New to vaping, could use some help

[NewVaper94]

Hi, im a heavy smoker who is looking to get into vaping. Ive been using those Vuse ecigs for a week or two now and like the experience but hate how much money it costs long term and the limited variety, looking to upgrade to vaporizers where i can use high content nicotene eliquid.

The thing is i work a lot and dont have much time to research the ins and outs of vaping. Looking for some advice on a good kit for a beginner to use for vaping thats afordable, easy to use, wont take much up keep, and i can fill with high content nicotene eliquid.

Anybody have suggestions? Would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[roxynoodle]

How about an Eleaf GS Air tank? Popular, inexpensive, coils are cheap.

As for what to put it on:

Coolfire IV is dependable and has a built in battery.

 

[CrystalLynne]

try the Kanger subox mini starter kit. When I started vaping I ordered 12mg nicotine juice. It made my itchy. At the time I didnt realize it was the nicotine that was bothering me. I almost gave up on vaping until I was told that I could have too much nic in the juice. Went down to 3mg and now i can fill my lungs no problem! good luck!

 

[Douggro]

First, WELCOME to ECF! Good to see you're here looking for information.

My first recommendation is to get on Google and search for brick&mortar vape stores in your area, and if one is reasonably close and has a decent reputation, use that as starting point to see what gear may suit your tastes. Some people like small pen-style units, others like the box units. The main thing is you want something that fits your capabilities for using it. The other thing that a B&M shop will have is juices that you can try to see what flavors you like - important when starting out, as you want to vape something you find enjoyable. The nicotine strength you end up with will depend on the gear you get, but 12-24mg is probably going to be up the alley of a heavy smoker to start with.

It'll be your option if you want to purchase from the B&M as they are higher-priced than what you can find it for online.

Probably the two kits that I'd be recommending for a beginner that are very capable, not too complicated and that you can grow into a little are the Kanger Subox Mini and the Evic VTC Mini. Plenty of options for coils on each of them, replaceable 18650 battery, tanks are tested designs.

 

[Rt1Rebel]

This is the kit that got me going over 2 years ago and that I still use most of the time, they have some great juice, too.

Triton Tank Kit

This is my new favorite that I use when I go out, and the one that got my GF off of the stinks:

Aspire K1 Starter Kit

Good luck to you. You will receive alot of good advice on this thread, but don't get too up-sold on stuff you don't understand. My recs are pretty primitive for this place, but I've been cig free for 2 1/2 years and still use them exclusively.

 

[MouseD]

I am with Douggro on his remarks.....I did what he suggested when I first started to vape....now I make my own E liquid due to a lot of help reading the forums here....I am now using a Ileaf Istick 30 W and its great......I use to use the pen type battery with mini tank but move to the Istick..its a lot better and can control volts and watts on your tank.

 

[sparkky1]

Sense Herakles PLUS Sub-Ohm TC Tank
Aspire Odyssey 2 V2 TC Kit (Pegasus Box Mod x Triton 2 TC Tank)

 

[NewVaper94]

Thanks everybody for.your help. The Kanger Subox looks like a good starter package and is decently priced, ill try to get down to a brick and mortar when i have a chance

 

[MagicJosh]

What you need is a tank that produces a enough vapor. I quit a year ago february 2015. Those ego sticks didn't give me that throat hit I was looking for. I will give you a great setup:

just get an istick 60 watt With The Melo Tank Link or a

subtank mini if you wanna build simple coils to save money.

 

[pfaber11]

my advice would be an Arctic tank and a defender 36 watt. best to start with a sub ohm tank as you are a heavy smoker.
The defender is a reliable mod with a built in battery and goes upto 36 watt which is plenty. I would'nt bother with the tempreture control mods until you have resurched them thouroughly as some people are saying they are dangerous. Kanthal is best anyway. good luck.

 

[Izan]

Hi, im a heavy smoker who is looking to get into vaping. Ive been using those Vuse ecigs for a week or two now and like the experience but hate how much money it costs long term and the limited variety, looking to upgrade to vaporizers where i can use high content nicotene eliquid.

The thing is i work a lot and dont have much time to research the ins and outs of vaping. Looking for some advice on a good kit for a beginner to use for vaping thats afordable, easy to use, wont take much up keep, and i can fill with high content nicotene eliquid.

Anybody have suggestions? Would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Welcome,

Just an FYI:

Vuse uses (4.8%) 48mg/ml strength nicotine.
YOU DO NOT NEED HIGHER CONTENT NICOTINE LIQUID!


Cheers
I

 

[Wruff]

Subox mini starter kit is a good choice. An excellent tank and mod.

 

[Douggro]

What you need is a tank that produces a enough vapor. I quit a year ago february 2015. Those ego sticks didn't give me that throat hit I was looking for. I will give you a great setup:
just get an istick 60 watt With The Melo Tank Link or a
subtank mini if you wanna build simple coils to save money.

As the owner of two TC60W's and Melo 2's, I agree they're a good piece of kit. I love the TC60's. +'s for the Melo's is the top-fill, solid simple tank. -'s are the coil choices: Ni, Ti and Kanthal that are all sub-ohm and no RBA available. Yes the Triton coils fit but my experience is that they're dodgy, performance-wise. I also have a STM and have used the 0.5, 1.2 and 1.5 coils in it along with the RBA and they're all solid performers covering a range of vaping preferences. For the beginner, the STM is simple enough and has coil choices for everything from sub-ohm to MTL tootling. I like the KISS Rule for beginners.

Welcome,
Just an FYI:
Vuse uses (4.8%) 48mg/ml strength nicotine.
YOU DO NOT NEED HIGHER CONTENT NICOTINE LIQUID!
Cheers
I

I used the Vuse Menthols for a while in the in-between of smoking and vaping. Not bad but lacked decent flavor and vapor IMO. But I was still on the analogs at the time too. Wasn't aware that they packed that much nic in them though - thanks for that info. My suggestion of 12-24mg juice seems pretty fair as a starting point for a heavy smoker. I wouldn't want to sub-ohm 24mg at this point, but I could handle it for a few hits in a tootler. Balance the nic to the vape style, start high and work down.

This topic is very relevant for me as my sister-in-law is trying to quit smoking and I gave her one of my tootle rigs to try at Christmas. She's interested in using vaping as a smoking cessation path after trying the usual routes of patches, gums and Chantix that have all failed. I spent part of today looking at the available starter kits that I thought would be the most flexible, and most important for her, easy to use. The two I suggested to @NewVaper94 were the ones I thought fit the criteria, and would obviously be good general starting kits. But I still recommend getting hands-on with devices when one can, 'cause not everything fits everybody and vaping is a very personal relationship to our kit.

 

[MagicJosh]

SMOK Micro ONE Starter Kit

I might buy this one.

 

[NewVaper94]

Thanks everyone, I picked up.the Kanger Starter Kit and bought a 6mg bottle of Shortcake by Cake Vapor, loving it so far!

 

[Douggro]

Thanks everyone, I picked up.the Kanger Starter Kit and bought a 6mg bottle of Shortcake by Cake Vapor, loving it so far!

Congrats! Don't hesitate to come back here with any questions.