Losing plenty of money vaping

[FRANKSTER]

I like him.. He's "that guy." The one who goes against the grain every now and then and plays devil's advocate. I think it keeps people on their toes. Gives people a different look at things. When this happens people start asking questions in the forum or to the vendors and if they receive enough pressure, changes will happen. Whether that be through price, putting out a decent product, or simplifying the product to the point where a person doesn't have to stumble across this site in order in order to get what they need the first time around.

I say keep it up Frankster! Just don't get pissy when people don't agree with you or see things exactly as you do.

I will not stop. I see something I do not like or do not understand and I must say something. I said something good about the sb and I also said great thing about the dulsis, but I cannot help all the other things I talk about. I fail I have a valid argument. I am happy for all the people on ecf who have found their 2 or 3 juices that they can vape all day. The juice I want is out of stock so I must vape juice that in my opinion is horrible...There is nothing I can do about that but keep trying.

Also, controversy is good, it keeps you thinking and questioning everything around you. I also think it's fun

btw...is Turkish tobacco e-liquid suppose to smell and taste like perfume? I am not trying to be funny but I have a turkish tobacco that I am vaping right that smells and taste like a flower. God...where is the Dulsis!

 

[robblundberg]

i have one of those sigs that actually accounts for how much you spend on your initial investment of a kit, and how much you spend daily on carto's+liquid. my sig is 100%correct on how long i've been off cigs and how much i've saved compared to buying a PAD of marlboro reds.

i'm an 808 user btw. no interest in fat batt's or mods. my 808 stuff is great and i have absolutely saved a ton of money. my vaping habit costs me on average about 12 dollars a week. as compared to 35 or 40 dollars a week on smokes. to me those sigs that don't take the price of the kit and daily expense of vaping in to account are meaningless. all they do is tell you how longs you've been off cigs, they're not being truthful about how much you saved if you've saved at all.

 

[JDidGirl]

Enough with my initial purchase (about $70... which included the e-cig, 1 extra atomizer, & 2 bottles of juice) I ended up saving a little money the first week I purchased my device. Now don't get me wrong... I didn't come across this site till after I started vaping so I didn't see all the more expensive (and much cooler) products on the market. My e-cig wasn't that expensive, but it works fine for me. Would I like something a little stronger or would I like a cool new device to try? Certainly... but I don't really need it. That's where the money comes in. Starting with something small that works and then seeing something new and exciting and spending another $100 or $200 for it. It would be very, very easy to spend a lot of money on this hobby, but I usually just keep myself in check by finding a new flavor at a reasonable cost and I'm good for a while after that. You just have to spend smart if you want to actually save the money. But I don't even look at it like that... I look at it as how much better I feel... not to mention smell.

 

[sweetmeat]

I used to spend about 150$ a month on cigs, I have a riva and a slim 510 and a fair amount of juice (I drip using attys and haven't lost one yet). I'm definitely spending less than 100$ a month on vaping supplies and now that I'm set for awhile, it'll be much less, so there is a way to save money by vaping. I'm definitely tempted to buy more juice, but thats a want, not a need at the moment!

 

[PsychOfMSE]

I am talking about the start of vaping...I did not go to vendors well, I did do a few mindlessly stupid purchases, but thankfully I got my money back because the batteries were defective. I went to Grimm Greene, I watched almost every video he put out. I do not think you would find one vapor to frown upon the Grimm.

While I enjoy his videos you have to be insane to think he is completely unbias. Almost every review he does is a positive review. He is not very critical of products. I think one of the only videos I've seen of him slamming a product is his first review of the eGo-T, then he revised it and gave it a glowing review.

You have to take what he says with a grain of salt and come to your own conclusions.

Also, I believe you have been quite wasteful with your purchases, and then you complain about spending so much money.

I've let vaping bite me in the wallet but I'm still ahead of what I would've spent on cigs, not to mention my lungs are clearing up!

 

[TruSound]

This is just me, the e-cig is about saving yourself...not money.

I never really thought I'd be able to quit the analogs, I liked smoking quite a bit, to the tune of 200 dollars a month. I purchased my first e-cig, the Greensmoke kit mid September and have smoked 1 analog since. Naturally the mod bug bit, next step was the Ego-T, then a big jump to the Apex Alpha Ultramax, I've since sold the Greensmoke and the Apex recouping most of the purchase price.

