Hello ECF, new from NJ

[ThroatPunch]

I'll start by saying, what a site! Tons and tons of information! I've been reading around the past week learning about vaping and quitting analogs. I'm 25, smoked analogs for over 10 years and got up to more than a pack a day of American Spirit light Blues and stopped. Haven't had an analog for over 5 days now mainly thanks to e-cigs/vapes (I'll give myself some credit too for actually trying to quit for real this time) lol...

Picked up a few throw away Blu e-cigs from 7-11, kept me off analogs for more than a few days so I decided that if I'm spending at least 10$ a pack a day and 10$ on a Blu e-cig, I can justify 70$ or so on a device that technically only needs to last me a week (cost wise vs. analogs)

I have a few friends who smoke and tried to vape, didn't work for them but I figured I'd try. Did a little research, probably .10% of what's still to know and found a shop near by and went in.

HOLY {Moderated} LOL I had no idea what was in store for me! Box Mods? Drips? Volts, Ohms, watts, juice OMG ! bit overwhelming...

I'm all for supporting small local businesses and upon researching online I paid a bit more but it's cool.

I walked out with a Vision Spinner (2014) VV (variable voltage?) 3.3v-4.8v, a Kangertech EVOD tank, USB charger, and (2) 15 mL juices (1) 5 mL no nicotine tobacco juice "freebie" for 60$. Juices were 2 for 20$. So 40$ for the device, not too bad right?

Upon reading on ECF I've learned I'm going to need more tanks, coils, juice etc to keep this going..

Let the new "addiction" begin

Later guys!

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

hi @ThroatPunch and welcome to our sanity! Enjoy the journey. While you're here you might as well go sign up for the big contest...it's free also.

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[ThroatPunch]

Thanks Sir2fyablyNutz! I'm not sure what I'm signing up for but I'll try

 

[ThroatPunch]

Another question, what site do you guys use to buy vape stuff online? There are so many of them out there...

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome to the forum @ThroatPunch. Glad to have you here!

Another question, what site do you guys use to buy vape stuff online? There are so many of them out there...

Check out ECF Forum Suppliers

The past year I've been ordering mostly from:

1. Sweet Vapes
2. My Freedom Smokes
3. My Vapor Store
4. Wet Vapes

I often use vapeCrawler to see who has the best pricing. If I only want to see suppliers from the USA I make sure USA is "green" and all the others are "gray". If you go down to the very bottom of the page you can see all the vaping websites vapeCrawler searches.

When I'm not DIYing, Ahlusion is my go-to vendor for juice. Ahlusion does fruit & tea vapes very well. They are the only line of juice I have found that I love more than 2-3 of their offerings.

Giant Vapes and EJuices are great places to shop when looking to pick up flavors from multiple high quality vendor lines of juice.

 

[Larry J]

Glad to have you in the ECF family ThroatPunch, and glad you're finding some of the voluminous information here. There's still a lot to learn. I've been vaping almost a year and a half and still feel as if I've only scratched the surface! Vape on!

 

[ThroatPunch]

Thank you Susan and Larry! I'll be checking those links out asap

I already have more rigs in mind to buy, but 1st, research

 

[Susan~S]

I already have more rigs in mind to buy, but 1st, research

If you M2L (mouth-2-lung) inhale, vs direct lung inhale, I often recommend an eLeaf iStick 30 watt or Innokin CoolFire 4 (40 watt) with an Aspire Mini Nautillus or eLeaf GS Air M (tanks). Videos below.

eLeaf iStick 30 Watt
Innokin Coolfire 4
Aspire Nautilus Mini
eLeaf GS Air M Tank

Picture of the Mini Nautilus on the iStick 30 watt

 

[WindyCityJoe]

Welcome @ThroatPunch, best of luck on your new journey.

 

[Superfecta_]

Welcome!

 

[suprtrkr]

Hi and welcome

 

[zoiDman]

Welcome to the ECf ThroatPunch. I'm sure you will meet a lot of Nice People.

And will discover Lots of Very Cool Hardware.

Perhaps more then the Average Credit Card can handle. But Cool all the Same.

 

[ThroatPunch]

Let the info overload begin!! I'm already checking out boxmods and stuff from the links and suggested products above, thanks all.

 

[Yorkshire_pudding]

Welcome

 

[Mossy]

Welcome from beneath the planet

 

[Hank813]

I buy from both I do like to support my local vape shop as long as there legit and not price gouging. But I also buy online depending on what I'm buying. I'm from North Jersey to and we do have some great shops and some that should start selling soft drinks chips and lottery tickets cause they are horrible.

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[ThroatPunch]

nice.. where abouts hank? I'm in essex county, recommend any local shops?

 

[Hank813]

Ya on I like mad vapes on 22 in Green Brook. Also depending on where you are in Essex in Union on 22 their is a head shop/vape shop right In the middle of 22 on top of the pawn shop. I'm by New Brunswick so also Gorilla vapes on rt1 and probably a bunch more in Essex Google it bro you find them Mad Vapes has awesome prices almost competitive with Internet prices.

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[thenebulous]

Congrats! That's a perfect beginner setup. I order vape stuffs from all over the net, I try to spread my business thin so everybody gets a shot at taking my money. There is plenty to learn here online so stick around and don't be shy to ask when you need help. Seems like you're picking up our lingo pretty quickly, so that's a good thing. I'm an NJ local as well by the way. Shame you didn't start a bit earlier and visit Vape Expo NJ it was a blast and a huge inspiration and reassurance that vaping is a community I want to be a part of. There is another expo on October 24th, let me know if you want me to grab details and I'll send them by. At Vape Expo NJ I walked away with a few hundred ml's of juice, stickers, expo bags, prizes, a skateboard, etc. I won all that for a $10 entry fee. The expo paid for itself and lots of vendors profit was going toward protecting the industry from big brother (our government).

 

[Hank813]

Ya that expo was sweet I got all kinds of juice and a few extras

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