Let me start this out with saying that all of this is my personal opinion and experience (20/20 hindsight). It's not the only answer, it's only the one that I've experienced.
You've done a bunch of reading about all the devices that give you throat hit, vapor, long battery life, DIY being cheaper, etc. You're mind boggled.
IMO, when you first start out, you don't need to stress about what the best e-cig is for the long run. You need to get something that will be easy to deal with for the first couple months to get you started. There are 2 parts to this: mechanical device and juice
Mechanical device - Stay in your comfort zone and recognize that what you start out with, probably won't be what you'll be using 2 months from now. If you buy a successful setup for the first 2 months, store it, and change to something else afterwards, it will still be cheaper than smoking analogs, Starting out, you'll probably be much happier with something that is similar to a cigarette feel and habit, that you don't have to do alot of maintenance on. The easiest way of getting there (IMO) is to buy whatever it takes to get at least 4 super-mini's (for example 2 306 kits) and extra carts for them. This means you can load everything up one time a day, and vape all day on something that feels like an analog, without having to mess with topping off, charging, etc. When one e-cig dries up, just pull another out (like you'd pull cigs out of a pack) Worst case, you'll have to change out all the carts with the extras you've packed once or twice a day.
juice - Don't feel like you have to get tobacco flavors to satisfy the transition off of analogs...nothing is going to taste just like them, so you may be disappointed (and there are alot of tastier flavors). And don't try to do DIY in the beginning...you'll just get frustrated...keep it simple. Think about what tastes good to you (fruit? nuts? chocolate?). When all else fails, try something neutral (like vanilla). If you don't like the taste of what you've got, don't feel like you've got to vape it. It will be much cheaper, and healthier, in the long run (so you don't give up) to put that bottle in the back of the fridge for emergencies, and buy something else.
Just my 2 cents.
-Kathy
You've done a bunch of reading about all the devices that give you throat hit, vapor, long battery life, DIY being cheaper, etc. You're mind boggled.
IMO, when you first start out, you don't need to stress about what the best e-cig is for the long run. You need to get something that will be easy to deal with for the first couple months to get you started. There are 2 parts to this: mechanical device and juice
Mechanical device - Stay in your comfort zone and recognize that what you start out with, probably won't be what you'll be using 2 months from now. If you buy a successful setup for the first 2 months, store it, and change to something else afterwards, it will still be cheaper than smoking analogs, Starting out, you'll probably be much happier with something that is similar to a cigarette feel and habit, that you don't have to do alot of maintenance on. The easiest way of getting there (IMO) is to buy whatever it takes to get at least 4 super-mini's (for example 2 306 kits) and extra carts for them. This means you can load everything up one time a day, and vape all day on something that feels like an analog, without having to mess with topping off, charging, etc. When one e-cig dries up, just pull another out (like you'd pull cigs out of a pack) Worst case, you'll have to change out all the carts with the extras you've packed once or twice a day.
juice - Don't feel like you have to get tobacco flavors to satisfy the transition off of analogs...nothing is going to taste just like them, so you may be disappointed (and there are alot of tastier flavors). And don't try to do DIY in the beginning...you'll just get frustrated...keep it simple. Think about what tastes good to you (fruit? nuts? chocolate?). When all else fails, try something neutral (like vanilla). If you don't like the taste of what you've got, don't feel like you've got to vape it. It will be much cheaper, and healthier, in the long run (so you don't give up) to put that bottle in the back of the fridge for emergencies, and buy something else.
Just my 2 cents.
-Kathy
