Need help picking an E-Cig.

[hdcruzer]

I received my V2 a week ago. I havnt smoked a analog since....... I too smoked a pack somtimes more of Marlboro lights a day. With my starter kit i chose the V2 red at 12 mils and it seems to be perfect. The batterys on the new V2s are great, I get a full day easy on a charge. Im using the auto right now and have a manual coming. If you are looking to quit I think the look alikes are the way to go. If your looking to vape on a regular baisis then modding would probably be the way to go. Either way its way better than analogs...... Shipping is also fairly quick. I orderd mine on a sun Eve and received the following Fri..... Just so you know the Volt battery and the V2 batterys are the same, except the v2 autos are not sealed the volts are. V2 manuals are sealed....

 

[genelman]

Well, i guess most of the people here will agree with me, The best cig look alike is the Volt, it has parobably the longest battery life of all the cig look alike, although am not very fond of their flavors but i would rank it no#1, on the other hand, the best flavors imo is with the greensmoke, I find their tobacco full flavor is the closest to the Marlboro light.

I don't know much about the V2, but I would advise you to wait until the 16th when they introduce the new version. since you are only interested on the look alikes so I am not going to talk about the kGo and other stuff. Good luck to you.

 

[TravTech]

So right now I'm watching some videos on the Ego-C. I still think it is a bit too big for my liking. I guess I'm going to have to do some more research.

If it helps I work from home so I'm not super concerned about battery life as most of my time outside of the house and away from a charger would be a few hours at a time max.

Hey Off Topic thanks for the links but what would I put those on? Would those go to a 510 system I'm thinking about buying?

As a pretty new Vaper myself, I highly recommend the Ego-C starter kits. They are a little bigger than analogs but I adjusted almost instantly and haven't gone back to analogs since. The Ego-C's are very easy to setup and maintain and much less mess and hassle than the Ego-T in my opinion.

If you end up going this route, I highly recommend being sure to get a genuine Joye (Joyetech) it's well worth it. There are lots of cheap knockoffs out there and from my short experience I find that he knockoffs seems to have lower quality standards that can result in things like leakage or even crappy atomizers that either don't work or die way too early.

I was smoking 1.5 packs per day of Marlboro Reds. Luckily I found an acceptable juice flavor and started at 24mg nicotine. It allowed me to practically drop analogs cold turkey.

As for working from home, you'd probably want to eventually look into a USB passthru. It can be as small as the standard 650mah Ego battery but besides being a battery it also has a USB connection (and good length cord on the genuine Joye) so you can vape right at your computer while charging.

I've recently found the Genuine Joy Ego-C starter kit as low as around $46 online. So it's not that big of a lost investment if you decide to move on to something else. Or even pass them along to another new vaper. It comes with 2 full ecigs (battery, atomizer, and cone), 5 tanks, 5 atomizers, and a charger.

The passthru's can be found for like $24-26.

Good luck with your quitting!

 

[tica02]

I'm a newbie here too and I'll give a little of my experience. I bought some cheap starter kit from greensmartliving.com. The batteries take a hundred years to charge but I'm easily down to 4 analogs a day with it and some strawberry juice I picked up. So many people here are so helpful, I ended up ordering myself an epower on recommendation. Unfortunately, it was way too big for my tiny girl hands. Some people say you'll get used to it and you probably will. I just wasn't interested in the size - I only go two places, home and work. I can easily charge shorter batteries and have no problems.

So today I spent shopping. I wanted something for me and my mom that was simple for her to understand and something more dainty for me. I ended up choosing the G6 from Halocigs.com. I'm not a super heavy vaper, and 2 batteries will work just fine for me until I order a couple spares. Their ejuice is awesome if you like more tobacco flavors, and they have empty cartos you can refil. There cartos also don't get burned taste if they aren't completely wet.

I'm not saying a super slim pv is for everyone, but a 5 pound one isn't for me. I don't want some crappy mall kiosk ecig, but I've read great Halo reviews. I think it's a decent option for people who want something fairly cigarette sized and easy to use, not to mention their tobacco flavors are very good.

Just an option for you if you're looking at kits.

 

[BananaCreamPie]

youtube joye ego650mb
I love this e-cig. easy to use, clean and have had no problems whatsoever with any failing batteries, etc. Have charged my pens at least a hundred times already. I have 4 batteries now and the 2 original attys.

Youtube good place to see various e-cigs, user comments, suggestions, etc.

 

[WhatRobEats]

I received my V2 a week ago. I havnt smoked a analog since....... I too smoked a pack somtimes more of Marlboro lights a day. With my starter kit i chose the V2 red at 12 mils and it seems to be perfect. The batterys on the new V2s are great, I get a full day easy on a charge. Im using the auto right now and have a manual coming. If you are looking to quit I think the look alikes are the way to go. If your looking to vape on a regular baisis then modding would probably be the way to go. Either way its way better than analogs...... Shipping is also fairly quick. I orderd mine on a sun Eve and received the following Fri..... Just so you know the Volt battery and the V2 batterys are the same, except the v2 autos are not sealed the volts are. V2 manuals are sealed....

Well, i guess most of the people here will agree with me, The best cig look alike is the Volt, it has parobably the longest battery life of all the cig look alike, although am not very fond of their flavors but i would rank it no#1, on the other hand, the best flavors imo is with the greensmoke, I find their Tobacco full flavor is the closest to the Marlboro light.

I don't know much about the V2, but I would advise you to wait until the 16th when they introduce the new version. since you are only interested on the look alikes so I am not going to talk about the kGo and other stuff. Good luck to you.

Thanks for the posts and the advice on which flavors you find closely mimic Marlboro Lights. Initially I'm looking for something that will closely mimic the analogs that I'm currently using. That is why I'm mainly interested in analog lookalikes starting off. Once I get myself over the hump of not using analogs anymore I plan on switching up to different flavor juices and also probably switching to an Ego-C since I keep hearing nothing but good things about them.

Will I be able to order those flavors you both suggested and use them with the the Volt kit that I already ordered. I believe the volt kit is an KR808 Kit. From what I understand you can swap out parts with other 808 kits. Are the Greensmoke and V2's also 808 kits?

Thanks again for all the help and support provided on this great forum. Quitting will be a challenge but likely made much easier with all the support available here.

 

[Phyre]

WhatRobEats, yes the Volt kit is an 808 style along with the V2. The Green Smoke cartos will need an adapter to use them on a standard KR808D-1 battery (such as the V2 and Volt batteries).

 

[Ribs]

First, again my thanks to all the contributors to this site. It has been a great help, better than any other sites I had found online.
Second, update for me; I am now enjoying my Ego-C!
Bought from altsmoke.com (liked their site the best).
What a difference!
I will first say I am glad the timing worked out with the release of the ego-c, it is so very easy to use! Just fill the plastic tip and use it!

Compared to Blu, my ego-c hits better, easier to drag on, taste is better (tried Juicy Peach and Ice Menthol from "High Caliber" so far).
I also realy, REALLY like the freedom I now have (armed with knowledge) to try any kind of flavor / nicotine amount I wish.

Next for me;
1. Find a nice carry case for my ego supplies
2. Research flavors / juice options. Wondering where people shop, what they like, good deals, PG vs VG

3. Compatibility of Blue parts.
I have already tried a Blu cartomizer on the ego battery (works!!), wondering about the chargers. I have heard the Blu are reverse electrical polarity? If not an issue then I will have two chargers which is helpful for me, and I would consider making my own PCC Case (tweaking or rebuilding my Blu PCC units to fit the ego / both).

Loving it!
Ribs