I bought mine in the form of a Janty Dura-C at Jantyusa.com. It was $58, which I saved for about 3 months. Money is tight here since DH suffered two heart attacks, a stroke, and quad bypass leaving him unable to work anymore.
My beginning was a bit rough because I still had nicotine withdrawals until I bought a low-cost bottle of 48mg unflavored nicotine liquid. I bumped up the nic levels to get through the bumpy times like first thing in the morning, noon, then before bed. By the first 10 days or less, I was completely off analog cigarettes, which tickled my doctor to no end because the wheezes and crackles in my chest were gone. He went so far as to wish all his smoking patients would switch to the e-cigarettes. I left him copies of documents written by some of the finest medical minds in the world and in this country. He's on board with it esp considering my results. I see this doctor every month because I have to have lupus check ups.
The e-cigs have made the flares not as frequent nor are they as dibilitating as before but don't think it's a cure-all. I still have lupus and it's painful, debilitating even but since I've left the analogs behind for the e-cigs, it seems the flares have become more tolerable.
I tend to stick to the same places when buying e-liquids and parts and such. Mostly it's Good Prophets, My Freedom Smoke, Ecig Mall, Rocky Mountain Vapor, and several others. Check the sponsor suppliers at the top of this page and you can find those and many others. All have been kind, courteous, and wonderful to do business with. I've even began working on mixing my own liquids thanks to the DIY store. I have this cute little case that puts all my liquids and items I need in it to keep it in one place. It was a plus from the DIY Store.
The 510/Dura-C models are durable yet dainty. It's why I believe it works well for a woman or a man. The kit from Jantyusa.com comes with 2 batteries (manual or auto; I chose manual), 2 atomizers (the one with Janty written on the band is warrantied, meaning Janty will replace it if it goes bad), and a 5-pack of cartridges pre-filled but can also be refilled. Mine came with RY4, which I love! It also has a wall outlet recharger for the batteries. It's a lot of bang for the buck IMHO and at a great price compared to the ones that cost hundreds of dollars. There are many e-liquid stores that have great flavors. I find now that I love the fruity like flavors and esp the double-strength flavors from My Freedom Smokes. It also allows me to stretch the liquid if I get stuck and can't afford to buy e-liquid. All I have to do is add a bit of PG or VG and a little nicotine liquid and I have twice as much e-liquid and it can get me through until I can save enough to buy more.
If you have anymore questions, please feel free to PM me. Oh, another good one is the Janty Stick. Others will have to tell you about the 801 and 901 and the series M and such. I only know that I've tried and used the Janty Dura-C (c means manual) which is the same thing is a 510 and Joye 510 and the Yenti along with the Janty Stick, which btw has an 801 atomizer in it. Both are great units and both offers great vapor and throat hit. When using the right strength e-liquid, you no longer have the withdrawal symptoms. That's my favor, well second to favorite part. My favorite part is that it keeps my lupus flares at a minimum and the flares themselves are not nearly as debilitating as they were before. It's not all great and I still have the disease but it doesn't usually get way out of control. The more I can stay out of a hospital where I can't smoke, the better I am.
