Newbie to the sight so I thought I'd start by saying Hello! I first started vaping in Feb of 2009. A friend was setting up a distribution website and I had the option of 2 batteries (Manual or Automatic), 2 flavors (Regular and Menthol) and strength (Graded Extra High to Really low). It was very informative. The only thing sold was a 510 kit. I used it for months, and slowly went from using it like a cigarette, to puffing occasionally, to realizing I had set up everything to drain and clean 3 days ago and not put it back together. Stopped without even trying. Not that it was hard then, the flavor choices were bad, or horrible, and the throat hit oddly came from the exhale, not the inhale.
So when I started smoking again in 2010 I kept saying I would look into getting another vaping kit. By then my friends site was a bust, and every few months I would look in on it and everything would change and I'd tell myself, maybe in a few more weeks. Finally a review on here got me to pick up a disposable from the local convenience store. It was amazing compared to what I started with. And I had read plenty of reports about this brand only lasting a few hours, but I was a pack and a half a day smoker who got 2 days out of a convenience store E-cig. By the time I had a working set purchaced I had gone through 5 disposables. In the 2 weeks it took me to get a reliable starter kit (Started by buying a 510 kit online from some shady jerks for $80). I had still saved $ just from the disposable (I live in a very High tax state for tobacco).
So no major breakthroughs from this "Newbie." Just saying, stop putting it off, if you think you might like e-cigs, get a cheap starter. If the experience is horrible, find someone who isn't affraid to let you put your mouth on their drip tip. Once you stick your tow in, you'll find that the water is just fine.
So far I've only been burned twice. Once by the shade jerks who's website I honestly can't remember, and once by a local store, which I trust, but trusting a store and strusting a salesman are 2 different things. The second time I was actually burned. The battery I was sold didn't lock right, and I didn't have a case yet (Worth getting). The battery was supposed to be a 3.7mAH and was 4.2, I had a 1.8ohm Clearomizer on it that I waz told would work perfectly, and I have nerve damage in my leg, which I had mentioned to the clerk when I told him to be sure the battery locked or to just not put the atty on it. It melted through the bag, burned through my jeans, and left me with a hole in my hip. So I guess there is a lesson, like the website says, safety is your responsibility! And never trust a salesman that wants to "play with your battery a little." It means he has no idea what he is doing and it will all end in tears!
So when I started smoking again in 2010 I kept saying I would look into getting another vaping kit. By then my friends site was a bust, and every few months I would look in on it and everything would change and I'd tell myself, maybe in a few more weeks. Finally a review on here got me to pick up a disposable from the local convenience store. It was amazing compared to what I started with. And I had read plenty of reports about this brand only lasting a few hours, but I was a pack and a half a day smoker who got 2 days out of a convenience store E-cig. By the time I had a working set purchaced I had gone through 5 disposables. In the 2 weeks it took me to get a reliable starter kit (Started by buying a 510 kit online from some shady jerks for $80). I had still saved $ just from the disposable (I live in a very High tax state for tobacco).
So no major breakthroughs from this "Newbie." Just saying, stop putting it off, if you think you might like e-cigs, get a cheap starter. If the experience is horrible, find someone who isn't affraid to let you put your mouth on their drip tip. Once you stick your tow in, you'll find that the water is just fine.
So far I've only been burned twice. Once by the shade jerks who's website I honestly can't remember, and once by a local store, which I trust, but trusting a store and strusting a salesman are 2 different things. The second time I was actually burned. The battery I was sold didn't lock right, and I didn't have a case yet (Worth getting). The battery was supposed to be a 3.7mAH and was 4.2, I had a 1.8ohm Clearomizer on it that I waz told would work perfectly, and I have nerve damage in my leg, which I had mentioned to the clerk when I told him to be sure the battery locked or to just not put the atty on it. It melted through the bag, burned through my jeans, and left me with a hole in my hip. So I guess there is a lesson, like the website says, safety is your responsibility! And never trust a salesman that wants to "play with your battery a little." It means he has no idea what he is doing and it will all end in tears!
