Hello All!
I been reading through the forum for long enough now, I figure its time to introduce myself.
I been a regular full-flavor smoker for almost 30 years. I smoke just a hair over a pack a day for most of that time with the exception of a one year period where I must have lost my freaken mind.
After reading through the forums for couple weeks, I decided to take the plunge and see what e-smoking could do for ME! So far I have stuck to the requirements I set for myself with all this, which were:
So, where am I now?
I started with an Njoy Pen Style. Initially, one of the two batteries was dysfunctional, and for the first few days of use, I wasnt really seeing the vapor output so common on the e-smoking videos. It did replace some of my regular smoking though. Njoy was very responsive and sent a replacement battery AND atomizer, even though I wasnt certian the one I had was really bad. (btw, the first atomizer WAS having a crisis of vapor as I found out shortly after) . I also ordered an intial order of full-high carts and a vanilla flavored cart. from Njoy.
While waiting on the replacement parts, I ordered a bottle of juice from Johnson Creek. Again, very quick response and shipping. By my calculations, if a cart holds 1ml, a single bottle of juice should equate to 30 cartridges (for $20), verses $24 for 5 carts. Hmmm there seems to be some pricing indecisions to be made. The flavor of the juice was very smooth and sufficient to fool many of the voices in my head that I was actually smoking.
Through additional research, I also stumbled into PureSmoker where I ordered 2 spare atomizers, 2 spare batteries, and a mini kit (only ordered to cross the free shipping barrier
. Again, the response and delivery time were very good. And using the US postal system too. I would have thought it would take longer being that most postal employees have to stop now and then to reload.
Using the (replaced) Njoy and the replacement atomizers, I was extremely happy to discover that good vapor WAS achievable. I was even quite surprised with the performance of the mini. Granted, I had to refill the cart multiple times during the day, the battery life is reasonable, and the vapor is really good.
The true surprise for me came when I had a pack of real cigarettes last me more than 4 days. And, Im not craving a real smoke. To top it off, Im noticing when I do smoke a real one, that it tastes nasty. A lot like licking asphalt, but Id rather not go into how I know that.
I think I have sufficient supplies now to completely drop the real smokes, but Im sure I will keep an emergency pack handy in case of a power outage or other acts of the vapor Gods.
Since I am sure they do read here, I want to thank Njoy, Johnson Creek, and PureSmoker for the responsiveness and efforts. I would also like to thank those of you who post to this forum. Although a great deal of information here is .foggy (or vapor covered), and some is honestly just a single persons experience (which luck plays a role), the information is very helpful and occasionally makes perfect sense.
So, I hope to return the favor and possible help someone else, or maybe just listen while they vent (although I will NOT wear the t-shirt with the red (target) circles again this week ..
Thanks Everyone!
Tex
I been reading through the forum for long enough now, I figure its time to introduce myself.
I been a regular full-flavor smoker for almost 30 years. I smoke just a hair over a pack a day for most of that time with the exception of a one year period where I must have lost my freaken mind.
After reading through the forums for couple weeks, I decided to take the plunge and see what e-smoking could do for ME! So far I have stuck to the requirements I set for myself with all this, which were:
- Must cost less than what I am spending now for real cigarettes ($36.00 a carton/per week more or less)
- Must be (relatively) safe (Ok, really, how safe is smoking real cigs?)
- and I only wanted to deal with (apearantly) reputable US businesses with reasonable shipping times and charges
So, where am I now?
I started with an Njoy Pen Style. Initially, one of the two batteries was dysfunctional, and for the first few days of use, I wasnt really seeing the vapor output so common on the e-smoking videos. It did replace some of my regular smoking though. Njoy was very responsive and sent a replacement battery AND atomizer, even though I wasnt certian the one I had was really bad. (btw, the first atomizer WAS having a crisis of vapor as I found out shortly after) . I also ordered an intial order of full-high carts and a vanilla flavored cart. from Njoy.
While waiting on the replacement parts, I ordered a bottle of juice from Johnson Creek. Again, very quick response and shipping. By my calculations, if a cart holds 1ml, a single bottle of juice should equate to 30 cartridges (for $20), verses $24 for 5 carts. Hmmm there seems to be some pricing indecisions to be made. The flavor of the juice was very smooth and sufficient to fool many of the voices in my head that I was actually smoking.
Through additional research, I also stumbled into PureSmoker where I ordered 2 spare atomizers, 2 spare batteries, and a mini kit (only ordered to cross the free shipping barrier
. Again, the response and delivery time were very good. And using the US postal system too. I would have thought it would take longer being that most postal employees have to stop now and then to reload.Using the (replaced) Njoy and the replacement atomizers, I was extremely happy to discover that good vapor WAS achievable. I was even quite surprised with the performance of the mini. Granted, I had to refill the cart multiple times during the day, the battery life is reasonable, and the vapor is really good.
The true surprise for me came when I had a pack of real cigarettes last me more than 4 days. And, Im not craving a real smoke. To top it off, Im noticing when I do smoke a real one, that it tastes nasty. A lot like licking asphalt, but Id rather not go into how I know that.
I think I have sufficient supplies now to completely drop the real smokes, but Im sure I will keep an emergency pack handy in case of a power outage or other acts of the vapor Gods.
Since I am sure they do read here, I want to thank Njoy, Johnson Creek, and PureSmoker for the responsiveness and efforts. I would also like to thank those of you who post to this forum. Although a great deal of information here is .foggy (or vapor covered), and some is honestly just a single persons experience (which luck plays a role), the information is very helpful and occasionally makes perfect sense.
So, I hope to return the favor and possible help someone else, or maybe just listen while they vent (although I will NOT wear the t-shirt with the red (target) circles again this week ..
Thanks Everyone!
Tex
