Welcome Kevin to the great world of Vaping and ECF !
This is a nice forum, lots of friendly helpful people...who have struggled to quit the ciggies and found Vaping to be a really good alternative.
My story is just like yours....except I smoked for 40+ years (ouch !), PAD+ "burro reds" man...
Tried Everything...but the pills- heard too many horror stories ! I was just going to die a Smoker.
Got my eGo-c kit....quit smoking the same day.....four months now.
Would agree that you need a bigger battery system....the cig-a-likes just are not enough to satisfy most real smokers.
You need to vape often..more than you smoked ciggies. The nic in ejuice is absorbed through the mouth and nose tissue, more slowly than smoking where the nic is absorbed through the deep lung blood vessels.
The nic in Vaping is attached to the PG/VG and is like 10 microns in size...nic in smoking is like 1 micron in size....
What this means is "no head rush"... To keep your brain satisfied with nic you need to vape more often.
Vaping drys you out, so drink Plenty of water...plus it flushes the old cig toxins out of your system...helping you to convert more easily.
We are all here...rooting for you !