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My sis has asked to "borrow" one of my REOs for a few days!!! I'm setting her up with the purple mini 2.1 -- new coil and wick on the RM2, juice and charged batteries. I'll give her an in-service tonight... :)

I never pressured her after I quit. As we know, that doesn't work. Please keep your fingers crossed that she is ready. She is a gift to me and her children -- we need her around for a very long time. heart.jpg
 

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My sis has asked to "borrow" one of my REOs for a few days!!! I'm setting her up with the purple mini 2.1 -- new coil and wick on the RM2, juice and charged batteries. I'll give her an in-service tonight... :)

I never pressured her after I quit. As we know, that doesn't work. Please keep your fingers crossed that she is ready. She is a gift to me and her children -- we need her around for a very long time. View attachment 228579

Say bye bye to your Mini Deb:p

Sent while Hyper Vapin a Trippy tipped Reo
 

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My niece and her husband are in the same situation. I have been vaping for over three years, and they never wanted to hear about it...even while the rest of the family was sooo proud that I quit smoking after 40+ years. (They're the only other smokers in the family.) Anyway, about three weeks ago, my niece called me and asked if I'd explain to her and her husband about "puffing." (LOL) I took my two original Minis to their house (just up the hill) and set them up with juice, cartos, and the Minis. It's been three weeks now, we've had several pow-wows, and it's working. Neither has quite totally quit the cigs yet, but they're way, way down.....and trying new juices as I share my DIY with them. The whole family is holding its collective breath.... Ha.

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My niece and her husband are in the same situation. I have been vaping for over three years, and they never wanted to hear about it...even while the rest of the family was sooo proud that I quit smoking after 40+ years. (They're the only other smokers in the family.) Anyway, about three weeks ago, my niece called me and asked if I'd explain to her and her husband about "puffing." (LOL) I took my two original Minis to their house (just up the hill) and set them up with juice, cartos, and the Minis. It's been three weeks now, we've had several pow-wows, and it's working. Neither has quite totally quit the cigs yet, but they're way, way down.....and trying new juices as I share my DIY with them. The whole family is holding its collective breath.... Ha.

Good luck with your sis!

That's great! I'm trying to decide the strength of nic in her juice. She currently smokes Virginia Slim lights. What would you suggest? I have carts, attys and an extra RM2. Which do you think would be the best option? If she's REALLY going to make the switch, I want to make this as easy as possible.
 

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I started my niece and her husband with regular LR attys at first, but I had really forgotten what being a COMPLETE newbie was like. They sorta "got" it, but didn't know what to do when they needed to troubleshoot. Didn't even know enough to blow out the atty, daub out the drip cup and start over if it was flooded. So....the second day, I took a box of BOGE 2.0 cartos up.....and they were both much happier. I think we forget sometimes that we "fiddle" as much as we really do....or "know" as much as we really know. Things that have become intuitive to me at this point are just hassles to them. I didn't want to give them ANY reason to not do this. The cartos are much better to start with. Also, I had some 15 mg. juice around here, already steeped, that I took up. The next week I got to thinking back to MY beginning, then I made up some 18mg juice.....that worked better for them. I think I'll even make up a couple bottles of 24mg juice for them to use when they think they might need it....or just to try.

It's really hard to try to remember back to the very beginning. I would NOT (in my case, anyway) introduce them to the RM2 yet. I showed them my VV Grand with an RM2 and just LOOKING at it was (I could tell) a little overwhelming to them. We grew into our present vape equipment/nic levels....they need to do the growing, too.

If they were newbies here on this forum asking, then we'd suggest getting all this good stuff because we know that if they have trouble, they're right here and we all just talk 'em through it. But my niece and nephew have a special needs child, two jobs, a household and two acres to run, and DON'T hang on e-cig forums. Their only resource is me. They don't want a hobby; they want to quit smoking.

Didn't mean to write a book. Short answer: cartos and 18mg juice. :)
 

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Don't be silly...your insight is VERY helpful. You are so right -- we come here to troubleshoot, chat about coils and wicks, shot the ....., etc. She won't be doing that; she'll be calling me. Okay, I'm taking the RM2 off the REO and adding a Carto. I'll also give her a full box. Two different nic juice strengths. Again, thank you!
 

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Oh, ok, I was gonna say 24mg too. One can always take fewer/shorter puffs. I think its important to be as "satisfied" as possible, when transitioning.


edit: just so long as you're already providing lower nic. too. Sore throats and such (that my wife had) just came to mind.

She'll also get the "stay hydrated" lecture (said in a nice way, of course). :)
 
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