Is this obsessive vapor behavior?

[Sirius]

@VNeil, Yeah, restraint - BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

oops, sorry.....

I went pretty hard and heavy my first year, backed off a bit for a few months. Started a little spending-spree again.... Oh well, waaaaaaayyyyyy better than smoking

I'm hoping I can settle in now,..heck I got everything X2! I should be good with just juice and wick material now..Should be that is..lol

 

[VNeil]

...How many tanks do you keep juice in to get through the day? ...

To answer your question... I do well with two "tanks". One a Kanger Subtank Mini and KBox (Subox kit) with my favorite (ADV) juice. The other a Troll dripper on an iStick 50W. With a dripper I can switch flavors around simply by dripping something new, although I have a fairly narrow flavor profile (fruits and creams) so it makes that easy. When I vape something like chocolates I dedicate a different dripper to that because once you drip chocolate it never gets out of the wick

I also have two backup mods, both good reliable Provaris, usually with Subtank Minis but sometimes with single coil drippers. Those two backups make sure I never go without a vape because something broke, or a coil or wick needs changing badly, etc. Out of those 4 mods, I have near 100.0000000% uptime

I own 3 Subtank Minis, and 3 Troll Drippers. That gives me some backup and some flexibility as to how I top out my 4 mods. My coil builds for the 50W mods are usually different than the Provari, which cannot handle a coil much under 1.2 ohm or so.

I think dripping helps to stop the collecting of tanks and mods because it is so easy to switch up juices. So you might consider looking into dripping. You actually don't need a dozen mods in order to get some variety with your juices.

You can see that I have not put a lot of OCD into tank and mod acquisitions. I reserved that for juice DIY and to a smaller extent coil and wick building. I have over 100 DIY concentrate flavors. What some people do with mods I did with DIY juice , but I have maybe 50 ready to vape flavor mixes laying around at any one time, at least in small 10-15ml batches that I can drip here and there. I only buy a new mod or topper to solve a problem, I rarely buy a new mod or topper just to try something new. If I want something new I try a new juice recipe

 

[NoFumus]

I don't think it's obsessive. It's enthusiastic.

 

[Sirius]

You can see that I have not put a lot of OCD into tank and mod acquisitions. I reserved that for juice DIY and to a smaller extent coil and wick building. I have over 100 DIY concentrate flavors. What some people do with mods I did with DIY juice , but I have maybe 50 ready to vape flavor mixes laying around at any one time, at least in small 10-15ml batches that I can drip here and there. I only buy a new mod or topper to solve a problem, I rarely buy a new mod or topper just to try something new. If I want something new I try a new juice recipe

Says the man that bought X2 Provari's.

 

[Sirius]

To be fair @VNeil ,..we have to experiment to find our niche..I went through a few tube mods until I found out those just were NOT for me..I tried VV as well and it was a big nope! I'm set now I'm sure.

 

[VNeil]

I don't think it's obsessive. It's enthusiastic.

Denial stage. Lol

 

[DanJiblets]

Hey Breezy,..Yes well being one obsessive vapor myself,..all I can tell you to do is try to organize as best you can..I have two boxes..One for the,.."Oh yeah,..these do it for me",..and another one for the big nopes! That big nope box is getting smaller and smaller as I pretty much stay on the gourmet thread and that way,.I can get opinions from other obsessive vapers about what's good to them. If they have the same flavor profiles as I do,..they are usually pretty spot on.

That being said,..I wouldn't keep juice in a tank for a long time either,...as that can become rather nasty..lol
Come on over if you'd like and ask some of the girls how they organize,..but be warned,..you bank account may suffer!
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Everything he said. Since I started following this thread I'm in vape heaven. I have a drawer worth all my unopened juices, it's FULL. Then the top of that dresser has a bunch of opened juices either steeping or being vaped. I don't have any juice I don't like. Then my travel case for any juice, coils, tanks, mod, that leave the house with me. I use 5 subtanks to have constant variety. As long as you use them all in a rotation, they are fine. With 10 tanks or something, I could see a couple getting neglected and turning nasty on you.

 

[Sirius]

I don't think it's obsessive. It's enthusiastic.

Hey I like that..I'm an enthusiastic squonking modwomper now. Bwahaha

 

[Sirius]

Everything he said. Since I started following this thread I'm in vape heaven. I have a drawer worth all my unopened juices, it's FULL. Then the top of that dresser has a bunch of opened juices either steeping or being vaped. I don't have any juice I don't like. Then my travel case for any juice, coils, tanks, mod, that leave the house with me. I use 5 subtanks to have constant variety. As long as you use them all in a rotation, they are fine. With 10 tanks or something, I could see a couple getting neglected and turning nasty on you.

