Dearest Friend,
Congratulations on winning your wonderful prize!!! I'll bet the first thing that came to your mind was the fact that you can't smoke.. being a former heavy smoker that is what would have crossed mine. Smoking dominated my life for over thirty years, and I planned my life around it. Nice hotel... sweet price... "WHAT NO SMOKING"... not staying there..
Your new Echo is going to help you through all of that though, I promise! I know it doesn't seem possible but if it's anything like my KGO you are going to be set for life my friend. You will actually enjoy the wonderful sea breeze free from an ashtray like smell. The wonderful gourmet meals they will feed you will eventually taste better and better as you enliven your tastebuds again after not smoking analogs (a vapers term for cigarettes). You will love your knew PV Echo. A PV is a personal vaping device.
Your Echo comes with two batteries. Charge them up! I know you have power by solar generators on the Catamaran so you will be good to go. Take the long thing which is the battery, and screw it into the charger which is the cord with the larger end on it. You can plug it into the charger that goes into the wall, or on your PC. You should have a little charge on one of the batteries to get you started. I charge mine once a day, at least one of them.
You have some items that look like a 100's cigarette ..... These are your cartomizers. You will fill these with the "Juice" which is your liquid I've included. I've also included a syringe to help you out. Listen... I know you'll go through some rough times in the beginning... but don't shoot up the juice! You'll miss your entire trip.... There are actually a couple of ways of filling up your cartomizers. Get ready for this, one way is called the "Condom" method! The plastic ends that came on those cartomizers are called the condoms. You can drip some of your juice in there and then push the cartomizer down into the cap which forces the juice to come up thru the cartomizer and wet all the polyfill inside. You want to keep that wet!!!! If you don't you will inhale a burnt taste that is HORRIBLE. I suggest looking in there every so often and make sure it's still wet. If not add a few drops of the juice. You can also fill your syringe and after you pop off the top cap with some tweezers or a toothpick, put the syringe down the side of the filling and push the liquid in. There are other methods of spinning letting them sit... etc. You'll have your laptop so when your not partying or tanning take a moment to go on Youtube and look up how to fill up cartomizers.
There is also a Tank in your kit. I know... I'm amazing and your wondering how I fit a Tank in that small box!!!! The tank is the clear round piece with hardly anything in it. I have already fluffed your wicks by pulling out the inside plugs and bringing them up into the slots a little bit... that way you won't inhale a burnt taste. There are two holes in the top after you pull off the initial cap. Just drip the juice down into these holes to fill the "tank". The nice thing is you can see the levels of juice quite easily on these.
I know what your wondering... what is this juice? What's in here that can make me not want to smoke? It can't be good for me... because it is that good!! The juices are a mixture of PG and VG. Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerin. The are found in a lot of different things that we use, and eat each day. Some say that the PG requires you to drink a lot of water because it creates lactic acid in your muscles, creating sore muscles. Some say this is a sign of withdrawal from smoking. I'm not a Doctor, but drinking more water is always good for you.
Being new to vaping myself I haven't tried a bunch of juices yet myself, but slowly I have them rolling in. I have included some high quality juices from Backwoods Brews. There is the coveted RY4 and EJoker. They are hard to get! I had to beg Don the owner for enough supply for your trip. Considering he only allows one bottle to be bought at a time when he has stock... it was quite a feat. He also gave me a secret list of ingredients for you to try to get while on your trip... which I have handwritten and included in the kit. It's top secret though!!!! Look for the Native on the Island with the Coconut Bra, he will help you out. I have also included Nhalers Newport as I know you were a Newport Smoker. Other favs in the forum that I have included are Gorilla Juice, Tab from Dekang, 555 Exotic, Applewood, and Casablanca from Backwoods.
When your filling.. sometimes it can be messy.... I've included some Bounty paper towels to help you out! If you inhale and get some juice in your mouth... spit it out and rinse. You have over filled your cartomizers.
You will get through this by trial and error. I've included some different nicotine strengths... 24mg and 18mg. If you find you are vaping tons, use the 18mg. For the vapes that you know are replacing crucial analogs, 1st in the morning, after meals, or the Shark that you caught on your fishing portion of the trip that almost snatched your Echo... use the 24mg. If you find you are withdrawing a lot and missing something, use the 24mg. If you get the shakes... use the 18mg.
You will go through some withdrawl symptoms. You're going to have a blast on your trip though!!!! Enjoy and I hope this love letter helps you get thru the basics!!!!!!!
Aloha my friend,
EW