About a year and a half ago I was introduced to the idea of vaping by a guy I work with who used vaping to quit smoking cigarettes. I was intrigued but not enough to really give it a try. The up front costs seemed pretty steep and my husband at the time discouraged me from trying it.
Fast forward to this summer when I became a single mom, my ex lost his job before I could file for divorce so I had to go onto the health insurance my company offers which costs an extra $40 every two weeks if you're a smoker. So I went to my coworker who helped me get a setup from vapor 4 life that included about 5 blank cartos, 2 808 threaded batteries that are about the same size as the eGo-T, and he had me get a tank and carto setup. I ordered the smilin' special menthol because I have been mostly smoking menthols in my 20+ year smoking history.
Annnnnd...I hated it. I thought the tank and carto setup was messy and fiddly, and the menthol juice made me cough. Bah. I was irritated that I had spent all this money on something I hated. I put it in a box and forgot about it.
Until one of my other co-workers started up vaping and he, unlike my other co-worker, mentioned that he couldn't really vape menthol or tobacco flavors. He compared it to the uncanny valley and I realized that is exactly what I hated about vaping. It is close but not close enough, leaving me with a general feeling of dismay about the whole thing.
He also mentioned that there was a brick and mortar e-cig store close to my house so I went there. I cannot say I'm exactly a fan of the place but they did let me try a whole bunch of flavors and to make a long story short (too late!) I bought another kit with an eGo-T and a couple of Vision Stardust clearomizers and several flavors of juice and I'm on my way.
I haven't smoked any analogs since Friday. I can't say, unlike so many people here, that it's been easy to stay with vaping. In fact, it is all I can do not to drive down to the gas station and buy a pack of glorious, wonderful Marlboro blue 72s. But I'm seriously poor and I have got to cut costs and quitting analogs is one of the easiest (theoretically) things to cut. Besides that, I have kidney disease and my doctor climbs my tush every time I walk in the door about smoking.
But, tell me, was there anybody else that struggled like this? It's not like I don't have enough nicotine, but this is miserable, switching.
My other question is this, what do you think is the most reasonably priced cartomizers that will work with the eGo's (not 808) threads? I like the non-fiddlyness of the clearomizers but every now and then I get a burnt taste and that makes me want to hurl. I think blank cartomizers are the way to go for me. Unless anyone has a better suggestion, I'm open.
Thanks for reading, if you made it this far, lol.
Fast forward to this summer when I became a single mom, my ex lost his job before I could file for divorce so I had to go onto the health insurance my company offers which costs an extra $40 every two weeks if you're a smoker. So I went to my coworker who helped me get a setup from vapor 4 life that included about 5 blank cartos, 2 808 threaded batteries that are about the same size as the eGo-T, and he had me get a tank and carto setup. I ordered the smilin' special menthol because I have been mostly smoking menthols in my 20+ year smoking history.
Annnnnd...I hated it. I thought the tank and carto setup was messy and fiddly, and the menthol juice made me cough. Bah. I was irritated that I had spent all this money on something I hated. I put it in a box and forgot about it.
Until one of my other co-workers started up vaping and he, unlike my other co-worker, mentioned that he couldn't really vape menthol or tobacco flavors. He compared it to the uncanny valley and I realized that is exactly what I hated about vaping. It is close but not close enough, leaving me with a general feeling of dismay about the whole thing.
He also mentioned that there was a brick and mortar e-cig store close to my house so I went there. I cannot say I'm exactly a fan of the place but they did let me try a whole bunch of flavors and to make a long story short (too late!) I bought another kit with an eGo-T and a couple of Vision Stardust clearomizers and several flavors of juice and I'm on my way.
I haven't smoked any analogs since Friday. I can't say, unlike so many people here, that it's been easy to stay with vaping. In fact, it is all I can do not to drive down to the gas station and buy a pack of glorious, wonderful Marlboro blue 72s. But I'm seriously poor and I have got to cut costs and quitting analogs is one of the easiest (theoretically) things to cut. Besides that, I have kidney disease and my doctor climbs my tush every time I walk in the door about smoking.
But, tell me, was there anybody else that struggled like this? It's not like I don't have enough nicotine, but this is miserable, switching.
My other question is this, what do you think is the most reasonably priced cartomizers that will work with the eGo's (not 808) threads? I like the non-fiddlyness of the clearomizers but every now and then I get a burnt taste and that makes me want to hurl. I think blank cartomizers are the way to go for me. Unless anyone has a better suggestion, I'm open.
Thanks for reading, if you made it this far, lol.
