After lurking for over a week, decided to register and participate!
Little history about myself:
As a 30 year PAD+ guy, I finally "quit" smoking two and a half years ago, but never gave up the NRT...was mostly popping 2mg Thrive mints with the occasional gum, but I was well and truly off the "stinkies" until September, when I fell off the wagon and landed face-first into a stinking pile of cigarettes. Within a week I was back up to a PAD, and feeling it.
Decided that the mints and gum weren't doing the job, the patches and inhalers never worked, and I needed to do something different. Started researching e-cigs, stumbled across this forum as well as the prolific YouTube videos from "GG" and "PB" among others. Quickly learned a lot, and found a local vendor of Joye products here in Vancouver.
Opted for an Ego C starter kit, along with a small supply of tobacco flavored juice. I went that route because I wasn't (and still ain't) ready for large "mods" and huge tanks, but knew that the tiny cigarette-sized kits wouldn't work for me either.
Got it home and was happy to find out it worked, sort of...I could see the potential, it was keeping me off the cancer sticks (barely, and supplemented with 2mg mints), but the big thing I was missing was throat hit not to mention the draw on the Ego C tank was hard, took a lot of work.
So a few days later I went back to that same local vendor and bought a single CE4/CE5 clearo (Vizy branded) along with a few more tobacco flavors. The CE4 was a major improvement in draw (much more natural pull) and throat hit over the Ego C tank, but still not there. I found myself chain-vaping, chasing after that "perfect hit" that might come one time in twenty drags...I was getting plenty (too much) nicotine with the 18mg juices I was using, but very little actual satisfaction.
Did some more research, read up more on VV, looked at all my options, and decided I still I did not want anything much larger than an Ego-style battery. Not really a cost issue, just a practicality issue, no way was a Provari or Darwin or something of that ilk going to work into my lifestyle.
Anyway, yesterday I decided to give the Ego C Twist batteries a try. Bought two 650 Twists, along with more "Camel" juice. And this time I also had him throw in a 10ml bottle of 18mg caramel flavor, just to see what all the non-tobacco flavor fuss was about, along with another CE4 to make flavor changing easier.
Ok, first off, the Twist is indeed a game-changer. Set at 4.0-4.2v with the CE4, I'm getting the throat hit I want EVERY SINGLE TIME. And since I'm getting satisfying hits every time, I'm using less juice. Hallelujah. I'm sure it'll change as my clearos get worn, but for now it's working and working well.
Second, ya'll are right...tobacco flavors aren't the way to go, though I doubt you'll ever convince non-menthol PAD+ smokers this is true, they have to find out for themselves. I've got 50ml of 18mg tobacco flavor I regret buying now, after trying the caramel.
Third, the Ego C tank system doesn't actually suck when used with a Twist at higher voltages. Seriously, the Ego C atty/tank works MUCH better with the Twist...at 4.2v it's almost as good a throat hit as the CE4, though it's still more work to draw. But what that means is my initial investment in the Ego C starter kit wasn't totally wasted, I can still make use of the tanks, cones and atomizers that came with it, and the whole setup does look more attractive (or less obtrusive, anyway) with the cone than a clear CE4. It's a nice option to have.
Anyway, that's a lot for a first post, glad to be here, appreciate all the good information ya'll provide, thanks for having me!
Little history about myself:
As a 30 year PAD+ guy, I finally "quit" smoking two and a half years ago, but never gave up the NRT...was mostly popping 2mg Thrive mints with the occasional gum, but I was well and truly off the "stinkies" until September, when I fell off the wagon and landed face-first into a stinking pile of cigarettes. Within a week I was back up to a PAD, and feeling it.
Decided that the mints and gum weren't doing the job, the patches and inhalers never worked, and I needed to do something different. Started researching e-cigs, stumbled across this forum as well as the prolific YouTube videos from "GG" and "PB" among others. Quickly learned a lot, and found a local vendor of Joye products here in Vancouver.
Opted for an Ego C starter kit, along with a small supply of tobacco flavored juice. I went that route because I wasn't (and still ain't) ready for large "mods" and huge tanks, but knew that the tiny cigarette-sized kits wouldn't work for me either.
Got it home and was happy to find out it worked, sort of...I could see the potential, it was keeping me off the cancer sticks (barely, and supplemented with 2mg mints), but the big thing I was missing was throat hit not to mention the draw on the Ego C tank was hard, took a lot of work.
So a few days later I went back to that same local vendor and bought a single CE4/CE5 clearo (Vizy branded) along with a few more tobacco flavors. The CE4 was a major improvement in draw (much more natural pull) and throat hit over the Ego C tank, but still not there. I found myself chain-vaping, chasing after that "perfect hit" that might come one time in twenty drags...I was getting plenty (too much) nicotine with the 18mg juices I was using, but very little actual satisfaction.
Did some more research, read up more on VV, looked at all my options, and decided I still I did not want anything much larger than an Ego-style battery. Not really a cost issue, just a practicality issue, no way was a Provari or Darwin or something of that ilk going to work into my lifestyle.
Anyway, yesterday I decided to give the Ego C Twist batteries a try. Bought two 650 Twists, along with more "Camel" juice. And this time I also had him throw in a 10ml bottle of 18mg caramel flavor, just to see what all the non-tobacco flavor fuss was about, along with another CE4 to make flavor changing easier.
Ok, first off, the Twist is indeed a game-changer. Set at 4.0-4.2v with the CE4, I'm getting the throat hit I want EVERY SINGLE TIME. And since I'm getting satisfying hits every time, I'm using less juice. Hallelujah. I'm sure it'll change as my clearos get worn, but for now it's working and working well.
Second, ya'll are right...tobacco flavors aren't the way to go, though I doubt you'll ever convince non-menthol PAD+ smokers this is true, they have to find out for themselves. I've got 50ml of 18mg tobacco flavor I regret buying now, after trying the caramel.
Third, the Ego C tank system doesn't actually suck when used with a Twist at higher voltages. Seriously, the Ego C atty/tank works MUCH better with the Twist...at 4.2v it's almost as good a throat hit as the CE4, though it's still more work to draw. But what that means is my initial investment in the Ego C starter kit wasn't totally wasted, I can still make use of the tanks, cones and atomizers that came with it, and the whole setup does look more attractive (or less obtrusive, anyway) with the cone than a clear CE4. It's a nice option to have.
Anyway, that's a lot for a first post, glad to be here, appreciate all the good information ya'll provide, thanks for having me!
