Hi all,
Since I can only post in this forum thought I'd just introduce myself and how I got along with e-cigs having smoked analogs for nearly 15 years. I'm based in Malaysia.
Started off in August 2013 with 4 other friends with the iTaste SVD which worked perfectly, at first. I learnt about cleaning the iClear30 which came with the SVD and tried different ejuices. As luck would have it, the supplier gave 10ml Liqua juices (random flavour) as part of the deal and nothing has come close to the flavour and I stuck with Liqua soon, having tried Dekang and Hangseng. Never experimented with DIY ejuices and think I never will. Fake Liqua are everywhere in Malaysia and I've stuck to one retailer since, having bought fake ones (wrong spelling on bottle and tasted foul).
For comparison, we are paying about USD6 for 30ml bottles of Liqua here in Malaysia. The SVD cost me USD36. Cigarettes cost USD3.60 per pack.
Back to the SVD. My button got 'stuck' after about 2 weeks and read about the cult that is Provari, bought myself one. Never used the SVD, even after I got a replacement unit. Bought a iTaste VTR to use at home but its just not the same. Love the Provari and I've been a proselytizer since. 3 other SVDs failed for one reason or another(2 stuck buttons, one fried) and unfortunately of the 5 who quit analogs and switched to E-cigs, 3 have fallen off the wagon and gone back to analogs.
The one thing which bothered them most, and prevents e-cigs from being adopted more widely, is the fiddly nature of the tank (clearomiser, atomiser, etc). Charging the batteries most people can used to, but having to fill, clean a flooded/gurgling tank, clean/replace coils, makes it next to impossible to introduce e-cigs to the older non-techy crowd (who thinks an iPhone is too complicated).
E-cigs are also banned in most of this region of the world. I once got caught at the Singapore(where e-cigs are banned) customs exiting the country with the Provari in my hand luggage and got a pass, and was told it would be confiscated if I was caught with it entering the country. I also travel extensively to Hong Kong, where e-cig sale/use is punishable by upto 2 years imprisonment! Malaysia is also on the verge of banning e-cigs I believe, as more smokers switch. Call me cynical, but the Singapore/HK ban is not done for health/safety reasons but because the governements gets zero taxes out of e-cigarettes.
Sorry I'm all over the place with the post. I'll end with saying that the Provari, with Panasonic 3100mAh batteries off dx.com(lasts way longer than AWs) and the Davide Anyvape is a great setup. I probably saved some money switching to E's, but most of all, I like not having cigarette breath, fingers and stained teeth and quitting a very unhealthy habit.
Since I can only post in this forum thought I'd just introduce myself and how I got along with e-cigs having smoked analogs for nearly 15 years. I'm based in Malaysia.
Started off in August 2013 with 4 other friends with the iTaste SVD which worked perfectly, at first. I learnt about cleaning the iClear30 which came with the SVD and tried different ejuices. As luck would have it, the supplier gave 10ml Liqua juices (random flavour) as part of the deal and nothing has come close to the flavour and I stuck with Liqua soon, having tried Dekang and Hangseng. Never experimented with DIY ejuices and think I never will. Fake Liqua are everywhere in Malaysia and I've stuck to one retailer since, having bought fake ones (wrong spelling on bottle and tasted foul).
For comparison, we are paying about USD6 for 30ml bottles of Liqua here in Malaysia. The SVD cost me USD36. Cigarettes cost USD3.60 per pack.
Back to the SVD. My button got 'stuck' after about 2 weeks and read about the cult that is Provari, bought myself one. Never used the SVD, even after I got a replacement unit. Bought a iTaste VTR to use at home but its just not the same. Love the Provari and I've been a proselytizer since. 3 other SVDs failed for one reason or another(2 stuck buttons, one fried) and unfortunately of the 5 who quit analogs and switched to E-cigs, 3 have fallen off the wagon and gone back to analogs.
The one thing which bothered them most, and prevents e-cigs from being adopted more widely, is the fiddly nature of the tank (clearomiser, atomiser, etc). Charging the batteries most people can used to, but having to fill, clean a flooded/gurgling tank, clean/replace coils, makes it next to impossible to introduce e-cigs to the older non-techy crowd (who thinks an iPhone is too complicated).
E-cigs are also banned in most of this region of the world. I once got caught at the Singapore(where e-cigs are banned) customs exiting the country with the Provari in my hand luggage and got a pass, and was told it would be confiscated if I was caught with it entering the country. I also travel extensively to Hong Kong, where e-cig sale/use is punishable by upto 2 years imprisonment! Malaysia is also on the verge of banning e-cigs I believe, as more smokers switch. Call me cynical, but the Singapore/HK ban is not done for health/safety reasons but because the governements gets zero taxes out of e-cigarettes.
Sorry I'm all over the place with the post. I'll end with saying that the Provari, with Panasonic 3100mAh batteries off dx.com(lasts way longer than AWs) and the Davide Anyvape is a great setup. I probably saved some money switching to E's, but most of all, I like not having cigarette breath, fingers and stained teeth and quitting a very unhealthy habit.
