I live in Vietnam, I have been for 5 years, and things are behind here, so I first heard about E-cigs when I saw a video about it which showed some people testing them out. They said it was satisfying so that was my eureka moment when I thought ' I could do that'. Then when I went to Hanoi I bought one which turned out to be a chinese fake, after a short time the battery couldn't take a charge, so I rigged it up to an old variable voltage power pack I had (very crudely with sellotape and wire) but it still works,except it's really inconvenient and not portable so every puff you had to plug it in and out the mains socket. I have an istick now. How was it for you? And how long ago? Did someone introduce you or what? And what were your initial thoughts e.t.c. Here I have never seen anyone except me doing it. I very much enjoy receiving your posts and look forward to hearing from you, Dazzer.