The Ego gets me by for now, the one I'm hoping will end the hunt for the perfect device will be the SuperT manufacturing PrecisePlus with a carto/tank setup.

Bottom line is...I'm saving lots of money, no more burn holes in car seats and clothing, ashes everywhere, don't stink to high heaven...and I can smoke my e-cig anywhere.

 

[Adam the Aussie]

In Australia cigs are $14 for a pack of 25, which I smoked 8 packs per week which comes to $5,824.00 per year. So far on vaping I have spent about $700 and I'm pretty much set for the next 3 months. I expect to spend about another $300 on juices, replacement batteries and cartos over the next 7 months. That puts me at annual spend of about $1,000.00, a saving of a tick under $5,000.00.

Am I saving money vaping? Too right.

Do I feel a lot better vaping? You betcha!

Doesn't matter which way you spin it, I'm miles in front socially, physically and financially.

 

[grandmato5]

Most banners you see at the bottom of post represent dollars saved solely based upon cigarettes not purchased and don't in any way take in to account dollars spent on vaping supplies.

The lower ones cost of smoking the less money they will save on vaping. If your smoking cost was only $50 per month and another persons was $400 per month the person that was spending $400 a month has a lot more room for spending money on vaping supplies and still having the ability to save money vaping. Unless two people were spending the same amount on smoking its impossible to compare savings on vaping.

Unless a person gets really lucky and immediately finds what works best for them in hardware and juice there is going to be a relatively high start up cost to vaping. Much about vaping is subjective to ones own needs and taste. What works best for me may very well not be what another person prefer in hardware and juice. Many of us choose to enjoy the hobby aspect of vaping once we get started.

Juice is probably the most subjective aspect of vaping. As you've already found, my favorite juice may be your worse nightmare. DIY is the least expensive way to get your juice BUT that comes with a startup cost too.

 

[teknojack66]

I quit smoking after 31 years of PAD menthols. Lucky for me, I have good genetics and (as far as I know) didn't develop cancer or emphysema. Before I quit analogs for good 5 weeks ago, I did ALOT of research online. And the day my Icon V1.1 arrived in the mail was the last day I smoked an analog. Like some others here, I had tried to quit for years, and nothing worked. Vaping does, at least for me. I have "quit" before for small amount of times, but always had a feeling in the back of my mnid, that it wouldn't last. And it didn't.

Despite all my "research", I spent too much money on juices I didn't like (despite the fact that many rave about them). Yes, it subjective. And yes, OF COURSE I didn't throw them out! They are listed FT on the classifieds as we speak. But even if I'm stuck with them, I would rather vape the most vile of them than find myself puffing again on an analog.

My perspective is that vaping might be a hobby, but its a hobby that literally is saving my life. I know it sounds dramatic, but when my doctor told me right before I quit, that I would consider myself lucky to die of cancer rather than emphysema, because that's a nasty way to go, Thank God I listened, and Thank God there's enough of a vaping community/industry to support me.

 

[FRANKSTER]

Most banners you see at the bottom of post represent dollars saved solely based upon cigarettes not purchased and don't in any way take in to account dollars spent on vaping supplies.

The lower ones cost of smoking the less money they will save on vaping. If your smoking cost was only $50 per month and another persons was $400 per month the person that was spending $400 a month has a lot more room for spending money on vaping supplies and still having the ability to save money vaping. Unless two people were spending the same amount on smoking its impossible to compare savings on vaping.

Unless a person gets really lucky and immediately finds what works best for them in hardware and juice there is going to be a relatively high start up cost to vaping. Much about vaping is subjective to ones own needs and taste. What works best for me may very well not be what another person prefer in hardware and juice. Many of us choose to enjoy the hobby aspect of vaping once we get started.

Juice is probably the most subjective aspect of vaping. As you've already found, my favorite juice may be your worse nightmare. DIY is the least expensive way to get your juice BUT that comes with a startup cost too.

Hello there, I get your point on the banners only taking into account what they would have saved on smoking. The reason my cost thus far has been so high is because of the juice. If I had 2 or 3 that I can vape all day, my problem would be over and than the cost would be reduced substantially, but that is not happening by a long shot. There are thus far only 2 juices that I can vape all day. One of which is out of stock and the other does not accept american express. Therefore, I have no choice right now but to have a not so good vaping experience.

