A little big of nostalgia here.....I heard about ecigs on the internet and wanted to find out more and came across this site. That was, let's see....about 2009. I travel for work on a weekly basis from Ohio and I'm on planes all the time. Pretty hard to do for a smoker. I was working in SF at the time. I ordered a Joye 510 which seemed to be the most popular at the time and had it shipped home to Ohio and picked it up when I got there. I gave it a try and never looked back. Haven't touched an analog since. This forum really helped me get started but once I moved on from San Francisco, I stopped coming here. I'm still
vaping the 510 which still works for me (imagine my horror when I found out most people had moved on from the 510!). I used to vape in the smoking lounge in the Atlanta airport and would go outside to vape along with the other smokers at work. I am glad to say I converted a few to vaping and had plenty of conversations with smokers in the smoking lounges in the airport and I still try to advocate vaping over smoking. I vape at work, discreetly, of course, and I even vape on the plane when no one is looking (they claim that it's not allowed, but no one ever sees it) I hold the darn thing in my hand all day and sometimes fall asleep with it (much better than falling asleep with a lit cigarette!) I even hold it in my mouth when I'm typing, like I am now. One day, I was at home and couldn't find it and was going from room to room looking for it and my daughter said, "umm, Mom, it's in your mouth". I haven't been able to live that one down... I'm back here now because I'm wondering if anyone has any information on another ecig like the 510 that; 1) doesn't leak so much; 2) has the same approximate size; 3) has a better atomizer life. Mine are dying within a week and it seems like they used to last for at least a month. Batteries I don't have much trouble with. I have two PCC's on me at all times and keep them charged up all day. I ordered some additional atomizers and some of them were different...they had a little point at the end instead of the little cotton thing inside and they seemed to work better but wore out quicker, I think. I also ordered a different variation of the 510 that had a tip that you are supposed to put the e-liquid in that didn't require the cotton batts but I couldn't figure out how to use it right. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Oh, and when I am home and not on the road, I LOVE to sit on my porch with a cup of coffee and my e-cig.