Howdy folks. New guy here! 
Here's my opening rant. It's pretty boring and pompous so feel free to skip to the bottom
I started vaping around January of this year. Started with an off-brand ego-style battery with a top-coil clearomizer...pretty unhappy with that, as i had to suck the hell out of it to get a measly amount of vapor/nicotine...and the off-brand china-made juice was not helping that situation. Went back to cigarettes, but kept my eye on vaping.
Started watching vaping related youtube videos, and quickly became overwhelmed with the RIDICULOUS amount of jargon that vapers throw around. (cartomizer? RBA? kanthal? mods? attys? what the f!$^% are you guys talking about? what the hell is an "analog"?)
Eventually, after doing a fair bit of research, I got an iTaste VV with a Kanger mini protank. Was still pretty unhappy with the vape I was getting, as the smell of the e-juice itself was NOTHING like the flavor I was getting from the vape, and the amount of vapor was also still garbage. I even taught myself how to rebuild Kanger coils in the hopes that I could find a satisfactory vape.
So then I nutted up and bought a Kayfun Mini. Stupidly expensive. Gurgly, leaky mess that was incredibly hard to fill. Maybe I was doing it wrong but I personally thought it was a poor design in several regards.
Sold that on craigslist, then bought a GG Penelope V3. Also incredibly expensive for what it is. Well, I find that's too airy of an draw, and I keep getting this subtle yet awful burning flavor from the plastic parts. (and I'm only vaping at like 8 watts TOPS) Put that on the shelf.
I wanted a Squape, but given that I couldn't find one, (that's a rant for another day...) I finally I got the new Kayfun Lite+. Less expensive than the previous two...but still a buttload of money. This thing is good, but I still have a few gripes with it. (namely juice control, along with the fact that there's no way to remove the coil without dumping juice)
Add throughout this story the fact that most of the juices I've tried over these last few months have been 'meh' at best, retch-inducing at worst. I can hang with some of the Epic e-juices...but I have as yet only tried a tiny number of the juices that are out there.
Now I'm looking for a PV with cojones in order to get some more performance out of my Kayfun...but it's only getting incredibly frustrating. As a former Electrical Engineer, I really cannot fathom how people are HAPPY to be paying upwards of $200 USD for what is essentially just a Li-Ion battery with voltage regulation. Supply, demand, etc...I don't care...it's flipping out-of-control. And not only that, but when I'm ready and willing to fork over my money for one of these pieces, they're nowhere to be found...and that frustrates the hell out of me even more.
All the while I keep fondly recalling how simple it was to walk into ANY corner store and buy a pack of Newports and a fresh Bic.
Anyway. Rant over.
Basically, I'm just a newbie vaper that is highly annoyed with the current state of the vaping market, but also very VERY grateful that it exists. I'm also very grateful to many of you guys, as well as the youtubers, for all the free information.
Still looking for that perfect vape to get me off smoking tobacco for good!
Cheers, people!
- Indoors
Here's my opening rant. It's pretty boring and pompous so feel free to skip to the bottom
I started vaping around January of this year. Started with an off-brand ego-style battery with a top-coil clearomizer...pretty unhappy with that, as i had to suck the hell out of it to get a measly amount of vapor/nicotine...and the off-brand china-made juice was not helping that situation. Went back to cigarettes, but kept my eye on vaping.
Started watching vaping related youtube videos, and quickly became overwhelmed with the RIDICULOUS amount of jargon that vapers throw around. (cartomizer? RBA? kanthal? mods? attys? what the f!$^% are you guys talking about? what the hell is an "analog"?)
Eventually, after doing a fair bit of research, I got an iTaste VV with a Kanger mini protank. Was still pretty unhappy with the vape I was getting, as the smell of the e-juice itself was NOTHING like the flavor I was getting from the vape, and the amount of vapor was also still garbage. I even taught myself how to rebuild Kanger coils in the hopes that I could find a satisfactory vape.
So then I nutted up and bought a Kayfun Mini. Stupidly expensive. Gurgly, leaky mess that was incredibly hard to fill. Maybe I was doing it wrong but I personally thought it was a poor design in several regards.
Sold that on craigslist, then bought a GG Penelope V3. Also incredibly expensive for what it is. Well, I find that's too airy of an draw, and I keep getting this subtle yet awful burning flavor from the plastic parts. (and I'm only vaping at like 8 watts TOPS) Put that on the shelf.
I wanted a Squape, but given that I couldn't find one, (that's a rant for another day...) I finally I got the new Kayfun Lite+. Less expensive than the previous two...but still a buttload of money. This thing is good, but I still have a few gripes with it. (namely juice control, along with the fact that there's no way to remove the coil without dumping juice)
Add throughout this story the fact that most of the juices I've tried over these last few months have been 'meh' at best, retch-inducing at worst. I can hang with some of the Epic e-juices...but I have as yet only tried a tiny number of the juices that are out there.
Now I'm looking for a PV with cojones in order to get some more performance out of my Kayfun...but it's only getting incredibly frustrating. As a former Electrical Engineer, I really cannot fathom how people are HAPPY to be paying upwards of $200 USD for what is essentially just a Li-Ion battery with voltage regulation. Supply, demand, etc...I don't care...it's flipping out-of-control. And not only that, but when I'm ready and willing to fork over my money for one of these pieces, they're nowhere to be found...and that frustrates the hell out of me even more.
All the while I keep fondly recalling how simple it was to walk into ANY corner store and buy a pack of Newports and a fresh Bic.
Anyway. Rant over.
Basically, I'm just a newbie vaper that is highly annoyed with the current state of the vaping market, but also very VERY grateful that it exists. I'm also very grateful to many of you guys, as well as the youtubers, for all the free information.
Still looking for that perfect vape to get me off smoking tobacco for good!
Cheers, people!
- Indoors
