Lost my Vape, Had a smoke, Was surprised

[Mr. Miyagi]

Sooo.
I lost my sigelei 150 watt at the airport in taiwan before security.
Noticed it was missing after security (early morning flight, hadnt slept, was on the phone, doing too much at once i suppose)
Anyways, tried to figure out how to get it back by going back out through security.... But apparently, that was impossible, and no one spoke english, so I got super ...agitated... and before I blew up at the next person, I went in to the smoke room and bummed a smoke off some dude. (Cuz i was seriously agitated at this point). Dont get me wrong, i had had a few puffs post vape, but this is the first real full smoke I had. I am not posting this because ive worked myself up in to some guilt trip because I failed myself, I dont really care in that respect...I dont regret having one, because I might have ended up ... doing something bad at a foreign airport out of sheer annoyance and frustration.
Anyways, I remember, when I first started vaping, there was always ...something missing. Something...no there that was there with cigarettes.
Now, The cigarette, Burning my eyes and tasting terrible, and leaving a smell on my fingers that lasted for hours ...all that aside... There is now something missing with cigarettes.
If I had to name something... I would say that the wattage in the cigarette seems too low... or the ohms too high.... Or both, Kinda kidding, but its like that feeling... That coupled with the fact that the airflow is not enough and unfortunately, its not adjustable.... And... I kept trying to draw like i do with my vape, long and slow.... and no... i could only manage short pulls.
The point... Is I just find it weird that I definitely felt something was missing when I started vaping... Something wasnt there, but now, when I went back to smoking, Its like... everything is missing.

Needless to say, the remaining 12 hours of my journey home and to my house from the airport, I didnt crave a cigarette at all.

BUT MAN, when I got home... DID I EVER CHAIN VAPE!

On the upside, I already rebought the Sigelei, This time in Red, And stuck on Mechs till it gets here.

 

[jambi]

Best true smoking vs. vaping story I've yet seen. Nice to see a departure from the standard "It tasted horrible! / "Woe is me I relapsed!" account.

 

[GinnyTx]

you're one of the lucky ones too Miyagi..same here..took a couple puffs off a friend's two weeks into vaping..I'm cured!

glad it wasn't great for you (that'd be the worst) and happy vaping!!!

 

[Eli - The Gods Elixir]

Awesome story! I remember about 5 months in when I started vaping, I had a cigarette and it nearly killed me! Felt like I was smoking chemicals... oh wait.. i was :\

 

[TraceyS]

Last year I was out of town and broke my tank and was stressed....bought a pack of smokes. I smoked 3 that night and 1 the next morning then went in search of a new tank, got it and picked back up vaping. This is the first time ever in my life that I did not immediately at that moment begin to chain smoke and not able to put them down. I still had the pack months later and thew them out. I didn't want the smokes at all and it was a first

Tracey

 

[Mr. Miyagi]

Yea, I mean, it did taste horrible, but, I had smoked before, and in my country,people can smoke indoors still, so I still deal with the smell alot, and am usually going in to the smoking rooms to Vape. So i knew it would taste bad. This was... more that there was no power behind the cigarette. I have some mechs, and I would say, this mech hits hard. (when I moved to regulated... it also hits hard when I want it too)
This cigarette, apart from the bad taste... was just weak... it didnt really do anything for me.,...I suppose it calmed me a little... but... in a very unsatisfying... i want my vape ...kinda way...
Something that i can take a big lung inhale from and blow out a fairly decent size cloud that doesnt burn the heck out of my eyes. kept trying to lung hit the cig, to no avail.
geez smoking really sucks compared to vaping!

 

[issy]

I love the way you put the paradigm shift into words...that was a great read, Mr. Miyagi, thank you!

 

[sucram]

I went to the soke room in sng airport for a vape, walked 2m and had to leave. Resorted to a bathroom till i found a hardly used room and even then on the odd smoker it was feral.

I also lost my mod on the 2nd last day of 3 weeks away, lucky i had a back up. Still better then the mrs who lost prescription sunnies before we even got on a plane. Quite funny though, treated her like a child for a bit when she held onto the passports.

 

[Mr. Miyagi]

I went to the soke room in sng airport for a vape, walked 2m and had to leave. Resorted to a bathroom till i found a hardly used room and even then on the odd smoker it was feral.

I also lost my mod on the 2nd last day of 3 weeks away, lucky i had a back up. Still better then the mrs who lost prescription sunnies before we even got on a plane. Quite funny though, treated her like a child for a bit when she held onto the passports.

smoke rooms are the worst. Its like.. A bunch of second hand smoke for the non smokers. I would be happy if they invested in vape rooms.

