I'm bored with vaping...

[IgnorantCig]

I'm bored with vaping too, but I think that's a good thing, and that's how I like things.

I currently own a grand total of one mod! I have no desire or need to seek out new things when what I currently have does a good job and I'm satisfied with it. If my mod were to break and stop working tomorrow, it wouldn't be a catastrophe for me. I can go without vaping for a few days if I needed to. It wouldn't be the end of the world. I vape a lot, but vaping doesn't control my life.

I'm basically a chain vaper and I am vaping right now as I write this post, but I don't spend much time on vaping related things. I don't mix my own juice and I don't build my own coils.

The only reason I vape is because I used to smoke. When I first began vaping I spent an awful lot of time just trying to get up to speed and figure things out since everything was new to me and it took time finding the right set up and combination of hardware/juice for myself.

Now that I have figured all that stuff out, I don't need or want to spend much time on it, so I don't. That was always my goal since the beginning.

Besides the actual vaping that I do each day, which means puffing on my mod and blowing out clouds, I probably spend less than a minute on vape related things each day.

Vaping is something that I do, it's not who I am.

 

[Jebbn]

When I smoked tobacco I started on premade cigs with filters that I snuck out of my mums pack. After a while I ended up smoking one brand of roll you own tobacco using one brand papers and one type of disposable lighter. That went on for about 42yrs until 10.5months ago when I quit smoking. My tobacco and paraphernalia buying habit didnt change one jot in 42yrs!
My biggest hope was that I would find my way through vaping and settle quickly on a tank coils and juice with out too much frigging around and just continue with that tank and those coils etc with out thinking too much about it.
It has worked out the way I hoped it would, mostly.
I wanted the vaping experience to replicate the smoking experience in so much as there wasnt to much thought about it once I was into it. I have too many hobbies and interests where I have wasted time and money chasing some holy grail sort of gear when all I needed was some basic good gear. I didnt want vaping to be like that, I wanted to settle on my gear and then forget about it.
OP, if I was in your shoes I would be happy and satisfied that I had reached a good place.....

I would likely go out and buy a new mod to celebrate!!! (j/k)

 

[r055co]

Me, I'm not as passionate as I was for the first couple of years. But I still love Vaping and fully enjoy the hobby side.

 

[smoked25years]

Sounds like you are bored of consumerism, not bored of vaping.

 

[score69]

I go through cycles like that will all of my hobbies. Some of they die out, never to be bothered with again. Something like this, I will always do since I will probably vape the rest of my life.

I've gone through cycles with vaping. Get excited, buy new gear, learn to build, DIY juice. Now that I've got some setups I'm REALLY pleased with, the obsession is starting to wane for me again. I won't constantly watch/wait for new gear, but I will buy it here and there.

Then I'll just vape from my closet for a few years, not even looking for new gear. I'll still build/wrap coils, make my own juice, etc. At some point, the obsession will return again with a frenzy, lol.

Right now, I'm pretty happy with my setups and backups. Still a few things to buy, and will continue to buy nic concentrate, even though I have a 20+ year supply in the freezer. But the obsession is starting to pass again.

Once I feel pressured by the FDA again (even considering I have a lifetime of gear and nic), I'll probably start the cycle again.

 

[DeloresRose]

My first year, I was just trying to find gear that wasn’t so fiddly. Once I got there, it wasn’t like a hobby, except the DIYing. Not for a while at least, but I did get to the point of being content with a few recipes and just making them as needed.

Vaping was just something I did, just like smoking, just a habit.

When it felt like that just wasn’t getting it anymore, and I fell off the wagon, I went in search of the next thing that would keep me off the smokes. I learned about RBAs, although good to know it feels like a chore, but I do like the vape I get. And it renewed my interest in juice making, and I found a few new flavors to keep things interesting.

It’s all good. It doesn’t need to be exciting.

 

[VHRB2014]

I kinda agree. I think the market has reached a saturation level, on everything. Most new products are flat out garish (mods), overly complicated (heads / rda's), or just plane meh (everything else!)

I still love to vape, but the whole hobby/ shineyitis aspect of it is in a holding patern right now. As Iv always said, the tech for it is ridiculously simple, maybe we are seeing that proven true.

 

[gandymarsh]

Me too, bored that is. I don't think of it as a bad thing.

I've hit my sweet spot and that's good enough for me.

