started much,much earlier.
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This!
Oh, and my second thing (since this sort of ties into the intent of the OP) would be to read this:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/552675-your-single-best-advice-newbies.html
If you had it to do over again....
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This!
Oh, and my second thing (since this sort of ties into the intent of the OP) would be to read this:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/552675-your-single-best-advice-newbies.html
I'd have bought a mech and RSST the first day, and ordered up my juice making stuff too. Like all too many others when I first started I first looked for a cigalike. I went to the eGo rigs, and they just didn't satisfy, got a Protank, still not there, got a mech, it roasted Kanger coils fast, got an rba, okay, now we are getting somewhere...
I think of everything i have done to get where i am now a learning curve. I have saved other people a lot of time and money. i wish i had known about e-cigs years ago.
I would have calmly posted an personal introduction thread. Then read all the stickies.
I too am grateful for the learning I've done on the simpler devices but if I could take back a purchase or two...
It would be that first ego kit with the lanyard, the carrying case, the ego battery and that awful plastic clearo. I'm glad I got a MPT2 that first day and started toying with the coils right away. I also regret the purchase of that Vivi Nova a week later. I guess at one time they were the thing but I hate that thing. The sad thing is that I was at a B&M and explaining that I could care less about the kit. I wanted a couple good batteries and a top notch clearo.
I wish they had told me that day to get a vv/vw device and a clearo. IMO that's the best way to start. For the money I spent on that firslt pile of junk I would have been way ahead. Sure, now I have a mech, an IGO-W, a Russian other goodies but I may have thrown in the towel if I didn't get that Kanger tank in the beginning. Say what you want about them but mine kept me vaping and off the analogs. If I just had the Nova and that plastic clearo I may not have hung in there.
I tried vaping a few years ago when the cigalike thingy's were all you could get and it wasn't a workable solution for me personally.
It would be that first ego kit with the lanyard, the carrying case, the ego battery and that awful plastic clearo. I'm glad I got a MPT2 that first day and started toying with the coils right away. I also regret the purchase of that Vivi Nova a week later. I guess at one time they were the thing but I hate that thing. The sad thing is that I was at a B&M and explaining that I could care less about the kit. I wanted a couple good batteries and a top notch clearo.
I wish they had told me that day to get a vv/vw device and a clearo. IMO that's the best way to start. For the money I spent on that firslt pile of junk I would have been way ahead. Sure, now I have a mech, an IGO-W, a Russian other goodies but I may have thrown in the towel if I didn't get that Kanger tank in the beginning. Say what you want about them but mine kept me vaping and off the analogs. If I just had the Nova and that plastic clearo I may not have hung in there.
I tried vaping a few years ago when the cigalike thingy's were all you could get and it wasn't a workable solution for me personally.
I can't say I would have changed a thing. Cigalikes gave me perspective that even my pricey first ego kit couldn't have. Sucking my face of without getting a hit on evods drove me to greener pastures. The progression has not been cheap, but along the way I forgot completely to jones for a cigarette. Cigalikes didn't get me off the smoking for long, but when I was desperate to escape the grip of endless cigarettes, that expensive little ego kit saved my life and brought me here. It was a miracle! NOT a cigalike, and lookie here, all the options to make my mind up about and learn from as I tried them out.
Ordering juice online; I've had to rely on that out here in the sticks, and while I have kissed a lot of frogs, the liquids I did research weren't froggy at all, and have delighted me to the core! Love madly, many things so delicious and free of smoke, that come to delight me in my vapemail! I mean, seriously, those of you who don't get vapemail are missing out on a fundamentally thrilling part of the vape. Congrats if you have a local supplier who is reliable, but many of us just dig on the vapemail and enjoy our happy asses with online ordering of the good stuff. There are great vendors online, you just have to set your bs filter right.
I think if I could have done one thing differently, it would have been to begin this journey sooner...but like my beloved horse, ya just got to wait for some things to exist (be born or invented), to have them in your life. There is no room for regret in such a phenomenal success as being free of a multiple pack a day habit, and all that entails for myself, my husband, and my whole life.
Ordering juice online; I've had to rely on that out here in the sticks, and while I have kissed a lot of frogs, the liquids I did research weren't froggy at all, and have delighted me to the core! Love madly, many things so delicious and free of smoke, that come to delight me in my vapemail! I mean, seriously, those of you who don't get vapemail are missing out on a fundamentally thrilling part of the vape. Congrats if you have a local supplier who is reliable, but many of us just dig on the vapemail and enjoy our happy asses with online ordering of the good stuff. There are great vendors online, you just have to set your bs filter right.
