When I quit they were $10 a pack in the cheapest places. In NYC they are ridiculous from what I hear. I remember buying cartons and complaining they were $25!
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I used to spend 200 a month on medium grade cigars. Now if I spend 40-50-60 a month on this and that I`m happy as a lark.
$10 a day for me turned into $10 a week and now with DIY that is $1.50 a week.
A couple of provaris for $39 each. A few kayfuns for $15 each. A few hundred dollars for wire, cotton, nic, flavors, and various supplies and I'm good for a couple of years. Used to spend $11 a day on cigarettes. Yeah, I've saved a lot of money
I put $11 bucks in a pot every day. I actually have a spreadsheet to record spending and savings and for the first few months it was pretty even. Since then, I've just been taking it out and spending it on dinner, vacations and stuff. I don't have enough room to spend the money on vape stuff as fast as I'm saving it. I could just about buy a new tank every day for what I used to spend on cigarettes.
I put $11 bucks in a pot every day. I actually have a spreadsheet to record spending and savings and for the first few months it was pretty even. Since then, I've just been taking it out and spending it on dinner, vacations and stuff. I don't have enough room to spend the money on vape stuff as fast as I'm saving it. I could just about buy a new tank every day for what I used to spend on cigarettes.
With my first MOD and Tank purchase I spent the equivalent of one weeks worth of smokes. But here it is 2 years later and I have to put a $2 coil in the tank every couple of weeks and the MOD still gets used weekly. No pack of smokes ever lasted that long and gave as much enjoyment as the initial investment.
You'll save money, they said...
I don't know about anyone else, but I've certainly spent more on vaping than I've saved from smoking! So many things to try! I'm completely addicted to stalking my mailbox for vapemail... I'm hoping now that I have some of the basics, a decent mod and a backup, a few batteries and tanks, external battery charger, DIY stuff I can back off for a little while until I need more DIY ingredients. Next up in the learning lineup, building coils. Hopefully my amounts saved from smoking will catch up or surpass what I've spent on vape gear. I neeeeeed to experiment with more tanks though.
The struggle is real.
You know what though? I can breathe and don't smell like an ashtray. Can I really put a price on that?
Vape On!
I've spent a whole lot more on vaping than I did on smoking because I made my own cigarettes. I spent like $10 a carton, I spend about $30 a week assuming I don't buy anything new. I couldn't care less because everything I've bought I get to enjoy for years not just for 3 minutes. Ohh and vaping is at least %95 safer. Now if you DIY, don't have shinyitis and use a RDA/RTA you're vaping for pennies.
DIY juice really changes the vaping vs. smoking cost equation IME.
I made almost 500ml of DIY juice today. The most expensive ingredient was flavour as my wife uses about 20% in her main juice. So maybe $5 for flavour, $4 for PG/VG and not even a buck for nic.
So under $10 for approx 17 bottles of great tasting juice. $0.02/ml. Not to shabby.
I made almost 500ml of DIY juice today. The most expensive ingredient was flavour as my wife uses about 20% in her main juice. So maybe $5 for flavour, $4 for PG/VG and not even a buck for nic.
So under $10 for approx 17 bottles of great tasting juice. $0.02/ml. Not to shabby.
My flavor order came in the mail today. As soon as the kids go to bed I'll be mixingDIY juice really changes the vaping vs. smoking cost equation IME.
I made almost 500ml of DIY juice today. The most expensive ingredient was flavour as my wife uses about 20% in her main juice. So maybe $5 for flavour, $4 for PG/VG and not even a buck for nic.
So under $10 for approx 17 bottles of great tasting juice. $0.02/ml. Not to shabby.
LOL. I did mine at lunch today while working from home. My youngest is 3, so no mixing juice when she is home/awake.My flavor order came in the mail today. As soon as the kids go to bed I'll be mixing
I spent a ton upfront when I started vaping but now I'm down to about $40 a month on juice because I got tired of my own favorite DIY juice. I love Juice Mafia's Toro Blue and can't come close to it with my limited mixology skills.
No... say it isn't so...
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Smokes here are, last time I checked, around $5 per pack. There are two smokers in my house (and one occasional moocher). We both smoked about a pack a day... maybe a bit more. Let's just call it $12 per day. That's $4380 per year. I'm approaching my 2 year vaperversary, so $8760. No way, even with the admittedly insane collection I have, have I spent nearly $9 grand. And I feel better, smell better (both senses of the word), food tastes better... all things you can't really put a $$$ on.
