New member and a little overwhelmed

[tj99959]

I suppose that's not too silly of a question but let me answer this way: When I started smoking I didn't even buy my first pack, or probably my tenth pack for that matter. I smoked my first cig when I was probably 13 out of a pack stolen by a friend from his dad. Like many that start at that age it was a mix of peer "pressure" and a way to relieve the perceived stress of teen angst. I didn't fully start procuring my own and smoking enough to call myself a smoker until I was 15. At that point I would either pay some older teen or willing adult to buy them for me and just smoked whatever they bought. By the time I was 16-17 and looked old enough to buy my own I was buying camels cause I liked the taste. At some point I switched to Marlboro.

Now, a pack of either back then was around $2-2.50 and they were disposable by nature. Fast forward to now and I'm looking at e-cigs which pretty much need to be bought in starter kits. With a starter kit that has everything you would probably need to perform well enough to replace the cig habit costing anywhere from $50 and up, I would think one would want to know what may work the best for them or more correctly, what others have had luck with, considering the monetary investment involved. If e-cigs were $5 ea, readily available, and disposable by nature like cig packs, then I would just buy whatever and if I didn't like it, buy another brand the next time.

That $50 won't even buy one carton of cigarettes here where I live.
Now if you were considering a $240 Titanide or Provari I would agree, you need to be sure it's what you want before investing that kind of cash because they're two very different systems, but there isn't enough difference between an eGo and a whatevergo to worry about because you can change to just about any $10 head system you want on any of them.

 

[predwing]

Have you watched GrimmGreen on youtube? He is a great tool to make sense of all this. When I first started I turned to him and learn a whole lot. Unlike other people on YouTube who give reviews he gives you tips and tricks as well as reviews.

 

[Nitequitter]

That $50 won't even buy one carton of cigarettes here where I live.
Now if you were considering a $240 Titanide or Provari I would agree, you need to be sure it's what you want before investing that kind of cash because they're two very different systems, but there isn't enough difference between an eGo and a whatevergo to worry about because you can change to just about any $10 head system you want on any of them.

Ok, so sue me for wanting to know what worked well for other people, where I could save a little, and where I should spend a little extra. I thought newbie sections of forums like this existed to assist people who were new to [insert subject here] and to offer advice. Thus far everyone has been helpful with the exception of your input so I'll just assume heckling newbies isn't the norm and go on. Thanks for your input.

 

[predwing]

For the price I have been super happy with my Ego Twist. Cost me about $25 plus another $7 for a charger. Now the way I vape on the ego is constantly changing. I starting dripping and loved the flavor just not the convince, so I tried tanks and coudln't get the same experience so I went to a "stardust" and like it and then went to a Nova. Now my nova and stardust have been giving me a burnt taste no matter if I clean it or use a new head. I believe I am going to drop the money and buy a Provari and try tanks again. One thing I have learned is that technology is constantly changing and new things are coming out every day, so I keep an eye on GrimmGreen and his viedos. Best place I have found to buy from is Altsmoke as they have great juice and great prices.

 

[Mars199]

Hey Shaun,
Know exactly how you feel, I've been there, and its a bunch of stuff to wrap the brain around. What worked for me was I watched a boatload of YouTube vids (pbusardo, grimmgreen, igetcha69) and just soaked it in. In regards to devices, it's always a safe bet to get a reasonably priced kit and you really can't go wrong with an ego, some carts and charger. Madvapes has some decent kits 510's (batteries have the female post), and if you don't want a huge kit there's always vapor4life with their ego kit, except they do the 808(batts have the male post). However they have decent liquid prices and frequent sales.

Good luck to you.

Cheers,
Marshall

 

[EJStith]

I am a noob & for the most part all of this stuff over loads my brain. Maybe I just lucked up but I got a couple of NicStick kits from a tobacco store in AR. $24 each I think & is a 3 piece thing with refillable cartridges. I love them. I got a bottle of their juice plus I got 3 bottles from Highbrow. I got a cherry, amaretto & tobacco one. I Don't find much taste to the cherry or amaretto ones but the tobacco one is good. I have another kit coming from Smokeless Image. I got a Joy kit from Walmart. Not very fond of that but works when the batteries are dead on the NicSticks. Anyway, so far so good.

 

[Nitequitter]

Been a busy week but I thought I'd finally post up something to follow up. I purchased a Volt Pro kit with a bottle of liquid, a car charger, and an extra pack of blank cartomizers from Smokeless Image and it arrived this past Monday afternoon. So far this week I have only had 2 analogues and am really liking that vaping is keeping me from smoking now.

 

[flintlock62]

As a noobie, all this has my head spinning too! But, I have read enough reviews and member suggestions, along with my personal (limited) experience to say that you should go with a quality system and you will be happier and save yourself disappointment.

Go with something like a Joycetech eGo Twist, or even move a little further up the ladder and get a Volcano Lavatube. The Viva Nova tank is rebuildable and probably the one I will go with for the tank. The Twist is a vv and small enough to carry in public, the Volcano is larger and probably best used at home, unless size doesn't bother you. I work out of my house, so it doesn't make as much a difference to me as it might others. You can also search for coupons for discounts on the system you decide to go with.

Next is the e-juice. I just got some Highbrow tobac de perique in yesterday and like it a lot. I favor the tobacco taste over goopy sweet juices. I also am using 24 mg nic content as I was a heavy 40+ year smoker. The stronger juice can always be mixed with a weaker juice to change the nic potency.

I started with a v2, and I'm not that impressed with the battery life, or the short lived carts. JMHO