Just starting. I'm shopping around and finding "starter kits." These look a little expensive given they only provide three cartridges or from what I can tell ~30 cigarettes. What additional costs would there be after buying one of these?
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Welcome, smokingjoe! Which kits have you looked at? I started with a Riva 510 that came with two batteries, two atomizers, a cone and 10 cartridges all for $50. Overall start-up, including 4 extra atomizers and about 60ml of juice was a little over $100, which is far less than I was spending on cigarettes.
Thanks, WomanofHeart. A friend of mine also recommended Riva. Like I said, I'm just starting, and don't exactly know what all is needed. Don't know what an atomizer or a cone are. Would these + batteries be all I need?
You could jump to an inexpensive mod all you need is an atty which he can provide for a little extra http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-suppliers-forum/160858-3-7-volt-510-box-mod-2-14500-trustfire-batteries-charger-30-free-shipping-plus-20-ml-juice.html
You need the kit, a few spare atomizers (these are the little metal parts that attach to the battery and heat up to vaporize the juice) and juice. I would suggest getting small bottles of various flavors and maybe a couple of different nic strengths so you can determine what will work best for you. If you are a heavy smoker, then you might want nic strengths of 18mg -24mg, and get around 40-60ml of juice so you don't run out too quickly.
Check out Liberty-Flights. They carry both eGo and Riva kits. There is also a Discount Code at the top of the page that will give you another 20% your entire purchase.
Check out Liberty-Flights. They carry both eGo and Riva kits. There is also a Discount Code at the top of the page that will give you another 20% your entire purchase.
One I've looked at is Pure. The prices look great, but haven't found any reviews in this forum. Has anyone here tried these?
I got the ego from Liberty Flights. They have a kit for members of this form that's a killer price, it's a eGo which seems to work great. I tried to start with PG Juice and it killed my throat. PLease get PG and VG juice as well so you can try both. I used juicyvapor.com for my first juice order.....their website is very user friendly and makes it so so easy to find the juice you need.
Haven't tried that particular brand, but it looks like a re-branded RN-4081 model, and for $25:
Kit includes:
1 - 150mAH Pure Battery This would last about 1 1/2 hrs, give or take a bit, then recharge.
1 - Atomizer ULTRA My experience with 4801, don't last very long.
1 - USB Battery Charger
1 - Carrying Case
3 - Cartridge Refills For a 1 pad smoker, last a day.
Check out Electronic Cigarette - Starter Kits - Riva 510, they come with 2 ea -750 mah batteries, which is about 7.5 hrs on each before recharge. $35 but well spent, some sample bottles of juice and you have a kit that will perform well.
That's going to vary from person to person. It all depends on how much you vape and how you vape. I use a Mod (Chameleon model) and drip with low resistance atomizers, so I typically go through 3-6ml per day. Some people might go through less.
Id say 1 ml of juice would be about 5 cigs, rough guess. A drop is about 3-5 hits from an ecig.
There is absolutely no way for anyone to tell. I highly suspect that I vape more than I smoked because I tend to chain vape. The thing you have to remember is that vaping isn't like smoking and we don't absorb as much nicotine vaping as we did when smoking. In fact, we probably only take in 40%-60% of the nicotine in the liquid. The nicotine uptake is also slower and smoother with vaping, plus you aren't inhaling all of the other chemicals associated with cigarettes, so it doesn't feel the same.
There really isn't a way to compare cigarettes to e-cig cartridges or cartomizers, and there isn't a way to determine which nicotine level any one person should start using. There are some people who smoked more than a pack per day, but can't vape nic levels over 18mg. OTOH, there are people who smoked half a pack or less and have to vape 24mg to stay off the cigarettes.
Vaping is a lot of experimentation with both the juice and the hardware to get to that "sweet spot" that satisfies you.
+1 again!
Discovered the first day that 6mg (really low) nic juice can give me a headache/ringing in the ears if I chain-vape.... and I was a PAD smoker, Mrlb. 100's. (I just got new juice... I got 6mg and 0mg nic juice and mixed it to make apx 3mg nic juice. Now I can chain vape!)
If I had to guess, I'd say I'm vaping 2mls a day... but I direct drip with a 'drip tip', so I don't really keep up.
Discovered the first day that 6mg (really low) nic juice can give me a headache/ringing in the ears if I chain-vape.... and I was a PAD smoker, Mrlb. 100's. (I just got new juice... I got 6mg and 0mg nic juice and mixed it to make apx 3mg nic juice. Now I can chain vape!)
If I had to guess, I'd say I'm vaping 2mls a day... but I direct drip with a 'drip tip', so I don't really keep up.
Hi and welcome! I would definitely recommend that you watch MistressNomad's videos on this site:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-videos-newbies-particular-broke-newbies.html
Try not to be too concerned about the upfront costs. If you start out with a good kit, you will not be throwing away money on the initial crap most of us bought at first. As WomanofHeart said, there is no way to know how much you will vape until you start. Buy a few different flavored juices (not just tobacco flavors) as you will find your sense of taste changes when you stop smoking.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-videos-newbies-particular-broke-newbies.html
Try not to be too concerned about the upfront costs. If you start out with a good kit, you will not be throwing away money on the initial crap most of us bought at first. As WomanofHeart said, there is no way to know how much you will vape until you start. Buy a few different flavored juices (not just tobacco flavors) as you will find your sense of taste changes when you stop smoking.
I bought the avejuice (alien vision) 510 starter kit. Ordered the pass-thru today as I work in front of a computer all day.
Look at V2 cigs. New modern two piece design, nice vapor production and lots of options. Yes... three cartridges is about 30 cigs but it really kind of varies depending on how big your drag is. Also I tend to smoke ecigs faster than cigs so they do not last as long for me.
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