I wouldn't come back to the New Members' Forum to post normally, but an earlier thread pointed out that there were a lot of people that wanted some kind of follow up after they had spent time answering the newbie questions.
(I will not be offended if this thread gets moved - I was just trying to address the request from a previous thread.)
Today makes 30 days since I got in my first PV, and in about 1 hour and 15 minutes, it will also mark 30 days since I smoked my last analog. And it isn't for lack of access. I have 4 cartons of cigs, a pack in my purse, packs in the car, packs in the house, etc.
In that same time frame, my husband has only had two analogs, and they both happened the day after we received our PVs (510s) and had gone to the Pub. He had flooded his atty (but didn't realize that was the problem at the time) and had become frustrated, so he went back to analogs. While he was smoking his second one, I remembered reading about blowing out the attys, so I got a paper towel and tried it, figuring it wouldn't hurt anything. It worked! And he switched back to the 510 right away.
It hasn't been a totally smooth ride. 510s have a bit of a learning curve and there are so many opinions on different things varying from how and if you should clean your attys to how your PV should even be oriented when not in use (horizontal, atty up, batt up, etc.). What works for one may not work for another and to a lot of questions, there really is no clear cut answer and that is a bit frustrating. During the first week or two my husband would often get frustrated at the 510 and then even more frustrated because he could hand it to me and it would work just fine. It's not a cut and dry process and we had a hard time figuring out what we were doing different from each other. Was it how we were inhaling, how long, when we pushed the button down, luck, etc. There are no easy answers; you just have to stick with it if you want to figure it out.
Our e-liquid usage is pretty low - maybe 3-5 mg a week. I rarely will use the PV during the day, but I didn't smoke during the day either. I use it on the way to work and the way home and occasionally a few puffs in the evening. When we go out to the pub, I will chain-vape it, just as I did cigs when I drank.
My favorite flavors are Menthol and Whiskey; DH likes the USA Mix. Even though I am a coffee drinker, I haven't been impressed with any of the coffee or cappachino flavors I have gotten.
In total, I think we accumulated 9 attomizers, 10 batteries, 2 chargers, 40 empty cartridges, and an assortment of juice.
My sister would have a cig or two when she drank - less than a pack a week smoker. She got a 510 the same day as I did and still uses hers. She is happy to have it as an option.
I have purchased two 510 starter kits and juice for a couple in their 60s. I purchased a starter kit and juice for a son to give to his father (yes, the son told him what he was doing first.) I walked a couple through ordering two kits. I have had requests for specific places to get these from no less than 10 people. I was able to suggest the 808D-1 kit to another couple of our friends that didn't want to fiddle with the 510.
The first couple is doing great with their 510s.
The couple I suggested go with the 808D-1's are getting there. The wife doesn't like the tobacco flavor that came with it. I think she was going to try the whiskey and menthol flavored cartomizers after taking a few puffs off my 510s with those flavors in them.
So, there is my little update. 30 days and my husband and I see no reason to go back to analogs even though when we started these, it was mostly so that we could get our nic fix without smelling like a cigarette when we knew we were going to have to be around others.
(I will not be offended if this thread gets moved - I was just trying to address the request from a previous thread.)
Today makes 30 days since I got in my first PV, and in about 1 hour and 15 minutes, it will also mark 30 days since I smoked my last analog. And it isn't for lack of access. I have 4 cartons of cigs, a pack in my purse, packs in the car, packs in the house, etc.
In that same time frame, my husband has only had two analogs, and they both happened the day after we received our PVs (510s) and had gone to the Pub. He had flooded his atty (but didn't realize that was the problem at the time) and had become frustrated, so he went back to analogs. While he was smoking his second one, I remembered reading about blowing out the attys, so I got a paper towel and tried it, figuring it wouldn't hurt anything. It worked! And he switched back to the 510 right away.
It hasn't been a totally smooth ride. 510s have a bit of a learning curve and there are so many opinions on different things varying from how and if you should clean your attys to how your PV should even be oriented when not in use (horizontal, atty up, batt up, etc.). What works for one may not work for another and to a lot of questions, there really is no clear cut answer and that is a bit frustrating. During the first week or two my husband would often get frustrated at the 510 and then even more frustrated because he could hand it to me and it would work just fine. It's not a cut and dry process and we had a hard time figuring out what we were doing different from each other. Was it how we were inhaling, how long, when we pushed the button down, luck, etc. There are no easy answers; you just have to stick with it if you want to figure it out.
Our e-liquid usage is pretty low - maybe 3-5 mg a week. I rarely will use the PV during the day, but I didn't smoke during the day either. I use it on the way to work and the way home and occasionally a few puffs in the evening. When we go out to the pub, I will chain-vape it, just as I did cigs when I drank.
My favorite flavors are Menthol and Whiskey; DH likes the USA Mix. Even though I am a coffee drinker, I haven't been impressed with any of the coffee or cappachino flavors I have gotten.
In total, I think we accumulated 9 attomizers, 10 batteries, 2 chargers, 40 empty cartridges, and an assortment of juice.
My sister would have a cig or two when she drank - less than a pack a week smoker. She got a 510 the same day as I did and still uses hers. She is happy to have it as an option.
I have purchased two 510 starter kits and juice for a couple in their 60s. I purchased a starter kit and juice for a son to give to his father (yes, the son told him what he was doing first.) I walked a couple through ordering two kits. I have had requests for specific places to get these from no less than 10 people. I was able to suggest the 808D-1 kit to another couple of our friends that didn't want to fiddle with the 510.
The first couple is doing great with their 510s.
The couple I suggested go with the 808D-1's are getting there. The wife doesn't like the tobacco flavor that came with it. I think she was going to try the whiskey and menthol flavored cartomizers after taking a few puffs off my 510s with those flavors in them.
So, there is my little update. 30 days and my husband and I see no reason to go back to analogs even though when we started these, it was mostly so that we could get our nic fix without smelling like a cigarette when we knew we were going to have to be around others.
