Let Us Wax Nostalgic

[Jenn1181]

What are some things you remember about where vaping, and the vape community, was when you started? I have fun going back and watching some of the videos that helped get me through those early hurdles. The videos of someone using a Cisco lo-res atty on an Ego battery and going, "OMG look at this crazy vapor production!" Back when everyone wanted, no, needed Boba's Bounty and it came in the bottle that looked like a cologne bottle. And it was hard to squeeze out, but no one cared, because...Boba's Bounty.

Fluval blue foam modified cartridges. Having to order mod batteries from obscure flashlight companies. Using the little "condom" caps to suction refill carts or trying to sneak syringes to poke around that batting and drop juice. De-bridging atties. Matching your drip tip from Nhaler (RIP, Drew) to the LED light at the end of your Joye510. Puresmoker Tonic. RY4. When we thought clearomizers were awesome, even if they did suck, because I mean, no more dripping or soaking polyfil right! Back before the Ego was available in every color under the sun at your local vape shop, but you could get red, pink, and blue ones through Heaven's Gifts if you were willing to wait a month for it to ship from China. The Juicebox/Wetbox craze.

It is mind boggling how far vaping has come and how fast. What are some of your memories?

 

[Eitje]

Exploded ego battery and a hole in my couch to show for it
Ever since my charger is located in an old cake tin with plenty space around it to prevent future mishaps.

 

[Train2]

well, you went WAYBACK, but here's a little vapestalgia...
My stealth setup!
A carto, and a "Nano"!

 

[WillieB69]

Back when I started vaping, all we had were cigarette sized batteries and prefilled cartos! And we were happy to have them! We had to walk 100 miles uphill in the snow to the nearest convenience store that carried ecigs or order them from shady websites! You young whippersnappers don't even know the struggle we went through to find a decent vape and you're all soft with your 200W mods! Now get off my lawn!

 

[Eitje]

Back when I started vaping, all we had were cigarette sized batteries and prefilled cartos! And we were happy to have them! We had to walk 100 miles uphill in the snow to the nearest convenience store that carried ecigs or order them from shady websites! You young whippersnappers don't even know the struggle we went through to find a decent vape and you're all soft with your 200W mods! Now get off my lawn!

My mom made me inhale that menthol vape with my head under a towel when I was six... so decades ago. Talking about hard core ...

Walking in the snow blah blah...
I'd do it barefoot if I had to, to get my fix

 

[WillieB69]

My mom made me inhale that menthol vape with my head under a towel when I was six... so decades ago. Talking about hard core ...

Walking in the snow blah blah...
I'd do it barefoot if I had to, to get my fix

Gah..... My mom just dipped us in a 55 gallon drum of Vick's Vape O' Rub so we got our vape and so did anyone within a 10 ft radius of us!

 

[rhm3769]

Just like how I got here, people buying a Blu kit and after googling how to make it better, ending up here and falling in the rabbit hole....

 

[bman1977]

Just like how I got here, people buying a Blu kit and after googling how to make it better, ending up here and falling in the rabbit hole....

And the debt hole.....

 

[WillieB69]

Just like how I got here, people buying a Blu kit and after googling how to make it better, ending up here and falling in the rabbit hole....

There is definitely a rabbit hole aspect to it but it's pretty amazing how diverse vaping has gotten.

 

[B2L]

1.5 ohms was low ohms and 12 mg/ml was low nic, blue foam and tea bags, the Taryn spin, my first manual battery ,syringe mod carto tanks, stacking batteries in a Bolt, seems like a lifetime ago.

 

[zoiDman]

...

It is mind boggling how far vaping has come and how fast. What are some of your memories?

Getting Funny Looks in the Grocery Store while I measured Pyramid Tea Bags with a Digital Vernier Caliper.

LOL

 

[rhm3769]

And the debt hole.....

There is definitely a rabbit hole aspect to it but it's pretty amazing how diverse vaping has gotten.

I wouldn't call it a debt hole for some.... I didn't keep track of purchases, apart from the Blu kit, I've owned 2 two ego cc batteries, an itaste v3, I don't remember the name but it was like an ego battery but with vw, a mini protank 2, an aspire ets, a carto-tank and I currently only use a copper 4nine and black Wotofo Phantom, a nimbus clone, a single coil rda by smok, a Cthulhu v1 and Cthulhu v2, 2 vtc4s and a purple efest battery and I just got into DIY.... Between 2 and 4 ml a day, rebuild coils at least twice a month and wick with normal cotton balls.... The only way I can get cheaper than what I'm projecting for the future is to go unflavored and buying nic and VG in bulk....my single most expensive piece of gear is the Cthulhu v2 at $39.99 when I pre-ordered it a month ago....
If I stick with my ZampleBox subscription instead of going full DIY, that's $15 a month, a box lasts me two months roughly.... I have enough kanthal for awhile, cotton balls are cheap enough, I don't foresee shinitis getting me to buy more gear anytime soon.... If it'll keep that long, a liter of 100mg nic would last me 11 years....
Compared to $150 a month on smokes, its probably more now for 3 cartons a month compared to two years ago.... I'm happy....

 

[Darkstarncw]

I've posted these pictures before in other places, but it's a pretty fair assessment of my original and current setups.

Riva 900's with 1.8 ohm cartos, 1.5 ohm dc carto on a Buzzpro, and SI Volts.

 

[Boden]

3 AA Puck Mod

*Drops microphone exit stage left*

 

[WillieB69]

Gear I've owned/used:
(In order)
Started out on the little cigarette style batteries with prefilled cartos.
Moved on to filling my own cartos.
2 old school battery box mods.... still with cartos
Vaporbomb mod.... still with cartos
eGo C-Twists 1300 mAh batteris..... with cartos, clearomizers and bottom feeder clearos
PVI D2 with Kanger Sub Mini tank.

 

[Jenn1181]

Remember when Puresmoker came out with the Prodigy? It blew everyone's minds. Then there was the Chuck Mod, the Screwdriver, and the GLV2.

 

[Boden]

Laser mod was nice

 

[zoiDman]

How about the Darwin?

And the All-Time Winner...... Wait for it...... Wait for it......

The Vapezilla !!!

 

[Rule62]

Gosh, seems like a lifetime ago. Tea bags, blue foam, taryn spin, 808 connectors, 3 piece set ups, home made 14500 boxes, making home made carto tanks from syringe tubes.

 

[HauntedMyst]

I waxed nostalgic once. Thought the wife wanted me to try manscaping. (Actually, she just wanted me to do some landscaping but she had the flu and was mumbling and I didn't want to go anywhere near her because she was snotty gross so I misunderstood.) So I went in and had them give me the full Turtle Wax man job. It hurt like hell having every hair on my body below my beard ripped off by a sadistic Brazilian chic. Worst of all, she pretended she didn't know what I was saying when I asked her to close the curtain to the front window of her shop where I was strapped down on a table buck naked except for a dish towel over my business while she was working on me. The shop btw, is sandwiched in a high traffic location between a Dairy Queen and a Starbucks. Her assistant stood out front with a tip jar inviting people to watch. The assistant made $37.50 in tips off my pain and I got multiple bleeding wounds which cost me $150. Man was my wife surprised when I came home with a .... as shiny as a bowling ball instead of with the japanese maples she wanted. I was like "Well, next time, don't mumble."