Hate my setup

[Ninjakelso]

This went way off topic lol. I just wanted suggestions on replacing my kit so I could research the different things and wanted to know if major dislike of your first setup is normal. My boyfriend is amazing, and honestly, he doesn't get my new fascination with e-cigs/APVs. But then again I switch hobbies frequently, he probably thinks that my extreme-ness will go away, but I know it won't until I am satisfied with my gear. Anyone else ever spend there first month or so on the forums and checking out various gear and juice suppliers?

 

[crxess]

Tell him your vaping so he will not have to kiss ash trays.

Simply simple and Works! Innokin iTaste VV V3.0 Starter Kit

Excellent reviews on the battery(keep your ego for backup)
Tanks are rebuild-able and come apart for easy cleaning.

Wishing you the best in your adventure.

 

[T3Texas]

I was happy with my first set up for about a month. 1st set up was a ego 1000 mah battery with a mini Protank II. Curbed the urges for about a month. Then I stepped up to a 39.00 Vamo V2 VV with a Aspire Nautilus tank, that curbed my urges for about 45 days. I'm now on a Mechanical with a RDA and am super satisfied. My nicotine using 6mg juice is comparable of what I feel I was getting from 12mg and 18mg juice in the protanks and nautilus.

So in short, Yes. What you are feeling is normal. Honestly you will probably go through a few set ups until you find what works best for you, and your nicotine need.
I found dripping gives me way better delivery of nicotine in lower amount juices.

You can get into a good clone mechanical and a clone rda and battery and charger for around 100 dollars. I say scratch and save every dollar you can to put into better performing gear. You will find a good combo that will hold you over for a long long time.

 

[Wow1420]

This went way off topic lol. I just wanted suggestions on replacing my kit so I could research the different things and wanted to know if major dislike of your first setup is normal. My boyfriend is amazing, and honestly, he doesn't get my new fascination with e-cigs/APVs. But then again I switch hobbies frequently, he probably thinks that my extreme-ness will go away, but I know it won't until I am satisfied with my gear. Anyone else ever spend there first month or so on the forums and checking out various gear and juice suppliers?

More like the first year for me. The biggest problem was finding a clearo tank that worked really well. The good news is how many really good options have come out in the last year or so, so you shouldn't have to go through nearly as many failures as I did.

 

[glointhedark]

My sympathies on the budget. Been there, still doing that. It will get better.

When my daughter and I decided to switch from cigalikes to Evods, it took almost 6 months before we could find the funds in the budget to make it happen, but at least we had working cigalikes to use. You may want to shop around at some of the online ECF vendors to see if you can budget out for a couple of batteries as a stopgap until you can get what you really want. I have replaced a couple of our Evod batteries at reasonable cost.

As far as eliquid goes, it depends on what you are looking for. We have been very happy with Mt. Baker Vapor - reasonable pricing, fast shipping, good customer service. If you spend over $15 after any discounts, they throw in a free 15 ml sample - you can leave it to them to choose, or you can specify a flavor you want to try and your preferred pg/vg and nicotine levels in the comments before you finalize your order. Vapor Bomb is a little pricier, but they used to send a free 5 ml sample with each order, their choice of flavor but usually in the same pg/vg and nicotine ratios as the rest of the order (it has been a while since we ordered from them, so I am not sure if they still do the free sample). Both sites also have fairly regular sales.

Keep trying and researching. Good luck to you. Your boyfriend sounds nice. Both my daughter and her boyfriend vape, but they leave the research and a lot of the ordering to me, since I have the time to be on ECF and check into things.

 

[roosterado]

Hope you make it on your gear until the funds are available to upgrade. Like I posted MVP's with a tank can be bought online for $41. Protanks 3's with 2 coils for #14 plus shipping Good Luck to You

http://www.healthcabin.net/index.php...Path=1179_1271

 

[NEDIII]

Find a boyfriend who isn't so cheap! Haha just my it was your birthday, you should have gotten what you asked for if was within reason. An MVP was very reasonable! I'm sorry sweetheart, but he's not buying the game for you, he's buying it for himself; regardless if you both "game" sounds like a selfish young boy to me. That's probably why he's just a boyfriend and not a husband. My advice to you if you're that tight on $$$ sell some old games on craigslist, or any other things that you do not use regularly.

 

[GinnyTx]

Ninja...learn the fine art of

you NEED at least two setups for when the other's charging..yeah that's it...one for back up too *lol*

what Ed and I do (and I'm the business manager and we have "state of the nation" meetings regularly) but it's basically..what can you have?? ANYTHING you WANT (now that makes for self governing and you gotta pay for it, budget, prioritize, etc) but it works.

good luck!

 

[Ed Kindred]

Let me, first, say that you can get a MVP on ebay, from a US seller, including shipping for under $40 & you'll be glad you did. I can't tell you about your "relationship" but I can tell you about Ginny & I. She gets whatever she wants. It's a Great Pleasure to give her what she wants for her Birthday & then add something to surprise her. We don't limit each other, $$$ do that enough !!! LOL Find a way to get yourself a MVP. You won't regret it !!!!!!!

 

[GinnyTx]

girl we're on "semi retired fixed income" try that..so do a daily search on Ebay for iTaste, I got a used once iTaste vv and Kanger V2 (my favorite on the go setup) for $23.50 delivered to my mail box.

sorry you're having those issues, I have cousins in KY (and Ohio) and y'all have been hit hard by the recession and it never got better...y'all come on down to Houston (a bunch of friends and family have) we're booming. It's a swamp here though hotter than hades, but just now getting nice..

vape on!!

