How much do you spend on vaping every month?

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DingerCPA

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Man, I really need to get in to DIY...

I keep my DIY pretty simple. I have a big bottle of 50/50. I drop flavors into a 10mL bottle (no more than 20% flavoring - usually 10-15%) and top with my 50/50 base. I'm not all that concerned about my PG/VG ratio (don't even know that I can tell the difference anywhere from my previously purchased 50/50 to what is no more than 60P/40V) I just want the flavors.

I've probably dropped about $150 on PG/VG/nic and flavors. That will yield me over 2000 mL juice @ $0.075/mL - I like that kind of price :) Used to pay $0.60/mL at my B&M (sometimes I could catch a sale and pay only about $0.30-0.40/mL)

Buzz the DIY thread - make sure to read Hoosier's and Dannyv45's blogs. Good info with which to get started. I've only dumped about 30mL of juice that was absolutely unvapeable (been DIYing since the end of June.) I'd have been honked if I'd paid retail for that.
 

Ez03

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Way more than I said I would! Hell, saving money was one of my excuses to even get into vaping and I'm definitely outpacing my old smoking habit, or at least coming pretty close.

Some months are worse than others. I've been good the last couple months because I found a mod I am really content with, the Siegeli Fu Chai, and a mutation X atty. With my sleeper build on here I feel pretty satisfied with my vape, and so far want for nothing else. I've just been buying juice and accessories here and there (wire, cotton bacon or Japanese cotton, VTC-4,5,6's wherever I come across them which is rare in this town).

My juice habit is probably costing me around 30-40 a week, so 120-160 a month. Wow. I never actually realized it was that much, I guess I've been in denial haha. So, I'm definitely in the over 200 a month range with all things considered. Back when I was never fully satisfied with my various mods, I was spending hundreds more in buying new mods, some I still have sitting in drawers, some I've given as gifts, and I've sold a few on craigslist. This Fu-chai mod is pretty much perfect for me, it looks cool and the quality of the manufacturing is on point. Pretty much no voltage drop whatsoever, heavy duty and durable, not too big and unwieldy, looks sharp as hell. Everyone likes this mod that sees it.

I'm currently resisting the temptation to go on a spending spree again this month and see what all this box mod fuss is about. It seems like all the "veteran" vapers the newbs scatter to like they're rock stars are all using them haha. Are they THAT much better? Can't you produce massive clouds on a regular mech mod that are comparable? I don't get it. I certainly don't think they look like anything I want to carry around, and they look kinda crappy to me, to be honest. Are single tube mech mods going to be obsolete someday?

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Ez03

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Cool, thanks dude. I may have to check it out. 55 watts is pretty crazy, I remember my regulated VTR topped out at something like 15 watts I think. So if I've got a sony VTC-4 battery in my mech mod, and .45 ohm build with 24g single wire dual micros, what kind of wattage would you estimate that's pumping out? Is 55 watts something feasible for regular ole mech mods? I know I know, I've got much to learn.
 

FRSguy

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Really glad to see this post. I am new at vaping and have been in to it since the beginning of October. That being said I am still chasing after convenience in my set up so to speak so from ground zero to where I am now I am spending about $100 a month on juices (2 small bottles a week) and roughly $200 a month on hardware... so far I have a pretty good set up going as far as comfort is concerned... my huge failure though is my inability to coil a Mutation X that I got... I was spending like $2 a foot on wire and after several attempts I guess its something I am never going to get lol.
 
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