My first setup was a greensmoke set. I went all out with the 2 battery pack. $250 IIRC. Then moved on to volcano and got their inferno kit when it came out, then went to a vape meet and got ahold of an empire mod. Then I discovered ECF. It all went uphill from there.
I do remember the steeljan vids. She came back but then vanished again.
I remember when clearos came out, and the whole syringe mod thing. I got one and loved it. Dripping, at the time, was a frustrating mess of gurgling, two good hits, then a dry hit. Rinse, repeat. I could not get the hang of the cisco attys, i only ever got burnt hits from those.
The empire, with the deep-well atty, and the drip shield was the best thing in the world. I regret selling it, and I hope it has a good home now.
I also remember the whole vv vs vw arguments. I bought a provari. I still have it sitting in the mod holder cup thing next to my zmax. Both are pretty heavily weathered, but still work.
These things are the greatest invention since antibiotics.