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NYG

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I have been an on and off smoker for about 25 years or so (mostly on of course). I quit cigs a few years ago but kept enjoying cigars and had recently gone back to cigarettes.

On top of the health issues the taxes in NY for smoking any form of tobacco has reached criminal levels, at least in my mind.

Anyway I just recently went on a business trip. I stopped by a local walgreens to pickup some nicotine gum for my flight travel and saw a Blucig disposable for $7.99. Needless to say I was very intrigued with the idea of puffing that instead of getting heartburn from the gum. It turned out that the Hotel I was staying at had a no smoking policy as well. Had to head outside for a smoke.

That disposable turned out to be a very slick product. It wasn't perfect by any means but it certainly did the trick, especially for discrete puffs from my airline seat.

That all got the ball rolling for me to start researching e-cigs a bit more. From the info I read here and some online coupon codes I've ordered a few items for myself and my wife :laugh:

I've got kits of the Bloog and Volt with extra carts coming and a mix of auto and manual batteries. From what I can see these items are fully interchangeable. Also have A Riva 510 lite bundle from liberty flights on it's way along with some test liquids.

Looking forward to this new venture and hopefully we won't be buying cigs again in the near future.
We'll certainly save a bundle.
 

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Grats!!! Great setup. You can also use cartos from Vapor4Life. Their WOW cartos run a bit hotter (I use a plastic or delrin drip tip from LiteCigUSA.net as a mouthpiece). I'm trying out a Bloog blank right now - the Bloog runs a bit cooler/smoother but seems to give a bigger drag more easily.

I recommend Boge cartomizers on the Riva for your favorite thinner juices - they are the simplest and most popular 510 cartos and have almost identical construction to the Bloog and SI and Vapor4life cartos. I get longest good performance out of Boges and KR8 cartos with 20% or less VG and I use a couple of Vapor4Life WOW juices (Wowbacco and WOW Vanilla). And the 99 cents 510 to 901 adapter from Goodprophets will let you put the KR808D-1 (Bloog and Volt and Vapor4Life) cartos on the Riva.

If you use the atomizer cartridges on the Riva, to restuff them you can use the precut blue foam stuffing from strictlyejuice.com (just search there for foam - under $1 for 10 pieces). And get a 510 drip tip for testing juices on the Riva without dirtying a cartridge. I also use the plastic and delrin drip tips as a cool mouthpiece on a cartomizer (and they are easy to remove when you add eliquid). I get my plastic and delrin drip tips at LiteCigUSA in the KR808D-1 section under Cartomizers. They are also in the 510 section since they are 510/901/KR808D-1 drip tips. Not the best price but they have fit fine. One yellow one didn't fit and he gave me a replacement.
 
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Hi NYG! I am about 4-5 days in (no analogs since Friday), and it's going great! This place is really fantastic...I don't know if I've ever "met" a group of more responsive, helpful people.

I chimed in because I also got the same Riva kit you did. Loving it so far. I will say that early on I am finding the cartomizers (I am using Boge) to be really easy to use compared to filling carts. I picked up about 15-20 more of them today. I am certainly not saving money right now, as I have 4 juice/parts orders on the way, but hopefully I'll find my comfort zone and settle down.

Welcome!
 

NYG

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Wow. Terrific advice and such a warm welcome. What a great bunch of folks here!

Just got the Bloog and Volt kits in the mail today. Charging up some batts as I type this. Everything about the gear looks identical. My wife loves the orange and chrome batteries that I got her. Almost like a jewelry accessory.

The 510 has shipped. Just waiting on that now.
 
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