Hi~! New to vaping + a question.

[rad-vibes]

Hi all! I'm Skye, and I'm super new to vaping. I've taken some hits off of my friends vape pens before, but I don't own one yet. I've been thinking about getting the Halo Triton starter kit, as my budget is very limited. (I don't have a job, and I still live at home with my mom.. She's against vaping but I want something that could possibly help my anxiety. I know that vaping has helped one of my friends a lot with her anxiety.) I'd like some recommendations on what the best kit would be for starting out? I've been watching reviews on youtube, but I'm still really confused.

More of a little back ground on my current situation; I moved in September and don't really know people in the area I moved to, which means I don't really have friends, so I can't really ask them. Most of the friends that I do have, however, are online/I keep in touch with online. I'd love to have something to vape that wouldn't really require changing wicks, as I probably wouldn't be able to get them very often. Any advice? I'm really confused and lost on what to do.

 

[IMFire3605]

A Triton is a decent device, it is of the Ego class, basic unit, can be reliable, but Halo use a KR808/Ego connection between the tank and battery, you can find compatable attachments for these still but are harder to find as the industry moved mostly toward the 510 and 510/Ego connection as more universal. So a Joyetech or Vision Ego would be easier to find attachments for than having to rely on Halo for replacements and such. Eleaf also makes a very reliable cost effective device called the iStick30watt, small compact very powerful device small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, coupled with an Aspire Nautilus Mini tank or even one of the Eleaf GS Air tanks would work very very well for you. Replacing wicks, nature of the beast, they burn out, especially with thicker, darker, sweeter, creamy, candies, bakery and tobacco flavors are notorious coil killers compared to light, clearer, thinner, and less sweet liquids, unless you get a rebuildable system that you can make your own coils and wicks you will have the expense of buying replacement coil heads, so depending on the liquid a coil head can last from 3 days heavy use to 2 weeks heavy use.

 

[Eryger]

Hiya. First off, if you don't already smoke, please don't start vaping either. Having been stuck with a smoking habit for over 25 years, I can only tell you that any such habits are a pain in the long term - costly and slightly annoying. The vast majority here enjoy vaping, but I think most would opt not to if they didnt have a long-term puffing habit already.
Having said this (and I really, really honestly urge you to reconsider), the most important is to get 0mg nicotine. The habit is annoying enough, but don't build up a nicotine addiction. Nicotine does not calm or help anxiety, contrary to popular belief.
As for gear I'd just grab an ego-twist and a protank. It is a good and cheap starter set-up and faitly simple to recoil and rewick protanks.

 

[rad-vibes]

A Triton is a decent device, it is of the Ego class, basic unit, can be reliable, but Halo use a KR808/Ego connection between the tank and battery, you can find compatable attachments for these still but are harder to find as the industry moved mostly toward the 510 and 510/Ego connection as more universal. So a Joyetech or Vision Ego would be easier to find attachments for than having to rely on Halo for replacements and such. Eleaf also makes a very reliable cost effective device called the iStick30watt, small compact very powerful device small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, coupled with an Aspire Nautilus Mini tank or even one of the Eleaf GS Air tanks would work very very well for you. Replacing wicks, nature of the beast, they burn out, especially with thicker, darker, sweeter, creamy, candies, bakery and tobacco flavors are notorious coil killers compared to light, clearer, thinner, and less sweet liquids, unless you get a rebuildable system that you can make your own coils and wicks you will have the expense of buying replacement coil heads, so depending on the liquid a coil head can last from 3 days heavy use to 2 weeks heavy use.

Thank you so much! I'll definitely be looking into the iStick 30 watt. I was highly considering the Triton, just because the pricing seemed really great and the fact that it comes with a 30ml bottle of liquid. But you do have a point with relying just on them for attachments.

 

[rad-vibes]

Hiya. First off, if you don't already smoke, please don't start vaping either. Having been stuck with a smoking habit for over 25 years, I can only tell you that any such habits are a pain in the long term - costly and slightly annoying. The vast majority here enjoy vaping, but I think most would opt not to if they didnt have a long-term puffing habit already.
Having said this (and I really, really honestly urge you to reconsider), the most important is to get 0mg nicotine. The habit is annoying enough, but don't build up a nicotine addiction. Nicotine does not calm or help anxiety, contrary to popular belief.
As for gear I'd just grab an ego-twist and a protank. It is a good and cheap starter set-up and faitly simple to recoil and rewick protanks.

Thank you for the concern haha. I know that nicotine doesn't do anything and it's more of a physiological thing, if I'm not mistaken. I'm familiar with smoking, as I used to quite a bit when I was younger, but I stopped after a year or so. But thank you so much!

