I smoked analogs for about 6 years and discovered vaping somewhere in year 3. It was a good old cigarette sized 510 dripper I got from Mad Vapes back when their warehouse was something like 1000 sq ft haha. Very nice guys there. They showed me the ultra clean room where they make all the liquids and gave me a pack of carts to sample some their flavors. Vaping was still in it's been infancy then and I ended up going back to cigs. Only for the past 3 months did I completely drop cigarettes and full time vape.
As for my mod, I call it the iTaste 18500. I had a broken iTaste VV laying around and decided to put it to better use. Its still capped at 11 watts, but the battery life is much better and I can replace the 18500 cell instead of waiting for a charge. (I sometimes overuse the passthrough's charge ability)