Wow! Lots of info here! Kind of overwhelming! 
I hail from southwest Michigan, and have quit smoking for several months now, thanks to ecigs
I've tried them in the past, but they just never cut it. Pretty nasty or strange tasting, was the experience I had had with them.
Finally got tired of saying how much I disliked smoking- my lungs feeling like they were tight, always clearing my throat (you know, that persistent little cough throughout day), stinky breath, stinky clothes, stinky truck, feeling like a second class citizen when smoking in public, my job (I'll get to that in a bit)- so finally did something about it.
I had dropped my wife and daughter at a fabric store, so I dropped into a b&m in that area- gr-e-cig. Was really impressed with the evod 2 kit and it was at a great price. Just over 35 for 2 batteries and 2 evod2's, plus charger. The next week, I went back and purchased an itaste vv/vw and mini protank3. Two weeks later, I checked out mister e liquid. Purchased a grand vapor v2 mech ehpro clone, and a kayfun lite plus by tobeco.
Couple weeks later, bought a tobh atty rda. Shortly after, a smok rsst.
This is getting expensive
My thoughts on clones- I understand both sides, and agree with both sides. It totally rips off the original manufacturer and all the time, hard work and research they put into their products. However, when you get a maker that only makes 1000 units of a product, who then charges 200 bucks for their mech, which is then purchased by a flipper and sold for 250 or more, people like me couldn't afford one if we could even find it! Do clones hurt them? If it is a continuously-produced product (like a dna), maybe. Most that buy a clone can't afford the real deal, so they wouldn't have bought an authentic, anyway. In the case of limited-production products, like I said, you're lucky find one, because they sell out so quickly! That isn't always the case, I understand that. Plus, with a clone, you don't get the authentic's maker standing behind their product and rectifying any problems with that product. There are trade offs.
Without my clones, I probably wouldn't still be on e products. In the beginning, it was a struggle to not go back to analogs, but by changing things up and having more vaping options, I was able to stay interested in e products. I wouldn't have been able to buy the authentic versions of my devices, I spent too much, as it was, just on clones!
So, at this point my ocd and adhd (seriously; dx'd by a psychiatric evaluation ) has gotten the best of me. I now buy clones from a quality-product manufacturer in China (I hate that part; wish there were usa options) and sell here. (it's a manufacturer quite often mentioned here on ecf; I'm waiting for my squape, so I can see what the hype is all about; couple more days, lol!). Yeah, I've not only been bitten by the bug, it is reproducing inside of me! This side business lets me fondle all the toys, but not go broke doing it! I've got a full-time job, though, so i'm not sure if I could handle a large load of orders. I don't know, maybe some day you'll see me in the vendors section.
Okay, my job....
This is part of the reason I am so passionate about vaping, and why I have gone through the trouble, hassle and risk of importing these products, so that maybe someone else can afford to "keep it fresh" and stay off analogs.... I'm (here comes the irony) a respiratory therapist... oh, the shame I felt telling someone they needed to quit smoking or they were going to die from it, only to long for the minute I got off campus to light one up!! I see, on a daily basis, what cigarettes do to people. COPD exacerbations, heart and vessel disease.... seeing in someone's eyes the desire to crawl out of their skin and climb the wall, to get away from their problem, as they work like a slave to draw in each single breath! I stand there helpless, as breathing treatments and steroids do nothing to help them in the later stages of their disease progression, thinking "is this what I want? Why am I still smoking!?" If I can help anyone prevent the long, tortuous path so many of my patients (most of whom had become friends, after recurrent hospital visits/admissions) travel(ed), I'm in! These poor people, on the brink of death, over and over again... seeing them breathe as if they were trying to breathe through a straw with a sock over the end....
