Good evening,
I've been vaping for a little over a week now and still going through that delightful formative phase while I work to get my footing and find out what exactly it is I want from an e-cig. I joined ECF to help provide my own (short lived) body of knowledge from my research on the issue as well as ultimately to get some recommendations from the more tenured vapers about what to actually throw money down on.
The reason I decided to try vaping was because my main hobby, cycling, was being adversely affected by my smoking habit. My times were plateauing while the amount of effort I felt I invested was increasing along with my smoking habit.
The two e-cigs that I've had so far have been a couple Finiti menthol brand disposables and an NJoy Express starter kit. The Finitis were what I used to test vaping for the first time to see if this was something I would be interested in pursuing fully. The flavor was mediocre, akin to smoking a menthol ultra light, but the Finiti produced a reasonable amount of vapor (even when I did not know how to inhale properly) and it was a positive enough experience that I bought another two.
After my first few Finitis died, I decided to take a shot at a "true" e-cigarette and purchased an NJoy Express Starter (again menthol) for $20.00. I figured since NJoy was a name I was familiar with after a few cursory searches (along with Blu) that the quality wouldn't be terrible. To be honest, while it has more flavor than the Finiti, the quality of the vapor and the life span of the battery have been garbage (do not recommend). The cart lasted a day and a half of light vaping before it stopped producing almost any sort of vapor and even after eight hours of charging, I'm only getting a couple hours of vaping.
I refilled my cart for the first time yesterday (slightly cracking the case in the process) with some generic liquid from my nearby smoke shop. Unlike the cartomizers I had seen in various videos which have a set of o-ring like inserts simply wedged into the cart tube for the mouth piece, NJoy actually glues their pieces into the cart to intentionally make them more difficult to refill. The flavor of the liquid was off (the menthol tasted chemically, like bad quality mint gum), but it helped fix some of the issues that I was having with vapor quality and flavor. I guess the cart that came with the starter kit wasn't fully filled. My experience with the NJoy has started me looking for a higher end e-cigarette and something to use on a permanent basis which brings me back to why I've registered today. Cheers everyone.
I've been vaping for a little over a week now and still going through that delightful formative phase while I work to get my footing and find out what exactly it is I want from an e-cig. I joined ECF to help provide my own (short lived) body of knowledge from my research on the issue as well as ultimately to get some recommendations from the more tenured vapers about what to actually throw money down on.
The reason I decided to try vaping was because my main hobby, cycling, was being adversely affected by my smoking habit. My times were plateauing while the amount of effort I felt I invested was increasing along with my smoking habit.
The two e-cigs that I've had so far have been a couple Finiti menthol brand disposables and an NJoy Express starter kit. The Finitis were what I used to test vaping for the first time to see if this was something I would be interested in pursuing fully. The flavor was mediocre, akin to smoking a menthol ultra light, but the Finiti produced a reasonable amount of vapor (even when I did not know how to inhale properly) and it was a positive enough experience that I bought another two.
After my first few Finitis died, I decided to take a shot at a "true" e-cigarette and purchased an NJoy Express Starter (again menthol) for $20.00. I figured since NJoy was a name I was familiar with after a few cursory searches (along with Blu) that the quality wouldn't be terrible. To be honest, while it has more flavor than the Finiti, the quality of the vapor and the life span of the battery have been garbage (do not recommend). The cart lasted a day and a half of light vaping before it stopped producing almost any sort of vapor and even after eight hours of charging, I'm only getting a couple hours of vaping.
I refilled my cart for the first time yesterday (slightly cracking the case in the process) with some generic liquid from my nearby smoke shop. Unlike the cartomizers I had seen in various videos which have a set of o-ring like inserts simply wedged into the cart tube for the mouth piece, NJoy actually glues their pieces into the cart to intentionally make them more difficult to refill. The flavor of the liquid was off (the menthol tasted chemically, like bad quality mint gum), but it helped fix some of the issues that I was having with vapor quality and flavor. I guess the cart that came with the starter kit wasn't fully filled. My experience with the NJoy has started me looking for a higher end e-cigarette and something to use on a permanent basis which brings me back to why I've registered today. Cheers everyone.
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