How did you start it?

[JeffStray]

My first was a cigalike kit/recharge pack. That was fun, except every time I finished with it I had to chase it with a cigarette because it didn't work. That turned me off for awhile. My next go was a proprietary pen-style 3.2v battery with disposable clearomizers. It was enough to get me through travel, but that was about it. 35 days ago, I took the advice of some coworkers and bought an eGo twist and a nautilus. I finished the last cigarette in a pack as I pulled up to the vape shop, and have since given away the three remaining packs that I had. A couple of weeks in, I was about to go on a road trip, so I decided a backup battery would be a good idea. Ended up getting the istick, and it's now my primary. Yeah, the tank overhangs, but the setup is just really, really good for me. Now I have a friend who has an abundance of mech mods and RDAs, and she's pretty much offering to let me go shopping for used goods at her house. I'm fairly embarrassed by the amount of time I spend watching coil-building videos these days...

I'm about to fall down the rabbit hole, I'm afraid.

 

[Vanez]

My first was a cigalike kit/recharge pack. That was fun, except every time I finished with it I had to chase it with a cigarette because it didn't work. That turned me off for awhile. My next go was a proprietary pen-style 3.2v battery with disposable clearomizers. It was enough to get me through travel, but that was about it. 35 days ago, I took the advice of some coworkers and bought an eGo twist and a Nautilus. I finished the last cigarette in a pack as I pulled up to the vape shop, and have since given away the three remaining packs that I had. A couple of weeks in, I was about to go on a road trip, so I decided a backup battery would be a good idea. Ended up getting the iStick, and it's now my primary. Yeah, the tank overhangs, but the setup is just really, really good for me. Now I have a friend who has an abundance of mech mods and RDAs, and she's pretty much offering to let me go shopping for used goods at her house. I'm fairly embarrassed by the amount of time I spend watching coil-building videos these days...

I'm about to fall down the rabbit hole, I'm afraid.

eleaf iStick?

Do you like the nautilus? Do u also use another clearo?

 

[JeffStray]

Yes, it's the Eleaf. I've heard that I'll eventually want a bigger/stronger box, but it's doing very well for me right now. Also, the only one they had left in stock was the "red" one, which is very much super pink, and that makes me kinda giggle when I get weird looks.

I love the Nautilus. The only other one I've used is the Aspire Vivi Nova style glass/steel tank, which I impulse-bought a week or two ago for $4. It tends to sputter/spit like a beast, so it's been relegated as an emergency backup for when I'm cleaning this one now. Again, I've been told I'll want something different eventually (Protank RTA has been suggested, followed by drippers), but for now it suits my needs. Even if I do jump to RDAs, I'll probably still like this for its capacity and convenience, especially at work.

edit: I just realized it's the Kayfun Lite that was recommended, not the Kanger. The Kanger was what I was told NOT to get.

 

[EPP64]

was curious about it and talked to a friend at work who vapes. Next day, he handed me a ego starter kit and some juice. I went to local shop and got some juice I liked. Then he got his natulis mini and istick in and I tried that. Ordered both! Then i had to have another mini to swap flavors easy, then i needed a full size natulis for my main goto flavor and now I have a sigelei 100 watt and a atlanitis and more flavors than i can shake a stick at lol. its a enjoyable hobby. I still smoke acouple cigs with my coffee in the mornings but I am good the rest of the day on my juice with no problems..

 

[JeffStray]

Ha! I thought about hanging onto smoking just for the morning coffee. I'd been smoking since I was 14, and started drinking coffee when I was 16, so I had no idea about the bitterness. A little over a month in, and I'm back on the "coffee is the best thing ever" bandwagon, but I was really (REALLY) worried for a couple of weeks. That was a huge relief.

 

[JeepyG]

I started with and still use an eGo-C with a mini-Protank II as my daily on-the-go device.
I think it is great because it easily fits in any pocket.
Inexpensive, super simple, reliable and a good tasty vapes.

 

[rob m]

I started with a kanger emow starter kit, I tried blu before that but it did not help like the kanger did

 

[big4570]

I a bit of nerd when it comes to tech stuff, I had a few cheap setups break in me and just started upgrading my stuff. It all started on a deployment to eastern Europe where chewing tobacco was not avaliable.

 

[Alter]

I had nobody to show me nothing when I started vaping. My wife and I both vaped to quit smoking so once the thrill of this new device to quit smoking wore off then I had to get busy and learn how to both STOP these nasty metallic dry hits and keep my wife happy. I spent hours on Youtube, found ECF and several other forums, began to learn how to rebuild this CE4 clearo...WOW what a difference in vape quality with this crappy clearo with my build in it and good silica wicking.
Researched to find at the time the protank was the gear to have so through a coop I ordered several PT1 with a couple boxes of heads(over 15 months ago and still have a box of sealed heads) Tried the stock head and BLEH same as the CE4 crappy hits, I began rebuilding the protanks with silica then ekowool with good success..then I heard bout cotton so tried a twisted qtip swab in a stock PT head and almost couldn't get my eyes to unroll out of the back of my head. Cotton was the score, so I used that until I got myself some hemp fiber(blows cotton out of the water with wicking properties and durability). Been using the hemp fiber in my PT builds for well over a year with GREAT success and happy vaping.
Heard bout cellucotton/rayon so bought a 500' box to try it out with no success but dry hits and just not producing vapor like my hemp....Owell gotta try to see but it was epic failure so back to hemp. I read somewhere that the rayon contracts when wet so you have to overstuff the coil but trim some of the bulk out of the tails which is opposite of cotton/hemp that you just put in enough to slide back and forth with very little resistance in the coil. I found vape nirvana with cellucotton now with overstuffed coils it outlasts both the cotton and hemp. I can run a build until the coil is so badly gunked up but break apart the cellucotton and its still clean inside with very little to no burn damage like cotton.
Spending the time to learn to rebuild has put my on the path to be able to rebuild almost any atty I want, have nothing less than top shelf vape experience and NO saving of money at all since I like to own shiny metal tubes and hoard batteries.

