One little Facebook post changed my life!

[Kayas]

So I had to quit cigarettes in preparation for some minor surgery. I was about 4 days in and going *crazy* I posted a little self-cheer message on FB and a co-worker posted back about e-cigs. He gave me a ton of info and even loaned me one of his so I could test it out. 24 hours later I ordered my own, now, just a week later, I'm already looking into DIY e-juice.

I also got my boyfriend started on e-cigs, now looking for recipes for e-juice for him as he is not really open to anything other than tobacco flavors. Or really, anything other than Marb mediums... anyone have any suggestions on a starter recipe that might get me close?

 

[WomanOfHeart]

Welcome, Kayas! It will be pretty much impossible to duplicate the taste of any analog. You might want to try something like RY4 or RY5, maybe even some Virginia blends.

 

[smitti1]

Welcome! That's about all it took for me to find out about ecigs. A gal from another country mentioned them in the 'off topic' section of a totally unrelated forum that I'm on. PM'd her to find out more. That's all I needed. It wasn't long & I had my own. Haven't looked back since. Surgery wasn't anything going on w/me. I just wanted a way to make it possible to get off analogs... for real. It has happened. Congrats & continued good luck this ecigs.

 

[banjo]

Nice first post & welcome to ECF, a great place to get support and information. There is, as far as I know, no direct replacement for tobacco in the juices available (and I've tried a lot of different juices), but there are many good suppliers here on ECF, who have great tobacco flavors that should fill the bill. Look for RY4, Flue Cured, or 555, (and others) and you should have a good start. I would suggest ordering several small bottles - 3ml to 6ml - of various tobacco flavors, and let your boyfriend try them all until he finds one or two that he likes. Don't buy large bottles, until he decides, or you will be spending a lot of money on juice that will not be used.

 

[walkindown33]

Welcome, Kayas!

I think once you and your boyfriend get used to the taste of e-liquid you'll notice you don't much want to replicate the taste of an analog anymore. Everyone finds an all-day vape. For me it turned out to be ECOPure Rich, though that is sadly pretty expensive. Good luck!

 

[Kayas]

I'm already all over the map on flavors... I'm willing to try just about anything and I'm not really all that excited about the tobacco flavors... but the BF is not being particularly flexible. I'm hoping to change that, but in the mean time, need to find him something he'll be satisfied with. Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

 

[fishodeath]

Do (did) you smoke in your house? If not, it might be a good way to get your BF into ecigs, get a fun non-tobacco flavor to vape during a movie with him or something.

He really needs to get excited and "see the light" about ecigs himself, trying to force it may make it less appealing. If its pushed on us we'll perceive it as more of a medicine trying fix something thats wrong, as opposed to simply a better way to get nic and play with "smoke".

My 2c, Good luck!

 

[WomanOfHeart]

+1 fishodeath

If anyone had ever walked up to me and said "You need to quit smoking. Here's an e-cig." I would've raised my eyebrow and responded with an "Oh, really?" while blowing smoke in their face. The trick is to find the right carrot and then dangle it. My hook was talking to a coworker who started using e-cigs. Since I'm kind of geeky and love technology, it instantly interested me.

If you don't (or can't) smoke in your house, then maybe that carrot will end up being he has to go outside while you get to vape all nice and comfy inside. Our lease doesn't allow for indoor smoking, so that was another reason why I wanted to give this a try. Smoking in the garage during the winter can be brutal!

 

[Kayas]

He does not smoke in his house, but we did in my apartment before I started vaping. He got to vape in my mom's car last week, which was amusing as he still had to roll down the window to "feel ok" about it.
He doesn't seem to be averse to the concept of vaping, just the non-tobacco flavors don't excite him... yet. I'm going to keep working on him. I have a bunch of new flavors for him to try the next time I see him and am planning on ordering DIY supplies tonight so I will have other options for him as well.
I'm really excited about all the flavor options and especially the idea of creating my own flavors! This is changing my smoking HABIT into a vaping HOBBY.