Is E-smoking cheaper than analogs?

[Pepper]

I've saved a packet by using e-cigs. I started with a 'super mini', and quickly moved to a mini a month later - I've stuck with this ever since. I switch to a new atomiser around every 6 weeks, and maybe a new battery every 8 weeks. This puts my 'hardware' costs at around £10/month max (2 packets of cigs in the UK). I use 2 carts a day, which means I go thorugh around 60/mnth (around £25). I used to smoke 10/day, so that's 15 packs/month with is £75. So I save around £40/month.

If you get hooked on trying out all the difference devices and colours etc then your costs do go up, but then you're really treating e-cigs as a hobby IMO.

Anyway, those are just my personal findings - everybody is different!


P.S, as a bit of a blatent plug of my banner tool, but it lets you add all your own figures to work out how much it costs. Increase your 'kit cost' to take into account all of the extra accessories you've bought to get a more accurate figure...


I WILL get round to updating my banners so that they include a monthly upkeep costs for atomisers/batteries etc....

 

[Smo]

I'm 5 weeks in, and I'm already saving a bunch considering into the figure also the VG, PG, batting, sirynge and little dropper bottles. I'm amazed at my own capacity to resist ordering any new shiny device out there btw XD

New order soon to come!

 

[ChadmanMn]

I don't have to freeze to smoke when its cold outside!

Arent you in Baton Rouge??? lol

Minnesota here, had a heat wave and it hit 16F today ;-)

 

[z3r0]

I will end up only using a bottle of juice and an atomizer every two months... mmmmm

That comes up to about $20 a month ...heehee

 

[shadow]

I used to smoke roll ups which would cost me about £50 pr month, now i've bought a Screwdriver its costing me about £40 pr month
£10= atomizers
£1= batteries
£30= juice
not much of a saving but health benefits far outway the costs of analogs

 

[Keef]

Break even point I dont know , been too lazy to go tote up all my spending since Oct 08 .

Now that I have settled down .

I am saving money, though that is not why I started .

Running costs working out at approx £20 per week .

Used to spend £65 per week on analogues.

 

[Faethe]

Well, it's like this.

1. Smoking. You stop smoking, you stop spending money on cigarettes

2. E-smoking. Not only do you do this instead of smoking, chances are you are a tech junkie too.

So how much do you spend on techie stuff, and how much do you spend on cigarettes?

 

[Faethe]

Well, it's like this.

1. Smoking. You stop smoking, you stop spending money on cigarettes

2. E-smoking. Not only do you do this instead of smoking, chances are you are a tech junkie too.

So how much do you spend on techie stuff, and how much do you spend on cigarettes?

 

[Faethe]

Oh crap - I'm sorry

 

[castman]

I was a extremly heavy smoker,being that I work from home. Including the start up cost and given the fact that in ILL they raised the price of analogs. My move to the e-cig should save me money with in 2 months.

 

[angel.white]

I drip 2-3 drops each time I want a "cigarette" and then puff it dry in between. I can get 300-325 cigarettes from a 15ml bottle and that bottle lasts me about a month. I save $100 a month.

I used to smoke a pack a day, now I smoke the equivalent of 10 cigarettes a day. I am still on the same atomizer (8 months total, 2 months of that completely e-cig) and have used three batteries total in that time.

If you take care of a good piece, keep it clean and use it properly, you can definitely save. Overall, I am ahead of the game...

If you don't mind saying what you use and where you bought it, I'd appreciate it. I'm almost certain about what I want to get and where I want to get it from, but your experience seems to be exactly what I am wanting, something reliable and cost effective, some of the stories of people's experiences on here scared the crap out of me.

 

[surbitonPete]

Well if the governments don't ban vaping....then they are bound to eventually end up taxing it....and then it would probably be far cheaper to go back to smoking tobacco.

 

[angel.white]

Well if the governments don't ban vaping....then they are bound to eventually end up taxing it....and then it would probably be far cheaper to go back to smoking tobacco.

We are addicts (or at least I am), it would be abusive for the government to take advantage of our addiction in this manner. Thomas Jefferson had some ideas about abusive governments, (I have fewer than 15 posts, pretend I put a link to the declaration of independence here). So sure, it might be cheaper to go back to smoking tobacco and killing ourselves, or it might be better instead to break some s***

(I bleeped it out because I'm not sure if we're allowed to swear here. I checked the rules for keyword "profanity" but didn't get any hits, though the premise of the site implies we are all at least adults)

 

[surbitonPete]

We are addicts (or at least I am), it would be abusive for the government to take advantage of our addiction in this manner. Thomas Jefferson had some ideas about abusive governments, (I have fewer than 15 posts, pretend I put a link to the declaration of independence here). So sure, it might be cheaper to go back to smoking tobacco and killing ourselves, or it might be better instead to break some s***

(I bleeped it out because I'm not sure if we're allowed to swear here. I checked the rules for keyword "profanity" but didn't get any hits, though the premise of the site implies we are all at least adults)

Your 'Declaration of Independence' were some of the greatest words ever written and should be the foundation for all societies.....unfortunately the leaders always have other ideas.

