 exceptions I have stuck to that. SO I know full well I have saved quite a bit of money over the past 10 months.

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

I can only guess as to my savings since quitting smoking but one thing I do know for sure....

I have lots of shiny gadgets to show for my money instead of ashtrays full of cigarette butts.

 

[RoseB]

Saving money is awesome

 

[TheReign]

Saving money and having toys that don't burn away in your hand.

 

[ScottP]

That's awesome!!! Me and my wife are going to try and figure out the same thing next year. It was a pricey first month, however we both got everything we could possibly want/need for a few months. Just the occasional juice and carts now for her and I will be rebuilding. I'm almost certain our savings will be between the $2000-3000 range.

Thanks for that bit of news!

Great to hear others saving money too.

I just wanted to provide some counter balance to so many of the "I can't save money with vaping" type threads.

 

[Grimwald]

This is the year I'm going to save money...of course I said that last year...yeah, this year for sure...or next.

 

[Stosh]

My yearly smoking costs at 1 1/2 pad @ $7.50 per, used to be $4106.25

Started vaping in 2010, and long since have a stock of hardware, the past year I sprung for a K-100 for $23, an EVOD clearo $5 and a bottle of 60 mg nicotine $29, a coil of 30 ga kanthral, and a couple bottles of flavoring. If I wanted to push it I have enough to vape for another year without buying a thing.

It doesn't need to be expensive to quit smoking, depends on your addiction to...Ohhhh, SHINEY...