How much have you spent on devices to date ?

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Jack Pappas

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Looks like a good place for my first post.
Been curious for a little while. As I have been struggling and failing at quitting smoking.
Decided to seriously look into vaping about a week ago.
On my last visit to the tobacco shop I inquired as to what he carried as I saw E-liquids mentioned on his facebook page and after trying an eGo he had loaded up I dropped about $50 on an eGo CE4 and a 30 ml bottle of Liquia Chocolate.

Liked it from the first dozen toots. But too weak of a chocolate flavor honestly. Spent the night obsessively soaking up internet info until I found this forum.
After about 90 minutes on here I spent the next hour over at FastTech and dropped $28.33 on a bunch of clearomizers, two more 1100 ma batteries, half a dozen juices from Hangsen.

Any good advice on a variable voltage battery holder for 18650's with a 510 connection? I've got dozens of 18650's already for sporting stuff.
 

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Been vaping for about 11 months. Did good with a Volcano Inferno kit and a little juice until January of this year when I caught the bug. Provari, ZAP, DID, Terminator (Oddy clone), 2 X AGA-T2, Precise ELA, Kayfun 3.1 ES, Dripper Pro, Grand Vapor Trident, Trippy Tips, Enough juice for at least a year, wick and wire, etc. I've spent at least $1500 this year. I'm done for a while as I'm getting a killer vape and have plenty to play with. Eventually want a Precise Simplicity 14500 and Kayfun 2.1 ES for lightweight carry but not until fall; I want play money for the summer.
 

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Too much. (Subconscious: 'Well.. there are better things out there. Much shinier too.')
Converted, about $800 in 4 months. You learn quickly. After starting to vape the incessant reading begins. Which brings up images of peoples lovely setups. Which, after looking glumly at your first Kanger/Ego setup sets up a sort of inverse denial train of thought.
Which really pisses off the significant other when the cost of your first high end mod shows up on the bank statement. But its not enough. Now there's another, fancier looking device, or tank, but wait, the mods are great but what about a neat stealth vaping bit of kit...


Pity there isn't such a thing as "stealth bank statements".:)
 

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LOL's all! I got waaaaay behind on following this thread ... but we're all still having fun ... right?!?
I'm still using my little ole' eGo batteries ... but I do have a bunch of 'em:blush:
Now tanks :facepalm: ... and cool Drip Tips:facepalm: ... and RDA:facepalm:
Will the insanity EVER end?!?


There will soon be a sub forum to help people deal with "purchase addiction". :)
 

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I've spent about $300 to date. Most of that amount, however, was due to purchasing different kits to find out which one fits me best. The rest, I'm sorry to say, was spent on purchasing extra cartridges for the Blu that I was using until today, when my Apollo and Green Smoke kits arrived.

Goodbye, Blu!

I'm just trying to picture how many of those types of e cigs are sitting around redundent in the back of peoples drawers.:ohmy:
 

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you guys that are still buying your juice premixed...S-T-O-P!....MIXING YOUR OWN IS SO so MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND SATISFYING. i mix everything myself. flavors? lorann candy oils are a great place to start. if you go to their website, you can buy 115 different flavorings from one ounce bottles ( this is what i buy, 1oz goes a LONG way) for around $5 to 4 ounce bottles for around $14 bucks. if you go this route, hit amazon and get a 24pk of the 1 dram bottles ( each is enough to mix about 90ml of juice give or take, depending on the flavor and what your looking for), you ca choose the flavors then after you find what you like, hit loranns website and order the larger sizes.

figure

1000ml PG around $13.00 (i use straight pg as the vg makes me stay close to the head..you can both in pharmaceutical grade on amazon CHEAP...$9.00 a 1000ml bottle if you look around and catch it when its on, its goes fast at that price)
250ml of 60mg nicotine $27.00
4 different 4oz bottles of flavoring $20.00

so you can mix a 1000ml bottle up for around $60 bucks, and still have tons of flavorings and nic left.i mix at 6mg and get almost 3/4 gallon of juice out of 1 250ml bottle of nic liquid......

if you start figuring, these places selling e liquid are making money hand over fist. alot of local places sell their liquid for around $1.00 a ml........?...what yud pay for 2 30ml of premixed juice you can buy the supplies t mix your own and have enough to last for quite some time, and mix it to your liking. if your into the tobacco flavorings, yu can buy those from most vendors online who sell DIY supplies.

point being, if yu buy from vendors, the equipments the cheap part. in the long run buying redi-mixed liquids, youll spend WAY WAY WAY more than you EVER did on your equipment.

(and to all you vendors who read this...im not hacking on you guys perse'. but some of the vendors out there have prices on some stuff thats really outrageous..no offense ment)

lets pose this question...how much have you spent in the LAST 3 MONTHS on just e liquid?
 
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There will soon be a sub forum to help people deal with "purchase addiction". :)

Perhaps chapters that meet in the basements of local churches as well?

I can already see that I am going to have to struggle and bite the bullet by limiting myself to about a Hundred dollars a month as I want all the things...
Already got half that in my fastech cart and I haven't even touched juices yet...
 
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