New to ECF! How I started vaping.

[Rednaxela1987]

Hello, I'm 27 years old from Olympia, WA.

I smoked cigarettes since 13 years old. Before long I was so addicted that I would collect butts from the groud in parking lots or ashtrays and roll them into cigarettes. It is embarrassing to look back on.

Skip forward 12 years. May 5th of 2013 my son Sebastian was born. I knew I could not continue my tobacco use. The health risks to a newborns from second hand smoke are substantial. A baby can even get ear infections from exposure to the smoke on clothing or any other second hand exposure.

So that day my fiance and I bought a simple itaste vv with an aspire BDC tank. Been vaping ever since!

The vaporizing/e-cigarette community is amazing, you guys Rock! Without you I might still be smoking tobacco!

Now I use an MVP v2 with an iClear 30 tank. I plan on an upgrade soon, though am in no hurry since I am still learning all the termanology, technology, and everything else to do with personal vaporizers.

I am studying so one day I can call myself a vaping enthusiast.

 

[mmsjs5]

CONGRATULATIONS! And welcome to ECF!

 

[AXIOM_1]

Welcome! I started smoking when I was 10 years old... You had more class than I did because the butts I used to pick up, I would simply relight them and smoke em. Never had any papers to use back then.

 

[bigbob2322]

Congratts on your journey away from the ciggs .

 

[DavidOck]

Welcome!

Of course, it's a bit harder to pick up juice out of the gutter and vape it.....

 

[Darth Omerta]

Great to have ya! Welcome to the forum!

And...


congrats!

 

[suprtrkr]

Hi and welcome. You've come to the right place for the education on the terminology and so forth, as well as a real chance of contracting the enthusiast disease. We're glad to have you; sing out with any questions you may have. 'Gratz on getting off the sticks.

 

[Robino1]

Welcome!​

I think we've all done things that we are a bit embarrassed about LOL

 

[NeoPagan]

How we started vaping... Hubble and I (smoking for 40+ years) tried cig-alikes several years ago, and went back to the real thing. Just over a month ago, we saw a guy at a flea market with a "real" setup and asked him about it. Bless his heart, he wipes it on his

 

[NeoPagan]

Sorry, phone glitch. Anyway, he wiped it on his shirt and said "Try this". We were at our local vape store the next day, and haven't looked back. This is sooooo much better than what we tried before. Enthusiasts aside, you don't need fancy equipment to have a good vaping experience.

We're so proud of you and your fiancée for making this choice, for yourselves and your little one!

 

[Dareynolds]

I moved from connecticut to socal about eight months ago. Been vaping ever since. I had never seen a dripper before I moved out here. I thought e-cigs were just the disposable ones. Now about 7 months in I dont understand how I smoked a pack of cigs every day!

 

[NoFumus]

I bought a simple itaste vv with an aspire BDC tank. Been vaping ever since!

Welcome. I vaped with a Aspire BDC & a spinner for the first year. I had reached vaping statis -- 120 ml of the same juice and a five-pack of coils every other month ($50). I'd probably still be using that set up, if I hadn't dropped two of them on concrete the same week, forcing me to purchase a new tank -- a Nautilus Mini. That completely threw everything off. I tasted my juice more and found that it was vile (and I owned 300 ml of it in a very high nic).

Since, then I've been searching for the right setup and the right juice, and ETC has been a great source of information.

 

[classwife]