Hi all,
I'm a 51 year old American living abroad in Lima Peru. Been smoking most of my life and decided I needed to try and cut down on my smoking, so instead of buying a months worth of cig's this month, I purchased a eGo Speed 1S for use around the house and a smaller unit for when I go out.
Thus far, I've only used the pre-mixed stuff. Don't like the tobacco flavor, but I've taken a liking to the Coffee (by Dekang) and Apple flavored stuff (made locally). While I was smoking 2 packs of Hamilton Lights on average a day, I wasn't really "smoking" them. I'd light a cig at my desk, take a drag, put it down and before it's burned up, maybe get 1 or 2 more drags off if it. Of the 2 packs a day I was burning, I'd only actually smoke about a dozen or so.... but after 36 years of this (between Marlboro's Lights, Lucky Strike Light, or Basic Lights) I figured it's time to seriously try and quit smoking.
Having moved here in 2000, I'm pretty much out of the 'main stream' of information down here as I don't watch the local cable at all. So I have no clue on what's going on up there in the States, or even the 'world' most of the time. What got me to to try vaping, is the fact that my brother switched to it after returning from a tour in the DMZ in S. Korea and he told me a little about it. I compared the cost of smoking this month to the cost of getting the two rigs and e-juice for a month and realized what I could save, so here I am.
Now, I'm thinking about ordering the stuff to make my own E-juice, as it seems to make it even cheaper. From what I've been able to grasp thus far, I'd be better off ordering the Nicotine with the PG, as it's got a longer shelf life than the VG does.
Question is, what strength of Nicotine-PG mix should I get? 100mg, 60mg, 48mg, 36mg, or 24mg? One of the things I have to take into consideration is the weight (shipping fees) and the fact that I have to make an order last....
I'm a 51 year old American living abroad in Lima Peru. Been smoking most of my life and decided I needed to try and cut down on my smoking, so instead of buying a months worth of cig's this month, I purchased a eGo Speed 1S for use around the house and a smaller unit for when I go out.
Thus far, I've only used the pre-mixed stuff. Don't like the tobacco flavor, but I've taken a liking to the Coffee (by Dekang) and Apple flavored stuff (made locally). While I was smoking 2 packs of Hamilton Lights on average a day, I wasn't really "smoking" them. I'd light a cig at my desk, take a drag, put it down and before it's burned up, maybe get 1 or 2 more drags off if it. Of the 2 packs a day I was burning, I'd only actually smoke about a dozen or so.... but after 36 years of this (between Marlboro's Lights, Lucky Strike Light, or Basic Lights) I figured it's time to seriously try and quit smoking.
Having moved here in 2000, I'm pretty much out of the 'main stream' of information down here as I don't watch the local cable at all. So I have no clue on what's going on up there in the States, or even the 'world' most of the time. What got me to to try vaping, is the fact that my brother switched to it after returning from a tour in the DMZ in S. Korea and he told me a little about it. I compared the cost of smoking this month to the cost of getting the two rigs and e-juice for a month and realized what I could save, so here I am.
Now, I'm thinking about ordering the stuff to make my own E-juice, as it seems to make it even cheaper. From what I've been able to grasp thus far, I'd be better off ordering the Nicotine with the PG, as it's got a longer shelf life than the VG does.
Question is, what strength of Nicotine-PG mix should I get? 100mg, 60mg, 48mg, 36mg, or 24mg? One of the things I have to take into consideration is the weight (shipping fees) and the fact that I have to make an order last....