First, let me say WOO-FREAKIN'-HOO. At long last (though not really that long for an order from the UK to SoCal)! I ordered (after weeks of research) on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend (not that this would slow a UK company down), and it arrived almost exactly 2 weeks later. Had it not been here by tomorrow I would have tried my luck again with customer service (they must be swamped, because I've NEVER gotten through or gotten a response), but thankfully, no need.
I thought that I'd give a quick run down on my initial reactions.
1st, and this is something that probably every EVO user already knows, but it's a very nice touch, the EVO comes ready to use out of the box. The battery is pre-charged. Which, since I've already been antsy beyond pantsy, this was very welcome (and known in advance).
Initial Reaction: The packaging was not nearly to the standard that many (if not most) of the alternatives display, but I was not dismayed. It made it through customs, and a 30 year old single malt in an old glass milk jug would still be a 30 year old single malt, if you know what I mean. Would I have appreciated a nice case, an effective display? God knows, but it's what's inside that counts.
2nd, the card that came included demonstrating use instructions included a 'quick start' diagram that had me up and vaping in about 3 minutes. This is my first e-cig, and I'd been worried through reading endless discussion about maintenance, etc, that it would be a touch more complicated than I expected. It was not. Easy as 1-2-3.
As my wife and daughter-- both non-smokers (the young-un's only 5, so good thing there-- crowded around, I took my first drag. Not bad, and they could see it in my face. My daughter actually jumped around singing "your electronic cigarette is here, your electronic cigarette is here!" She has, as every dutiful child should, been after me to quit smoking since the moment she could talk. This she sees as a breakthrough.
I am a pack and a half to 2 pack a day smoker, and have exceed that threshold often in the 27 years since I started. I've now had the EVO for about 5 hours, a period in which I would have easily smoked 10 cigarettes on any normal day. These days, I smoke Marlboro Ultra Lights, and since the EVO arrived I've lit 3. The first of these, after puffing on the EVO, actually tasted weaker than the included cartridges. I got a BETTER throat hit from the e-cig than the actual cig. I say I've lit three; I've actually smoked one of these to completion, extinguishing the other two and going back inside.
All in all, I'd have to say that my intial reaction to both the EVO and to e-cigarettes is one that I can rave about. My 3 cents, and I'd thought I'd share them.
Shanty.
PS. Thank you to Terraphon for his advice/assistance and great vids. Thanks to IGetcha for his great video reviews and maintenance advice!
I thought that I'd give a quick run down on my initial reactions.
1st, and this is something that probably every EVO user already knows, but it's a very nice touch, the EVO comes ready to use out of the box. The battery is pre-charged. Which, since I've already been antsy beyond pantsy, this was very welcome (and known in advance).
Initial Reaction: The packaging was not nearly to the standard that many (if not most) of the alternatives display, but I was not dismayed. It made it through customs, and a 30 year old single malt in an old glass milk jug would still be a 30 year old single malt, if you know what I mean. Would I have appreciated a nice case, an effective display? God knows, but it's what's inside that counts.
2nd, the card that came included demonstrating use instructions included a 'quick start' diagram that had me up and vaping in about 3 minutes. This is my first e-cig, and I'd been worried through reading endless discussion about maintenance, etc, that it would be a touch more complicated than I expected. It was not. Easy as 1-2-3.
As my wife and daughter-- both non-smokers (the young-un's only 5, so good thing there-- crowded around, I took my first drag. Not bad, and they could see it in my face. My daughter actually jumped around singing "your electronic cigarette is here, your electronic cigarette is here!" She has, as every dutiful child should, been after me to quit smoking since the moment she could talk. This she sees as a breakthrough.
I am a pack and a half to 2 pack a day smoker, and have exceed that threshold often in the 27 years since I started. I've now had the EVO for about 5 hours, a period in which I would have easily smoked 10 cigarettes on any normal day. These days, I smoke Marlboro Ultra Lights, and since the EVO arrived I've lit 3. The first of these, after puffing on the EVO, actually tasted weaker than the included cartridges. I got a BETTER throat hit from the e-cig than the actual cig. I say I've lit three; I've actually smoked one of these to completion, extinguishing the other two and going back inside.
All in all, I'd have to say that my intial reaction to both the EVO and to e-cigarettes is one that I can rave about. My 3 cents, and I'd thought I'd share them.
Shanty.
PS. Thank you to Terraphon for his advice/assistance and great vids. Thanks to IGetcha for his great video reviews and maintenance advice!
