How Do Some People Think Ecigs Are As Expensive As Analogs!?!?

[BobbyDidge]

It's night and day! I smoked a pack a day of camel filters at $7.50 that's $52.50 a week. My initial cost of everything was $100. After two weeks I'm equaled out, after two weeks all I need is e liquid which is $6 for 10ml which is equivelant to ONE CARTON! So after the initial two weeks I spend $6 for every $75 I would have spent on analogs. I think it's pretty plain and simple, ecigs are wayyyyyyyy cheaper. Not to mention the bills the won't have to pay for lung cancer treatment!

 

[Jay Dee]

Well...

Some of us kind of get a little carried away with the new hobby. I figure if I don't spend another cent till sometime in July I'll break even coming off a PaD Marlboro 100 habit at roughly 5.00 a pack. And I don't think that's going to happen!

 

[Beans]

Um yeah, some of us get a little more.....how would you say....crazed, compulsive, greedy I've spent several thousand on my collection, but the good news I don't HAVE to buy ANYTHING for at least 1 1/2-2 years now but I still really want to buy more mods. Any way I see it, it's a win win. I will never smoke again

 

[reflogsdrawkcab]

I can see how easy it is to get carried away with purchasing different set ups, juices, etc, but I am also hoping that in the long run, vaping will be much cheaper than a PaD habit.

 

[JmeMcG]

I have spent a lot o' dough on e-cig stuff so far... but, I also have a lot of juice, cartos and my new diy supplies stocked up. I have at least a month or more of cartos, juice and supplies on hand... so now I am ahead. I never bought and kept on hand 10 cartons of analogs before, just bought as I went along.
I am also guilty of doing a lot more shopping now. Weird for me because I don't enjoy shopping usually and have never been much of an online shopper... but I gotta say... a lot of days feel like Christmas when I get a new package in the mail... LOL!

 

[BobbyDidge]

What's your favorite way to vape? I just started 2 weeks ago and yea I get the carried away thing but even with me getting carried away with eliquid, cartomizers, clearomizer, and tanks (haven't needed a battery I'm pretty pleased with my ego-c) its still way cheaper. Anyway back to you favorite way to vape lol well sometimes I get that nic fix sometimes I don't but I just realized holding it in for a while till I almost blow no vapor out has equaled an analog for me (which I still think about but have only had about 4 since I got the PV). Is it bad to hold it in? They also say the nic from the vapor isn't absorbed in your lungs like an analog but rather your mouth and nose but why do I notice so much of a difference when I hold it in? :/

 

[zerominusone]

I think most people just hear the intial cost and think they'll have to pay that much every time they would usually buy a pack. It's the same with gasoline. Even though the best cost a little more, they don't want to buy it because it's 'more'. I spend around .60 a day to vape all I want; I used to spend around $10/day on cigarettes.

 

[dampfer]

Wow, $7.50 for pack of camel filters in US?
And I thougt tobaccotaxes in Germany are very expensive, so you have to pay about 5 € for a pack
Ecigs are much cheaper, but while smoking I had only one or two expensive lighters... now I have some more mods for vaping, but that's hobby

 

[BobbyDidge]

Wow, $7.50 for pack of camel filters in US?
And I thougt tobaccotaxes in Germany are very expensive, so you have to pay about 5 € for a pack
Ecigs are much cheaper, but while smoking I had only one or two expensive lighters... now I have somme more mods for vaping, but that's hobby

My bro lives in new york city and they are $11 a pack there!

 

[reflogsdrawkcab]

im still trying to figure out the best method of vaping, (only had my pv for about a week) i have been doing long draws, holding it in my mouth then sometimes moving it to my lungs and holding it for a sec or just moving the vapor to my throat and pushing it out my nose. i dunno, i can definitely feel the nicotine when it hits...

 

[dotma]

I dont think 10 ml of ejuice equals a carton -- not even close for me. I probably do close to 10 ml a day and that is not unusual. Then there is the "mod itch" and the "new cool stuff itch" and oh the horror.

 

[dampfer]

I can't believe - that's really horrible for smokers - glad to be a vapor now
But the material tobacco is much cheaper, must be taxes too... aren't there any problems with government, because many smokers change to vapors?

 

[throatkick]

To answer the OP's question directly:
If you look for trouble, you will find it.

I can understand how vaping may have a higher start up cost. I have spent about $1000 on different things. Unless one contracts the "mod bug", this spending should subside rather quickly when a suitable vaping combination is found.

 

[jdmilla]

So far wife and I have spent $3500 on ecig stuff (i got lots o' mods, attys, tanks, flavors DIY stuff) in two years. BUT analogs would have cost $7000 in the same period so I've saved $3500 and had fun doing it

 

[markfm]

My running cost is around $2/day, including buying a nice mod or two during the year.

I live in ny, was a full pad smoker.

Concerning eliquid, I expect about 3ml/day is reasonable, at least with lower power standard pv. I instantly doubled, to 6 ml/day, a year back, when I went to VV. Fortunately I diy, eliquid is really low cost, especially since I've dropped to 12mg/ml over time.

Early on I was still only running about $2.50/day.

 

[BobbyDidge]

So far wife and I have spent $3500 on ecig stuff (i got lots o' mods, attys, tanks, flavors DIY stuff) in two years. BUT analogs would have cost $7000 in the same period so I've saved $3500 and had fun doing it

Exactly
Who doesn't love saving money
Oh AND being HEALTHIER!

Anyone got anymore comments on the how to get the most nic from the hit?

 

[jdmilla]

I use 20mg DIY juice 10% VG in with 2.1ohm atty at 4.3 volts. Lots o vapor, good throat hit (for me).

 

[BobbyDidge]

I use 20mg DIY juice 10% VG in with 2.1ohm atty at 4.3 volts. Lots o vapor, good throat hit (for me).

This may sound stupid but it there a DIY guide lol I know the dilution equation but that's about it!

And still wanna know to people notice a difference when they hold in the vapor or blow out quick or through nose. Again this is week two for me so I still kinda crave an analog so I wanna know the best way to get that nic fix!

 

[jdmilla]

Yeah there are a few guides out there but i think the most important factor in getting that perfect hit is matching your atomizer to the voltage. In the last year there has been an explosion of new devices, atomizers, tanks, cartos, and finding the perfect one for you takes some trial and error. I've probably changed setups 5 or 6 times chasing the perfect vape. But hey, I'm playing with house money

 

[jdmilla]

I would suggest an inexpensive variable voltage modification like the TOX Cannon or Lava Tube. That way you can dial in the perfect voltage for your atomizer.