I think if I could have done one thing differently, it would have been to begin this journey sooner...but like my beloved horse, ya just got to wait for some things to exist (be born or invented), to have them in your life. There is no room for regret in such a phenomenal success as being free of a multiple pack a day habit, and all that entails for myself, my husband, and my whole life.
I might have saved a few bucks here and there on mistakes, but for the most part, I wouldn't change anything major.
The cigarette lookalikes showed me that this might work. My first eGo setup showed me it could work. My first VW unit and good tank proved it does work.
I'm left with a few bottles of liquid and a couple of tanks I don't care for. No big deal. I can give those away to other vapers.
The cigarette lookalikes showed me that this might work. My first eGo setup showed me it could work. My first VW unit and good tank proved it does work.
I'm left with a few bottles of liquid and a couple of tanks I don't care for. No big deal. I can give those away to other vapers.
I should have given up smoking about six months earlier. By early 2013 everything was in place for my journey, and it wasn't until late 2013 that I started on it.
I bought an expensive mall cig-a-like, and a load of expensive cartos for it, back in 2011 but back then there probably wasn't much else I could have handled that would have been an improvement. It gave me hassle-free nicotine, and the taste wasn't bad. It was a good backup for my first few weeks with eGos too.
I shouldn't have bought the second Protank either. That was right when I went over to RBAs, and it's almost never been used.
All in all, I can accept that.
I bought an expensive mall cig-a-like, and a load of expensive cartos for it, back in 2011 but back then there probably wasn't much else I could have handled that would have been an improvement. It gave me hassle-free nicotine, and the taste wasn't bad. It was a good backup for my first few weeks with eGos too.
I shouldn't have bought the second Protank either. That was right when I went over to RBAs, and it's almost never been used.
All in all, I can accept that.
I wish I would have just skipped over my cheap little ego-c and went straight into a mech mod. I recently just upgraded to a Vanilla Mech Mod and Patriot RDA and have fallen in love with it. My ego just didn't vape at all, and my new one vapes like crazy. It got me hooked again.
I wouldnt change much besides tasting more juices and being more open to flavors that "sounded" like i wouldnt like them
No regrets. Spent a lot but it wasn't money I needed for anything else. All the research, experimentation, exploration completely distracted me from any thoughts that I was "giving up" something; and besides, I was high as a kite to discover that vaping removed my desire to smoke after 47 years!!!! That in itself was worth it. The journey has been fun; the camaraderie on this forum has been wonderful; the new "hobby" came at a good time for me. All in all, quitting smoking has been nothing but good times - isn't that the most amazing thing you ever heard??!!
Would've gone straight to VV/VW and a mech. Cut my cost on juices with a small investment in diy supplies and research on mixing.
Been mixing for several months now and couldn't get better quality for less! 30 ml for 2.21 ain't bad
Been mixing for several months now and couldn't get better quality for less! 30 ml for 2.21 ain't bad
Would have skipped the cigalike and halo triton with its special ego-k(not sure if that is right) connection that wouldn't work with 510/egoc
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Probably go the same route I did. Need all the baby steps to learn proper care, maintenance and builds, to get to the advanced vaping techniques. Would never of believed that I needed at least 30 watts of vape power. lmao. let alone building rba's.
Soon as I hit 15 watt vaping, and higher, I quickly saw the financial wisdom of mixing DIY Juice. Have been going DIY after 3 months into my vape. Great juice at an excellent price!
Soon as I hit 15 watt vaping, and higher, I quickly saw the financial wisdom of mixing DIY Juice. Have been going DIY after 3 months into my vape. Great juice at an excellent price!
Probably nothing would of been different. I say that because IF I Did It Over I still would not have the knowledge I have today. There are No Do Overs and No Free Lunch. Without the experience I've gained, even in the short time I've been vaping and not smoking, the decisions I made to buy the brand of E-cigarettes I started with would of been the same.
Not everyone comes to forums or does Google searches before they look for an alternative to analog cigarettes. And even if they did most of what is available and shown on these forums is overwhelming. They are looking for something to replace the total experience of picking up a analog and smoking, Vaping, it.
In all honesty If I have done more research and seen some of the MODs, clearomizers, Mech MODs and the like you find on forums like this one I might not of started vaping.
The big thing for me was I wanted, and needed, something that replace the physical experience of smoking and not just the nicotine.
It wasn't for about 3+ week from when I started to vape and cutting down on analogs that I even bothered to see if there were local vape shops.
Never dawned on me the "Size" of the industry and the devices available, even in the Cig-a-like style.
And I'm a fairly bright person, even if I do say so myself.
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