recommendation for mini cig looking devices

[damanel]

ok so here my problem. i am trying to get my mother to switch to PV but she is really stuck on the cigarette looking types and the size and auto batt i personaly use a kgo but its to big for her and with the manual battery she says it doesnt feel like a cig so i am wonder what would be the best low cost option for her my dad has an encore and has alot of cartos for the i believe that is an 808d batt but am not sure i DIY my own liquid so the prefilled is not necessary and with my dad having a ton of cartos it would be nice to get one that is 808d if of course that is what the encore is or would it be best just to get a 510 i just dont know.

what would be your recommendation for my mother a fifty yr old "stuck in her ways" type woman?

 

[Retriever]

Smokelessimage has a great starter kit and is easy to use.

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[battman]

would be hard to convience her... I understand.. but those small batteries would turn her away from ecig eventually. rather take time and let her start with k/ego ?

 

[Retriever]

The great thing about the Volt that Smokelessimage sells, and the products Vapor 4 Life have is that they come with a spare battery and a portable charger (a pcc). That way if one battery needs to be charged, another freshly charged battery is available. It is a great starting point. If she needs something larger she could get that later on.

 

[ctourtelot]

+1 for the Smokeless Image Volt

 

[John D in CT]

I wish someone could explain to me why so many people want a PV that looks like a cig when it's fairly obvious to even the most casual of observers that the damn thing is not a cig.

If she is so freakin' stuck on having something that looks like the things that are killing her, then another +1 on the Volt, or maybe a Joyetech 510 with tanks. Just tell her that real cigarettes have little tanks on them, and that it must have slipped her mind.

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

Another vote for the Volt. Great cig like experience and good quality and those 808 cartos work great on it.

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

For me, my first pv looking and feeling like a cig wasn't to try and fool anyone else, it was more to try and fool myself. I could convince the part of my brain that was spazzing about not smoking to shush up, cuz it feels like an analog, lights up the right color, etc. Now I'm ready to upgrade, another step in my journey. I don't regret the stupid price tag on the cig look alike, because it served its purpose. However, would I buy one again? Oh heck no lol

I don't have any helpful input for the original poster, mine was a mallbrand 808, but I do hope you find what you need for your mother!

 

[dlsw]

Both the Volt and the V4L batteries are easy to maintain and use. Get lots of blank cartos and try some different juices.

 

[sailorman]

Volt...just make sure you don't get the basic kit with only one battery. If she's a heavier smoker, make sure she has 3 batteries total. You can never have too many batteries with mini-cigs.

 

[MickeyRat]

would be hard to convience her... I understand.. but those small batteries would turn her away from ecig eventually. rather take time and let her start with k/ego ?

And I'd rather see her start with an e-power but, that's another discussion. I don't understand the fixation but, I have come to realize that size really does matter to some. At least, when they start and sometimes it never changes. As far as it turning her away that's not a foregone conclusion even if the mini-bats make her as crazy as they made me. The few good hits I got were enough to convince that while I didn't have it, there might be something worth pursuing and I did find it. So, maybe she will too.

 

[MissThree33]

So Here's my feeling.. I needed a cig look-a-like. It's hard enough to quit and also change your physical habits. I find myself rolling the cig-look-a-like around in my finger like I would an analog... I've even "ashed" it. For a while, I need it to feel like what I've been feeling in my hand for 30 years. The vape part is easy, its' working... I'll work on the OCD nervous finger habits later after I've detoxed some and gained some confidence that I'm done with stinkys. I'm sure at that point I'll get something else better... but right now, I need the analog tactile experience without it being an analog. I totally get where "mom" is coming from.

I'm using a V2 brand for now (1 manual and 1 auto) I'm not ready to recommend it yet, I haven't used it long enough to fully understand its longevity and reliability. So far, so good, and better then I expected actually... but again, haven't used it long enough to confidently recommend it. Ask me again in 4 weeks .

 

[sailorman]

Light/social smokers can be happy with a mini-cig permanently. So can people who don't mind constantly keeping on top of a growing collection of batteries or paying exorbitant prices for proprietary carts.

How long you stay satisfied with a mini-cig depends on several other factors. The device in question, your patience, your budget and how timid you are about using a PV. The main thing is how much you smoked or vape. The length of time you'll be happy with a mini-cig is roughly inversely proportional to how much you use it. After awhile, that factor starts cancelling out all those other factors that attracted you in the first place like convenience, compactness, similarity to an analog, etc.

If she smokes more than a half pack a day or so, chances are high she'll soon get sick of dealing with the downsides of a mini-cig and be more receptive to something like an eGo. Meanwhile, the task is to convince her of the viability of the whole idea and get her off the analogs.

 

[sailorman]

So Here's my feeling.. I needed a cig look-a-like. It's hard enough to quit and also change your physical habits. I find myself rolling the cig-look-a-like around in my finger like I would an analog... I've even "ashed" it. For a while, I need it to feel like what I've been feeling in my hand for 30 years. The vape part is easy, its' working... I'll work on the OCD nervous finger habits later after I've detoxed some and gained some confidence that I'm done with stinkys. I'm sure at that point I'll get something else better... but right now, I need the analog tactile experience without it being an analog. I totally get where "mom" is coming from.

I'm using a V2 brand for now (1 manual and 1 auto) I'm not ready to recommend it yet, I haven't used it long enough to fully understand its longevity and reliability. So far, so good, and better then I expected actually... but again, haven't used it long enough to confidently recommend it. Ask me again in 4 weeks .

It seems like most of us go through that, but it's amazing how fast we get over it. I just went back and found the receipts from my first e-cig, a Joye 510 and my first upgrade. I was shocked. I thought I was satisfied with the 510 for the first few months. Instead, it was only 3 weeks before I ordered my first upgrade, a Baby Bullet. By that time, I already had at least a half-dozen batteries, was sick of playing "musical batteries" and, including the PCC, had sunk around $100 in it. So, as it turns out, my stupid notion that I wanted something that I could hold like an analog cost me $100 and now I know full well that it was entirely unnecessary.

 

[Maile]

I'm a newbie and only 10 days into vaping but I enjoy my 510... Granted I did get a KGO today. I bought a 510 for my brother and he really likes it. He only wants a small pv that reminds him of a cigarette and he was a heavy smoker and really loves his!

 

[bnrkwest]

The sealed auto batts for Volt would be perfect, found at smokeless image. I quit with 808's and they are great for giving that smoking feeling. I still use mine from time to time, but mostly I share them for others to quit bnrk