Hello everyone,
I go by Hotaru. I started vaping December 17th, and am really enjoying it. I have already experienced good and bad juices, and have even played around with making my own mod recently (toying around with the concept.)
I started smoking back when I was 18 (about 8 years ago) and I have tried many ways to quit. When coming home from a gas station after my family's holiday celebration my mom pointed out the electronic cigaretts in the window ad. She said she would buy me a pack of smokes if I also tried those. I decided to give them a shot, and here I am, about a month free of analogs and my sense of smell and taste are kickin again.
I started with the N-Joy Npro, due to the cost of the starter kit. I soon found out that there were other flavors out there other than Menthol and Regular. Being one who misses the flavored cigs, I found somewhere on here how to take the plastic cap off the cartos and started to fill them with the Smoov juice from a local shop.
About a month later, after running out of juice, I was back to analogs. I found from constant vaping, my batteries would last me about 2 hours, and take 3 hours to charge. My mom offered to buy me a different starter kit that was made for refilling. I went to the store, and with a small selection to choose from (and being very uninformed) I went for the Smoov starter kit. I picked up some Smoov and Johnson Creek juice from the local supplier and went on my merry way.
A few days ago though, my USB charger came un-soldered for the second time. Luckily I used to work for a stained glass shop and know my way around a soldering iron, and repaired it (although the LED now has issues... *sigh*.) While waiting for my batteries to charge back up, I started playing with my old NPros. I was able to make a manual USB passthrouh mod for my NPro with some stuff I had laying around, but plastic switches kept melting when trying to attach wires with solder.
I am kind of disappointed in the lack of e-juice selection locally though. I have tried the Smoov juices that they sell in the nearby city, and the store also sells Johnson's Creek. I do love the Johnson's creek, but sadly as the video review says... the Smoov has a twang to it. (I more feel it is a bland ick, but Twang sounds better.)
The e-cigs I have tried so far are the NJoy NPro, and now the Smoov. As much as I am liking the smoov, I am finding it hard to find a selection of upgrades for the K8081 model. I am thinking of going for a different system, along with a passthrough for it. I do a lot of vaping at my computer, and have a USB outlet in my car. I tend to have the issue of running out of my battery when running small errands, so was wondering if a passthrou would be right for me.
The other problem I have is my cart going dry while i am driving. I like the taste of a fresh filled cart, but they seem to go stale rather quickly. I don't care to multitask while driving, so I was wondering what other options there are. I love being able to vape, but filling and changing batteries just isn't as convenient when driving or working on something continually. I want to be able to stay in the groove when typing or filling out forms so I don't loose my place by having to take my cartomizer apart and filling the cart, waiting for the drops to settle, filling it some more, and then blowing any excess out.
Throughout this time, my searches on anything to do with e-cigs has found me back at this forum, reading again through the knoledge such a diverse community offers. I can't wait to contribute to this group, and would love to share in my experiences as they come, along with recive advice from novices and pros along the way.
Thank you very much for your time reading this wall of text
-Hotaru Draconis
I go by Hotaru. I started vaping December 17th, and am really enjoying it. I have already experienced good and bad juices, and have even played around with making my own mod recently (toying around with the concept.)
I started smoking back when I was 18 (about 8 years ago) and I have tried many ways to quit. When coming home from a gas station after my family's holiday celebration my mom pointed out the electronic cigaretts in the window ad. She said she would buy me a pack of smokes if I also tried those. I decided to give them a shot, and here I am, about a month free of analogs and my sense of smell and taste are kickin again.
I started with the N-Joy Npro, due to the cost of the starter kit. I soon found out that there were other flavors out there other than Menthol and Regular. Being one who misses the flavored cigs, I found somewhere on here how to take the plastic cap off the cartos and started to fill them with the Smoov juice from a local shop.
About a month later, after running out of juice, I was back to analogs. I found from constant vaping, my batteries would last me about 2 hours, and take 3 hours to charge. My mom offered to buy me a different starter kit that was made for refilling. I went to the store, and with a small selection to choose from (and being very uninformed) I went for the Smoov starter kit. I picked up some Smoov and Johnson Creek juice from the local supplier and went on my merry way.
A few days ago though, my USB charger came un-soldered for the second time. Luckily I used to work for a stained glass shop and know my way around a soldering iron, and repaired it (although the LED now has issues... *sigh*.) While waiting for my batteries to charge back up, I started playing with my old NPros. I was able to make a manual USB passthrouh mod for my NPro with some stuff I had laying around, but plastic switches kept melting when trying to attach wires with solder.
I am kind of disappointed in the lack of e-juice selection locally though. I have tried the Smoov juices that they sell in the nearby city, and the store also sells Johnson's Creek. I do love the Johnson's creek, but sadly as the video review says... the Smoov has a twang to it. (I more feel it is a bland ick, but Twang sounds better.)
The e-cigs I have tried so far are the NJoy NPro, and now the Smoov. As much as I am liking the smoov, I am finding it hard to find a selection of upgrades for the K8081 model. I am thinking of going for a different system, along with a passthrough for it. I do a lot of vaping at my computer, and have a USB outlet in my car. I tend to have the issue of running out of my battery when running small errands, so was wondering if a passthrou would be right for me.
The other problem I have is my cart going dry while i am driving. I like the taste of a fresh filled cart, but they seem to go stale rather quickly. I don't care to multitask while driving, so I was wondering what other options there are. I love being able to vape, but filling and changing batteries just isn't as convenient when driving or working on something continually. I want to be able to stay in the groove when typing or filling out forms so I don't loose my place by having to take my cartomizer apart and filling the cart, waiting for the drops to settle, filling it some more, and then blowing any excess out.
Throughout this time, my searches on anything to do with e-cigs has found me back at this forum, reading again through the knoledge such a diverse community offers. I can't wait to contribute to this group, and would love to share in my experiences as they come, along with recive advice from novices and pros along the way.
Thank you very much for your time reading this wall of text
-Hotaru Draconis