 

[markfm]

One note, tastes can change really drastically over the first several months. I know that the eliquids I really liked at months 1 and 2 were nowhere near what I vaped out around month 4. I'm talking really huge swings.

For trade is a valid option, otherwise things that are a bit blah to someone early might be put to the side for a bit, revisited later.

Also, expect hitting some dead times where just about anything has little flavor. This doesn't mean a given eliquid is bad, just that your taste buds are temporarily on pause. Typically this clears in a day or so but it can recur for some time. I haven't had dead buds in at least 10 months, but it was a pita for the early on.

 

[Shilo]

Deleted not worth my time

 

[PsychOfMSE]

Hello there, I get your point on the banners only taking into account what they would have saved on smoking. The reason my cost thus far has been so high is because of the juice. If I had 2 or 3 that I can vape all day, my problem would be over and than the cost would be reduced substantially, but that is not happening by a long shot. There are thus far only 2 juices that I can vape all day. One of which is out of stock and the other does not accept american express. Therefore, I have no choice right now but to have a not so good vaping experience.

You realize you can buy a pre-paid visa card at any drug store, right?

 

[FRANKSTER]

You realize you can buy a pre-paid visa card at any drug store, right?

I did not know that...I live on the fringes of society...how much are they and thanks for the info...I really did not know that

Thanks alot

 

[pyro13g]

And have you burnt all those atties/cartos/ batteries and juices up? I've been at this 21 months and am nowhere near $700.00 bucks. Juice is less than $0.50 a day 3-4ml. Batteries about $100 all still working, 3 passthroughs $50. Gallon VG $35 Gallon PG $37 DIY kit to make $42, last round of flavors $37, Cartos $66.00, atties $55, my BLu kit 70 + carts 50.

$542 and I won't be spending any more until I burn through 5 atties and 25 cartos. Set on juice for life I think unless I want to try something new. If I get off my rear and make something killer out of stuff I've pulled apart(mostly powering multiple atties) I have quite a few more coils at my disposal.

 

[FRANKSTER]

We are all "that guy" and question things and have had problems its just some chose to word things nicely I believe they call that diplomacy & thoughtfulness (even when making a complaint or raising a question) and others can come across as abrasive.

The only reason I interjected at all is Frankster got pretty sensitive to things said to him and basically went off on a vet. If you're going to be brutally honest get a thicker skin in regards to others people's replies. That was my only point.

Was there a reason for this post...I can take criticism as well as anyone...maybe it is b/c I am from New York. Still, there is no reason for your comment...How do you know what I am feeling when I write my post? I am sitting at my computer lmao and you make it sound like I am throwing a fit. Shouldn't you be on a ledge somewhere. People on ecf are way too serious this is vaping not brain surgery.

 

[ambientech]

I made my own cigs with a machine and it cost me about 200-220 a month at 4 packs a day for me and the wife. Yes you can MYO cheaper but I enjoyed smoking tobacco not smoking tree bark so I bought good tobacco. When we smoked marlboros it cost us around 650 a month. I spend 50 a month on 10 atty's and with regular cleaning they last about a month with some less and some longer. I spend 50 bucks on juice 3 times a month so that comes to 200 a month for vaping. We don't use all the juice and even with the juice we don't like we are actually building up stock trying new flavors.

We both have provari's so at worst case we may need a 10 dollar battery every now and again. so other than start up costs if your not saving money or breaking even you are being wasteful or paying too much for your supplies.

 

[pyro13g]

Rough estimate of daily cost so far to vape = $0.86 USD Analogs almost $6.00 at the moment. Put it all in a goggle apps spreadsheet and keep track of daily cost. The initial outlay of cash seems expensive, but over time your daily vape costs should be headed downward.

 

[chopperguys]

to the question from dankie on page 3 the holster is a belt clip leather holster for my provari to protect and can tape while its in there from serenity gear website i should have mine soon i can send a pic and review after i get it if you want they seem to make for all mods and box also

 

[FRANKSTER]

Rough estimate of daily cost so far to vape = $0.86 USD Analogs almost $6.00 at the moment. Put it all in a goggle apps spreadsheet and keep track of daily cost. The initial outlay of cash seems expensive, but over time your daily vape costs should be headed downward.

You are the best. go get em.