 

[Buster282]

I just got the Elleaf iStick. It's a great little vv/vw 20 watt mod that's reasonably priced. Folks are callin it the MVP killer! can be had for $30 if ur willin to wait for it on a pre-order $36 in stock. I'm using a Mini Nautilus with it for a very satisfying vape. but if ur budget's really tight... like Ginn says above, shop used. Good luck on your journey.

 

[Bassnorma]

How any vapers here hated their first setup, like I do? I wish I had done a tad more research before buying; now I'm stuck with it til it dies. I'm using an EGo type battery with a BDC tank, which I paid entirely too much for, IMO.

Yup...I have been there. Until I bought my Provari I really didn't know how good vaping could be....of course I also had to ditch Clearomizer tanks for Carto Tanks and now I am doing a very simple Kayfun Lite Plus version 2 rebuildable tank. I am now 100% happy with my gear.

 

[edyle]

Money mainly. I have a set budget for vaping, and most of it goes to juice. When I told my boyfriend that I wanted an itaste MVP for my birthday he looked at me like I grew a second head and asked why I need another e-cig lol. So yep mostly stuck with it til January at least. Lol

juice is expensive; it's probably the number 1 cost inhibitor to new vapers being able to get of the ground.
the solution is to get your own pg and vg, then when you buy juice get strong flavor and mg nic, and dilute it with your own vg and pg.

 

[edyle]

Mostly just looking for affordable options for batteries or mods, I like my BDC for the cloud and flavor it gives but it floods every time the tank gets down to about 1/3 full, which about 1 ml of liquid, I'm thinking it's just the brand I'm using. Also want to know how fast people upgraded after there first kit etc. I wish I found this site sooner, I paid $50 for a kit with a 650 mah battery and like a 1.5 ml tank with no extras. Excited to get home got vape mail from killer juice, I've heard great things about them...

Yes, bottom coils have a tendency to leak as the liquid level gets lower; it's because the air in the tank when warmed, pushes down on the liquid.
Topping it up so there isn't so much air usually solves the leak.

 

[Ninjakelso]

girl we're on "semi retired fixed income" try that..so do a daily search on Ebay for iTaste, I got a used once iTaste vv and Kanger V2 (my favorite on the go setup) for $23.50 delivered to my mail box.

sorry you're having those issues, I have cousins in KY (and Ohio) and y'all have been hit hard by the recession and it never got better...y'all come on down to Houston (a bunch of friends and family have) we're booming. It's a swamp here though hotter than hades, but just now getting nice..

vape on!!

I know what you mean, we are both disabled and it just gets harder and harder to make that money stretch.

 

[JaneinMesa]

Please get your dogs fixed first. (Priorities)

Try and hold out on upgrading. The first 6 mos. to one year, I was like obsessed with vaping and order a bunch of stuff and spent a lot. I lost interest and now I just want everything to work with the least amount of effort and $. I found everyone raves about products, but I haven't found anything that works well ALL THE TIME. I've had a horrible experiences with products everyone raved about. Quality control is terrible for all this stuff. I went from the corner store ecig to an ego, to the itaste (piece of junk), to Vision Spinner, the Twist, to a Vamo V2 (lost it), Vamo v3 (wearing out), and Vamo v5 (something wrong with it). You'll need at least two of everything so as to have a backup to prevent you from smoking.

As for tanks, I find them frustrating, but dripping is not for me. I've been happy enough with my X10 tanks ($6.49) from Fasttech.com (Hong Kong-they can't ship batteries to USA). I'm happy enough with the replacement coils (10 for $8.67) since they are quite inexpensive so if I have to toss a few, it's no biggy. None of the tanks work perfectly (flooding or dry). After a year of trying to rebuild coils, I haven't had much success. I've spent way too much trying new things. I mix my own juice (just a simple tobacco - I don't do a bunch of flavors). It's not as good as what I can buy, but it's doable and a fraction of the cost, so I've adapted - it keeps me from smoking.

You could find a Vaping Meetup group to maybe look and try what others use. Just be careful as I have found everyone raves about their setup and they tend to not tell you the bad and they spend a lot. It will never be like a cigarette and all vaping stuff is putzying around with something. If you want this to be your expensive hobby, go ahead. If your like me and just want to get off cigarettes, lower your expectations and try not to think about it too much. As long as it's working be satisfied.

 

[Nightshard]

This is a starter kit and it's called like that for a reason.
You don't have to stick with it till it dies of old age.
When it's time to move on (and sounds like it's going to be soon) move on and pass it to one of your smoking friends

 

[Tbev]

Dude buy a vamo, and a fogger v4, billit proof and chrap, great vape, if you don't know our want to learn how to build use rayon bc and have a so build it for you. If you run rayon out well last up too 100ml between needing service and it will be under 100 bucks easy

 

[Technonut]

Not in Budget? Where did the Cig money fit in the budget?

I didn't see this one addressed.. Does your BF smoke? If there is still $$ budgeted for his tobacco habit, it is only fair that whatever was spent on your tobacco, go toward vaping supplies IMO.. Even if he doesn't smoke, the tobacco you were budgeting for before was not free. If your current setup fails before your planned upgrade, will you go back to buying tobacco?

 

[JHDublin]

Yep started out with ego batteries too and hated them, worked just about ok with the Aspire tank with bdc coils but soon got a mod instead