Still smoking support and chat thread

[ShariR]

Hey, I married my second husband at a tiny chapel in Reno, NV. Then we all went to the casino and had a lavish buffet. Then gambled. Ended up divorcing him. Didn't stick. Maybe the Cinderella wedding would have worked better. (tongue in cheek) Nah, nothing would have saved that marriage. At least I got my precious son out of that.

The third time is a charm for me so far - 20 years. I do not know if I am keeping him or if he is keeping me. But it works. We are best friends too. And no Disneyland. He is more of a pool player and horror movie kinda guy. I suck at pool and can't watch the horror movies. We both love football so it works. We think alike, usually. That means a lot.

Shari, you are such a girl!!!!!!!

Look, I like Disney World, but it's probably the last place on earth I'd want to get married at! Throw solemnity right out the window and replace it with fantasy? Not my style. My wife would love the idea, though (I'm pretty sure).

Honeymoon, cool. Wedding? Seriously???

 

[Claudia P]

Thank you Shari, without all of you this would never have happened and I thank you all for the inspiration and support.

Yeah Claudia!! For one glorious year. I think out of everyone I have met during my vaping journey you are the person that has taken the bull by the horns and run with it the farthest. You are an amazing lady. You also surprise me the most, continuously, especially with your beautiful art. Knew you would be a mean coil builder!

 

[etherealink]

Thats kinda what we have tentatively set, a make over as a pirate then a little kid walk around then pick out sword/necklace from treasure chest.

He is too little to swim with dolphins, and his incision just recently has been allowed fully submerged into water. He hardly swims now rather than let the water take him wherever while floating lol.

We will have a ticket to sea world, they have things like that. But im not sure if he would be afraid of it or love it.

We have thought of doing one of these when he is a bit older to understand the exibits more than just play with it.

He has done build a bear a few times. Has many. Each surgery he has one. Last one he picked everything out himself before his surgery so je haf a companion in the surgery room. Including scrubs (we bought a second unstuffed one for this next part) and a matching scar, we asked the surgeon if he had time after child to give the bear the same look as child. He did, including drainage tubes. Not sure where the pictures went.

Speaking of floating, what about river rafting - lazy river style?

Grand Canyon anyone?

 

[Timothy Moore]

Random question. Not meaning to derail or anything. Not really an important question. Just making conversation.

I just ordered the Aspire nautilus based on a friend's recommendation. He recommended it to me based on simplicity/functionality. (He too does RBA, but sometimes rebuilding can be an annoyance. Like when you are at work and you get a dry burn on your cotton wick.).

Was just wondering what y'all thought of that device?

 

[loxmythe]

I'm not happy with them. Muted flavor and weird metallic taste in the 2 I tried.

 

[ShariR]

I do not have one and never tried one so can not give personal opinion. But from what I hear, people either love them or hate them. They are an expensive clearo to just try out at retail price and the coils are expensive. If you can pick one up cheap somewhere it may be worth it to check out and make up your own mind. I personally do not like being tied to having to purchase coils all the time. Then the mfg changes the head design and it may not work with yours. Consumer life cycle on clearos is pretty short for my liking.

You might also consider your vaping style. I do not know how they would handle heavy vg or chain vaping. Some have trouble keeping up. If you vape dark or sweet juices you will gunk up those heads quicker. Plus, if you drop it it may break. But I do hear the new BVC (bottom vertical coil) is the best one to get. If you have to change your wicks every day or 2 these are going to be expensive for you.

If you find you love it, watch for coops in the classys. They come up at good prices there and good prices for the heads. You have to be quick and wait longer for the group buys but it is a lot cheaper.


ETA- If you find you don't like it you can sell it for close to your cost in the classys. They are very popular right now.

Random question. Not meaning to derail or anything. Not really an important question. Just making conversation.

I just ordered the Aspire Nautilus based on a friend's recommendation. He recommended it to me based on simplicity/functionality. (He too does RBA, but sometimes rebuilding can be an annoyance. Like when you are at work and you get a dry burn on your cotton wick.).

Was just wondering what y'all thought of that device?

 

[darksparkle13]

Random question. Not meaning to derail or anything. Not really an important question. Just making conversation.

