Terms, items, parts and pieces...need definitions, plz.

Welcome to ECF and congrats on making the switch!

Baditudes blogs can help you familiarize yourself with some of the terminology.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3230-1-proper-terminology-carto-tank-what-guide-juice-attachments.html

Steeping is letting an e-liquid sit (or other various methods to speed up the process) to allow flavors to properly meld/bland together and can effect the flavor of some, if not many, juices.

Generally a 'drip tip' is any removable mouthpiece (usually 510) used on an atomizer, there are an endless # of types and styles.

 

If going tanked, then your choices are a cartomizer tank, a carto uses a cartridge that has the coil inside and the juice seeps into punched holes in the cartridge. Then there is changeable coil head tanks, where you have a coil with a wick inside a head that is easily replaceable. Or one can venture into the re-buildable atomizers. rba's. This is where one wraps their own coils, mounts them and wicks them. It's more for advanced users, but does provide the best vape possible, once one becomes competent. The path you choose is up to you.

Vape long and Prosper.!!!

 

Below are some blog posts by ECF member Baditude that I highly recommend for someone new to vaping.

1. A Good Starter's Setup for a Beginning Vapor
2. Advancing Up the Vaping Ladder with Egos and Mods
3. Proper terminology - Is it a carto, a tank, or what? A Guide to Juice Attachments.
4. Something Safe for Cinnamon and Citrus Flavors