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that katana-kit is a real cool kit to pass on to beginners
or any one for an add on - nice find...
Ok let me make everyone laugh.
5 pack aluminum flashlight from Big Lots to build mods from takes two for one mod. 10.00
1 roll cotton yarn 300 yards unbleached undied white Ben Franklin Hobby store. 2.50
boil the above first^^^^
100 feet Kanthal wire from Ebay 4.99 shipped
1 NRC18650B Pan Battery, cheapest charger, igo L cloan from Rockytop Vapors 32.00
1 pack of 2 pushbutton switchs UPC 4029313096 Radio Shack 3.98
2 510 to ego adaptor to build mod fleamarket 4.00
36mg nic 250ml in pg from My Freedom Smokes 18.00
2 bottles 177ml vg (6.00) 1 bottle watkins flavor your choice(2.50) wal mart total 8.50
1 40 oz Beer your choice to drink while building mod. 3.00
Total Cost. 86.97 did not figure tax or shipping on Nic PG
Put 250ml of vg with the 36mg 250ml pg will give you a 18mg nic mix add the 2 oz watkins flavoring to mix will drop nic level to about 14 mg. You now have a little over 500ml of e-juice it should last a little while. Boil your cotton and let dry. roll some coils for the igo L cloan. Charge your Battery and open your beer start building mod should be able to complete with in about 2 hours. Call me for directions if needed. Go to local vape shops to show off your cool homebuilt mod and test sample flavors to find out what you like in e juice. Build your second mod. Wait for payday buy another NCR18650B battery buy flavoring you like from The Flavor Apprentice, LorAnn ect.... Get 250ml 36mg nic pg and 250ml vg mix new flavor. You now have 1000 ml of e juice about 120 dollars spent enough wicking and coil wire to last till times get better and you have more money to splurge on what you will.
5 pack aluminum flashlight from Big Lots to build mods from takes two for one mod. 10.00
1 roll cotton yarn 300 yards unbleached undied white Ben Franklin Hobby store. 2.50
boil the above first^^^^
100 feet Kanthal wire from Ebay 4.99 shipped
1 NRC18650B Pan Battery, cheapest charger, igo L cloan from Rockytop Vapors 32.00
1 pack of 2 pushbutton switchs UPC 4029313096 Radio Shack 3.98
2 510 to ego adaptor to build mod fleamarket 4.00
36mg nic 250ml in pg from My Freedom Smokes 18.00
2 bottles 177ml vg (6.00) 1 bottle watkins flavor your choice(2.50) wal mart total 8.50
1 40 oz Beer your choice to drink while building mod. 3.00
Total Cost. 86.97 did not figure tax or shipping on Nic PG
Put 250ml of vg with the 36mg 250ml pg will give you a 18mg nic mix add the 2 oz watkins flavoring to mix will drop nic level to about 14 mg. You now have a little over 500ml of e-juice it should last a little while. Boil your cotton and let dry. roll some coils for the igo L cloan. Charge your Battery and open your beer start building mod should be able to complete with in about 2 hours. Call me for directions if needed. Go to local vape shops to show off your cool homebuilt mod and test sample flavors to find out what you like in e juice. Build your second mod. Wait for payday buy another NCR18650B battery buy flavoring you like from The Flavor Apprentice, LorAnn ect.... Get 250ml 36mg nic pg and 250ml vg mix new flavor. You now have 1000 ml of e juice about 120 dollars spent enough wicking and coil wire to last till times get better and you have more money to splurge on what you will.
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hm,,,,,,,,,,my first instinct is to save the 100 bucks and put it towards a provari,,,,,,,
but you just said I lost everything LOL,,,,,,,,,so I wouldn't be able to do that,,,,,
I'd probably buy about 3 Ego twist or spinners, big ones, like 1300 mah, a couple vivi novas,,,,,,,,
and some DIY supplies.
but you just said I lost everything LOL,,,,,,,,,so I wouldn't be able to do that,,,,,
I'd probably buy about 3 Ego twist or spinners, big ones, like 1300 mah, a couple vivi novas,,,,,,,,
and some DIY supplies.
I feel a lot of us forgot to include some Njoy kings to puff on while waiting for vape mail.
Let's see...
And Ego C-Twist or a Vision spinner, a couple boxes of the Smoktech "Resurrector" cartomizers, and the rest on juice, probably MBV or Azure vaping to get the most bang for my buck.
And Ego C-Twist or a Vision spinner, a couple boxes of the Smoktech "Resurrector" cartomizers, and the rest on juice, probably MBV or Azure vaping to get the most bang for my buck.
Interesting, thanks... I've set up about 9 people with starter kits so far, and this looks promising on a short budget.
Hi K_Tech
hey do you have any comments on Azure Vaping?--kinda looks interesting to me--I like their sparse www site
& the 'About Us' write up... wondered about customer service / shipping, etc. ~ prices look good
thanx
LOL ... This is easy for me ... I've discovered that playing around building my own ejuice is a blast ... My husband and I are having so much fun seeing what we can come up with and enjoy! ... So having said that ... I need more supplies, flavors and recipes!
I'd probably go for a vamo, a protank 2 and a couple of 30ml bottles of liqua to tide me over until i had more cash. I'd get them from local vendors or at least vendors i know who would get the stuff to me in the post within a couple of days. Fasttech may be cheaper, but if i was in a position where i had nothing to vape or to vape with then i'd want it ASAP.
$100 huh? Supposing I lost all my stuff and had to buy something affordable that I know I could rely on... I would quickly head straight for these items: eGo Twist, $20 (Maybe V2 for $35 if I wanted larger capacity), Protank II + 10 extra heads, $30, and two bottles of my favorite juices. Comes out to around $100.
