Lifestyle determines gear?

[John1952]

I've been spending way too much time reading ECF, and I find it fascinating.

I've been vaping for like 10 days now, and it's working perfectly for me. But I read these threads, and I'm realizing that I'm just a Phase I guy, and eventually I'll move up to more heavy duty gear.

Right now, I use wimpy equipment: Two 510 manuals, plus a single Eluma automatic. That minimal gear has worked perfectly for me. I prefer cartomizers, and I fill my own with a few juices (more are coming next week).

But I work out of my house. I have no problem keeping these few batteries charged, so my simple equipment works fine. But if I had a job, it would probably be a different story.

Most people don't have the luxury of working out of their house. So, my question: How much of the need for longer life batteries is driven by the fact that you're not at home all day?

 

[dlsw]

Hi and welcome! I am using 808's and only vape a few times during the day while traveling, so it works out well. I am looking for larger cartomizer/ tank set ups as it is annoying to top off cartomizers during my chain vaping sessions at night at home. I have extra batteries and chargers, so enough gear isn't a problem and I have back ups. I think your set up is perfect for you.

 

[mekks]

Me its not so much that i'm not home all day as I could charge at work if i need to, I like not having to be constantly charging batteries all the time. I especially like the pass through style that you can charge and use at the same time.

 

[base234]

I have wall chargers, USB chargers and car chargers. If I don't have at least one charged battery, shame on me.

 

[Rule62]

I spend about 6 to 7 hours outdoors every day, so the choice for me was to carry 3 or 4 stick type batteries, and 2 or 3 full cartos, or 1 PV and 1 carto that would last. For me, a CE2 that holds 1.8 ml of juice, and my Provari, with 1 18490 battery does the trick.
When I'm home, I don't sit in one place too long, so I don't like passthroughs. I'll either use the same cartos as when I'm out, or direct drip on an atomizer.

 

[Unkempt]

Ide say some of my reasons behind equipment is due to working away from home and outside most the time, so i cant charge all the time if i needed to. Thats why i got my E-Power. But a week later i got a lavatube just because once i saw what more voltage could so i had to have more I started with a NJOY and had to charge all the time and really didnt care for it that much.

 

[Envithyx]

I've been spending way too much time reading ECF, and I find it fascinating.

I'm just a Phase I guy, and eventually I'll move up to more heavy duty gear.

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But I work out of my house. I have no problem keeping these few batteries charged, so my simple equipment works fine. But if I had a job, it would probably be a different story.

Most people don't have the luxury of working out of their house. So, my question: How much of the need for longer life batteries is driven by the fact that you're not at home all day?

Nothing wrong with being in phase 1. You're vaping and made/making the switch.

I work from home, so this will come at ya from the other perspective...

Even working from home, I hated the smaller batteries due to the inconsistency I would get over the course of the battery life. Starts strong, gets going good, mellowed out way too soon. Found myself saving the batteries for when I had to run to the store, etc...

Found myself using a pt all the time, even if that meant going to where it was plugged in to get a vape. Much more consistent and I could feel/taste/vape the difference.

In the end, got a large battery (IMR 18650, 2000mAh) with my last pv not based on where I work or being out all day, but just for the convenience that I know it will perform the same regardless. Well, helps that the pv also makes it perform the same all day, but yeah, you get the idea.

 

[Rickajho]

Most people don't have the luxury of working out of their house. So, my question: How much of the need for longer life batteries is driven by the fact that you're not at home all day?

In my case it had nothing to do with it. I have been dealing with rechargeable batteries for decades. And the idea of yet one more "thing" in my life that needed more fussing with charging and recharging has no appeal whatsoever. I already knew the writing on the wall regarding a 510 kit with "smaller than AAA" rechargeable batteries inside and running for a charger every hour - be it indoors or out - just wasn't gonna happen. I headed straight for 900 and 1000 mAh batteries in my first eGo kits for that reason. Charging once a day is a more than sufficient "life style experience" for me.

 

[Jammin]

I've been spending way too much time reading ECF, and I find it fascinating.

I've been vaping for like 10 days now, and it's working perfectly for me. But I read these threads, and I'm realizing that I'm just a Phase I guy, and eventually I'll move up to more heavy duty gear.

Right now, I use wimpy equipment: Two 510 manuals, plus a single Eluma automatic. That minimal gear has worked perfectly for me. I prefer cartomizers, and I fill my own with a few juices (more are coming next week).

But I work out of my house. I have no problem keeping these few batteries charged, so my simple equipment works fine. But if I had a job, it would probably be a different story.

Most people don't have the luxury of working out of their house. So, my question: How much of the need for longer life batteries is driven by the fact that you're not at home all day?

Even if I was home all day, I got tired of the 510 lack of battery life. I used my 510 for about the first month of vaping. Its been ego-T's ever since.

 

[Ladypixel]

I can either work from home or from my desk at my office, and both have computers. So charging isn't an issue for me when I'm at home or at work. For me, the issue is when I go out places. The 510-style batteries died far too quickly for me on the go, and I had to carry at least 2 charged plus the one I was using at any given time, so that was 3 batts I was always lugging around with me, not counting any spares.

My husband still likes cartomizers (although he recently picked up a tank and pierced cart, so he's incredibly happy with not filling his carts all the time). Still, he's far more prone to using them than I am. I like to fill stuff when I'm at home, but I dislike carrying bottles around with me as my husband does, so I have a couple Riva-T tanks and my ego-T tanks, plus I have a 3ml and 6ml tank en-route.

