Hi all,
Just started vaping about two weeks ago, trying to get a handle on the lingo. I'd been smoking for about 30 years before quitting cold-turkey 3 years ago. Did well for 2 1/2 years not smoking, but started bumming one or two after having a couple of drinks, and next thing I knew, I was back to about where I was when I quit. Smoked American Spirit rollies, a package of the blue lasted me 4 days or so by the time I switched to vaping.
Got a V2 starter kit with 2 batteries & 10 2.4mg "Red" cartridges; then ordered a 50ml bottle of the e-juice and 3 refillable cartridges, which arrived today. Figured out I can pop the little caps off the cartridges I already had and refill those, too.
I've been browsing through some posts, and it seems I have quite a bit of studying to do before I'm able to make reasonable decisions about what to buy next -- kind of makes my head spin a bit trying to decipher all the acronyms. I'll probably decide to try going purely DIY soonish, as that's how I tend to do things (I make my own wine, brew my own beer, smoke my own bacon, bake my own bread, etc., so DIY is kind of inevitable, I'd say). So far, I haven't had a battery need to be charged during the day (I plug 'em in when I go to bed), so the V2 batteries seem to be OK for the time being. Having smoked filterless most of my life, I'm looking for the biggest "throat hit" I can get. Does equipment make a difference there, or is it all about your juice? I've noticed people talk about different voltages -- how much of a difference does that make in the feel of the vapor?
Ideally, when I buy new equipment (which I'm sure I will -- can't help tinkering) and more e juice, I'd want the following:
- A short e-cigarette, if possible (V2 seems a bit long to me, but I don't have anything else to compare with)
- A day's charge for someone who'd smoke 1/2 to 1 pack of real cigarettes per day
- Biggest throat hit I can get
- As near as possible to a rich tobacco flavor, but not a sweet pipe tobacco taste (and certainly no chocolate or vanilla or menthol or papaya)
- Refillable cartridges that'll last a while without needing to be replaced
If anyone has advice on any of those items I'd be grateful. Also, any noob's glossary of acronyms the vets can reccommend?
Thanks!
Just started vaping about two weeks ago, trying to get a handle on the lingo. I'd been smoking for about 30 years before quitting cold-turkey 3 years ago. Did well for 2 1/2 years not smoking, but started bumming one or two after having a couple of drinks, and next thing I knew, I was back to about where I was when I quit. Smoked American Spirit rollies, a package of the blue lasted me 4 days or so by the time I switched to vaping.
Got a V2 starter kit with 2 batteries & 10 2.4mg "Red" cartridges; then ordered a 50ml bottle of the e-juice and 3 refillable cartridges, which arrived today. Figured out I can pop the little caps off the cartridges I already had and refill those, too.
I've been browsing through some posts, and it seems I have quite a bit of studying to do before I'm able to make reasonable decisions about what to buy next -- kind of makes my head spin a bit trying to decipher all the acronyms. I'll probably decide to try going purely DIY soonish, as that's how I tend to do things (I make my own wine, brew my own beer, smoke my own bacon, bake my own bread, etc., so DIY is kind of inevitable, I'd say). So far, I haven't had a battery need to be charged during the day (I plug 'em in when I go to bed), so the V2 batteries seem to be OK for the time being. Having smoked filterless most of my life, I'm looking for the biggest "throat hit" I can get. Does equipment make a difference there, or is it all about your juice? I've noticed people talk about different voltages -- how much of a difference does that make in the feel of the vapor?
Ideally, when I buy new equipment (which I'm sure I will -- can't help tinkering) and more e juice, I'd want the following:
- A short e-cigarette, if possible (V2 seems a bit long to me, but I don't have anything else to compare with)
- A day's charge for someone who'd smoke 1/2 to 1 pack of real cigarettes per day
- Biggest throat hit I can get
- As near as possible to a rich tobacco flavor, but not a sweet pipe tobacco taste (and certainly no chocolate or vanilla or menthol or papaya)
- Refillable cartridges that'll last a while without needing to be replaced
If anyone has advice on any of those items I'd be grateful. Also, any noob's glossary of acronyms the vets can reccommend?
Thanks!