 

[LaceyUnderall]

We are addicts (or at least I am), it would be abusive for the government to take advantage of our addiction in this manner. Thomas Jefferson had some ideas about abusive governments, (I have fewer than 15 posts, pretend I put a link to the declaration of independence here). So sure, it might be cheaper to go back to smoking tobacco and killing ourselves, or it might be better instead to break some s***

(I bleeped it out because I'm not sure if we're allowed to swear here. I checked the rules for keyword "profanity" but didn't get any hits, though the premise of the site implies we are all at least adults)

Welcome to the forum! I have to agree with Pete here as I agree with you completely. I should be able to ingest whatever I wish. If an alcoholic can make the choice to drink, drive and possibly kill me while I am driving to the grocery, then I should be able to smoke my ecig in peace.

 

[e-pipeman]

Welcome to the forum! I have to agree with Pete here as I agree with you completely. I should be able to ingest whatever I wish. If an alcoholic can make the choice to drink, drive and possibly kill me while I am driving to the grocery, then I should be able to smoke my ecig in peace.

Although the alcoholic could choose to drive while drunk he would clearly be breaking the law. That is not so much making a choice as wilful lawbreaking. We want to have the legal right to vape in peace. At present there is discussion of clear poison labelling and banning sales to under 18s in the UK. That's great! If that's the extent of the legislation then we can continue to vape without breaking laws. A giant step forward would be to be able to vape with the support of the law/government, but that is asking a great deal at this stage.

 

[pwholmes]

Angel.White
If you don't mind saying what you use and where you bought it, I'd appreciate it. I'm almost certain about what I want to get and where I want to get it from, but your experience seems to be exactly what I am wanting, something reliable and cost effective, some of the stories of people's experiences on here scared the crap out of me.

Angel.White, although I'm fairly new to the forum and haven't bought from Lacey, she appears to be a valued supplier here on the forum who never touts her stuff in the posts. If you click on Instead Electronics in her post, you'll get to her site and then you could email her, I suppose.

 

[LaceyUnderall]

Although the alcoholic could choose to drive while drunk he would clearly be breaking the law. That is not so much making a choice as wilful lawbreaking. We want to have the legal right to vape in peace. At present there is discussion of clear poison labelling and banning sales to under 18s in the UK. That's great! If that's the extent of the legislation then we can continue to vape without breaking laws. A giant step forward would be to be able to vape with the support of the law/government, but that is asking a great deal at this stage.

I am a HUGE proponent for childproof caps and labels (that's why over the next week we are phasing into our new bottles that come with child proof caps and proper labeling).

I completely support safety standards and not selling to children. We make a very clear statement on our site that lying about your age online is no different than presenting a fake id and by doing so, we have proof that you have in fact, lied about your age and we will use that against you if we get the hammer.

What is a kid doing with a credit card and no parental supervision anyways!?! My poor kid will probably hate me when she realizes that her friends have way more freedom than she does! Thank God she is only 5 and can't hate me quite yet.

Angel - I use my ecig just like I would a tobacco cigarette and you can use my method with any style from any supplier. If you want, as I am a supplier and cannot PM you first, if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me. I can help you further with my "style" of smoking and from there you can determine who/what you wish to do.

 

[Idahojo]

Just my .02 worth. It would be nice if you included a regular cap with your bottles with the child proof cap. I have arthritis in my hands and those childproof caps can present a problem. My pharmacy does this and it is most appreciated. Many of us do not have children running around.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I think e smoking will be cheaper in the long run, but the set up costs can add up. But once you get going and all you have to buy is juice and you can stretch it with buying some of your own VG, and then clean your own cartridges and have to purchase a new atomizer or battery once in a while, it will be cheaper in the long run, especially with the prices of ciggys these days. My current brand by April will be about $60 a carton with all these new BS taxes. I'm done! I just cannot wait to get started. I've made up my mind I'm going to make this work with the e ciggy one way or another! I'm DONE with the analogs. I'm sick of the all the crap in them and what they are doing to us!