(sorry the post is long)
I have been a passive reader of the forum for quite sometime now. I have benefited a lot from various threads here, so wanted to thank you all for creating such a vast knowledge base. Wanted to share my journey so far, may be it is helpful for someone.
I have been a regular smoker for 15 years now. First 5-6 years used to smoke full flavor cigarettes (in school/college days whichever was cheap was the preferred brand) then I started thinking of quitting and in process switched to lights (various brands before settling on Marlboro Silver). Sometime in those years I assumed that I can quit anytime I want and kept smoking. I never realized when I moved from smoking 10 cigarettes a day to close to a pack. When I realized and tried to quit I could not last half day (may be 10 hours due to a flight).
Last year in a smoke shop saw a e-cigarette. Read about vaping and thought this could probably help me quit. Bought some e-cigarette (whatever shop guy suggested) and some e-juice (6mg). Tried switching, alternating, etc but failed. A month later found the e-cigarette in closet and it was all leaking and smelled disgusting and there it went into the trash. Again started thinking about switching and bought a white Kangertech sub box. Loved it but did not like the flavor. Something was missing. Tried Space Jam Eclipse, liked it but it did not do the trick. Eventually Kangertech ended up in trash after a month or two of sitting in closet.
3-4 months back I saw a stainless steel version of same sub box but with more power (I guess 75W). Bought it, cranked up the power and ended up coughing. Started trying out various e-juice (with varying nicotine level) but nothing worked.
Last month one shop keeper suggested a small e-cigarette (tube from Vaperland) and some Aspire tank to go with it. This was better than everything I had tried so far. Took out sub box and filled in the same e-juice and it was disappointing. Kept vaping once in a while hoping I will switch one day. In meantime both the e-cigarette kept giving me trouble. Kangertech kept leaking and Vaperland was giving less vapor.
At this point I started browsing the forum and scanning threads on experiences of others who managed to quit. I also realized that I was blaming my equipment for all failures (I have some GAS as well) so decided the buy the best I could and try again.
Ordered a Provari Radius with Kabuki tank along with Goldrush e-juice (12mg). Got it on 7/8/16 and decided to made the switch. For first 3 days smoked 3 cigarette everyday and vaped rest of the time (close to 2 tanks everyday). Then reduced to 2 a day and last Friday reduced to 1 a day. Yesterday evening I could not smoke the complete cigarette - it tasted horrible. I have set coming Friday evening as complete switch day with 1 cigarette a day (5:00PM) till then. There are no more craving anymore except sometimes in night.
In last 1 week tried several other e-juices as well. Prime15 (bad), Tribecca (good), Castle Long (good but can't smoke it whole day), and Devlin (bad - works if I mix some other juice in it) and no flavor (70/30 pg/vg 18mg). Have settled on Provape Goldrush and Halo Tribecca as everyday/whole day juice (any other I should try?).
Spent close to $800 overall before settling on the current setup. I did waste close to $450 on trying stuff and then foolishly throwing it away but I am happy about the final result. I think this is first time in 15 years when I have survived on 1 cigarette a day (and actually heading to quitting). Gave sub box to Dad who is also PAD (Camel regular) smoker for 30-40 years. He is down to 2-3 cigarette a day (he liked no flavor 18mg 70/30 pg/vg mix).
Along the process experience of others who quit smoking and shared here helped me big time. And, all the technical discussions was immensely helpful. Before starting reading this forum I did not know that there is a difference between MTL and direct lung vaping. Imagine vaping 0.5 sub tank at 40w the same way you would smoke a cigarette. Happily running radius/kabuki at 5-6w and loving it.
I have been a passive reader of the forum for quite sometime now. I have benefited a lot from various threads here, so wanted to thank you all for creating such a vast knowledge base. Wanted to share my journey so far, may be it is helpful for someone.
I have been a regular smoker for 15 years now. First 5-6 years used to smoke full flavor cigarettes (in school/college days whichever was cheap was the preferred brand) then I started thinking of quitting and in process switched to lights (various brands before settling on Marlboro Silver). Sometime in those years I assumed that I can quit anytime I want and kept smoking. I never realized when I moved from smoking 10 cigarettes a day to close to a pack. When I realized and tried to quit I could not last half day (may be 10 hours due to a flight).
Last year in a smoke shop saw a e-cigarette. Read about vaping and thought this could probably help me quit. Bought some e-cigarette (whatever shop guy suggested) and some e-juice (6mg). Tried switching, alternating, etc but failed. A month later found the e-cigarette in closet and it was all leaking and smelled disgusting and there it went into the trash. Again started thinking about switching and bought a white Kangertech sub box. Loved it but did not like the flavor. Something was missing. Tried Space Jam Eclipse, liked it but it did not do the trick. Eventually Kangertech ended up in trash after a month or two of sitting in closet.
3-4 months back I saw a stainless steel version of same sub box but with more power (I guess 75W). Bought it, cranked up the power and ended up coughing. Started trying out various e-juice (with varying nicotine level) but nothing worked.
Last month one shop keeper suggested a small e-cigarette (tube from Vaperland) and some Aspire tank to go with it. This was better than everything I had tried so far. Took out sub box and filled in the same e-juice and it was disappointing. Kept vaping once in a while hoping I will switch one day. In meantime both the e-cigarette kept giving me trouble. Kangertech kept leaking and Vaperland was giving less vapor.
At this point I started browsing the forum and scanning threads on experiences of others who managed to quit. I also realized that I was blaming my equipment for all failures (I have some GAS as well) so decided the buy the best I could and try again.
Ordered a Provari Radius with Kabuki tank along with Goldrush e-juice (12mg). Got it on 7/8/16 and decided to made the switch. For first 3 days smoked 3 cigarette everyday and vaped rest of the time (close to 2 tanks everyday). Then reduced to 2 a day and last Friday reduced to 1 a day. Yesterday evening I could not smoke the complete cigarette - it tasted horrible. I have set coming Friday evening as complete switch day with 1 cigarette a day (5:00PM) till then. There are no more craving anymore except sometimes in night.
In last 1 week tried several other e-juices as well. Prime15 (bad), Tribecca (good), Castle Long (good but can't smoke it whole day), and Devlin (bad - works if I mix some other juice in it) and no flavor (70/30 pg/vg 18mg). Have settled on Provape Goldrush and Halo Tribecca as everyday/whole day juice (any other I should try?).
Spent close to $800 overall before settling on the current setup. I did waste close to $450 on trying stuff and then foolishly throwing it away but I am happy about the final result. I think this is first time in 15 years when I have survived on 1 cigarette a day (and actually heading to quitting). Gave sub box to Dad who is also PAD (Camel regular) smoker for 30-40 years. He is down to 2-3 cigarette a day (he liked no flavor 18mg 70/30 pg/vg mix).
Along the process experience of others who quit smoking and shared here helped me big time. And, all the technical discussions was immensely helpful. Before starting reading this forum I did not know that there is a difference between MTL and direct lung vaping. Imagine vaping 0.5 sub tank at 40w the same way you would smoke a cigarette. Happily running radius/kabuki at 5-6w and loving it.
