Seriously? Disingenuous? You do realize that people make their calculations based on what they used to spend on cigs, not on what you spend on cigs, right?
Negative waves?
I love your last comment there.
Seriously? Disingenuous? You do realize that people make their calculations based on what they used to spend on cigs, not on what you spend on cigs, right?
Negative waves?
Sure, but that is a choice isn't it. I have spent a lot of money - though like I said it was for a very specific reason. The in-law who introduced me to vaping started 6 months ago with 2 ego batteries and a couple of CE4s. She is still using ego batteries and CE4s and has not smoked a single analog in 6 months. With the price of cigarettes in the UK where she lives, you bet she has saved heaps of money. For a long while she had been rolling her own and still she has saved. Maybe the best decision she made was NOT to join any forums and allow herself to be taken over by shinitis. Mostly though - she has saved her life. Is there a price for that!
have you looked as fastech. they have a good selection of mods and tanks for very reasonable prices.also making your own juice can save you a lot of money.my nemesis mod cost less than $11 and my EK V2 tank was around $9 smart shopping could save you a lot of money.many people here use fastechObviously, I need to figure out the budget vaping part. So far it is kind of expensive. I can afford it, but smoking was cheaper for me. Hopefully, I will learn about the most economical ways to vape.
First off, no, just...no. The op isn't correct. Even with purchasing an expensive mod, batteries ect ect. For the average pack a day smoker, they were spending an average of $50 a week...$200 a month. Once you have your gear you have it, and your monthly cost drops considerably, so if you do the math, its still cheaper. Average battery life span is 300 charge cycles, so those should last there average vaper a year, 6 mos for more extreme vapers. Many nice mods are out now with internal batteries....buy those, use them till they won't hold a charge anymore then replace... Even cheaper yet.The op is right. No if ands or buts about it. Sure you can knock down the price considerably with DIY but you guys are leaving out all the hardware. Even if you buy all Chinese stuff. You are still looking at $100 or so for a setup that will give you a worth while vape experience. I vaped ego style and bought the cheapest juice I could find and I was still spending around $40-$50 a month on juice and coils. I was smoking on average a carton of Marlboro's a week before; so yeah, it was cheaper but then I was replacing tanks and batteries every few months. $15 here, $20 there... Then I was introduced to subohm vaping and have now spent upwards of $500 just on my two mods, ohm meter, RTA and RDA. i have also now started buying some more expensive juices... It's no longer "cheap" and I can feel it in my wallet.
First off, no, just...no. The op isn't correct. Even with purchasing an expensive mod, batteries ect ect. For the average pack a day smoker, they were spending an average of $50 a week...$200 a month. Once you have your gear you have it, and your monthly cost drops considerably, so if you do the math, its still cheaper. Average battery life span is 300 charge cycles, so those should last there average vaper a year, 6 mos for more extreme vapers. Many nice mods are out now with internal batteries....buy those, use them till they won't hold a charge anymore then replace... Even cheaper yet.
If you are out buying more stuff.... That's on you, it's a personal choice that can't be generalized as "cost of vaping". That's akin to someone buying a fancy Zippo, when a bic will do. Then say that person starts collecting Zippos..... Has their smoking cost gone up? No... They have added a new hobby expense.
Without proper guidance, many first timers wind up buying the wrong stuff and spending more then necessary on the beginning, but even with that factored in, for anyone who smoked at least a pack a day, they would be saving money after the first few months. Like I said above, if you are out buying new mods (GAS - gear acquisition syndrome, shinyitus etc.) that factors in to a hobby expense, it's no longer a fair comparison. You could buy an expensive mod, and everything needed, and still come in cheaper then smoking... And that's not factoring in saved money from medical issues that arise from smoking... Doctor visits, dental care etcMy experience has been quite different. When I was smoking off ego batteries and protanks. I had failures of switches, dud coils, broken tanks etc. and to not take into the account of hardware is just crazy. You can't vape without it.
This thread got me to thinking. I just did the math. If Hubby and I were still smoking we would have spent over $13,000.00 over the past 3 1/2 years on something that we would burn up and throw away. He still smokes about 2 cartons a month, down from 2 cartons a week.
Ummm... let's see:
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Over $15,000 NOT spent on cigs
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