Yep Dan..the gourmet thread is a pool of knowledge about the old faves,..and everything new that comes down the pike..I wouldn't un-follow that thread unless I started DIY..and I blow at DIY so y'all are stuck with the puppy!

 

[Sirius]

Denial stage. Lol

 

[VNeil]

To be fair @VNeil ,..we have to experiment to find our niche..I went through a few tube mods until I found out those just were NOT for me..I tried VV as well and it was a big nope! I'm set now I'm sure.

The point of my post was to explain how I personally tried to get some control over things. Before the 4 mods I have now, I went thought a small pile of eGo setups, an eMow setup, a small pile of Nautilus tanks.... We each do it differently and the only specific suggestion I made (somewhat strongly) was to try dripping simply in order to try to reduce the "need" for tanks to support a variety of flavors. For sure we each have to find our own path, I just tried to explain mine. Someone might find it useful, or maybe not

I also tried to imply that DIY is a good solution. In theory, it costs about 2 cents/ml to make unflavored juice (which some including myself actually enjoy). And about 3.5 cents/ml for very highly flavored juice (30% flavoring for that calc). That's $1 an ounce (30ml) or less, or 5-10% of the cost of typical commercial juice, at least juice bought in B&Ms. But the real cost of DIY is wherever your OCD takes you .

I kept a spreadsheet of my flavor purchases, mainly just to keep track of what I had laying around in various boxes of the stuff. As a byproduct of that I was horrified to see I had spent $600 just on flavorings . So I'm better now I really reined that in. I could have spent far, far less, of course, but I did have a ton of fun along the way experimenting with flavor profiles. So DIY is a good solution, in terms of reducing cost but takes a LOT of restraint.

 

[DanJiblets]

Yep Dan..the gourmet thread is a pool of knowledge about the old faves,..and everything new that comes down the pike..I wouldn't un-follow that thread unless I started DIY..and I blow at DIY so y'all are stuck with the puppy!

I'd love to give DIY a try some day, but I haven't even cracked the surface with all the amazing juices/companies out there. I'm finding something new and amazing constantly. I don't mind spending money on vaping, I love it. If you find deals, holidays, coupon codes, you can stock up and vape those premium juices for cheap prices.

 

[Sirius]

I'd love to give DIY a try some day, but I haven't even cracked the surface with all the amazing juices/companies out there. I'm finding something new and amazing constantly. I don't mind spending money on vaping, I love it. If you find deals, holidays, coupon codes, you can stock up and vape those premium juices for cheap prices.

Same here,..I know vaping can get out of hand especially when you're new to it,..but some suppliers even have points discounts and as with Ahlusion,..a gold or platinum order status that discounts. Then there is the odd holiday sales. But you know all bout those amirite Dan?!?

 

[VNeil]

Says the man that bought X2 Provari's.

When I bought my Provaris mid September 2014 I had I think 8 eGo batteries that I had used since I started vaping 3 months earlier. And I was in the habit of picking up a new battery or two any time I was in a Vape shop or if I saw something interesting online. And most of them were in some state of starting to have a problem.

So I started thinking about how many more eGo batteries I would buy, or if I would upgrade to something else (and back then there were not the options we have now, I might do it differently now, knowing what I know and all). And I realized that the next step up would be "Chinese Junk" that would probably be disposable, but instead of paying $10-$15 for eGo batteries I was about to get into the $20-$50 range, and how many would break on me and not do what I wanted.

So I decided to try the "buy once for life" strategy and bought the two Provaries. I wanted two because even a Provari can fail, be broken (although not easy) or be lost or stolen.

The two Provaris were the last mods I bought for almost 6 months, until early June when I decided I wanted to try higher wattage mods (I was limited to 14W on my Provaris). And I was heavily into vaping, the following month I got into DIY. And later into RDAs, and RTAs.

How many people here, who are doing more than a basic quit smoking eGo type setup, can say that they went 6 months on only two mods? Not many. Now, I spent about $400 on my Provaris, including tube extensions, 3 different size batteries, and a total of 9 batteries.

But since I quit smoking July 31 2014 I have never gone a single minute without a working vape, for any reason at all. And my Provari uptime has been 100.0000000%. They have never failed to fire, except when a topper had a problem (open or short or something gunked up). And I have not had even one puff on a cig in almost a year now. And I never had more than 6 active toppers in order to maintain that 100% uptime.

