Hello from Germany.

[ozy.mandias]

Greetings to the ECF from your latest German member.

After a 20-year career of heavy smoking, the wife and I have moved to EGO-C's. Exclusively, i.e. no more analog smoke. This was two weeks ago, and we never looked back.

We were introduced to vaping at a party, where a friend I remembered to have been a heavy smoker (two "big packs" - that's 24 cigs ea. for those unfamiliar with German ciggie terminology - a day) showed me her EGO-T and even let me try it. She converted to vaping some months ago.

Cut a long story short, the party was on a Saturday, the following Sunday I ordered a set of EGO-C's (over the EGO-T I got shown after some additional reading), some juice and sundries, this got delivered on Tuesday and that's when we both had our last cigarette.

Now we're really getting the hang of it and into all the different lovely and yuckie liquids that are out there.
Next thing will probably the hardware, being a guy this obviously interests me more than the wife who is quite happy with her EGOs

More soon,

all the best,

Ozy.

 

[Flyer]

Welcome to ECF Ozy and congrat's on quitting smoking! I hope you have a lot of fun here learning about all of the vaping options available and sharing tips to improve the experience.

 

[ozy.mandias]

Thanks Flyer,

I have already purchased some extra stuff to try out but it mainly circled around the EGO system, i.e. got an EGO Twist VV. It gives one a good introduction to variable voltage vaping and the investment is not that high.

Having scoured both German and international forums, one thing becomes apparent immediately: In the UK and US, people generally seem to vape at higher nic levels. I find a lot of posts from guys / girls using 24mg or higher, whereas in Germany 18 mg is already counted as "high" concentration and the majority subsists on 12mg vapes.

Any thoughts on why that may be the case?

Ozy

 

[Flyer]

Well, some people/simply need more/less nicotine to cure the craving for smoking. I wasn't aware of regional differences, but at almost three months off tobacco, I'm still vaping 18mg/ml nicotine juices. I initially tried a 24 mg/ml juice and it was a bit too much for me. In another month or so, I will try a 12mg/ml juice. Hopefully I won't notice much difference. Looking to get to 0 nic at some point. Then I'll have to evaluate why I'm even vaping anymore.

 

[Harplayr]

Welcome to the forum Ozy!

Many of us choose to start with higher nic (18, 24 or more) when starting the switch to avoid any withdrawl symptoms. I'm just in the process of cutting back myself, but one thing that's for sure is that there is no right way or wrong way to do it.

 

[nansc]

Hi Ozy and welcome to ECF.

 

[Danidoo]

I started with 18 and found that vaping that all day made me sick. I have juice in every strength under the sun now from 0 - 24. Some times I need a bit more some times I just can't take any nic at all. I have the freedom to feed my addiction exactly as it demands me to!

 

[79Silo]

Welcome to ECF!! Congrats for switching to digital..

 

[hooked911]

Welcome to ECF

 

[PittBoss]

Way to go Ozy and welcome to ECF!

 

[Kopfstimmen]

Welcome, Ozy - Glad to see a fellow vaper in Germany...