So far... It's been a hell of a trip!

[JohnHenry]

OK. Started "trying" to quit with blu e-cigs. I found it HARD as hell. Wasted about 100 bucks smoking less but buying blu's. Crap I tell you, CRAP!

Went online, did some research, didn't want to wait, bought a V-pro 650. So far, its been pretty legit and helped with my urges. I quit smoking cigs for 2 months. Was AMAZING. For no apparent reason, I started smoking cigs again. Dumb dumb dumb... Now, I'm back on the wagon.
I've only tried cheap gas station flavors so far, expensive and ugh for the most part.

Now its time to make my first online purchase. WooHoo

Now I'm the new guy, but after extensive research(I googled stuff for about 2 hours) I found these sites. I'm looking for cheap stuff because I'm poor right now, so my list of potential sites are as follows:
(Please tell me if you have used any of these and if they suck... I CAN'T go back to smoking. Almost 27 now and been smoking for 10 years. The price of these cigarettes is to damn high!!)

Potentials:
Madvapes - Electronic Cigarettes, E Cigarettes, E-Cigs - Looks good, pretty cheap, don't really like their selection though.
http://www.tastyvapor.us - These prices are insane. Really want to check them out.
BestEcig-High quality mini e-cig|e-cigarette|eGo,best e-liquid|e-cigs wholesale - Also cheap. Looks pretty decent.

I found these links around this forum. Anywho.
Awesome forum, I learned a TON that I didn't already know, just be searching, looking doing things.... I shall keep sticking around!

 

[DetraMental]

Hello and Welcome. madvapes is a good vendor. Check out Discount Vapers as well they have a nice selection on things and are pretty quick to ship. There's also Aqua Vapor and AltSmoke. Good luck.

 

[Grad]

What are you wanting to buy? (mod, clearos, juice, or...)

 

[*deleon517*]

For gear it would be better if you told us what you were looking for during this run of kicking the nasties. Did you want to stay with simple form factors like a 510 battery set up(cig look-a-like) something more like a ego battery (similar in size to a sharpie) or were you looking to go big with a mod?

what about the v-pro-650 didn't you like? that will also help us help you in getting something better!

as far as the sites you listed. I used madvapes a ton when I first started a little over 3 years ago, but there wasn't as many options as there are now. Once we know what you are looking for exactly we can narrow it down better!

As for my juice vendors of choice (this will vary for every response you get) I always end up with moonmountainvapor, mtbakervapor and roarvapor. all are well priced and have there upside when compared to each other.

 

[JohnHenry]

Thanks guys! Yeah sorry I'm buying juice. Haha. Silly me, leaving stuff out :\ GAH!

Using V-pro 650, isn't the BEST or anything, but it was convenient to get at the time so I went with it.

 

[JohnHenry]

I actually don't have anything to compare the V-pro 650 WITH. I like it. It hits how I like it. Battery lasts me about 1 day. Charge it at night. For right now it suits me just fine ...

As for vendors, my friend that got me into Vapeing highly recommended mtbakervapor, but the site is down because they are moving or something... so that sucks! I had an order ready to go, but I went and did stuff, came back, clicked checkout and for the "sorry we are moving" page. Thats what I get for procrastinating! As right now I'm OUT of juice, sucks but oh well, I'm living on my last remaining blu refills, and I wont be able to get any locally until Tuesday, but I still haven't smoked so I got that going for me!

 

[*deleon517*]

for juice I recommend trying out a few sites by either doing sampler packs or ordering small bottles like 5ml or less. this way you can try a wide variety of juice. I personally avoid madvapes e-liquid as there were some quality issues with them a long time ago. Not sure on their quality now. Most will prefer to purchase made to order juices. rather then something that may be sitting on the shelf for sometime.

also see if there is any local shops in your area that you might be able to sample various juices from. I know a few by me usually stock at least 5 different brands, so they offer something for everyone. this link can be very helpful https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...P5ZcJILb5e0TfyK1g&sig2=1ZpbYfFBl8fohstN37nb2Q

 

[JohnHenry]

With the samples, here lies the problem: I recently moved, from a town of roughly 65k, to a town of around 10k. I checked EVERYWHERE for ANY kind of juice refills. No one has ANY. I managed to find ONE gas station that is getting some in on Tuesday. I was used to walking into my local Ole's and buying a couple bottles. A little pricey as I was buying Vapor Blends brand. I managed to try out about 10~ different flavors, so I have an idea of what I like, even though the taste from vendor to vendor will differ.

That link was one I actually used earlier, to just sadden me even more.

Me being of the mad scientist breed, I may start researching into making my own, once I get more educated in this field and try to get something going locally. The owner of the gas station I talked to said she gets inquiries quite often about the juice, and no one sells any around here for about 80 miles. Sad, but so very true. So local samples are out, and for now, I THINK I'm just going to spring for a 50ml bottle of some blueberry to tide me over. I highly doubt it will be unbearable, I'd rather do this then smoke a cig. Then I will venture into the vast landscapes of samples. Thats my idea anyway, how it REALLY goes, we will have to just see!

Thanks for all the input though guys, going to spend the next hour or so reading through all these forums and getting my learn on.

 

[Grad]

Juice is wildly subjective, but I have tried MV's juice and it's tolerable. I haven't encountered anything totally unvapeable, but I also haven't found anything that really made me say wow. They do have great customer service and fast shipping in my experience, so I generally go to them if I'm in a crisis for juice.

 

[JohnHenry]

Thanks a lot for all the input guys. I'm no longer on my computer so excuse the errors in grammar and typos as this phone likes to type what it wants.

I've enjoyed reading lots of topics from some of the mods and other hardware to liquids and so much more. There is quite a lot to cover and from what I gathered it looks like my vpro 650 barely scratches the surface of what potential some of these other units have. Couple things about this vpro:
Can I disassemble the cartomizer? It looks like it's dirty, or something. It's about 3 months old but really I've only used about 50ml of liquid in it so far. If it comes down to it I can just buy a new one, upgrades are always good. I'd like to find one that needs to be replaced the least, I'm fine with cleaning it.

Thanks again for all your help! Somehow I feel that indirectly many people here are literally getting their lives saved by quitting smoking via the info, support, help and everything else offered here.



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