I'm thankful to all the veterans that continue to come back and help the new members forum along. When I first got here almost a year ago. I almost ran for the hills. I wasn't ready for a laundry list of all the equipment out there, and didn't want to do weeks of research to figure out whether I needed standard resistance, low resistance, etc. etc. I just wanted something I could pick up and vape as easily as I picked up a cigarette. That's where I was at the time.
I'm grateful to the veterans that recognize when someone just wants to pick up a simple unit that works... for the ones that didn't laugh at me when I said I didn't want to know what ohms, watts, and voltage settings had to do with vaping.
Today, I sit in my recliner chain vaping on a Zenesis mini, on a wick and coil I wrapped myself. I love it.... the flavor is fantastic without any carto filler or cotton or silica wick touching my juice. It's also not someplace I would have started. It's about the diameter of a 15ML juice bottle. It weighs about what my iPhone does. It has a fused quartz tank that I wouldn't want to drop onto pavement. Unless I'm going somewhere that I'm going to be able to sit in one place and chain vape..... my Volts are still my go-to device outside the house. (Or for those times when I don't want to fill and vape a 3ML tank at a time of a given juice.) They are still what I recommend to anyone starting out, because I would not have jumped in and bought a $200+ dollar device that required me to wrap ss mesh and kanthal wire on day one as much as I love it now.
My Volts were great a year ago, and they just continue to get better. I'm excited to stay in the loop and see where we are a year from now with advancements in cartos, clearos, and whatever comes down the line. I know that SI puts in the time and research to provide the best options amongst the "newer developments".... and I know this forum will always be full of folks that are looking out for each other and genuinely want to help others succeed as well.