I could continue vaping on such a setup without a problem. Maybe not as fancy as my APV with RDA, but it sure covers all the bases I feel need covering, i.e. flavor, decent vapor, portability, reliability.
Perhaps I'm just more frugal-centric than others? Sure I'd like to have a $170 Kayfun, but chances are I'll never make such a huge dollar purchase on a single item. I have been considering it, but I'm also considering just buying another Protank II. It's damn great and has been performing flawless. With a price of $20 what more can you ask?
Cheap doesn't always mean bad, nor does expensive always mean superb quality. Maybe that's what I've learned
I could continue vaping on such a setup without a problem. Maybe not as fancy as my APV with RDA, but it sure covers all the bases I feel need covering, i.e. flavor, decent vapor, portability, reliability.
Perhaps I'm just more frugal-centric than others? Sure I'd like to have a $170 Kayfun, but chances are I'll never make such a huge dollar purchase on a single item. I have been considering it, but I'm also considering just buying another Protank II. It's damn great and has been performing flawless. With a price of $20 what more can you ask?
Cheap doesn't always mean bad, nor does expensive always mean superb quality. Maybe that's what I've learned
$100 wouldn't cut it for me either. Not to start over from scratch.
I spent $300 getting into DIY alone.
I could save here and there but not enough to start over with $100 without wasting the same money I wasted the first time.
Since there is no conceivable way I'd have to start over from scratch and considering how much cigarettes cost I'm not following the $100 rule.
I'm going with how to start from scratch without wasting money, not how to start out on a arbitrary budget that is less than I'd spend on cigarettes, I have a credit card so paying the same I'd spend on cigarettes in a month all at once is not an issue.
Vamo kit $52
Extra batteries $12
(Couldn't happen starting over because these would come from China.)
AGA-T2 $27
Mesh $5
Wire $2
(That puts me over the arbitrary limit and I have no liquid.)
60ml 60mg nicotine $9
120ml PG $6
3 10ml flavors $9
(That comes in just under a month of cigarettes and gives me enough to vape for a month baring any major malfunctions.)
(That liquid plan couldn't happen starting over because they need to steep.)
The next month I repeat that list.
The following month I go all liquid.
Then I go more Vamos without the charger.
After that I lay off until my liquid is nearing the end and buy a large stock of liquid.
Then more batteries.
At that point I should be able to lay off for a year, after which I can afford anything.
Otherwise to follow the $100 limit I get eGos until I have enough for backups. Not exactly what I'd recommend to save money in the long run.
I spent $300 getting into DIY alone.
I could save here and there but not enough to start over with $100 without wasting the same money I wasted the first time.
Since there is no conceivable way I'd have to start over from scratch and considering how much cigarettes cost I'm not following the $100 rule.
I'm going with how to start from scratch without wasting money, not how to start out on a arbitrary budget that is less than I'd spend on cigarettes, I have a credit card so paying the same I'd spend on cigarettes in a month all at once is not an issue.
Vamo kit $52
Extra batteries $12
(Couldn't happen starting over because these would come from China.)
AGA-T2 $27
Mesh $5
Wire $2
(That puts me over the arbitrary limit and I have no liquid.)
60ml 60mg nicotine $9
120ml PG $6
3 10ml flavors $9
(That comes in just under a month of cigarettes and gives me enough to vape for a month baring any major malfunctions.)
(That liquid plan couldn't happen starting over because they need to steep.)
The next month I repeat that list.
The following month I go all liquid.
Then I go more Vamos without the charger.
After that I lay off until my liquid is nearing the end and buy a large stock of liquid.
Then more batteries.
At that point I should be able to lay off for a year, after which I can afford anything.
Otherwise to follow the $100 limit I get eGos until I have enough for backups. Not exactly what I'd recommend to save money in the long run.
for me, if i only had $100, id go with a mech and RBA, high quality batts, and some NLV juice. $15 for juice, id say $30 for a mech, $15 for a dripper, $5 cotton wick, $5 kanthal, $10 for two batts w/ Carry Case, $20 charger.
seems like a really nice way for a new vaper to get off the ground without wasting tons of money. sounds pretty great in theory but execution-wise, it might not work.
which begs the question: would i recommend all of this to a new vaper? not unless they were pretty dang savvy. personally, i wouldnt have been up for the challenge of quitting a severe addiction on top of trying to finagle tricky devices. i would (and do) recommend that they start off with a VW device and a protank. or if they wanted slim, an ego twist and some evods. but i would (and do!) still recommend the NLV. NLV is a godsend. bad juice can ruin your entire vaping experience. nobody needs to be futzing around with poor juice.
i think vaping is a journey. it would have been really nice for me not to have wasted a bunch of cash on stuff i no longer use; however, i never would have gotten to where im at if it werent for the prebuilt attys and VV devices. it bridged the gap for me from smoker to vaper. and that is probably the most crucial step in vaping- the beginning.
I just couldnt do it. I could, but I wouldnt want to.
If I couldnt get a Provari, some IBTanks, Cartos, charger, batteries and DIY supplies..... would be a lost puppy.
If I couldnt get a Provari, some IBTanks, Cartos, charger, batteries and DIY supplies..... would be a lost puppy.
If that's all I could spend...
Vision Spinner 1300 kit....$38
Protank II...$18
Drip tip...$2.50
Coils....$7.50
Three 50ml bottles from Mount Baker...$30.
Vision Spinner 1300 kit....$38
Protank II...$18
Drip tip...$2.50
Coils....$7.50
Three 50ml bottles from Mount Baker...$30.
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