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Zuki

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Just wanted to say what a great site you all have here and such a wealth of information for us that are new to vaping and from what ive read tons of info for those into mods, etc.

I was introduced to vaping, or should I say eCigs about a year ago on the road. I'm a truck driver and I picked up an eCig with a usb charger and man it was horrid, the taste, flavor and what I now know is a 'burnt taste'.. but I did manage to stop smoking cigs for a few days, but with major headaches and some nasty tasting hits.
So the interest in eCigs, now vaping, has always intrigued me. I then found a little truck stop up in Idaho that had a Vaper xps and a few stale flavors, so I snagged one with a peach flavor. It was very weak in flavor, not sure of the nicotine mg or whatnot, but I managed to stop smoking again for about a week or so until the tank started leaking all over my truck, so I gave up and just started smoking again.

I fellow driver friend of mine I see from time to time was puffing away on some mechanical looking machine and blowing some major vap smoke, I was impressed, curious and had to pry and ask ... are you smoking dude? I then was introduced to Vaporing to it fullest extent, was informed about juices, mod'n and what to get as a newb to start out, what to expect.. etc. I must say my life has changed since.
I used to be a 2.5 pack a day smoker, and would feel my lungs explode at the end of a 10hr driving shift, was killing me, literally.
SO I went out and got me a iTazte mvp 2.0 with about 5 iClear 30 tanks and 5 (1.5 Ohm) replacement coils.
Im learning the lingo and or technology, but after lurking around the site a few days and researching, I feel I have a much clearer understanding about Vaping, Juices, Mods (not ready to tackle this yet).. etc. GREAT Site !!

I had to experiment with the nicotine mg, as I had no clue. The shop I bought from was ehh, so so for info and such and pushed their home juice on me witch tasted just as horrid as the truck stop juice I got a year ago. So I was getting frustrated. I then found your site and my world opened up like you wouldn't believe. Thank you very much.. !!

Lately Ive been vaping 18mg Sucker Punch by Suicide Bunny. I love this stuff.
As I stated above, I smoked 2.5 packs of cigs a day so I thought 24mg nic. would be a great start.. Ohh wow, after a few drags of their 'awesome berry' (lol i joke) my head was spinning as it did when I first took a drag off a smoke 25 some odd years ago. lol.
I researched, experimented and found my groove, so to speak, and now Im thoroughly enjoying being smoke free for 10 days, and Ive gotten some new eJuice I absolutely love, and some on order im curious about.

Sorry for the long 'book' introduction but, just wanted to say hi and thank all of you for the plethora of information provided here for those of us at all levels of Vaping..
 

Susan~S

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Hello and welcome! Congratulations on your 10 days of being analog free.

If your "head continues to spin" consider dropping your nic level when you next purchase some juice.

You may have seen all this before (as you browsed around), but if you have not, below are some blog posts by ECF member Baditude that I highly recommend for someone new to vaping and/or looking to upgrade.

1. A Good Starter's Setup for a Beginning Vapor
2. Advancing Up the Vaping Ladder with Egos and Mods
3. Proper terminology - Is it a carto, a tank, or what? A Guide to Juice Attachments.
4. Something Safe for Cinnamon and Citrus Flavors

And here are a few more on "vaping terminology".

1. A – Z E-Cig Glossary
2. e-Cigarette Jargon and Terms – eCig 101
3. Vaping Glossary - what does it all mean?
4. ECF Abbreviations 101

#4 is very handy when trying to decipher ECF members "slang".
 
Hello! Thanks Susan for those links they are very helpful.
As you can see I just joined too, been vaping a while but still at beginner / intermediate level I would say. Vamo V5 and tried various Atomisers on it.

Sounds like you got a sweet setup with the iTaste, congrats! Without googling I think those tanks are top fed dual coil? My GF got a few with her iTaste VV and they are fairly cheap and cheerful imo, if your able to get a nicer atty on that box you'll be set with no fluid on the lips (which i got a fair bit) and more vapor :D
Its great to read your getting on well though!
 

DetraMental

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Hello and Welcome Zuki & Timallanuk! Glad to have you here at ECF. Great story Zuki and I'm glad you got a decent set-up that's working for you. As mentioned above you may need to lower your nicotine from 20 something down to 18. Those are some great links listed and will really help answer alot of questions you may have starting out. Keep us posted Zuki and Tamallanuk on how things are going for ya!
 
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