How right that is, my husband is quitting too but using the patches (says I’m “copping out” by vaping lol) but I just couldn’t do it without my quick fixes and 2 minutes of me time throughout the day. I actually go outside still because it’s habit and I’m trying to make it as similar as possible as my past attempts haven’t gone well. And yes I believe it was him that gave me the battery sites so hopefully once I get them I won’t have to worry about things for a while.
Well- good luck to your husband (I mean that completely sincerely, btw.) If the patch works for him it works for him. But as for “copping out...” well, I tried the patch and it didn’t work for me. If vaping is copping out I’ll cop to copping out
. Everyone is different, but it’s my impression that on average vaping is the most effective cessation aid there is.
As for equipment- if what you have is working for you, keep using it. But Janusz wasn’t being rude- different tanks have different characteristics, and support different styles of vaping. Some people really require the tight draw that dedicated MTL tanks provide. So it’s worth pointing out to people that there is more than one way to vape, and that different setups support different styles, because if a given setup _isn’t_ working for them it might be because they have a setup that doesn’t suit them.
The good news is that equipment is generally very good these days. I started vaping right around the end of 2011, IIRC, and most equipment back then was just terrible- I used to use 32mg juice, because that’s what it took on the readily available equipment of the day.
So pretty much any reasonable setup is going to be better than anything that wasn’t fairly exotic back then. And if a given setup is working for you that’s what matters.
But- well, some people love trying out new things, and some prefer not to have to fiddle. I fall closer to the latter camp than a lot of people on ECF, but I do experiment from time to time, and it has been worthwhile for me. I’ve gradually gone from using very restricted MTL tanks that used factory coils to using moderately airy RDAs mostly on squonk mods.
The MTL style I favored would have continued to work for me indefinitely I imagine, especially given how good equipment is compared to when I started, but I’m happier with my current style.
So, especially at first, don’t rush to change something that works for you. But keep an open mind- one reason there are so many opinionated hobbyists here is that there are a lot of variables in play when it comes to vaping, and most of us, especially most of us who started on fixed voltage ego devices with cartridges or cartomizers (or worse, shudder) have experimented a lot over time, and changed how they vape over time.
