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I set myself on one half smoking budget for vaping. So if I spent 100 a month I spend 50 now.
Generally good at sticking to it.
If I buy no shiny one month I have 100 for the next month.....
Now with diy and mods I have gone over on several months, but according to Anna I'm still good. ;)
And I know for a fact I have saved money.:rickroll:
But over 4 years I have a good collection whereas before I would have had a cough and a bunch of dead lighters lol.:toast:
 

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Thinking about this more, I don't think I explained the term properly.

I have run a 0.03Ω build on the Hohm Wrecker just for the novelty factor of it. Hohm Tech "claims" that the mod will fire down to 0.01Ω, but I cannot get it to do that. That measurement must have been done on a test bench, for proof of concept, with a different firmware that what was released to the public.

I ran this 0.03Ω build with a pair of their Hohm Work 20A batteries, they drained fast and got warm but not hot. I wouldn't have even considered firing that build on a mech mod with 30A batteries, let alone the 20A Hohm Tech ones. It would have been disastrous, so the term building for the battery really only applies to non regulated devices for me.

When building for the DNA75 single cell mod, I keep my builds in the 50W range, but still try to keep a heatflux of ~250. It would be nice to put a chunkier build in it that requires 70W but there would be no battery life at all. To me that is building for the mod.

On a multi battery mod like the DNA166 or higher, I build for the atty using chamber size/airflow as the primary factors. Instead of what kind of power is required to hit the 250 heatflux, since I have excess power to call upon.

On my iPWM box, I have to build for the batteries since it fires through a mosfet at the current battery voltage.

Does this make sense?

Yes that makes sense.

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Not even then. .. I used to average over $2,400.00 a year on smokes - and that was smoking generics.

You can still fit in high end gear into a budget like that..
Sounds about right. I was $160 every four weeks, smoking Eagle 20 100's. I'm just over six months tobacco free after dual using for four years.
 

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But over 4 years I have a good collection whereas before I would have had a cough and a bunch of dead lighters lol.:toast:
Yeah, I had to choose a side to sleep on and position of my ash tray based off of ease of breathing...
 

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Sounds about right. I was $160 every four weeks, smoking Eagle 20 100's. I'm just over six months tobacco free after dual using for four years.

I smoked a carton a week off my carton, then when mine ran out I stole cigarettes out of my husbands carton because I smoked more than he did..

I've never known how to accurately calculate the cost of my smoking as a result because I paid for my cigarettes and he paid for his own, including what I took out of his carton. . (I guess that was bad of me for never paying him back)

But technically I spent 40 a week on my smoking because cartons of L&M's are 40.. and he threw in an additional 3-4 packs a week at his cost.. lol..

I guess it evens out as now I buy his mods and ejuice.. lol
 

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I totally agree with you. I never feel guilty about what I spend on vaping. Cigarettes here are so expensive. My smoking habit was costing $800 a month (or $627 US)... so $9600 a year (or $7525 US). That is one hell of a lot of vape gear!
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... and all up in smoke... nothing to show for it.

But vape gear however... lots and lots to show for many years.

Back in 2012 when I quit, my smokes were $10/pack and I was a PAD smoker.
 

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During wrestling season he likes anything that allows him to taste desserts without getting the calories that come from eating desserts.
He's going to love it when you start mixing. Made to order treats!
 

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... and all up in smoke... nothing to show for it.

But vape gear however... lots and lots to show for many years.

Back in 2012 when I quit, my smokes were $10/pack and I was a PAD smoker.
$10??? I was griping about $6.50.
 

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... and all up in smoke... nothing to show for it.

But vape gear however... lots and lots to show for many years.

Back in 2012 when I quit, my smokes were $10/pack and I was a PAD smoker.
Dear lord, my packs were $6.25! But, I was smoking 2-2.5 PAD.
 

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$10??? I was griping about $6.50.
I remember thinking back about how irked I was when they topped a dollar a pack, back in the days I was buying smokes with a military fam member ID with a typo, my dad forgot what year I was born...
 

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