I don't know the timeline, but I do know the order of the more important advances...
1) The 510 came out and it became a lot easier to get a good hit
2) The KR808D-1 came out and it became a lot easier to use
3) The Ego came out and it became a lot easier to get good battery life
That was when everything came together and successful switching became the norm.
Everything else that has taken place after that is just gravy.
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Vaping "got good" 1 year, 8 months and 3 days ago. It was a cold day in December, the sky was heavy with dark ominous clouds and a bone chilling wind. Suddenly the clouds parted, a beam of sun broke through, a choir sang, angels appeared and it was good.
Yip, I thought the Chinese had it all sewn up. A Very Shrewd Nation indeed.
Well done for providing extra info.
A Wise Man once said: Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. Much better like this:
Well if it's a story you want...![]()
Actually, I invented vaping about 5 years ago in my garage. Whilst wrapping a coil around a cotton wick, I spied a sly looking Chinese man peering through the window. Next thing I knew I had been hit in the head and lay unconscious on the garage floor. When I finally awoke my ecig plans, as well as the coil I was wrapping were all gone! GONE I SAY! Not that it mattered as I was left with amnesia from the head clobbering. This all just came back to me this morning... right around 8:17 or so. Alas! The life I could have led, the parties, beautiful women, all surrounded by thick clouds of my patented vapor. Oh well, I'm off to work on my next invention. It's a phone that's not hard wired! REALLY!!! NO wires...
I don't know the timeline, but I do know the order of the more important advances...
1) The 510 came out and it became a lot easier to get a good hit
2) The KR808D-1 came out and it became a lot easier to use
3) The Ego came out and it became a lot easier to get good battery life
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In 2003, Hon Lik of China created e-cigarettes as we know today. However, the idea was drafted as early as 1963.
Hon Lik, another example of their names not translating well.