Howdy - Long time lurker, first time poster.
I've been doing some reading on the forum over the last week as I am working on my third day smoke-free and vaping it up after twelve years of doing my best to shorten my life span.
My vaping history begins in 2009 when I bought a cigalike starter kit for around $80 and promptly resold it. Man, that thing sucked! A few months later, I made my own copper tube mod with an 18650, which worked intermittently, but showed me that vaping could satisfy cravings. Anyone else who started back in the dark ages can remember the lack of decent, inexpensive mods, the lack thereof led me back to smoking.
Fast forward another year or so and I'm vaping off a Madvapes Maxi RoughStack - my first real mod. Unlike many, I actually liked the button placement, but got sick of the misfiring, how often cartomizers went bad on me, and after running out of cartos (with no local vape store back then) went back to smoking a pack+ a day. During this time, my new wife quit with a cigalike (she has since gone to an ego and doesn't like how hard my mod hits).
I'm currently running a $12 Fasttech mech mod with a Kanger Mini Protank II and am amazed by how far we've come! Assuming I stick to it this time, I plan to buy a Provari as a 30 day smoke-free gift to myself. 27 days to go....
I've been doing some reading on the forum over the last week as I am working on my third day smoke-free and vaping it up after twelve years of doing my best to shorten my life span.
My vaping history begins in 2009 when I bought a cigalike starter kit for around $80 and promptly resold it. Man, that thing sucked! A few months later, I made my own copper tube mod with an 18650, which worked intermittently, but showed me that vaping could satisfy cravings. Anyone else who started back in the dark ages can remember the lack of decent, inexpensive mods, the lack thereof led me back to smoking.
Fast forward another year or so and I'm vaping off a Madvapes Maxi RoughStack - my first real mod. Unlike many, I actually liked the button placement, but got sick of the misfiring, how often cartomizers went bad on me, and after running out of cartos (with no local vape store back then) went back to smoking a pack+ a day. During this time, my new wife quit with a cigalike (she has since gone to an ego and doesn't like how hard my mod hits).
I'm currently running a $12 Fasttech mech mod with a Kanger Mini Protank II and am amazed by how far we've come! Assuming I stick to it this time, I plan to buy a Provari as a 30 day smoke-free gift to myself. 27 days to go....