For me, at least, I like to have 2-3 flavors available to vape at any given moment, because I discovered that for me, I REALLY like variety. So I typically have a tobacco flavor, a creamy flavor, and some other flavor (recently the other flavor's been caramel apple, but this may change) so that I have a variety of tastes to choose from. The tobacco flavor's for when I either a) get the urge for a cigarette, or b) just want something that doesn't have much sweetness to it. The other two are interchangeable depending on whether I want creamy or non-creamy taste at the time. In my case, this means I tend to have two Riva-T tanks on either 650 or 900 batts, plus one ego-T on an ego-T atomizer on me at any given time. I find that this way, I never run out of battery life, never run out of juice (even if I'm at work all day and then go out somewhere afterwards), and that I always have the variety I seek.

 

[Riverboat]

I've been spending way too much time reading ECF, and I find it fascinating.

I've been vaping for like 10 days now, and it's working perfectly for me. But I read these threads, and I'm realizing that I'm just a Phase I guy, and eventually I'll move up to more heavy duty gear.

Right now, I use wimpy equipment: Two 510 manuals, plus a single Eluma automatic. That minimal gear has worked perfectly for me. I prefer cartomizers, and I fill my own with a few juices (more are coming next week).

But I work out of my house. I have no problem keeping these few batteries charged, so my simple equipment works fine. But if I had a job, it would probably be a different story.

Most people don't have the luxury of working out of their house. So, my question: How much of the need for longer life batteries is driven by the fact that you're not at home all day?

Battery life is one thing, but bigger battery performance is the other thing to consider... When you jump to large battery Mod and use Low resistance atomizers you will really know what vaping can be.. The larger batteries can deliver way more amps under load... Stop playing around with those fasion e-cigs... get something good/ I dont know mabey a Provari... Get some good VG juice and start dripping on a atomizer for the best taste and performance........... You will be amazed at the difference............................

 

[wv2win]

It's not just a matter of needing to charge all the time with the mini-battery models. As batteries drain, their performance suffers. So if you are getting an hour on a charge, only the first half hour of that charge is producing near full charge and the best vaping performance. Once you go over about the half way mark, the battery output drops and the performance of your PV suffers.

If you have a battery that last 6 hours, you will get 3 hours of near top performance.

If you do what many of us have done and move up to models that are regulated and have boost circuit technology, then they have circuits that keep the battery output at full power until the battery dies. In other words, the ultimate in consistency and no battery drain issue at all.

So for many of us, it comes down to performance as much as it does convienence.

 

[Jammin]

It's also not just a matter of needing to charge all the time with the mini-battery models. As batteries drain, their performance suffers. So if you are getting an hour on a charge, only the first half hour of that charge is producing near full charge and the best vaping performance. Once you go over about the half way mark, the battery output drops and the performance of your PV suffers.

If you have a battery that last 6 hours, you will get 3 hours of near top performance.

If you do what many of us have done and moved up to models that are regulated and have boost circuit technology, then they have circuits that keep the battery output at full power until the battery dies. In other words, the ultimate in consistency and no battery drain issue at all.

So for many of us, it comes down to performance as much as it does convienence.

You are absolutely right about that. With a 510, you really only get half the time at full throttle, it starts dropping in performance little by little at about halfway through the charge.

 

[Ladypixel]

I'll third that drop in performance on a 510 batt. The taste of the juice suffered, the vapor production suffered, both at about the halfway point of the battery's charge... and from there, it all just spiralled downhill rapidly.

 

[Riverboat]

You are absolutely right about that. With a 510, you really only get half the time at full throttle, it starts dropping in performance little by little at about halfway through the charge.

Thats why all us old timers have jumped to Variable voltage/wattage setups.... Same performance through out the battery charge................

 

[dearme]

I'm retired so I can suit myself re running around. My big thing is convenience and no fuss or muss. I started out with the most convenient PVs for me. They each last a day+ on battery, and each carry enough juice on board for at least a couple of days. I use all 3 PVs every day.

 

[Victorian]

Battery life is one thing, but bigger battery performance is the other thing to consider... When you jump to large battery Mod and use Low resistance atomizers you will really know what vaping can be.. The larger batteries can deliver way more amps under load... Stop playing around with those fasion e-cigs... get something good/ I dont know mabey a Provari... Get some good VG juice and start dripping on a atomizer for the best taste and performance........... You will be amazed at the difference............................

oh! that one is pretty

 

[Huuwap]

I think battery life for me is mostly due to me not wanting to have a battery on the charger all the time. Coming from two packs a day, smoking at my desk at home when not at work, I need something that will work when I want it to work without worrying about it too much.

With my KGOs, when I get a flavor change or difference in vapor heat, I use the charged one on my desk and put the one I've been using on the charger. It takes about an hour and a half to charge one, and 12 hours or so to bring the other down to a level that prompts me to do the change-out again. So my vote is one for convenience.

 

[hairball]

How much of the need for longer life batteries is driven by the fact that you're not at home all day?

I use mods but it's not because of the longer life. It's because I want higher voltages. Even when I go out, I take a mod with me. If the little batteries are satisfying you, then stick with them.

 

[sailorman]

I'm home all day and mostly in front of a computer. I could use a passthrough, but I use a big battery mod because I know I'll get top performance for a long time. I chain vape and get 4-5 hours on a 14500, even longer on a 18650, before I notice any drop off in vapor production at all. Technically speaking, I could use a passthrough exclusively, but the cord's a bother.