Junebug, when first starting out your taste bud will really play tricks on you. Also I don't think the fruit or desert flavors are a good choice for somebody fresh off of cigs. I usually steer newbies towards Halo juices to start. There are a couple of reasons for this. First they perform really well. Flavor, vapor and throat hit are really good, they feel more like smoking than most juices. The juice itself comes in set ratios, no deciding what percentages of PG/VG to get, just one less thing to worry about in the beginning. Three of the flavors really cover the bases for somebody fresh off analogs, Torque56, Freedom Smoke and Mystic Menthol. I'd suggest getting all three, the Mystic will suprise you even if you didn't smoke menthols. It also comes in handy when your taste buds decide to play hide&seek with you. The juices are also thin and clean, so they wick well in just about anything also they don't clog or gunk up like some some of the other juices do. Although I think these are great choices for newbies that doesn't make them beginner only juices, they have a huge following of longtime vapers. Torque is the only juice I use in my eRoll anymore, they just work so good together (for me).
Got a mini (luggage) padlock at a local hardware store. (Would have preferred combination, but you take what you can get in a small town.) Also, tried out the hazelnut flavor. I ordered it with 3 extra shots. Taste a little more flavor with it. I tried tapping bubbles out, raising tank a bit. I can taste everything else (food, beverages) just fine. Dunno.