I'm not saying that it is not possible to have done it a little cheaper, but very few people here have gone even 6 months spending only $400 on mods. All I see here are pictures of tables full of mech mods, box mods, every sort of mod.

If I had to do it over, having the selection available back last September, I would have done the same thing again, I think. In retrospect I am happy with my strategy, from a cost standpoint, and it was a well thought out strategy after vaping for about 3 months. Because otherwise I would almost certainly have spent just as much money buying every new mech mod or box mod that came on the market, just to try to keep my 100% uptime requirement.

 

[AXIOM_1]

I must not be overly OCD (or OCV according to you guys lol) because I usually only use two different tanks each day.... Well, sometimes three but that's only when the other two are tied up for some reason. I thought I was bad until I looked at some of the photos on this thread...my Gosh!! At any rate, this makes me wonder if there are vapers out there who didn't get all "OCV" and just stick to one or two mods for the entire time that they vape........ In other words, I wonder how many people out there are the type of people who may just be satisfied with what they initially start with and don't progress into doing DIY, building coils, purchasing various hardware and the like?

Because, honestly, I could stop buying stuff and what I have now would do me just fine from here on out..... I mean, sure, I got a few things laying around because I wind my own coils and I mix my own liquids but I really don't think I need any more...... I use a VW device with an Arctic 2 tank and this is what I vape on mostly. For those times when I want extra clouds or flavor then I throw on my Kennedy Comp RDA .... So, I ask myself what else do I need? Maybe I am a bit OCV though because I never expected to be doing all of this stuff when I first started.

 

[DoctorJ]

I'm pretty OCD when it comes to my vaping gear.

Here's my juice bar (pic is a few months old but pretty much the same now)

This is my DIY storage cabinet handmade by a friend from cedar planks

This is a pic of my overall vaping area

Currently I have 3 Nautilus Minis, 1 Nautilus and 16 CE5 clearos in my juice bar. I have around 20 or so bottles of store bought juice in the white storage cabinet along with 25 bottles of DIY concoctions. The PO boxes are mostly filled with empty glass bottles and the V2 box is filled with plastic bottles.

 

[AXIOM_1]

I'm pretty OCD when it comes to my vaping gear.

Here's my juice bar (pic is a few months old but pretty much the same now)
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This is my DIY storage cabinet handmade by a friend from cedar planks
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This is a pic of my overall vaping area
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Currently I have 3 Nautilus Minis, 1 Nautilus and 16 CE5 clearos in my juice bar. I have around 20 or so bottles of store bought juice in the white storage cabinet along with 25 bottles of DIY concoctions. The PO boxes are mostly filled with empty glass bottles and the V2 box is filled with plastic bottles.

Good Gawd!! Would you lend me some? lol

 

[VNeil]

I'm pretty OCD when it comes to my vaping gear.

Here's my juice bar (pic is a few months old but pretty much the same now)
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This is my DIY storage cabinet handmade by a friend from cedar planks
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This is a pic of my overall vaping area
View attachment 473291

Currently I have 3 Nautilus Minis, 1 Nautilus and 16 CE5 clearos in my juice bar. I have around 20 or so bottles of store bought juice in the white storage cabinet along with 25 bottles of DIY concoctions. The PO boxes are mostly filled with empty glass bottles and the V2 box is filled with plastic bottles.

I want a Vape Room too {sniff sniff}

 

[DingerCPA]

I have traveled my own enjoyable journey through various mods (multiples of certain types). I've off-loaded some of them to vapers who are getting started on their own journeys. When I like something, I like to have at least a couple - to rotate so I'm not pounding through just one at a time. I have lots of tanks - easy for loading up any one of my numerous juices that I can make whenever and however I want....

I've probably spent as much on vape-related goodies as I would have on cigarettes, but most all this stuff will last considerably longer than a pack of cigarettes.

This is a hobby for me; I enjoy tinkering and finding things to try out.

 

[VNeil]

A bag of mostly one-off DIY juice...

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• VNeil
• Jul 19, 2015

A box containing my ADVs in 250ml and 120ml bottles, and other miscellaneous juice in smaller glass bootles

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• VNeil
• Jul 19, 2015

Right now everything is in zip lock bags and boxes because I am temporarily relocated and I want a Vape Hutch or a Vape Room, or better a Vape House

If I showed you all my boxes and bags of vape stuff then it would be more difficult to maintain the Denial