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I’m hearing you! Though I’m also with you on being able to breath. After only 3 weeks, I can run again without getting winded quickly! I started with a starter kit. Now I’m feeling like maybe I should have spent that bill towards a good quality mod. However, I didn’t have the slightest idea what I wanted or even how vaping worked really. It can be pricey but I enjoy it also, along with the health benefits. Its neat trying new flavors. I’m already seeing that I may need to try mixing my own. I have the exact opposite flavor problem you are. I’ve bought several too mild for me. To each their own. I know all these vets are right when they say when we find what works... I just can’t wait until I’m there =)
Co signing on everyone else, I can't possibly be near the money spent on cigarettes, or the fact that I no longer need oxygen 24/7. My wife and I have batteries,mods,tanks,coils and wire for years to come. Even with purging ever year we'll still be fine. I dabble in DIY but I also go to my local B&M to hang out and shoot the (you know) with everyone,
never know who will walk in. I'm retired so this keeps me busy.
That is an impressive collection.No... say it isn't so...
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I have a 3 year old too, and he's far too interested in my "cloud machine" as it is. No way I'd mix when he could see me. He's a nosey little turd so I keep everything on the highest shelf of a locked closet.LOL. I did mine at lunch today while working from home. My youngest is 3, so no mixing juice when she is home/awake.
In the past couple months I dropped over a grand stockpiling and finding out what works for me. Still cheaper than ciggs lol.
in my ~18 months of vaping i spent about 300€ on hardware from the evods over a vision spinner to an istick and a rx200 with 3 good tanks and a dripper i still use. i researched alot before buying so im not one of the "ITS NEW I GOTTA TRY IT" guys
dunno what i spent on liquid to be honest but way more in the starting days then now. Last december i started building my own coils and mixing my liquid. since then i barely go over 15-20€ a month. Wire costs nothing,rayon costs nothing, my low nic base is about 15€/l and the flavours i like are mostly ~4-5€ for ~10ml and mix at ~3-6% (strong menthol + some fruity stuff).
I might get a nice dual 18650 box soonish (the smok alien seems to be just what i was looking for..) but other then my stuff just works and gives me what i need. And while its fun to try and read about the new stuff i just doubt anything that came out in recent time is gonna really beat my bellus,griffin 25,tsunami or tornado nano for what i use them by enough that a new purchase would make sense.
dunno what i spent on liquid to be honest but way more in the starting days then now. Last december i started building my own coils and mixing my liquid. since then i barely go over 15-20€ a month. Wire costs nothing,rayon costs nothing, my low nic base is about 15€/l and the flavours i like are mostly ~4-5€ for ~10ml and mix at ~3-6% (strong menthol + some fruity stuff).
I might get a nice dual 18650 box soonish (the smok alien seems to be just what i was looking for..) but other then my stuff just works and gives me what i need. And while its fun to try and read about the new stuff i just doubt anything that came out in recent time is gonna really beat my bellus,griffin 25,tsunami or tornado nano for what i use them by enough that a new purchase would make sense.
exactly... as much as the shinier and prettier might catch my eye, I'm thinking more like:
"okay the toptanks work well and suit my needs mostly, hmm is 5 enough for long term?" and "okay we have two pro tanks, he's not going to break the glass on these as easy!" or "we have 3 regulated mods that don't go above 75w, neither one of us vapes over 35w, do we really need any 200w mods?" and "the 60w dripbox works well, but maybe we should have a 2 battery device after all, I want to try some quad coils..."
and just now "I'm going to crazy glue his pocket shut, so he stops dropping his tank and mod out of his pocket every time he puts his boots on every morning..."
"okay the toptanks work well and suit my needs mostly, hmm is 5 enough for long term?" and "okay we have two pro tanks, he's not going to break the glass on these as easy!" or "we have 3 regulated mods that don't go above 75w, neither one of us vapes over 35w, do we really need any 200w mods?" and "the 60w dripbox works well, but maybe we should have a 2 battery device after all, I want to try some quad coils..."
and just now "I'm going to crazy glue his pocket shut, so he stops dropping his tank and mod out of his pocket every time he puts his boots on every morning..."
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