I just ordered the Aspire Nautilus based on a friend's recommendation. He recommended it to me based on simplicity/functionality. (He too does RBA, but sometimes rebuilding can be an annoyance. Like when you are at work and you get a dry burn on your cotton wick.).

Was just wondering what y'all thought of that device?

I got mine in the classies and I like them, I never got the taste that lox mentioned but that may be because they were used lol
But I did notice over time you have to take them completely apart to clean, this includes the bottom pin if you don't take that out when cleaning it gets rusty!

 

[twgbonehead]

Random question. Not meaning to derail or anything. Not really an important question. Just making conversation.

I just ordered the Aspire Nautilus based on a friend's recommendation. He recommended it to me based on simplicity/functionality. (He too does RBA, but sometimes rebuilding can be an annoyance. Like when you are at work and you get a dry burn on your cotton wick.).

Was just wondering what y'all thought of that device?

I got a nautilus mini clone coming from FT; I can let you know how I like it in a couple of weeks.
People seem to be raving about the BVC heads, though; did you get some of those? (As opposed to the BDC's)

 

[Timothy Moore]

Oh thank you for reminding me. I did pick mine up cheap at myfreedomsmokes. If anyone else is interested, they are selling them for like $15 right now. Appreciate it if you dropped my name as reference when you check out if you do.

Yeah, that's a good point. I was a heavy, heavy smoker, and I am a heavy vaper. You figure, if someone struggling with vape/smoking cut their cigarette consumption down by a third, they are doing pretty good. Like it is a good step. Well, as a three pack a day smoker, that means I am usually still burning through a pack a day. That means on my "good day" I am still smoking what most smokers smoke on a day when they are just smoking. Not complaining, but just to show you where I am at. And since I got into RBAs, I am going through at least 10ml of 24mg juice/day. Of course, I know that as I fully cut out the smokes, I will probably ease my nic level down. (That's what happened the first time I went full vape, at least). BTW, when you vape 10ml/juice/day, you really start thanking God for DIY juice. lol

But I digress. I got into RBAs for two reasons. I like to stockpile, and having a RBA, it isn't hard to basically set yourself up for life. I have a couple hundred feet of various gauge coil, and cotton is a common commodity. Between that and a freezerful of nic concentrate, I can continue to vape a long, long time regardless what the FDA does. I don't have to worry about getting new heads every so often. And vaping 10ml/day, I do go through replaceable heads quickly. Cartos never lasted a day. Old style attys would last MAYBE a week. The other reason I got into RBAs was the tinkering and control aspect.

So that is a good point. I HOPE that these heads can be dry-burned.

But I am also thinking, my life is going through a lot of changes right now. And redeeming time is an important thing to me right now. I do have time to build, but I don't always have time to build. So is a couple bucks for a replacement head worth the time and effort it will save me when I have neither time nor mental energy left to build? I am guessing yes. Is it worth the simplicity it will give me? I am praying yes. My plan is to set aside time every week to get all building and mixing done, and leaning on the aspire to help get me through the week without having to build.

Now I am rambling.lol But those are good points. I do burn through gear.

I do not have one and never tried one so can not give personal opinion. But from what I hear, people either love them or hate them. They are an expensive clearo to just try out at retail price and the coils are expensive. If you can pick one up cheap somewhere it may be worth it to check out and make up your own mind. I personally do not like being tied to having to purchase coils all the time. Then the mfg changes the head design and it may not work with yours. Consumer life cycle on clearos is pretty short for my liking.

You might also consider your vaping style. I do not know how they would handle heavy vg or chain vaping. Some have trouble keeping up. If you vape dark or sweet juices you will gunk up those heads quicker. Plus, if you drop it it may break. But I do hear the new BVC (bottom vertical coil) is the best one to get. If you have to change your wicks every day or 2 these are going to be expensive for you.

If you find you love it, watch for coops in the classys. They come up at good prices there and good prices for the heads. You have to be quick and wait longer for the group buys but it is a lot cheaper.


ETA- If you find you don't like it you can sell it for close to your cost in the classys. They are very popular right now.

 

[Timothy Moore]

Question about the Nautilus: can the heads be dry-burned clean?

