Hello! My name is Kiele, and I am a pretty brand new vaper! I am excited to continue in the world of ecigs and look forward to talking to you people! Like most of you folks I am trying to quit smoking for good and vaping seems like the easiest way to quit, and well, I've tried almost everything else from books to self-help tapes to cold turkey.
So far, so... ok! I have had 4 cigarettes in the past 8 days, and I usually smoke a pack a day, so I am really happy! But I have a lot of questions and am still super confused by the vapor lingo.
A history of my e-cig use and some ?s:
-Middle of 2013, I bought a Blu ecig from the gas station... it was broken so I got like 2 puffs out of it and was pretty miffed. Bought a pack of cigarettes instead.
-A couple of weeks later I was fed up from smoking and coughing and hacking, so I bought another Blu. This one worked, but I still wanted a cigarette! And still smoked!
-I joined the Reddit e-cig forum and learned a little more about ecigs and mods and such. Against the advice of a Reddit poster, I bought a cigarette look-alike rechargable ecig from Vapor Couture. They are cute, and I really thought they would work for me. Nope! I still have my Vapor Coutures and use them sometimes, but they don't produce enough vapor and they die in about three hours. They aren't the best. Still kept smoking.
-Last week, I stopped by a local vaping store, SC Vapors, and talked to the customers and employees there about ecigs. I tried out the flavors and picked a couple and also bought an "eGo-T" starter kit with 2 no-brand eGo batteries, a charger and some clearomizers with no names or labels. I really liked them at first! I didn't smoke at all last week and was really happy! My boyfriend was even smoking around me and I felt no need to smoke. I was amazed to say the least! THEN, one of the clearomizers broke (SURPRISE, right? LOL) and I was annoyed. It just broke right in my mouth... So gross! So I went to the store again the next day and got a more expensive clearomizer. It says iClear 16 on it.... Is that a brand-name or no? It works ok, but I've noticed a burnt plastic taste in both of them over the past couple of days. Do you know what this might be? Is it just because I'm using some no-name China stuff?
-And now I'm kind of back to square 1. I liked vaping last week before the nasty taste of burnt plastic. Maybe I need to upgrade already, but I am not super wealthy. I guess I want to switch to some sort of mod, but something affordable. I didn't smoke at all when the vapor was good, but Saturday I smoked and yesterday I smoked because my eGo was grossing me out. I just really want to quit for good!
Anywho, thank you all for reading! Any advice would be great! And please introduce yourselves!
So far, so... ok! I have had 4 cigarettes in the past 8 days, and I usually smoke a pack a day, so I am really happy! But I have a lot of questions and am still super confused by the vapor lingo.
A history of my e-cig use and some ?s:
-Middle of 2013, I bought a Blu ecig from the gas station... it was broken so I got like 2 puffs out of it and was pretty miffed. Bought a pack of cigarettes instead.
-A couple of weeks later I was fed up from smoking and coughing and hacking, so I bought another Blu. This one worked, but I still wanted a cigarette! And still smoked!
-I joined the Reddit e-cig forum and learned a little more about ecigs and mods and such. Against the advice of a Reddit poster, I bought a cigarette look-alike rechargable ecig from Vapor Couture. They are cute, and I really thought they would work for me. Nope! I still have my Vapor Coutures and use them sometimes, but they don't produce enough vapor and they die in about three hours. They aren't the best. Still kept smoking.
-Last week, I stopped by a local vaping store, SC Vapors, and talked to the customers and employees there about ecigs. I tried out the flavors and picked a couple and also bought an "eGo-T" starter kit with 2 no-brand eGo batteries, a charger and some clearomizers with no names or labels. I really liked them at first! I didn't smoke at all last week and was really happy! My boyfriend was even smoking around me and I felt no need to smoke. I was amazed to say the least! THEN, one of the clearomizers broke (SURPRISE, right? LOL) and I was annoyed. It just broke right in my mouth... So gross! So I went to the store again the next day and got a more expensive clearomizer. It says iClear 16 on it.... Is that a brand-name or no? It works ok, but I've noticed a burnt plastic taste in both of them over the past couple of days. Do you know what this might be? Is it just because I'm using some no-name China stuff?
-And now I'm kind of back to square 1. I liked vaping last week before the nasty taste of burnt plastic. Maybe I need to upgrade already, but I am not super wealthy. I guess I want to switch to some sort of mod, but something affordable. I didn't smoke at all when the vapor was good, but Saturday I smoked and yesterday I smoked because my eGo was grossing me out. I just really want to quit for good!
Anywho, thank you all for reading! Any advice would be great! And please introduce yourselves!
And once you find something that you like, make sure you have backups. If you are going to use vaping as a means to quit, make sure you have backup devices, atomizers and liquids.
It seems like the MVP2 is very popular here.
