Thought I'd introduce myself and share my vaping experience so far.
I'm a semi-refugee smoker, having smoked off and on for pretty much 40 years. The longest I ever gave up for was 3 years, when a personal crisis caused me to start again. Since that point I have had limited success with other anti-smoking solutions, including Nicotine Replacement Therapy [NRT] and virtually none with "off the shelf" e-cigs, the cheap, low power/capacity MTL variety. I pretty much resigned myself to going to my grave a smoker, which was where I was heading being diagnosed with chronic lung problems and a heart condition. How much exactly tobacco contributed to that is debatable, but that is another topic entirely.
Visiting my brother in law, I discovered he has been off cigarettes now for around 9 months and is a regular vaper. He very kindly let me have an extensive try-out of his kit [a stock Smok Mag 225 + his own home-brew e-liquid], and it was a revelation. I found I could actually inhale the vapour, and it had excellent flavour. Using the cheaper devices, if I tried to inhale [either MTL or DTL] I would violently cough my lungs out, and just holding the foul-tasting vapour in my mouth seemed truly pointless - not even as enjoyable as a cigar.
I realised that I would have to spend a bit more than a few pounds if I was going to have any success, so I splashed out on a Wismec Reuleaux RX2 21700 with an Aspire Cleito 120 tank. So far, I have cut down my tobacco consumption this week from 50g every 4-5 days to 5 roll-ups a day. Or to put this another way, I'd be on a new pack of tobacco by now, and the pack I bought last Saturday has > 43g left [Yes, I weighed it
].
I am looking to wind my own coils and make my own fluid, partly out of enjoyment but mainly due to the exorbitant cost of tobacco products in the UK [Approaching £20 for 50g of hand rolling tobacco]. I'm also still at the "tweaking stage", ideally I need to find a good fluid and a stealth vaping technique. While I have no problems at home with clouds, I'm looking to go MTL when out and about as DTL is frowned upon in public. I am currently under-running the Cleito at 40-50W, as this seems to be the sweet spot for me. 100W, while the clouds are substantial, it is just far too hot IMO. Even 50W generates a substantial amount of vapour from the Ceito with 30/70 PG/VG. The last thing I want to do is give vaping a bad reputation, and walking down the street doing Thomas the Tank engine impressions is probably not the best way to be an ambassador no matter how much you are enjoying yourself!
Finally, having spoken with a number of vapers online and also face to face, I'd just like to say how impressed I am with the sense of community and willingness to help that seems to be shared by everyone.
I'm a semi-refugee smoker, having smoked off and on for pretty much 40 years. The longest I ever gave up for was 3 years, when a personal crisis caused me to start again. Since that point I have had limited success with other anti-smoking solutions, including Nicotine Replacement Therapy [NRT] and virtually none with "off the shelf" e-cigs, the cheap, low power/capacity MTL variety. I pretty much resigned myself to going to my grave a smoker, which was where I was heading being diagnosed with chronic lung problems and a heart condition. How much exactly tobacco contributed to that is debatable, but that is another topic entirely.
Visiting my brother in law, I discovered he has been off cigarettes now for around 9 months and is a regular vaper. He very kindly let me have an extensive try-out of his kit [a stock Smok Mag 225 + his own home-brew e-liquid], and it was a revelation. I found I could actually inhale the vapour, and it had excellent flavour. Using the cheaper devices, if I tried to inhale [either MTL or DTL] I would violently cough my lungs out, and just holding the foul-tasting vapour in my mouth seemed truly pointless - not even as enjoyable as a cigar.
I realised that I would have to spend a bit more than a few pounds if I was going to have any success, so I splashed out on a Wismec Reuleaux RX2 21700 with an Aspire Cleito 120 tank. So far, I have cut down my tobacco consumption this week from 50g every 4-5 days to 5 roll-ups a day. Or to put this another way, I'd be on a new pack of tobacco by now, and the pack I bought last Saturday has > 43g left [Yes, I weighed it
].I am looking to wind my own coils and make my own fluid, partly out of enjoyment but mainly due to the exorbitant cost of tobacco products in the UK [Approaching £20 for 50g of hand rolling tobacco]. I'm also still at the "tweaking stage", ideally I need to find a good fluid and a stealth vaping technique. While I have no problems at home with clouds, I'm looking to go MTL when out and about as DTL is frowned upon in public. I am currently under-running the Cleito at 40-50W, as this seems to be the sweet spot for me. 100W, while the clouds are substantial, it is just far too hot IMO. Even 50W generates a substantial amount of vapour from the Ceito with 30/70 PG/VG. The last thing I want to do is give vaping a bad reputation, and walking down the street doing Thomas the Tank engine impressions is probably not the best way to be an ambassador no matter how much you are enjoying yourself!
Finally, having spoken with a number of vapers online and also face to face, I'd just like to say how impressed I am with the sense of community and willingness to help that seems to be shared by everyone.