 

[Timothy Moore]

When I made my order, I did opt to tack on a pack of the BDC heads, but I am actually about to head to 101vapes and pick up some of the BVCs.

I also went ahead and tacked on the ss tank in case of breakage. I had a protank that broke on me. Makes me leery of glass tanks now. I either get a ss replacement or a handful of replacement glass, depending on what is available. For the Naut, I just got the ss tank, but for my T5, I ended up getting like 6 glass replacements.

I got a nautilus mini clone coming from FT; I can let you know how I like it in a couple of weeks.
People seem to be raving about the BVC heads, though; did you get some of those? (As opposed to the BDC's)

 

[etherealink]

Random question. Not meaning to derail or anything. Not really an important question. Just making conversation.

I just ordered the Aspire Nautilus based on a friend's recommendation. He recommended it to me based on simplicity/functionality. (He too does RBA, but sometimes rebuilding can be an annoyance. Like when you are at work and you get a dry burn on your cotton wick.).

Was just wondering what y'all thought of that device?

The one I tried was leaky and airy

 

[Karen N Daytona]

Hi everybody! Sorry I have been away so long, Been really sick, unable to sit up, Looking for a good cheap tablet for when I have to stay in bed, Meanwhile wanted to jump on so you know I didn't die, Want to say hello to all the new people I haven't met yet, and to my old friends I haven't had the chance to chat with for a long while.

Funny, Getting to go to all these Dr's hasn't made me much better, a bit worse in some respects with all the prodding and running around to appointments stresses me. LIke a guinea pig pumping me full of drugs, Everyone loves my E-cig use, hates my smoking with, they made me try Wellbutrin with smoking and vaping, I lost weight and still smoke. LOL Keeping the Wellbutrin to continue losing weight, I only get tired from it so it doesn't have really bad effect on me so far.

Still vaping, have enough supplies and juice for a long while, Using Mega Tanks and Protanks with the new mega bottom with Kanger Coils at .8 with my DNA Vapor Shark and my eRoll other times, you know I have my Provari with Nautilus too. All work nicely and when I have a good day I use drippers but not often. (not enough good days)

Hope you all are well and I hope to be on more if I get a tablet. Love you all my friends!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Thayamax]

Hey, Karen!!! Nice to see you're still around. We've certainly missed you! Hopefully that army of doctors can get it together and make you feel better. A tablet sounds like a great idea to keep you connected while you recuperate. The prices have come down on some of them, so I hope you can get hold of one so we can get you back. I miss your sense of humor and upbeat personality. Take care of yourself and keep in contact as much as possible.

 

[ShariR]

Hi Karen. Sorry to hear you have been ill. Hope things are starting to go in the right direction. Sometimes just going to all the doctors and getting used to all the new medicines is mentally and physically trying. I am routing for you! Please do keep in touch and get to feeling better quickly.

 

[Timothy Moore]

Hi Karen.
Been vaping for a while, but new to this thread. Nice to meet you.

Sounds like you have a good setup there. Hope things start looking up for you.

 

[Timothy Moore]

So GtrSoloist was nice enough to PIF me some WholeCig WTA
My gratitude to him for that.
The package came today. I didn't attempt to make it my all day vape, because it wouldn't last very long the way I vape lol

But what I did was set it up in my T5 and made it my go-to when I felt the need for an analog.
I really like it. I still am using my regular juice as much as possible, but trying to hit that instead of smoking.
It's unflavored, but has a bit of a tobacco taste to it. To be honest, the vape itself, the flavor and the effect is very very close to a cigarette. I highly recommend at least trying this if you haven't.

I do my greatest amount of smoking in the morning and in the next two hours of my day. So will see how this evening goes. I am kinda wanting a cigarette right now, but not sure how much of it is habit or how much of it is bona-fide craving.

So let me hit this T5 hard here and see what happens tonight.

 

[etherealink]

Hi everybody! Sorry I have been away so long, Been really sick, unable to sit up, Looking for a good cheap tablet for when I have to stay in bed, Meanwhile wanted to jump on so you know I didn't die, Want to say hello to all the new people I haven't met yet, and to my old friends I haven't had the chance to chat with for a long while.