So, that's me. A quitter many times over, hopefully for good! I have converted several people over to vaping, including a couple who are very important to me- my wife and my little brother
Sorry for any typo's, I typed it on my phone and sometimes it changes words on me, or omits them altogether
I hail from southwest Michigan, and have quit smoking for several months now, thanks to ecigs
I've tried them in the past, but they just never cut it. Pretty nasty or strange tasting, was the experience I had had with them.
Finally got tired of saying how much I disliked smoking- my lungs feeling like they were tight, always clearing my throat (you know, that persistent little cough throughout day), stinky breath, stinky clothes, stinky truck, feeling like a second class citizen when smoking in public, my job (I'll get to that in a bit)- so finally did something about it.
I had dropped my wife and daughter at a fabric store, so I dropped into a b&m in that area- gr-e-cig. Was really impressed with the evod 2 kit and it was at a great price. Just over 35 for 2 batteries and 2 evod2's, plus charger. The next week, I went back and purchased an itaste vv/vw and mini protank3. Two weeks later, I checked out mister e liquid. Purchased a grand vapor v2 mech ehpro clone, and a kayfun lite plus by tobeco.
Couple weeks later, bought a tobh atty rda. Shortly after, a smok rsst.
This is getting expensive
My thoughts on clones- I understand both sides, and agree with both sides. It totally rips off the original manufacturer and all the time, hard work and research they put into their products. However, when you get a maker that only makes 1000 units of a product, who then charges 200 bucks for their mech, which is then purchased by a flipper and sold for 250 or more, people like me couldn't afford one if we could even find it! Do clones hurt them? If it is a continuously-produced product (like a dna), maybe. Most that buy a clone can't afford the real deal, so they wouldn't have bought an authentic, anyway. In the case of limited-production products, like I said, you're lucky find one, because they sell out so quickly! That isn't always the case, I understand that. Plus, with a clone, you don't get the authentic's maker standing behind their product and rectifying any problems with that product. There are trade offs.
Without my clones, I probably wouldn't still be on e products. In the beginning, it was a struggle to not go back to analogs, but by changing things up and having more vaping options, I was able to stay interested in e products. I wouldn't have been able to buy the authentic versions of my devices, I spent too much, as it was, just on clones!
So, at this point my ocd and adhd (seriously; dx'd by a psychiatric evaluation
) has gotten the best of me. I now buy clones from a quality-product manufacturer in China (I hate that part; wish there were usa options) and sell here. (it's a manufacturer quite often mentioned here on ecf; I'm waiting for my squape, so I can see what the hype is all about; couple more days, lol!). Yeah, I've not only been bitten by the bug, it is reproducing inside of me! This side business lets me fondle all the toys, but not go broke doing it! I've got a full-time job, though, so i'm not sure if I could handle a large load of orders. I don't know, maybe some day you'll see me in the vendors section.Okay, my job....
This is part of the reason I am so passionate about vaping, and why I have gone through the trouble, hassle and risk of importing these products, so that maybe someone else can afford to "keep it fresh" and stay off analogs.... I'm (here comes the irony) a respiratory therapist... oh, the shame I felt telling someone they needed to quit smoking or they were going to die from it, only to long for the minute I got off campus to light one up!! I see, on a daily basis, what cigarettes do to people. COPD exacerbations, heart and vessel disease.... seeing in someone's eyes the desire to crawl out of their skin and climb the wall, to get away from their problem, as they work like a slave to draw in each single breath! I stand there helpless, as breathing treatments and steroids do nothing to help them in the later stages of their disease progression, thinking "is this what I want? Why am I still smoking!?" If I can help anyone prevent the long, tortuous path so many of my patients (most of whom had become friends, after recurrent hospital visits/admissions) travel(ed), I'm in! These poor people, on the brink of death, over and over again... seeing them breathe as if they were trying to breathe through a straw with a sock over the end....
So, that's me. A quitter many times over, hopefully for good! I have converted several people over to vaping, including a couple who are very important to me- my wife and my little brother
Sorry for any typo's, I typed it on my phone and sometimes it changes words on me, or omits them altogether
