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Hi and welcome to ECF. I was only spending $12.00 per week on analogs so there's not been any savings for me BUT the health benefits are priceless. Presently spending about $1.50 per week on juice and delivery system. Bottom line is to make sure your first PV is reliable and quality built. Mine is still going strong after almost 1 yr and except for buying extra batts and delivery systems it's been cheap and reliable. The initial cost it a bit much. I always suggest to new vapers, to offset their startup costs, to get into DIY juice once they've found their fave flavors. It's really not that hard.
Good Luck.
Good Luck.
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Cost of doctor visits =$0
Lost time from work due to illness =$0
Burned holes in clothing & furniture =$0
Box of cartos =$7 lasts 1 month.
60 ml ejuice =$25 lasts 1 month
Yep. I'm saving money.
Lost time from work due to illness =$0
Burned holes in clothing & furniture =$0
Box of cartos =$7 lasts 1 month.
60 ml ejuice =$25 lasts 1 month
Yep. I'm saving money.
From my experience so far, absolutely! For example, the SmokelessImage cartomizers are worth about a pack and a half-2 packs of cigarettes. A 5 pack costs about 9 bucks. Thing is...they're refillable. Each cartomizer holds about 1mL of niquid. a 30mL bottle costs between $12-$16 most places...so you can do the math yourself. It's WAY cheaper to vape. 
I was spending ~ $165.00/month on analogs (you spend more than that at $9/day). Through July of this year I had spent just a little over $200 vaping. Not per month, for the whole year of 2012. Yes, you can save a lot. Now, most people will spend a lot initially, often more than what they were spending on cigarettes, till they get set up. I did. But once you do get set up, and you're mostly just buying juice and the equipment you occasionally have to replace, IF saving money is your goal, you definitely can. I say "IF" saving money is your goal because some people like buying all the newest "toys" and treat it like a hobby, and so don't save much, if anything. That's a choice.
yes. when I first started,I kept track of what I was spending on all of my new toys and experiments (including my lipton tea bags and fluval ..lol) and it did take me a few months to break even. Then once I settled in, I was spending an average of $30 per month. (for 2 of us ) I am going into my third year. This month I hit a "new toy binge" , but I just realized that I still spent less than I would have on tobacco products. I used to purchase supplies out of frustration, now it's more for curiosity and appearance ,since the equipment has improved so much. Have fun with it.
You will save a ton of money, if you want to. Just like the previous posters have said, you can spend way more if you want to, but through lot of research, mainly on ECF, you can find all the information you need to make a good choice on PV and be happy with that one for years. I like new tech toys, so I buy a new PV way more often than is necessary and therefore spend a little extra from time to time.
I have been vaping for 2 months and have bout a ton of units and mods along with juices and I have not even come to what I spent a month on cigs in NYS. I will save a ton now that I am set for a while! Good luck!!
Not counting initial investment (PV and rebuildable atomizer), I spend less than a 50 cents a day. Sure beats $5.00!
"does e cig save me money in the long haul?"
For me , in theory sure, it's gonna be a long haul for me at this point
Can it save you money in the long run? Absolutely without question it can. But just like anything you can do this very very frugally, and there is a lot of great info on these boards about how to do that.
You can also take all that money you saved, add some more to it and spend it quite easily buying shiny new things so it is totally up to you.
One other thought all the money I've spent on shiny new things, well I have a bunch of shiny stuff to look at and play with. All the money (and I do not want to do the math as it might put me in therapy) that I've spent on cigs,the only thing I have to show for it is a smokers hack, so imho it's certainly money better spent!
For me , in theory sure, it's gonna be a long haul for me at this point
Can it save you money in the long run? Absolutely without question it can. But just like anything you can do this very very frugally, and there is a lot of great info on these boards about how to do that.
You can also take all that money you saved, add some more to it and spend it quite easily buying shiny new things
so it is totally up to you. One other thought all the money I've spent on shiny new things, well I have a bunch of shiny stuff to look at and play with. All the money (and I do not want to do the math as it might put me in therapy) that I've spent on cigs,the only thing I have to show for it is a smokers hack, so imho it's certainly money better spent!
Yeah, what they said. The costs of vaping largely depend on how and what level you get into it. The most basic level (the little disposable ecigs) may seem a fairly comparable (to cigarettes) way to enter vaping, but it will some become pricey to continue and won't provide as good of an overall experience for most as well.
Getting into the next level of tools like the various eGo devices, attys, cartos, tanks and small bottles of ejuice cost a bit to get setup, but immediately with produce some significant savings for you over the first 30 days or so to say nothing of a far more enjoyable experience.
Beyond that level, you can get into APVs, rebuildable tanks and cartos, and DIY ejuices. Again, you'll layout a bit more money for the supplies initially, but the cost savings from these setups can result in an equivalent of probably $0.30 USD per pack of cigs or less to say nothing of an experience comparable to Smoking Heaven when compared to premade cigarettes.
So in a nutshell, a good vaping setup should help you save tons of money over smoking premades. That is to say, you will save lots of dough as long as you don't go bat..... crazy over gear and juice, and develop some acquisition disorder like some do whereby you end up spending WAY MORE money than you did on cigs just because you can't stop buying stuff.
Getting into the next level of tools like the various eGo devices, attys, cartos, tanks and small bottles of ejuice cost a bit to get setup, but immediately with produce some significant savings for you over the first 30 days or so to say nothing of a far more enjoyable experience.
Beyond that level, you can get into APVs, rebuildable tanks and cartos, and DIY ejuices. Again, you'll layout a bit more money for the supplies initially, but the cost savings from these setups can result in an equivalent of probably $0.30 USD per pack of cigs or less to say nothing of an experience comparable to Smoking Heaven when compared to premade cigarettes.
So in a nutshell, a good vaping setup should help you save tons of money over smoking premades. That is to say, you will save lots of dough as long as you don't go bat..... crazy over gear and juice, and develop some acquisition disorder like some do whereby you end up spending WAY MORE money than you did on cigs just because you can't stop buying stuff.
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I have been vapeing for about a year and a half. When I smoked I spent about $5.00(a pack was $4.00 if I bought a carton at a time) per day on analogs not counting lighters, burn holes, air fresheners, Dr. visits, perfumes, and so on. I am pleased to say I spend about $.35 per day now and that includes all hardware plus everything to DIY. Here's what really blew my mind....I used to spend $1,825.00 per year on smoking and now i spend $128.00!!! It took me about 6 months to break even because I went hog wild on DIY, 125 flavors in 5 months and currently about 200. Short answer to your original question is a resounding YES but I would say be prepared to spend more than you did smoking at least in the first few months until you get dialed in.
Woa, that's a lot of testimony.
I am pretty much convinced now.
Someone mentioned about shiny new things......me like
I am pretty much convinced now.
Someone mentioned about shiny new things......me like
Hi Binn! im new too! i smoke a pack a day that amounts to $300 a month (my country sells expensive ciggs). thats $3600 for me a year! My new set up costs $50 bucks with 20 ml juice. Thats 24 bucks for the juice. calculate if i use 20ml a month tats less than $400 a year!!! hohoho~~~
Hey, where did u get your setup?
Im thinking of a ego twist kit, but local supplier seems like all out of stock.
I just wished they bring in more variety.
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