Hi,
Just thought it polite to introduce myself as I have been lurking and using the wealth of info on the forum to help me on my journey in giving up the "stinkies" or "Anologues"
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I`ve been a smoker for 35years (or there abouts) and have always smoked roll-ups, mostly Old Holborn but in recent years had switched to Golden Virginia. I would say my habit was heavy! I would quite easily get through 5 ounces a week, maybe more which would equate to probably 40+ a day. The cost was never an issue as most of the time I could "obtain" duty free tobacco and when I could`nt I would just cut down until I sourced some more.
The health aspect wasn`t much in my mind either! at least in my younger years, however I`ve recently taken up a sport and have noticed that I`m not (fit? not the right word really in a general sense) but running out of breathe way too easily and not able to enjoy my chosen pastime as much as I should.
So 4 weeks ago and purely by chance I happened upon an E-cig. Someone bought a single Sky-cig starter pack for my Mother who promptly gave up trying to use it after a day (it ran out of battery and she dosn`t have a computer to re-charge it). But I was intrigued ( I had seen people using them but never gave it a second thought) so did a bit of research and re-charged it, screwed in one of the un-used cartomisers, and tried it out. It was a bit disappointing for someone that smoked "fat" rollies at a rate but for an hour or two I was smoke free.
I bought a couple of new batteries and some more pre-filled carts and in 3 days managed to cut down from 40 to 3! rollies per day and was hooked on vaping!! .
In the past 3 weeks I hav`nt smoked a single roll-up!
I went and bought the Jac vapour batteries in 280mah, blank carts (KR808`s)and some liquid,this was fine for another week but still not quite the "hit" I`m used to (although they are great for out and about).
So now.... I have in my arsenal... ego 1000mah passthrough/battery, ego (clone) 900mah passthrough/battery,ego 650mah battery and 20 carts (510) in both Std and LR. juice in various flavours and nic ratings as well as all the paraphenalia of mains chargers,syringes,empty bottles
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I`ve always figured if something is worth doing..... don`t p#ss about doing it.
The Sky-cigs are still going thanks to carefull cleaning and not burning out the carts and the mother is using them, which I suppose was the point in the first place!
When they give up the Jac vapour ensemble will be passed over to her and I`ll grab another ego 650mah so I have a pair for mobile use (they are actually smaller than the 78mm 280mah Jac batteries) and kinda cute.
Being up on design and engineering I`ve even made my own device to simplify the notorius "Taryn Spin" method of filling and draining carts (couldn`t be arsed phaffing about with plastic bags and bootlaces!). I`ll post a pic if people wish and it`s allowed?
And made a couple of leather sheaths for the ego`s just in case I need them out and about by cutting the fingers off an old pair of leather gloves (I`m a Biker so have plenty to choose from ), the batteries fit a treat and punch a hole in the top,clip a Lanyard on and hey presto!
So there`s my introduction a bit long winded but then again....I`ve noticed I`ve got a bit more wind to spare since quitting
Just thought it polite to introduce myself as I have been lurking and using the wealth of info on the forum to help me on my journey in giving up the "stinkies" or "Anologues"
.I`ve been a smoker for 35years (or there abouts) and have always smoked roll-ups, mostly Old Holborn but in recent years had switched to Golden Virginia. I would say my habit was heavy! I would quite easily get through 5 ounces a week, maybe more which would equate to probably 40+ a day. The cost was never an issue as most of the time I could "obtain" duty free tobacco and when I could`nt I would just cut down until I sourced some more.
The health aspect wasn`t much in my mind either! at least in my younger years, however I`ve recently taken up a sport and have noticed that I`m not (fit? not the right word really in a general sense) but running out of breathe way too easily and not able to enjoy my chosen pastime as much as I should
.So 4 weeks ago and purely by chance I happened upon an E-cig. Someone bought a single Sky-cig starter pack for my Mother who promptly gave up trying to use it after a day (it ran out of battery and she dosn`t have a computer to re-charge it). But I was intrigued ( I had seen people using them but never gave it a second thought) so did a bit of research and re-charged it, screwed in one of the un-used cartomisers, and tried it out. It was a bit disappointing for someone that smoked "fat" rollies at a rate but for an hour or two I was smoke free.
I bought a couple of new batteries and some more pre-filled carts and in 3 days managed to cut down from 40 to 3! rollies per day
and was hooked on vaping!! .In the past 3 weeks I hav`nt smoked a single roll-up!
I went and bought the Jac vapour batteries in 280mah, blank carts (KR808`s)and some liquid,this was fine for another week but still not quite the "hit" I`m used to (although they are great for out and about).
So now.... I have in my arsenal... ego 1000mah passthrough/battery, ego (clone) 900mah passthrough/battery,ego 650mah battery and 20 carts (510) in both Std and LR. juice in various flavours and nic ratings as well as all the paraphenalia of mains chargers,syringes,empty bottles
.I`ve always figured if something is worth doing..... don`t p#ss about doing it
.The Sky-cigs are still going thanks to carefull cleaning and not burning out the carts and the mother is using them, which I suppose was the point in the first place!
When they give up the Jac vapour ensemble will be passed over to her and I`ll grab another ego 650mah so I have a pair for mobile use (they are actually smaller than the 78mm 280mah Jac batteries) and kinda cute
.Being up on design and engineering I`ve even made my own device to simplify the notorius
"Taryn Spin" method of filling and draining carts (couldn`t be arsed phaffing about with plastic bags and bootlaces!). I`ll post a pic if people wish and it`s allowed?And made a couple of leather sheaths for the ego`s just in case I need them out and about by cutting the fingers off an old pair of leather gloves (I`m a Biker so have plenty to choose from
), the batteries fit a treat and punch a hole in the top,clip a Lanyard on and hey presto!So there`s my introduction
a bit long winded but then again....I`ve noticed I`ve got a bit more wind to spare since quitting 
