I don't think the EGo is a good beginner setup.

[Baditude]

I started with four Smokeless Image Volt cigalikes and a 1300mAh Volt X2 battery (essentually an 808 eGo). Great company with good products which got me off of the smokes within a weeks time frame. However, I quickly (within 3 weeks) grew tired of switching out drained batteries every 2 - 3 hours and being limited to the type of juice attachments available with this size of batteries. I realized that I needed bigger and better batteries and bigger and better juice attachments to satisfy MY needs.

I skipped the eGo Twist/Spinner batteries altogether and went straight on to mods at this point. This allowed me to STAY off of cigarettes. I doubt that I would have been successful long term using cigalikes or ego type batteries. They wouldn't have cut it for me long term.

Having said that, it seems that most smokers/potential vapers balk at the price of a mod. Even at the price of a $40 ego starter kit, they think its too much money. They fail to take into account how much they spend on cigarettes a month, and don't realize that to get started in vaping that they will have to spend at least that much to get started with adequate gear IMHO. They don't know enough about it yet, that once they have a battery device(s), charger, and juice attachments that their subsequent costs will be only for replacement coils and more e-liquid for substantial savings over cigarettes.

It took me a few months to find what setup works for me: A Provari VV mod topped with a cartotank. Two years smoke-free this month, and I'm still using the same setup.

 

[Tinkiegrrl]

There's a place for cheap egos. Cigarettes are $14 per pack here. They made me so poor I couldn't think of spending money on a quality kit for something I wasn't SURE would work. So I didn't. My mother gifted me with one of those $14 blister pack starter kits. Granted, with passthrough and variable volts it was one of the better $14 ego kits. While I didn't buy it, that price point made it a no brainer for my friends and family, and all the smokers around me bought one. Many made the switch. All went on to better devices, but that cheap, knock off, rebranded ego got them curious.

 

[neutrontech]

They fail to realize how much they spend on cigarettes a month,

This is very true. It is also true with some that have been vaping a while. This is how I justify my purchases. I remind myself how much I used to spend and suddenly that $20 tank/rda or $50 mod doesn't seem expensive.

Back on topic, these are small and work for me. I grab them on my way out the door and are good until I get home. They contain 12mg juice, although I started vaping 5 months ago with 24mg. Point is they work well for me and I wish I would have had these when I started. Despite limited battery capacity, I've yet to have one run out of power before getting home.

Pic is a little old and I have since traded up the iclears for mini PT2s.

After work I grab something more advanced. There is no right or wrong and I would recommend these to any new vaper. I would also recommend a MVP2. I had no success with cigalikes but doesn't mean I wouldn't tell a new vaper about them. But I would give my experience as well.

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[bover907]

There are actually good cig-a-likes out there. The mistic kit, which people can buy at wallmart are probably the longest lasting cig-a-like battery, IMO. I started on these, and would get thru a whole day with one battery, then plug it in at bed-time. The problem, is their pre-filled cartos taste like crap, but I quickly realized you could buy magic mist cartos for the mistic battery, and fill them with your own juice. That worked and kept me off cigs for almost three weeks, until I got my EVOD starter kit.

The EVOD(which imo is still an 'ego' style) battery at 650mah still gets me thru the day at work, weather I'm busy, and not vaping a lot, or almost chain vaping on a slow day. I almost never take an extra tank or battery unless I'm working a double. Even then it's barely necessary. The EVOD setup (or any ego/clearo) is about the biggest I could get away with, or even want to carry at work, anyway.

To quote Buggs Bunny, "One man's meat is another man's poison, I always say" My wife and I are very satisfied with these EVOD (which are ego style) setups, and have also converted her two sisters on them. Just my 2¢.

 

[Barbara21]

Everybody is entitled to there opinion! Ego's Just didn't do it for me I was a heavy Smoker and until I got a Mod I was not satisfied
Ego's and Mini tanks just didn't deliver the performance I needed When I work I need something that will perform all day
with a simple refill and battery change there's just no way I can buy and carry 4 ego twist style batteries and keep refiling the small tank
You say it's small? well my ego's with a Pro tank mini is about 13" long it is a small diameter but still not small
A Reo Mini is Small even with an 18490 it is easily concealed in your hand

(bolding mine...)