 

[sucram]

They will never do it. Not in our life time atleast. Only option is to use a handful of tissues and be a ninja

 

[LilWhiteClouder]

Sooo.
I lost my sigelei 150 watt at the airport in taiwan before security.
Noticed it was missing after security (early morning flight, hadnt slept, was on the phone, doing too much at once i suppose)
Anyways, tried to figure out how to get it back by going back out through security.... But apparently, that was impossible, and no one spoke english, so I got super ...agitated... and before I blew up at the next person, I went in to the smoke room and bummed a smoke off some dude. (Cuz i was seriously agitated at this point). Dont get me wrong, i had had a few puffs post vape, but this is the first real full smoke I had. I am not posting this because ive worked myself up in to some guilt trip because I failed myself, I dont really care in that respect...I dont regret having one, because I might have ended up ... doing something bad at a foreign airport out of sheer annoyance and frustration.
Anyways, I remember, when I first started vaping, there was always ...something missing. Something...no there that was there with cigarettes.
Now, The cigarette, Burning my eyes and tasting terrible, and leaving a smell on my fingers that lasted for hours ...all that aside... There is now something missing with cigarettes.
If I had to name something... I would say that the wattage in the cigarette seems too low... or the ohms too high.... Or both, Kinda kidding, but its like that feeling... That coupled with the fact that the airflow is not enough and unfortunately, its not adjustable.... And... I kept trying to draw like i do with my vape, long and slow.... and no... i could only manage short pulls.
The point... Is I just find it weird that I definitely felt something was missing when I started vaping... Something wasnt there, but now, when I went back to smoking, Its like... everything is missing.

Needless to say, the remaining 12 hours of my journey home and to my house from the airport, I didnt crave a cigarette at all.

BUT MAN, when I got home... DID I EVER CHAIN VAPE!

On the upside, I already rebought the Sigelei, This time in Red, And stuck on Mechs till it gets here.

I enjoyed reading this as well. Similar experience a couple of weeks ago and I am not one worry over a cig here or there. Thing was awful and felt myself wanting to up the wattage and take lung hits. Very dissatisfied with it and threw it away after I got a quick nic fix. And this was on a camel light! I swore i would never be dissatisfied over one of these. Course I prob had a few beers. I very much agree and thought there was something missing when u first started vaping. Now I know there is something missing when using analogs - the pleasure of a good vape session

 

[SissySpike]

sorry for your loss the first time I went threw Taiwan I missed my flight I had to wait 12 hrs for the next flight so I left and got lost for 2 days But thats a whole different story and not all bad! Sorry for your troubles Ive had a couple of smokes and I agree they just arent what you need after awhile. .

 

[Mr. Miyagi]

Thing was awful and felt myself wanting to up the wattage and take lung hits.

See This!!!!
this times 1000!
Vaping is the best. you can up the power. You can make it as strong as you want. Smoking will never be the same as Vaping is for me.... Vaping will always be that much better

 

[cinetrope]

Maybe if the TSA worked together with the FDA they could put a dent in the relapse rate.

 

[cocacola31173]

That is why when I go somewhere I know Im going to be for a while I always have a little ego and a mini protank in a hard case that will fit in my pocket...not much but better then nothing at all.

I know for a fact I will never go back to cigarettes. After a year of vaping I decided to try one. When I inhaled though my brain was expecting apple caramel goodness....and did not get that! I don't think I could ever go back now that I know there are better things.

 

[Bunnykiller]

next time.... place a small drop of juice on the finger and lick it up.. stops the urge to vape/smoke... remember!! a small drop

 

[Papillon61]

I do have the very occasional cigarette here and there, if only to see whether I still like them. I always find I don't, and like OP said, they do absolutely nothing for me. I find vaping is a whole experience in the way smoking is not. Smoking is like satisfying a need, while vaping is so much more. If I were to look for an analogy it might be that smoking is like drinking a quick glass of water to quench your thirst... you do it automatically without giving it a second thought. Vaping is like drinking a fine wine... you do it for the pleasure of it, you savour the complexity, the uptake and the after taste... you talk about it and think of sharing it with others. LOL I know I am funny but there you go - I just enjoy the whole experience of vaping.

 

[Mr. Miyagi]

next time.... place a small drop of juice on the finger and lick it up.. stops the urge to vape/smoke... remember!! a small drop

Noticed I lost my vape after my bag had been checked with all my juices in it. Didnt have any on me If I remember correctly... but next time Ill remember to keep an extra bottle if that actually helps.

I do have the very occasional cigarette here and there, if only to see whether I still like them. I always find I don't, and like OP said, they do absolutely nothing for me. I find vaping is a whole experience in the way smoking is not. Smoking is like satisfying a need, while vaping is so much more. If I were to look for an analogy it might be that smoking is like drinking a quick glass of water to quench your thirst... you do it automatically without giving it a second thought. Vaping is like drinking a fine wine... you do it for the pleasure of it, you savour the complexity, the uptake and the after taste... you talk about it and think of sharing it with others. LOL I know I am funny but there you go - I just enjoy the whole experience of vaping.

Great analogy.
The cigarettes do not satisfy anymore...
its really hard to explain how much more you get from vaping... now that the cigs are gone.

 

[DC2]

I remember the first cigarette I had after I had been vaping for awhile.
I was amazed at the lack of smoke, the wispiness, and of course how bad it tasted.

And I was just using a 510 atomizer at 3.7 volts.

 

[Mr. Miyagi]

Menthols arent as bad from what I remember, but cigarettes even lack the throat hit. its like... bad tasting juice on the weakest possible cigalike...

the shift though is incredible. I remember vaping, and was like... Its cool, but there is something missing, something that I get with cigarettes that I dont get with vaping.
and then I have a cig after almost a year vaping exclusively. And its like any pleasurable experience is gone. Nothing. Not even strong enough nic hit.