Hey Jeff..! Not terribly experienced with giving advice, so please take my experience (not advise) with a tiny grain of salt and learn from what I've done.. hopefully..
I smoked analogs. A pack a day at least, when not drinking with my boys!
Fast forward to 5.5 months ago..
Wife see's dude selling at local mall selling "mall" eCigs.
She tells me about it and believes it is something I would be down with.
Me = Skeptical
I do research and decide to go "all in" after learning that the "mall" stuff = poop, and there are some awesome alternatives to "poop" out there!!
I spend serious $$$ on a SD (screw driver), 901 atomizers, 510 atomizers, carts, fluval, oils, flavor, AG, PV, blah blah blaaaah.
Did I go too far too fast? Umm.. yes..
Do I regret it? Uhhh.. NO!!
Did I waste a bunch of $$$? Errrr.. for me.. I really don't care..
I've wasted 1/2 of the "stuff" I bought "learning" how to be a Vaper, and I'm still a newbie. I simply based my exuberant purchasing of this, new and exciting technological marvelous wonder, on what I was spending on analogs. (Almost $300 a month)
If I would have been more patient I would have saved hundreds, and it's not that I can really afford it since the current economy has affected me more than significantly. I looked at it as an investment.. at the time.
If I knew then what I know now I would I have done it differently? Of course.
So if I had to do it all over again, I would have bought things in smaller quantities. That's it.. for me..
When my Screwdriver arrived was the last day of me touching analogs, so the "wasted" money wasn't wasted.. to me..
Good luck!!!