 

[redisin02]

I started with V2 starter kit which was around $150 at the time. I hated it and went back to smoking then I tried again with the ego twist and now I have moved up to the Sigelei twist. Now i have been quit smoking again this time for 1 month so far.

 

[mrsjacks]

I first started vaping back when it became popular about four years ago. Back then it was all about the Titan/Joye510/Yeti and prefilled cartridges that everyone would mod out with the blue foam for fish aquarium filters. Removing atty bridges and having like twenty 510 battery sticks on-hand LOL It's amazing any of us persevered through those early days of frustrating vaping experiences with gross tasting juices, burning atomizers, and short-lived batteries. I first became acquainted with e-cigs at a neighbor's yard sale. Her daughter-in-law was there and she had one of those 801 pen style e-cigs. She said it had helped her cut back on smoking. I was smoking roughly a pack a day then, although in the past I had smoked upwards of two packs or more a day, and was desperate to quit. Smoking was becoming expensive and I had already tried smoking hookah to see if that would helped my nicotine cravings. Instead, I found myself smoking more, because I'd smoke the hookah for about thirty minutes to an hour, then light up an analog right after that.

I looked into the various mainstream kits, like the Green Smoke and Blu Cig. I almost purchased the Green Smoke kit, but I joined this forum and did some research first. I'm glad I did, because I ended up cutting my teeth on the Joye510 with some Dekang juice from Cignot. My kit arrived on November 22, 2010 and I never smoked another analog again. Eventually I graduated up to an eGo and then a Silver Bullet. So much has changed in the years since I first bought that 510 kit.

Welcome to the wonderful world of vaping and teh ECF

 

[FRSguy]

I started when the place I work for was pushing for smokers to go to vape which is all cool and very glad they are like that. I researched it online for a couple of months and had a lot of concerns about it and me and I went through a lot of confusion trying to figure it out as I had trouble finding really good newbie information without having to piece everything together from bits and pieces of posts. I settled on an Evic with the Aspire Nautilus which I have been fairly happy with. After that I needed to advance my set up a bit just so that I could stay vaping all the time so added batteries, cases, charger tried out my first RDA but I suck at coils and have yet to get it working right. I just got an istick that I plan on using as a back up and stealth as it fits in my case easy and of course will get a mini Nautilus for that in a week or so and now that they have the Atlantis out I want to check that out so now I am checking out the higher wattage mods. Its pretty much turned in to a hobbie for me just chasing after the best set up for me but that is all cool as far as a hobbie goes I save so much money compared to when I smoked that even though it may seem as though I have a lot it does not even come close to what I use to spend.

 

[Swoozy]

Blu disposable from Walmart, had no idea it was going to change my life!! I will always be thankful of blu but would not buy another one lol
Then found a very cheap overpriced off brand starter kit at a tobacco shop used it for a while leaked often was horrible then I started doing research and found some real b&m's now I have many toys. currently looking at an Istick just for the size might come in handy at some point

 

[codger59]

V2 starter kit from a local b&m Oct2014. Had been smoking since 15, and really wanted off of 'em...but didn't (and still don't) like the "sonic screwdriver" look of the eGo-types. 2months later and I'm still using the 808-style, though have switched from cartos to the T4-type clearos (now have a stock of cartos I won't be using anymore )

 

[Deja]

I walked into a local store, told the guy I knew absolutely nothing, and he set me up with the ego CE5+ starter kit, 10 ml juice, and a spare atomizer. Thanks to people here's advice, I went back there a few days before my Quit Date and bought exactly the same stuff again (30 ml instead of 10) so I'd theoretically always have one ready to go. So far, so good, it's working for me. I'm still learning how to take care of this simple beginner unit by trial and error; the other day I got to find out what a lapful of juice feels like when I unscrewed it in the wrong place to recharge the battery

 

[Fronkey]

I started on a cig sized auto battery with ce2 style clearos. Eventually I graduated to an MVP and ce4's. After breaking two MVPs (and switching to a Vivi nova along the way) I could only afford egos for a while (of which I broke 3). Eventually I got an eVic and an Aspire BDC.

Last week I broke the eVic, so now I'm using an ego clone while I wait for fasttech to send me an E-LVT 2.0 and an RTA.

 

[Bootiewootsy]

Hi Everyone, I am new to this forum. I have been lurking around for some time,enjoy reading everything I can find.
I have smoked for 40 years, been vaping for three months without a stinky. I really enjoy vaping and hope I can get my husband to enjoy it.
He is really trying and has cut down his cigs to about four a day from a half pack a day, plus a couple of my menthol when I was smpking.
I am just starting to diy juice but have not quite figured it all out.
Thanks for all the wonderful post I have read and enjoyed..