I get bored with everything after awhile. I got interested in (obsessed with) computers at a time when they were improving by leaps and bounds. Built a bunch, fixed a bunch. That lasted about 7 years. Bored with it now.

I've got a plethora of mods and tanks but I mostly use a couple. The rest are just an insurance policy in case the FDA gets over zealous. My everyday device is a homemade passthrough that runs off an old computer power supply. My out and about is an iStick 30 or something similar. DIY my own juice, settled on a few flavors. Build my own simple coils (no crazy Claptons or Dragon tails (I made that last one up) for me).

I'm bored but satisfied and that's a good thing.

 

[flavourchaser]

Sounds like you are bored of consumerism, not bored of vaping.

Well said, I assume if they were completely bored with vaping they would stop vaping for good.

 

[barkfunklerbunk]

I joined this forum back in 2014, and was somewhat active. I started off vaping with cheap crap, moved on to a provari and rebuildables, and then found this site. I got some really quality information, bought some really quality gear, bought all the wire and cotton I would ever need, found my sweet spot and disappeared for 4 years. Then I ran into some issues trying to search for nigh impossible to find replacement parts for an RTA, and was also bored of my sweet spot and came back here! I i dont think i would be where I am today vaping-wise had it not been for this wonderful forum.

 

[DarkButterfly]

I wouldn't say I'm bored, more like I've hit the sweet spot with my gear and have setups I like and use regularly.

For example my walk about vape is the smok infinix, for home I use the cuboid with rift core duo or smok alien with the avocado on top, even the squonker comes out regularly.

Certainly don't need or desire any new gear at the moment.

 

[Skunk!]

I would't call it bored, more like satisfied. I found what works so I no longer see much of a need in spending unnecessary cash experimenting. I just need to maintain what I have, which costs very little.

 

[sonicbomb]

Ditto on the satisfied not bored.
I still enjoy vaping, but I still LOVE not having to smoke. I find the constant bluster of the market to sell the newest tech tedious. After all how many ways can you dress up a hot coil? I am still passionate about helping others to get a great vape, but as for myself I'm lucky enough to already have it.

 

[gerrymi]

So, yeah, I'm bored.

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[Skunk!]

Me too, bored that is. I don't think of it as a bad thing.

I've hit my sweet spot and that's good enough for me.

I get bored with everything after awhile. I got interested in (obsessed with) computers at a time when they were improving by leaps and bounds. Built a bunch, fixed a bunch. That lasted about 7 years. Bored with it now.

I've got a plethora of mods and tanks but I mostly use a couple. The rest are just an insurance policy in case the FDA gets over zealous. My everyday device is a homemade passthrough that runs off an old computer power supply. My out and about is an iStick 30 or something similar. DIY my own juice, settled on a few flavors. Build my own simple coils (no crazy Claptons or Dragon tails (I made that last one up) for me).

I'm bored but satisfied and that's a good thing.

Now I want Dragon Tail coils

 

[englishmick]

Made me sad reading this thread. I guess I've lost the excitement too. Getting new gear used to feel like being a kid at Christmas. No interest in getting new gear any more. Any energy I still have around vaping goes towards simplifying stuff. Getting more efficient at coiling and mixing. Less stuff out on computer desk.

New hobbies are always fun. With vaping even more so because it helped deal with the tobacco cravings.

I still enjoy vaping just as much though. No thought at all of quitting.

 

[ENAUD]

This subject seems to be a current theme of sorts. I've been bored with vaping for a couple years now. Been DIY'in my juice for 4 1/2 years or so, been using the same mods for about 4 years, and the atties have slowly dwindled down to basically include the kabuki and the Subtank mini with Aspire BVC coils.
I wound up tapering off the flavors for the most part, and now will just occasionally add a small percentage of flavored juice to a tank and top it with unflavored. Like smoking, vaping is just part of my life now, and a part I don't need to even think about or place to much effort into.

I think as anyone gets deeper into their timeline of vaping, it is natural for the excitement to fade, and it just becomes part of a routine...routine is boring

 

[smoked25years]

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[Alien Traveler]

Of course, quit the Vape and I'm positive your Excitement Level would rise Dramatically ..

Actually, you are 100% right. I'd be excited to quit vaping. Unfortunately I do need my nicotine.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Might be time to consider trying some WTA...

The "Gold Standard"...but a little expensive...https://www.aromaejuice.com/Whole-Tobacco-Alkaloid-WTA-Eliquids_c33.htm

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Why are you recommending another addictive thing?
Not good. Not good at all.