FROM: a beginner, TO: beginners

[berto7987]

I'm still new to the vaping community, but I thought I'd give people who are also new to vaping and are considering purchasing a mod my two cents.

I have a Silver Bullet, which I absolutely love, but there are some things that I would like to share. Do not purchase a big battery mod as your first ecig device when you decide to switch from analogs to vaping. Mods are great, but they do not satisfy the "act" of smoking that many people are addicted to besides the nicotine. Start small with a joye 510 (which gives a person a great vape that is similar to smoking cigarettes) and work your way up to a big battery mod like the Silver Bullet. It's very had to explain some of the psycological joys and conveniences that smaller batteries provide, but they should definitly be the beginning of your collection of devices. If you want to start with a little more advanced ecig, you can do what I did and purchase an eGo or eGo-T starter kit. These are great, but I still found myself puchasing 510 batteries because of the size, shape, and similarity to cigarettes. One of the greatest joys that I have found in my vaping experiences vs analog cigarettes is that you have the ability to vape in so many different ways. Vaping, unlike cigarettes and more like food, will get monotonous after a while so it is good to have different devices and different flavored ejuices to constantly be switching things up. Do research and learn everything you can about vaping because the more you know, the better your experience will be. If you are anything like me, you will find yourself spending a lot of money experimenting with different devices, flavors, DIY mixing, etc., but once you find your "mojo", you will spend much less than you did on cigarettes and be living a much healthier lifestyle.

I know that this is kind of a rant, but I hope that someone out there will find it useful. Good luck and keep on vaping!

 

[Tracey1]

I agree Bert. Well said. Welcome to ECF.

 

[hairball]

Welcome to ECF.

The only thing I will disagree with is about buying a Joye 510. Yes, I started with one also BEFORE I found out what an eGo was. I highly recommend an eGo over the Joye 510 due to battery life. All the rest you stated is factual and spot on. Thank you for posting your experience.

 

[berto7987]

Welcome to ECF.

The only thing I will disagree with is about buying a Joye 510. Yes, I started with one also BEFORE I found out what an eGo was. I highly recommend an eGo over the Joye 510 due to battery life. All the rest you stated is factual and spot on. Thank you for posting your experience.

I completely agree that the eGo is much better than a simple Joye 510, but even though the eGo is still relatively small compared to many other PVs, where I live and on a college campus it stands out and gets a lot of weird looks. I know that I shouldn't worry about what other people think, but to me, the Joye 510 has its perks.

 

[sammy43]

Fellow GA vaper here.

I like the smaller formats as well. I am bumming my wifes "classic" style RN4081 to vape with in the evenings. It is small enough to hold in my mouth and type on this great forum at the same time. Hands-free vaping.

However, I would like to try some of the other equipment like a Riva or even the ProVari to see/experience the difference in vapor production or flavor?

 

[bnrkwest]

You know I am still hooked on the light weight and feel of my KR808D-1 from Halo, a G6. Makes me feel like i am still having the smoking experience and I like the thinness it has and feel. I just charge 2 or three batts at a time so I am always in newly charged batts. I still prefer the auto batts altho I admit the manual has a good flavor as it warms so quickly.
I also have just not gotten to the point I want some big ole heavy thing to handle LOL Altho I still toy with the GLV 2 style, maybe someday! But i am really happy with my G6 and all the new DIY flavors I am having fun with. Whatever a newbie finds and likes I think that is really important. In 4 days I will be analog free for a month! yippee. bnrk

 

[hairball]

I completely agree that the eGo is much better than a simple Joye 510, but even though the eGo is still relatively small compared to many other PVs, where I live and on a college campus it stands out and gets a lot of weird looks. I know that I shouldn't worry about what other people think, but to me, the Joye 510 has its perks.

The Joye 510 was the PV that got me to quit smoking. I have no qualms about it. I still have 4 batteries that I use when I want to be very discreet about where I'm vaping...like at work. I can slide it up my shirt sleeve and no one even notices that it's there. The battery life is the only complaint I have with them.

 

[frosting]

Welcome to ECF.

The only thing I will disagree with is about buying a Joye 510. Yes, I started with one also BEFORE I found out what an eGo was. I highly recommend an eGo over the Joye 510 due to battery life. All the rest you stated is factual and spot on. Thank you for posting your experience.

+++ I could give a fluck about strange looks. The ego satisfies me from my head to my toes. No desire for a silver bullet or provari yet and I'm still kind of a noob too.


Welcome to ECF

 

[ilovePINK]

Welcome to ECF everyone . Thanks for your insight , hope to be able to make a decision soon , lots of helpful info around here , and thanks for a beginners look at it

 

[VaprMade]

While I definitely agree with berto's sentiments, I'm of the belief that whatever gets a person off of analogs is key. 510, 808, ego is all up to how comfortable are you with size, ease of use, and battery life.

