I realized today that my vaping habits changed when getting a Provari.
I feel like I've been vaping for a while. Over 2 years now, and ecigs were very different back then. Started with cig-a-likes, then eGo in every variety, finally APVs and I've owned 4 of them and tried 80% of them. I resisted the Provari for so long. Too expensive, I said. It's overkill I thought. It's just a battery, it can't possibly be any better than the majority of the stuff out there.
I was so wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. Can't say it enough. Wrong. But once I switched, I now realize, HOW I vape changed. Owning a Provari has some interesting side effects:
I started enjoying vaping a little bit more. It become much more of a hobby then satisfying a nicotine craving. I joined this forum, a place I have only ever gone to look for answers to questions. I've started striking up conversations with other Provari owners online and in the real world. I haven't been on a forum in 10 years. I barely knew they still existed! Yet here I am. 3-4 times daily! I made a signature (with help), I joined a folding @ home group and then gave the site $24!For no reason, except to see what all of you are up to because we use the same battery! Mind blowing. Also, thank you, because you guys are great and helped steer me toward getting the right Provari stuff, which leads me to...
I also went a little nuts buying everything I could for it. How can you put a $12 tank on a $160 battery? You can't. You can actually, with an adapter, so yes I bought one of those too. But you feel guilty. My Provari deserves a better tank, right?! Well I had to have 3 of those Cirrus tanks, because 3 is better than 1 (almost always). Then I needed cartos. Of course the next shop I went to had a shorty double heat treated pyrex carto tank (drool)...so why not one of those too!? Oh and short cartos to go with them. Cheap batteries? Not in my Provari! All new AW cells, 350's and while I'm here, how about 490's...sure! Oh, I need an extension cap for that? Awesome, throw that in too. I can't charge those in my crappy charger, I need a $50 charger with overcharge protection. Drip tips? Why do I need 5 of them? I only use one at a time. But I bought 5. And of course they match the Provari. Cleaning kit, check. LUBE! I bought lube for the threads of my Provari. Yes, approved joint compound, for an ecig. Double mind blown.
Perhaps the best side effect is that after using the Provari Mini for a little bit, I found that I was using it so much more than my last APV that I had to go from 18mg juice to 6mg. It didn't take long, a week or two. I used to vape 18mg all day (I thought) but I love the Mini so much that it rarely leaves my hand or sight. Which means it gets hit 2-3x more than any other battery I have used. I loved smoking. I was a 2 pack a day guy. I used to use 24mg juice. 6mg used to be like 0 to me. Now all the juices I'm ordering are 6mg. Why? Because I can't put it down! It makes every hit taste better somehow, magically. It feels better in my hand. I'm vaping 2-3x more, I had to drop the nicotine just to stay on my feet. Why am I dizzy? I'm not usually dizzy. Oh, I vaped 3+ ml of 18mg juice today! That's funny, it was like 1.0-1.6ml before...
The last side effect is not a great one. Now I look down on most everything else. Don't get me wrong...some of that custom mechanical stuff is downright beautiful. It's art, I get it and I respect it. It's just not for me. The Provari Mini has completely redefined the bar for me. I feel bad judging people for not using a Provari, but I can't help it. I feel bad for them. I want them to enjoy vaping as much as I do. But then I don't, because what if everyone used a Provari and then somehow mine would be less special? GASP! Which is totally silly, but terrifying because it really is just that special! For the 3rd or 4th time now in only this thread...mind blown. (exploding sound)
Until you use one, and I mean more than just try it once in a shop but use it for a week or two and hold it and love it and maybe name it george...then you simply have no idea that anyone can feel that way about a battery.