 

[rgerber]

Hiya. First off, if you don't already smoke, please don't start vaping either. Having been stuck with a smoking habit for over 25 years, I can only tell you that any such habits are a pain in the long term - costly and slightly annoying. The vast majority here enjoy vaping, but I think most would opt not to if they didnt have a long-term puffing habit already.
Having said this (and I really, really honestly urge you to reconsider), the most important is to get 0mg nicotine. The habit is annoying enough, but don't build up a nicotine addiction. Nicotine does not calm or help anxiety, contrary to popular belief.
As for gear I'd just grab an ego-twist and a protank. It is a good and cheap starter set-up and faitly simple to recoil and rewick protanks.

Good advice....he he thinks about it....

 

[djsvapour]

If money is a consideration, don't buy Halo. PLEASE.
In fact... don't buy from any brand store at all...

Many of us vape for cents per day, not $ per day.

If we bought the products the mighty marketing men and women persuade us to buy, you could easily be spending $1,500 a year, maybe more.

The brand that many people try out first in the UK costs $5,000 a year to buy all the refills, spare batteries, chargers and accessories.

 

[suprtrkr]

+1 on the iStick

 

[BreSha6869]

The brand that many people try out first in the UK costs $5,000 a year to buy all the refills, spare batteries, chargers and accessories.

How could it be even close to that much? Even if one bought a few high end mods, a coil a week, a couple of chargers and extra batteries, i would likely be under $1000 total for HW/supplies excluding juice. $4000 a year or $12/day on juice seems high unless someone Vapes 15-30ml/day. That seems crazy high to me.

My $12.50 pack a day smoking habit was ONLY (crazy!) $4000 a year.

I ask as I am new to vaping....

 

[dcfluegel]

howdy! and welcome!

 

[Train2]

I think he must be talking about the disposable brands marketed by big tobacco companies - like "Blu" - where you have to buy their little juice cartridges and it costs as much as smoking?

I agree with other advisors - Halo IS a good brand, with good juice, BUT
a) it's a very odd connection so you're stuck with them, where wth something like an iStick or a Kbox or Clouper, you can try ALL KINDS of tanks for it
b) Halo IS good juice - BUT its very expensive. I actually would recommend it for someone trying to quit smoking, because they have good tobacco-ish flavors. But that's not what you need, so try whatever juice you like (but sometimes cheap is "cheap"...for a reason...)

How could it be even close to that much? Even if one bought a few high end mods, a coil a week, a couple of chargers and extra batteries, i would likely be under $1000 total for HW/supplies excluding juice. $4000 a year or $12/day on juice seems high unless someone Vapes 15-30ml/day. That seems crazy high to me.

My $12.50 pack a day smoking habit was ONLY (crazy!) $4000 a year.

I ask as I am new to vaping....

 

[djsvapour]

How could it be even close to that much? ...

I know... it's almost impossible to believe. But I did the math about 1 month in to Vaping and that was the cost of vaping 2ml a day using their products.

 

[djsvapour]

I think he must be talking about the disposable brands marketed by big tobacco companies - like "Blu" - where you have to buy their little juice cartridges and it costs as much as smoking?

Yes, you are correct.

Although it pains me to say, this isn't actually BLU e-cigs. Blu e-cigs aren't anywhere near as expensive, cartomiser system or not.

There are tobacco companies gouging £2,000 a year from users, but that's only $3,000 a year.

Somehow, we have to stop these companies. Tobacco co's first then the horrible, horrible scam vaping companies. People are trying these products and going straight back to tobacco and then tell everybody Vaping is useless.

 

[BreSha6869]

I know... it's almost impossible to believe. But I did the math about 1 month in to Vaping and that was the cost of vaping 2ml a day using their products.

Edited as djsvapour answered this as I was typing.... So the eCig format, not buying a mod, $10-20 30ml bottles of juice, etc. like most on ECF?

Wow, $5k is nutty. I would have to smoke about 40 overpriced premium Canadian analogs to hit $5k a year! I thought my spending $3000-3500 was crazy (it is).

I am figuring that my first full 12 months of vaping will cost me about $400CAD in HW (2 good box mods, coils, a few tanks) and about $800CAD in juice (under $1k USD total). And that is on the upper end of what I will likely actually buy. Once I find a few good cheap juices I like, I will likely get by with spending under $400 US a year moving forward plus coils. A ton cheaper than analogs and after one week I am already feeling positive effects of not smoking traditional cigs.

 

[djsvapour]

Edited as djsvapour answered this as I was typing.... So the eCig format, not buying a mod, $10-20 30ml bottles of juice, etc. like most on ECF?

Wow, $5k is nutty. I would have to smoke about 40 overpriced premium Canadian analogs to hit $5k a year! I thought my spending $3000-3500 was crazy (it is).

Yes. The e-cig form factor. A plastic stick that runs out of charge in 100-150 puffs.
and the cartomizer (refill) is $7 and lasts about as long as the battery.