 

[Trilly]

I'm still looking around but this insight was helpfull

Thank You

 

[rwnielsen]

Didn't seem like a rant to me either. Perfectly in tune with the nature of this forum, help out the new folks
Good job

 

[MsTick]

I started with a 510 and pretty quickly moved up to Riva batteries, CE-2's, and now variable voltage, and I find that bigger batteries and mods do make for a better experience. But I absolutely agree with the OP. The really important thing is to get a PV that you're comfortable with and get started. I've been vaping 6 months, and I'm now comfortable with trying new technology and modding my cartos and such, but I still remember the intimidation factor in trying an e-cig for the first time. All the different models and juices and carts and cartos and the lingo can be confusing. What was really the crucial thing was that I stuck a pre-loaded tobacco flavored cart in my brand-new 510 for the first time and took a drag and thought, "Wow. This really does taste and feel very much like a cigarette. I think this might be able to replace cigarettes for me." And it did.

I think we more experienced vapers have stopped looking for something to take the place of cigarettes and have started looking for a better vaping experience. That's great for us. But for real newbies, thinking about trying an e-cig for the first time, what they're looking for is something to give them a cigarette-like experience that works well, is easy to use, doesn't make them feel like they're doing something too weird, and doesn't cost a fortune. For a first starter kit, a 510 or Kr-808-D will likely satisfy those needs. Then, when they start to get frustrated with short battery life, or have been hanging around ECF and joined the quest for the perfect vape, they can move up to bigger and better things. Compared to the cost of cigarettes, a Riva battery or two is cheap, and I bought a Riva starter kit about a month into vaping. But by then I had already become comfortable with vaping, more familiar with how I would use my electric hookah-doodle, and more knowledgeable about the available devices and the vendors who sell them. I still have a few 510's, and still use them, so it isn't a wasted purchase.

So my advice would be to get an affordable starter kit from a reputable vendor and start. There will be plenty of time for tweaking later.

 

[wv2win]

Unfortunately there are thousands (and probably many more) new people who start out with a mini-PV like the regular 510 and find them very inconsistent and not satisfing. And unfortunately many of them are not very persistent and just give up. I personally know 12 people who just went back to smoking because they stated that the cigarette sized models did not duplicate well the inhaled feel of smoking.

When you see that the vast majority on here move up quickly to at least a Riva/E-Power/eGo model after a week or two, just think how many just give up and go no further. I won't recommend anything smaller than the Riva sized models for a new person because of this fact. It's too easy to forget about those people who give up due to the limitations of mini-PV's because we don't see them on ECF.

 

[boskix]

i started out with a 510 because i thought it was all i needed, its small, looks like a cig and quite cheap! then i tried it out for the 1st time, everything went fine until i ran out of batts and i was at work (i work outdoors). so i decided to get a kingera exo (something like an ego/riva) but is powered by one 14500 batt.. at 1st i thought that the huge mods look ugly, too bulky.. but in the end i ended up getting a few of em hehe

 

[berto7987]

I love the fact that everyone has an opinion and that is what makes vaping so great! The sky is limit as far as different experiences go. wv2win: That's horrible that you know 12 people that got turned away from vaping after starting out with a mini-pv. Everyone that I know who has started out with a 510 or similar smaller batteries are not dissatisfied with their purchase. Most of them all move up to eGos,Rivas, etc. fairly quickly but they still don't regret having that mini-pv for certain occasions and most certainly do not regret the fact that those devices got them off of analogs. Like I said earlier, I started with the eGo and still ended up getting 510s to add to my collection. Not because they are better, they certainly aren't, but they add a different experience to mix.

 

[ProsperityGal]

I am new and decided to get an Ego kit to see if I liked vaping. While I do like it I'm not sure if I am getting the best vapes with it. There are so many things to know and so many choices in cartos etc. that I was getting very frustrated.

There is a wealth of information here, but, I just don't have the time to read it all. I just want to vape and not have to worry about Ohms, volts and watts and what the battery can and cannot handle.

I decided to get a Darwin. I think that, for me, this is a no muss no fuss unit. I don't have to worry about what I can use on it because everything will work. I will get the hang of the Ohms, volts and watts by just looking at the display and be able to see what my best vape "looks" like. With the technical stuff taken care of, I can concentrate on what juices I prefer.

Just my opinion.

 

[berto7987]

I agree prosperitygal. It's real easy to get all tied up in the different ways to vape and forget to just enjoy it! I haven't tried the Darwin and definitely can't afford it right now, but I've heard so many great things about it. Hopefully one day I will have the spare cash to get a VV device. Most likely I will wait for the Eclipse to be released. Sounds AMAZING! Here's a link: Eclipse e-cig mod reviews

 

[bsb111]

VaprMade,

Very astute observation - well said.

 

[Uma]

The beauty of it all is that at any time we can purchase another backup kit and the world is ours for the taking. We can have our eGo, our 510, our Volt, our Darwin, our SB, our REO, .... and still not have spent as much as we would have on traditional cigs. (well, the avg heavy smoker like me anyway). We can have whatever we desire for any occasion. Night on the town (Volt, or 510), backpacking trip in the Ozarks (HELIX!!), stuffed inside a lanyard and tucked inside your shirt (eGo), busy driving and can't take time to top off a carto (REO),
or a tank set up
or an EMDCC

or 3 going with different juices all day long. That's my style.
REO, SB, eGO ftw!!