Welcome and glad you joined. Should be ok with FT, very popular vape supply site.
I did order a 5 set of .5 replacement coils on eBay, but my bf told me we might want to try 1.5 coils next, can't remember why.
Thank you.Welcome! Be sure to let us know when you get your unit and try it for the first time. We are all here for you and will do all we can to make this a successful transition for you. I never thought I would be able to stop smoking, and so grateful for vaping. You can do this!
I will check back when I get started. The more I read about all the different things to learn about vaping the more excited I become.
That's awesome! Yeah, I'm definitely scared of not smoking, but I hate being a smoker. So many little things I'm afraid of giving up with cigs, which is why I'm really going to give vaping a good go. Would love to not smell like cigs anymore too! Congratulations, btwOver 5 years cigarette free thanks to vaping. I was nervous as well...the sheer thought of being without my "ball and chain" would send me into panic mode.
I was addicted to the taste, the social aspect of hanging out with friends that smoked and at how I knew that it would help me relax if I was having a rough day. The thing is, in the back of my mind, I wanted to quit; I NEEDED to quit, and every cigarette was a slap in my face.
One day, when buying my usual pack of Parliament Lights (that I was able to transition to from Marlboro reds and ick menthol) my friend at the shop showed me a cigalike and how it was helping him to curb hos cravings. I didn't believe it, but figured I'd give it a shot. Much to my astonishment, after a couple bouts of hacking my lungs out, I realized it was working! I still craved the smoke, but it was genuinely curbing that craving!
I vaped and smoked for about 3 months, and one of the best feelings was realizing a pack was lasting longer and longer, just before I realized I didn't need those stinkies anymore, and I was finally able to break free from those chains that bound me...I hope your transition goes as smoothly
FYI: Fasttech's nickname is Slowtech for a reason lol. I've dealt with them before, and if something says authentic and not style/styled or clone, it's the real deal.
Awesome, congrats! I buy cigs a carton at a time, so I was thinking when the vape arrives, I'm going to allot myself 5 cigs a day of whatever's left of the carton until they're gone and planning on spending my cig money on something else real quick so I don't even have the option to buy them again, until I know it's not going to be an issue.
That is awesome! Yeah, i'm def into cigs for more than just nicotine, I tried to use a nicotine patch some months ago, and still smoked cigs. I think I will like vaping because it has a lot of the things I like about smoking in it.
I'm desperately trying to get my bf into cpthis so he can teach me! He's really good at absorbing lots of info and breaking it down for me in a way that I can understand.
Ok, to me, it seems like I'm going to want BTL at first, just cuz I *think* a friend's vape that I tried was probably a MTL and I felt like I was inhailing nothing. I'm kind of think MTV, is more the feeling of inhailing a real cig?? I got some .5 replacement coils.
When I started, I spent waaaaaaayyyyy more than I needed to. Just kept buying different mods and different tanks. It's always nice getting new toys. A couple of comments....if you are using 0.5 ohm coils, you are 'subohming', which means you are using coils below 1.0 ohms. Basically, using a lower ohm (resistance) coil generally means that you have to vape at a higher wattage, and you will get much more vapor production. Along with this, it also means that you can using lower nicotine level juice. When I used Nautilus tanks and was using 1.6 ohm coils and vaping MTL, I was vaping 12 mg juice. When I started subohming and using (at the time) the Subtank Mini with 0.5 ohm coils, I had to go down to 6 mg juice because the higher nicotine content of the 12 mg juice was too rough on my throat. That and with the higher wattage and more vapor production, I started doing direct to lung inhales. Now all I ever do is DTL inhales and use subohm coils, and I'm down to 3 mg juice.Ok, to me, it seems like I'm going to want BTL at first, just cuz I *think* a friend's vape that I tried was probably a MTL and I felt like I was inhailing nothing. I'm kind of think MTV, is more the feeling of inhailing a real cig?? I got some .5 replacement coils.
Also, thx for the juice recommendation.
Thank you so much for explaining this to me! I was reading a bit about nicotine and vaping earlier, but nothing about subohming, and 1.0 coils vs below 1.0. I ordered 5 .5 coils for my tank, because I think that was the coil that comes with the starter kit, or was suggested, but I didn't have any clue as to what that meant. I also order a juice with a 24mg nicotine content. D: so now I'll know if the vape hits too hard on my throat, to find a juice with lower nicotine. Also, was reading about kind of accidentally overdoing nicotine intake when vaping, especially at first, and what kind of affects that might have. I didn't think about that at all. Kinda worried about the juice I ordered now. Is it at all possible for me to order a nicotine free juice and mix it with my high nicotine content juice? I really don't like the idea of it going to waste.
You can also thin down your juice if it's too strong by either getting that flavor in a 0 nic or buy some plain VG or PG. I tried the gum but I kept burning my lips when I tried to light it.[emoji3]
Welcome to ECF!
Ok, I'm glad you specified about singapore's post, because that's where they said it was shipping from. I can wait, I feel like I got my vapes for such good prices ($16 each) that I'm ok with waiting.Welcome to ECF!
Your story sounds almost exactly the same as mine, I smoked 22 years myself, tried everything to quit but couldn't, I came to the realization that I love smoking or well as it turn out nicotine, I also have a bit of anxiety and used smoking as a way to get out of situation quite often, anyways as for fasttech, I have been using them for 2 years now without issue, I had one item arrive broken, I sent them a picture of it and they sent out another, anyways if the item is listed as "Authentic" it's real and not a fake but... Your shipping method may be an issue, Singapore Post takes forever to ship, you will get it but my estimation with them generally is 20-40 days give or take a few, remember it's not fasttech's fault it takes so long to get to you it's the oh so slow singapore posts fault
I have generalized anxiety disorder, so definitely I use smoking as one of the ways to cope.
The massive response to your post is because everyone here has improved their life transitioning from smoking to vaping. It is a transition and everyone's journey is different. Including all 4 of us in my house young, old, male, female etc who have given up the stinkies for a healthier better but also really fun way of life. There is an epic community here that will help you through the learning process which has ups downs and sometimes the occasional fall off the wagon. Don't give up though. It will be the best decision you ever made. Between the 4 of us here we had between 50 and 60 years of smoking. Now we have 4 ex smokers ranging from 6 months and counting to 2 years experience. It'll take you a little time to find exactly what works for you best but you'll never look back... Zophie Vapes on YouTube is pretty good for some nice uncomplicated tutorials on how to use many bits of equipment etc out there...