Funny, Getting to go to all these Dr's hasn't made me much better, a bit worse in some respects with all the prodding and running around to appointments stresses me. LIke a guinea pig pumping me full of drugs, Everyone loves my E-cig use, hates my smoking with, they made me try Wellbutrin with smoking and vaping, I lost weight and still smoke. LOL Keeping the Wellbutrin to continue losing weight, I only get tired from it so it doesn't have really bad effect on me so far.

Still vaping, have enough supplies and juice for a long while, Using Mega Tanks and Protanks with the new mega bottom with Kanger Coils at .8 with my DNA Vapor Shark and my eRoll other times, you know I have my Provari with Nautilus too. All work nicely and when I have a good day I use drippers but not often. (not enough good days)

Hope you all are well and I hope to be on more if I get a tablet. Love you all my friends!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Karen, glad to see you back around.

I got a nasty upper respiratory thing a couple weeks back that had me so messed up that I lost a week of work.

Good luck with the wellbutrin, hope it works better for you than it did for me.

 

[alisa1970]

Hi everybody! Sorry I have been away so long, Been really sick, unable to sit up, Looking for a good cheap tablet for when I have to stay in bed, Meanwhile wanted to jump on so you know I didn't die, Want to say hello to all the new people I haven't met yet, and to my old friends I haven't had the chance to chat with for a long while.

Funny, Getting to go to all these Dr's hasn't made me much better, a bit worse in some respects with all the prodding and running around to appointments stresses me. LIke a guinea pig pumping me full of drugs, Everyone loves my E-cig use, hates my smoking with, they made me try Wellbutrin with smoking and vaping, I lost weight and still smoke. LOL Keeping the Wellbutrin to continue losing weight, I only get tired from it so it doesn't have really bad effect on me so far.

Still vaping, have enough supplies and juice for a long while, Using Mega Tanks and Protanks with the new mega bottom with Kanger Coils at .8 with my DNA Vapor Shark and my eRoll other times, you know I have my Provari with Nautilus too. All work nicely and when I have a good day I use drippers but not often. (not enough good days)

Hope you all are well and I hope to be on more if I get a tablet. Love you all my friends!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Karen! So glad you popped in! I hope you are getting at least a little closer to feeling better. Doctor's visits are the worst time suck, but you know you've needed this for a long time. Love and kisses, and my thoughts are with you!

 

[Timothy Moore]

Just an update.

So last night with the WTA worked out well. Didn't smoke last night.
This morning, though, was a different story. I smoked three analogs.

Woke up very groggy and tired. Little irritable for the first 20 minutes. Ok, very irritable. Started hitting T5 with WTA. Still wanted analog. So I went to the shed where I keep my smokes (when I am following my own plan, which I happened to be doing) and grabbed three. Truth be told, after the first one, I really didn't feel the need to hit smoke the second, let alone the third. But they were there, so I smoked them.

Since then, I haven't had any. That means only three analogs in a little over a 24 hour period. That is pretty good, I think . I also upped my nic content in my regular juice to 30 today.

So here are some of my thoughts and concerns before I start buying WTA and continuing its use.
Right now just kind of thinking out loud.

When I had my tooth extraction, I went three days just vaping. So I know I CAN just vape. And it is easier if I have the right motivation. WTA is a "new toy." How much of that is helping me stay off analogs?

How much of keeping my cigs in the shed, which normally helps somewhat anyways, is playing into this?

How much of this is psychosomatic? (I.e. WTA are "supposed" to work. Therefore, my brain is accounting them as working.)

Haven't had a lot of cravings for analogs today, but then again, I upped nic to 30. Yes, I know, bad time to make two changes at once and ask which one of them is really helping. But today is my build/wick/mix day so I needed to make that change today.

I smoked this morning, but how much of that was habit? Are the WTA working but I simply fell prey to old habits because I was tired and irritable?

I did feel an effect when I first used the WTA and still do when I haven't used it in a few hours.

Just things I am considering before giving a full final review. I have learned over the past couple years that my review of anything ecig changes with use, especially after the first week or so. I am leaning towards they are helping, and I am considering buying a bottle after this one is used up. I might even wait a week after this bottle is done and see if smoking increases or not. If so, I would say they def helped.