Thirteen inches long??!?!! Geez, the longest ego I have (an 1100mah Twist) with a mini vivi nova *and* a 45mm drip tip is only 8 inches long and I think that's too big to carry around. I can't imagine something 5 inches longer than that.

But back to the subject...ego batteries go up to...what?...1300mah? And I can understand that that might not be big enough for some people. But I maintain that that's enough for *most* people.

 

[Kuljit]

Everyone should start out with an mvp2 and protank 2. I wish I had known. For the price you can't beat it.

 

[Coldrake]

Ego's and Mini tanks just didn't deliver the performance I needed When I work I need something that will perform all day
with a simple refill and battery change there's just no way I can buy and carry 4 ego twist style batteries and keep refiling the small tank

You go through 4 1300mah batteries in a work day? You can put a bigger tank on it so you don't need to refill.

You say it's small? well my ego's with a Pro tank mini is about 13" long it is a small diameter but still not small

13" long? A 1300mah twist with a Protank is 7", the Protank is about 3". What kind of ego do you have that's 10" long?

I agree If a beginner wants a fighting chance of getting off the analogs they really need something better than an ego
An inexpensive VV VW mod and a clearo like a Pro tank or a Nautilus is a good choice

I use an ego that has VV/VW and a Protank 2 for work. Lasts me all day and no need to refill the tank.

 

[Raths]

This is very true. It is also true with some that have been vaping a while. This is how I justify my purchases. I remind myself how much I used to spend and suddenly that $20 tank/rda or $50 mod doesn't seem expensive.

Back on topic, these are small and work for me. I grab them on my way out the door and are good until I get home. They contain 12mg juice, although I started vaping 5 months ago with 24mg. Point is they work well for me and I wish I would have had these when I started. Despite limited battery capacity, I've yet to have one run out of power before getting home.

Pic is a little old and I have since traded up the iclears for mini PT2s.

After work I grab something more advanced. There is no right or wrong and I would recommend these to any new vaper. I would also recommend a MVP2. I had no success with cigalikes but doesn't mean I wouldn't tell a new vaper about them. But I would give my experience as well.

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That looks exactly like what my wife leaves the house with every morning. While she fell "off the wagon", it still keeps her at <5 analogs a day, and should keep her cooking (and hardening my arteries) for years to come.

Its a slow and delicious death she has planned for me....

 

[dannyrl]

For someone unsure if they will stay with vaping, I think the eGo is the best option for a first mod. A starter kit can be had for less than the price of an MVP if you look around online. Plus it's small, super simple, and ergonomic. Not going to lie, I was put off by the shape and size of the MVP before I got into vaping. I'm glad the MVP was my first mod, but when my girlfriend got her eGo, I wanted to get one too because of how small they were. My MVP + atty took up an entire pocket whereas my girlfriend's eGo just felt like another pen in my pocket.

I love the features and functionality of my MVP and all the other "better" first mods out there. But the eGo is so simple, I still think it's best first mod for someone who just wants to vape and not really worry about ohm's law, different attys, replaceable batteries, and all the other technical stuff.

Since I started vaping, I've gone through an MVP, an iClear30, a cartotank setup, an RBA, and soon a mech mod and RBA. Meanwhile, my girlfriend has kept the same eGo with the same cartotank set up since day one (aside from an added Hello Kitty skin, hanging charm, and girly drip tip) and she's been more than happy with it.

 

[neutrontech]

13" long? A 1300mah twist with a Protank is 7", the Protank is about 3". What kind of ego do you have that's 10" long?

Just to see I measured my 1300mh Vision Spinner 1300mah and it is 4.5". The Spinner and a PT2 was my first real vape after cigalikes. Overpaid at a B&M but still well worth it because it got me to quit. I walked out of the store puffing on it. Didn't finish the pack of smokes in the Jeep and gave away the pack I had bought that morning. Never touched a cigarette since. Given that, it's not going to be easy to convince me that egos shouldn't be recommended.

