New Vapor-er just saying hello.

[hall0559]

Just wanted to say a quick hello to everyone...

Have been a Marlboro Reds smoker for almost 15 years, and just on a lark thought I would try out an e-cig.
Never have been the biggest smoker, really only about 10-12 a day but seems like vaping has to be healthier than analog smoking.

Looked into a few different brands, E-Cig, Blu, Green Smoke, a couple I cant remember the names of off hand, and then finally somehow came to the Halo website.

I'll admit its probably dumb but the combination of made in the USA, a nice looking website, cool favor names and starter kits in sort of the mid-priced range, made me think it would be a good place to start.

Got my kit just today, one auto battery, one manual, some preloaded carto's with the torque flavor, a set of 5 blanks, and their tobacco variety e-juice sampler all in 18mg nic strength.

Before ordering and while waiting for my stuff, I had looked at some reviews of ecigs both halo and other to try to know what to expect, but I still really didn't know if it was for me, after about 12 hours now I gotta say I'm glad to have given it a shot.

Maybe silly, but here in Minnesota its almost painful to be an outdoor only smoker about 50% of the year, thanks to harsh winds and chilly temps... now I can kick back and vape without getting frostbite and making the house stink.

I really love smoking analogs, but this really seems very satisfying as well, and hey I happen to think its gotta be better health wise than inhaling actual smoke.

Anyway I guess I could ramble on all night but just wanted to say I'm glad to be smoking a lot less analogs and more on my e-cigs and I'm very pleased with my Halo gear and several of their flavors: Torque56, Captain Jack, Smooth8 and Prime15. I'm sure eventually I'll get curious and try other brands but I think I'm off to a great start.

I really didnt expect to like the feel and/or flavor of e-cigs at all, and I couldn't of been more wrong.

Hope everyone else has as much luck and success!

 

[cavibird2005]

Welcome to ECF!

As a fellow Minnesotan I know what ya mean about goin outside for a smoke

Were are you in MN?

 

[hall0559]

From the East Side of Saint Paul : )

Love your sig, I'm a numbers person and I should try to keep track of my stats too.

Did have 3 analogs today (1 since I've been vaping) mostly to test how it felt... but that's still about 7 less analogs so far today alone.

Granted I'm probably way over vaping and getting tons more nicotine but, baby steps! lol.

 

[TPB]

Welcome hall0559, I am new myself but live in northern Canada and can definitely relate to the cold weather smoking dilemma.
Enjoy your kit, I have sure been enjoying my ego-t for the last 2-3 weeks

 

[Momster]

Welcome to the ECF hall0559! If you keep vaping, you'll soon forget about having an analog smoke! And you'll be happier without frostbite on your smoking hand.

 

[mamabearcoffey]

Hi. I'm still so new, I haven't vape'd yet. So excited for my kit to get here. SICK of analogs, yuk. I'm glad to hear that your experience has been positive so far.

 

[Balthezar]

Welcome hall0559. After you get 5 posts in new members, you can post in other areas You'll get plenty of good advice and tips here. I'll start by giving a couple of links you might want to check out.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/health-safety-e-smoking/3305-list-symptoms-when-quitting-tobacco-changing-ecigarette.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/237068-name-your-fav-flavor.html

The second one will give you an idea of all the wonderful flavors you can try, and some good vendors to get them from. Everyone has different tastes, and what may sound good, you may not like at all vaping. It's hard to find the perfect flavor, most are hit or miss. Best to get sampler packs, that way you don't get a lot of a flavor you may not like.

Good Luck
Balth

 

[Huffelpuff]

Hi and welcome! Make sure to post any questions you may have. We're all here to help. PS: I do not miss freezing myself outside even in PA Happy vaping.

After you have made your posts, click on one of the calculators that you like to take you to the site to make your own. Then you copy the html address and paste into your signature. To access your settings go to profile and settings.

 

[MegaBee]

Congratulations to all of you making the switch! It's fun, but prepare to overheat your CC while u experiment with all the yummy juices and must have bits and bobs


Last cigarette 16th October, 2011. Forever grateful for the support and advice from ECF.

 

[Tersur]

Welcome to the Community. Trying out new flavors used to be Very exciting for me. Ive gotten so picky about what i like im finnaly starting to settle in.

 

[hall0559]

Three days vaping and 48 hours without an analog... a little worried that i'm getting too much nicotine but not having any OD symptoms, I do plan to step down a bit on the mg/ml but trying to take my time so I don't fall back to analogs.

First day after I had a heck of a sore throat, but my family has actually been sick with colds so that could of been something I picked up at thanksgiving, and it was gone after the second day.

Third day... feeling pretty good, again still probably doing too much, feeling like im going thru a carto pretty fast, but I know I am under filling being worried about overfilling and getting drippage or something.

Halo had a thanksgiving sale so I ordered another set of batteries, more juice, and more blank cartos.

Not that money is a big deal but just need to stay off analogs for about a month and it'll pay itself off... then hopefully, just cuz I like the numbers I can start to figure my savings. But I'll probably blow all that on ordering more juices to try new flavors, hehe.

The analog is dead.
Long Live the Vapor!

 

[VapingRulz]

Don't worry about vaping too much. You're not smoking, and that's the point. Give yourself as much time as you need to acclimate; you'll be glad you did.

 

[Momster]

Keep your cartos topped off with juice, hall0559. The filling will look "slushy" when they are properly filled. Doing this will keep your carto from burning the filler which pretty much ruins your carto (the burnt taste will never go away 100%).

Good luck, and vape away!

 

[RGSmith]

Indiana boy here... and it gets cold here too! I've been vaping for about 3 months, have a new eGo-W (from VaporAlley.com) and love it! Extremely annoyed that I have to post five times before I can ask someone how to clean the clearomizer, but hey... spammers abound. I DO understand that.

 

[Balthezar]

There are numerous videos on cleaning cartos, and a lot of threads here if you do a search.
I usually put a coffee cup of water in the micro for 2 min, drop it in till it cools, then blow it out on a paper towel to get as much water out as I can, let sit for a few hours, or a couple days, so it's completely dry, and I can get a few more days out of it. There are better ways to do it, but that's a simple and quick way. If it's a metal one you can boil; it, but I haven't tried yet. I did see a good video on how to do it, but can't remember where, but you can google how to clean a cartomizer and find it.

 

[sandybeach]

You're doing great! I would suggest getting some cartomizers to go with your e-cig, they last longer between fills than the cartridges.

 

[boggypot]

Hi am new to vaping as well. Am from Asia. What nicotine levels do you guys recommend for me who smoke a pack of 20-25 marlboro mentol a day?

 

[sandybeach]

I'm 2 weeks into vaping and I use 18 mg. I would buy some sample bottles of 11, 18, 24, and 36.

 

[boggypot]

I was thinking of just getting the 36 and mix it down

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[hino-80]

Wellcome Hall0559, i´m a halo´s fan.
Nice choice to start a vaping.

i´m vaping about 3 months, and a i´m a smoked marlboro too.
But in the first day with my DSE 901, i stopped to smoke. It´s incredible.

good Luck for you.