How much do you spend on vaping?

How much do you spend?

  • Less than $250 per year (about $21 per month)

  • $250 - $500 per year (about $21 - $41 per month)

  • $500 - $750 per year (about $41 - $62 per month)

  • $750 - $1,000 per year (about $62 - $83 per month)

  • $1000 - $2,000 per year (about $83 - $66 per month)

  • More than $2000 a year


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Alžběta Madragana;3704498 said:
Oh my word!
How can anyone up in Canada afford to smoke???! That's not just terrible, it's freaking highway robbery.
But to you, congratulations on giving up analogs and doing something really healthy for yourself.
Analogs here in Texas (D-FW area) are $4,54 a pack for 'new introductory offers' and after a few months, they go up to the regular price of $5 to 6,45 a pack... no thanks. They can keep that crap - I'll just keep on vapin'...

Wallyworld in my town charges 90 some bucks a carton, and the convenience stores are not much better, high tobacco tax here in sconi
 

Mistaree

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Once I found my Golden Vape , meaning a working , gratifying & consistent vape with the right set-up , I only had to buy juice & cartomizers . Which will run me $30 - $50 monthly , provided there's no new attys or tanks I wanna try . Problem is, that didn't happen until LR / Dual Coil cartomizers & Liquinators came about . So from 2 packs a day at $300 a month on analogs to vaping & seeing the difference health wise as well as extra money at the end of the month. . Damn I love Vaping ! All Hale the Omega ! Silver Bullet ! BB ! Precise ! The Helix ! Box Mods ! Wet Boxes ! Provari ! The Darwin ! Reo Grand ! And All the great many different PV's and their creators , but most of all , "All Hale the ECF ! What a wonderful place to be , with a bunch of crazy ex - smokers helping those who want to be ex-smokers too ."
 
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blue8091

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The ultimate vape - sounds yummie. You know, I never quit smoking to save $$ - I quit smoking to save my health. I could afford to smoke. If I spent as much every month as I spent on smoking - I'd be swimming in vape supplies :D If you used a mega dripper a day, threw it out when you were done and vaped 60mls a week - still coming in under the cost of smoking...with a lil extra and every few months you get a new lil somethin somethin...it's ALL GOOD!! :D I'm not even near this level..just sayin
 

BigBulli

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I spent a lot since I started in February, I currently make my own juice and own 2 repairable atty's and one more being made(should have been here, machining delays) I also went with all mechanical mods. I should only need to spend a couple hundred dollars a year on batteries, juice, and flavoring from now on. I have enough wick and kanthal to last a lifetime lol
 

Raven_Blackblade

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Truth be told, I have spend a fair amount this year. I had a kit that I loved, and set up beautifully (or so I thought) die down to one battery when I was on duty in Spokane. This forced me to look at what I would have to do in order to get my cost down. So I have bought a kit that will cost me much less to operate. Then there has been the juice. Oh lordy the juice *Gazes lovingly at her new juice collection* The sad thing is.... a new flavor that I have fallen head over heels for is down to half a bottle, and that makes me sad. But I should be getting some more hours soon (please pray y'all), and I will get some more of my happy juice :)
Cartos. I have just recently come to realize the wonder of these little devices. The saying is true.... dont drip n drive folks.... but when you drip 3 drops, and it doesnt even get you to work, and then you are praying for a red light just to get a drop in? That sucks. Cartos are awesome :D
Then there are the accessories.... It just keeps going and going and going.... To be honest though, I dont mind it. I love the flavors, and I love being able to show it off to guests when they come over, and then get them hooked once I have given them a free kit of their own to start out on, and a bottle or two of juice. In the end it all comes back to ya, and it cant come back to me anymore than it already has by saving my live, and the lives of my friends.

Due to the fact that I am a woman... I will not divulge how much I spend.... but it is this year about 500$+ Next year we shall see :D
 

Odell

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Started with GreenSmokes...realized I could quit with vapor.
Bought a bunch of cartos batteries, etc. GS was too small, battery life too short, etc. Spent $300.00
Next eGo.
$500 of Chinese atty's carto's lasted for about 6 months.
Couple of months ago started reading about voltages, ohms, etc. Nose started widening at the possibilities.
This weekend dropped another $500 on Saber Vari and Mini, batteries, charger, pass throughs, and a bunch of different carto's.
Over the past year probably spent about another $500 on juice (I just can't resist sample packs.)

Still, I was a pack and a half to two packs a day smoker that couldn't quit no matter what I tried until vaping and I figure I still got off analogs cheap. I'm not sure the numbers in the banner below are all that accurate, but I don't care.:p

Health improvement....priceless.
 

redbudacres

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Since April 21, 2011 for two vaper's-- $652.22
That's getting started with kits, trying juices that didn't pan out, the money wasted on the "clearomizers" that leaked everywhere, $25.00 for juice for my mom, $20.00 for juice for my sister-in-law, etc. etc.
Now that we've gotten everything worked out, we're spending about $65.00 a month.
I used to spend $70.00 A WEEK on just my analogs. My husband spent about $40.00 a week on his.
We're saving a TON of money, not to mention our lungs.
:D :D :D
Analog free since May 9th, 2011
Hubby hasn't had a "smoke" in several weeks (that I know of) either!
wooohooo
 

Cuss

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When I started, I loosely in my head put a limit on vaping to not exceed the costs of analogs. I wasted some money on trial and error that was made up when I found what hardware worked for me, and started doing DIY. Not only for cost, but for the convenience of being able to try any flavor combination I want when I want without having to wait for the mailman.

That being said, now I would gladly pay more for vaping than for analogs. (lets hope future legislation doesn't bring that idea into fruition)
 

Alžběta Madragana

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Wallyworld in my town charges 90 some bucks a carton, and the convenience stores are not much better, high tobacco tax here in sconi
Good grief! (Charlie Brown). You ought to take a pic of that and post it here for us to see. Might get some fence-sitters to stop smoking! Truly, that would be a classic. I walked into a convenience store/gas station a few days ago and the guy in front of me got a carton of Marlboro Special Blend 27s analogs. He paid $51,- and some odd cents. I had my OG Puck in hand and thought about how many CARTOMIZERS I could get for that same price and how much LONGER they would last me... at my old rate of smoking, carton would last me 5 or 6 days. Even though I burn the hell out of my cartos - yes, I'm rough on them - a simple 5-pack of CE-2 cartos would last me a week.. Cartos usually cost me $7 to $11 for a 5-pack.
Easy savings. Easy math. Better health.
 

ChuckDragon

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After almost 2 years of vaping, I have gotten it down to pennies a day. I buy my VG in a 2 quart jug and I buy 250ml of PG nicotine. Couple that with 6 ounces of Loranne's flavoring and I vape real cheap. I have two chucks that are my go to vaping device and I just purchased an eGo and I'm good to go. The only thing that I buy every 6 months or so are atomizers. I spend much less than I did for analogs and I physically feel better. Dripping and mixing my own e-juice saves me a small fortune.
 

Beans

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I waisted a ton of cash looking for the perfect vape. I'm guessing around 2200 but as of this month I have it down and am theorizing that from here on out I won't need to spend more than 40 a month to sustain my vaping pleasure. Woo Hoo it can be cheaper! In theory :)

BTW it was worth EVERY penny to quit smoking!
 
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