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[Kuljit]

The first ecig I bought was an ego from a smoker friendly shop. I saw an mvp an hour later and wanted to return, but that $45 was gone. What a fakin waste.

 

[Stringplucker]

I'm using an eGo-T 1100mAh battery with a CE5 Clearomizer. I was a 1.5-2 PAD smoker for 20+ years, and haven't touched an analog in over a week. It's working for me. I've also ordered two of the eGo-C Twists, a few more CE5s because one battery isn't enough.

In time, I'm sure I'll move up on the scale, but for now, this is working for me.

 

[mare ze dotes]

Well them is fight'in words! I started on Joytech egos. And after 15 month My starter kit is still in use. Whats more I have twists and spinners and they are so sufficient that I don't need anything more complicated. As it is they hang out on the low settings anyway. Why would I need anything fancier to do the same thing?

 

[Jimi D.]

My Wife brought home a cig alike. I was like meh.. Then I ordered some ego kits. That's when we dropped the smokes and Snus.

 

[joey55]

I think the Ego twist was an industry game changer IMHO, after 4 years it is my go to everyday device combined with a low ohm Kanger ts3 or similar carto. The trick to quitting analogs is more in the liquid than the delivery system, (again IMHO). I recently switched to WTA's in my liquid and my fiance and myself have significantly dropped our analog usage due to the increase in analog like satisfaction and effects. Ego's are easy, reasonably priced, and have plenty of carto and atomizer options to give a user many choices, add the VV option to customize personal tastes, and it works for a large number of users.
It's just my 2 cents worth.

 

[Zealous]

I think the Ego twist was an industry game changer IMHO, after 4 years it is my go to everyday device combined with a low ohm Kanger ts3 or similar carto. The trick to quitting analogs is more in the liquid than the delivery system, (again IMHO).

I agree totally about the twist. That & the stardust clearomizers changed things. I'm sure some people reading this are rolling their eyes right now thinking I'm dumb but I remember when those stardusts were a big deal because people had figured out how to get the tank off (before replacable heads) and recoil them yourself. Of course I didn't stick with the stardusts but I did stick with the Twist for a long time.

As far as the "trick" though, I think the trick is being able to figure out what you need your vape to be like. For me, I NEEDED my device to produce good TH. But I also needed the eliquid to have a certain kick. One without the other just doesn't do it for me.

 

[chaos-7]

it mainly depends on the tightness of the pantyhose.

hahahahahahaha bhahahahahah

 

[3mg Meniere]

Yes, cartotanks are not so much a matter of convenience as a matter of COST. It's much more convenient to use cartos than to get more usage out of them by adding a tank, it just going to cost alot more.

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1516103
Cost? And this is a more expensive tank. I am eagerly waiting for it.

Cigalikes are easily available for impulse purchase: And many people know that this is only a beginning. Educators may prefer something that doesn't look like a cigarette, because of smoking prevention programs in the schools. I triggered a school board decision by risking my difficult career as a substitute teacher. Major debate ended, and I am satisfied.

When I graduated from cigalikes, I gave them to my son. When I graduated from Smokeless Image, I sold them to a friend. When I graduated from ego VV, I gave them to my son, who was by then ready to quit. Now I have a VAMO, which I take everywhere, and an ego VW for emergencies in my purse. Ego non-variable just doesn't have much place anymore, IMHO.

 

[cope]

ok a ego is 1 starting point in a kit u usually get 2 batterys.ect. that was my options when i started either that or expensive vv mod.
looking back it was only 50 bucks more . now theres too many options a ego setup is really lame unless its a twist.. i wanted performance
where a non twist ego kinda sucked but i used them for 3 weeks..

oh cigalikes i tried turned me away at first...

 

[cope]

lol i forgot to add where peeps dont mind the size a mvp 2 is a great starting point price and function i have one and use it alot