least fiddly long-term e-cig for a disabled friend?

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LondonGirl

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To turn on an ego battery, you need to press the button 5 times within 2 seconds, which may be a problem.

The itaste vv3, you only need to press 3 times, and more lightly. The button is bigger, and the battery is square and light, which may aid grip. It's also got adjustable voltage with buttons instead of a twisting dial - though those buttons are pretty small. However, being square, you can lay it on the table and not have to grip it whilst pressing those buttons. The downside is, it's more expensive and a bit longer than an equivalent ego battery, but it might be easier to use.

It sounds like she has fairly good dexterity if she can roll her own cigarettes, but of course it's a particular movement that's not the same as anything you do with an e-cig.

But does she have anyone who could fill a load of clearos every few days? And could she put these onto batteries as needed?
Cleaning out is not that fiddly. As long as she could open them up and run them under a running tap, that's all they need really - this is the bit a non-vaper may be reluctant to do for her. But refilling cleaned clearos, and switching any burnt coils, doesn't involve actually touching the eliquid. coils are cheap enough when bought in bulk, that she could just throw them away instead of worrying about building her own or dry-burning or anything like that.

A cig-a-like is going to be the simplest, but also less satisfying and more expensive, so if she can use some kind of ego set-up, it really would be more likely to result in her quitting smoking.
 

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To turn on an ego battery, you need to press the button 5 times within 2 seconds, which may be a problem.

The itaste vv3, you only need to press 3 times, and more lightly. The button is bigger, and the battery is square and light, which may aid grip. It's also got adjustable voltage with buttons instead of a twisting dial - though those buttons are pretty small. However, being square, you can lay it on the table and not have to grip it whilst pressing those buttons. The downside is, it's more expensive and a bit longer than an equivalent ego battery, but it might be easier to use.

It sounds like she has fairly good dexterity if she can roll her own cigarettes, but of course it's a particular movement that's not the same as anything you do with an e-cig.

But does she have anyone who could fill a load of clearos every few days? And could she put these onto batteries as needed?
Cleaning out is not that fiddly. As long as she could open them up and run them under a running tap, that's all they need really - this is the bit a non-vaper may be reluctant to do for her. But refilling cleaned clearos, and switching any burnt coils, doesn't involve actually touching the eliquid. Coils are cheap enough when bought in bulk, that she could just throw them away instead of worrying about building her own or dry-burning or anything like that.

A cig-a-like is going to be the simplest, but also less satisfying and more expensive, so if she can use some kind of ego set-up, it really would be more likely to result in her quitting smoking.

A cig-a-like is going to be less satisfying than a cigarette???

As far as my experience goes, you can certainly get a cigalike that satisfies; the problems with the cigalikes all boil down to cost.
If you can afford to buy the cartridges and enough batteries, you can replace the smokesticks.
After 2 or three weeks without smokesticks, you don't really want to put another smokestick in your mouth.
At that point if you want to save money, you buy eGo sized batteries and screw your 510 prefilled cartos onto the battery and get longer life on a manual battery instead of using the autobatts.
 

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That's *brilliant*. I prefer having the ohm checker on the MVP and the vv3, but if I ever need to make the ego-twist gimp-friendly for a buddy, now I know how to cobble it together. Thanks! I fiddle with my settings all the time, so being able to adjust is a must for me, but I can see how the three-setting option would work for some... mom rarely adjusts hers.

my Ego had a smooth bottom dial on a smooth stainless steel... it was a pain to turn. I had some rubber washers laying around and glued it to the bottom.

I have a similar problem with my nemesis mod's locking ring. I cannot find a short but wide rubber band to slip around the locking ring, so I was thinking of buying some Plastidip and coating the outside with it. Even as I am typing this, my nemesis is "stuck" in the unlocked position. The locking ring is a smooth chromed finish and is very slippery. I've been meaning to try this, since having to struggle with a locking ring can be a pain.
 

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my Ego had a smooth bottom dial on a smooth stainless steel... it was a pain to turn. I had some rubber washers laying around and glued it to the bottom.

I have a similar problem with my nemesis mod's locking ring. I cannot find a short but wide rubber band to slip around the locking ring, so I was thinking of buying some Plastidip and coating the outside with it. Even as I am typing this, my nemesis is "stuck" in the unlocked position. The locking ring is a smooth chromed finish and is very slippery. I've been meaning to try this, since having to struggle with a locking ring can be a pain.

I find ordinary silicone to be quite usefull.
 

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I am a chiropractor & I help my patients switch from analogs. I also worry about fiddliness, more on the level of comprehension & willingness to do the fiddling than dexterity.

I buy & then sell them an Ego-V mega vv/vw 1300 mah & a couple of protank 3 minis. I really like those minis for flavor & vapor production. Have to fill them quite often but the coil lasts quite a while w/most juices. The battery lasts a day for most users. It's great that the battery shows battery life remaining, no guesswork. It has a little screen on which they can change voltage/watts. Lightweight & seems sturdy.

An MVP would work well also. I have shown mine to smokers & for some reason, they often don't like the looks & prefer the Ego-v.
 
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