The Final Count Down -- Are You Ready?
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I haven't kept track that closely, but the times I ran one of those calculators that tell you how much you saved by quitting smoking the number was huge, way more than I expected.
I'm sure I've saved lots of money by DIYing my juice. Tonight I replenished my unflavored juice. I usually do four 100ml bottles each time. I was down to a half bottle, so I just did three 100ml bottles. We are headed out to the Gulf coast for a week at St. Joe Beach. Didn't want to run out of juice!
ETA: just ran the QuitNow calculator. At today's prices I have saved $197,000 byquitting. When I started they were 35 cents a pack. I used the $6 price. I guess I should have averaged the prices over all those years to get closer to reality. A $3 average would have been more accurate, so I probably saved more like $100K.
I'm sure I've saved lots of money by DIYing my juice. Tonight I replenished my unflavored juice. I usually do four 100ml bottles each time. I was down to a half bottle, so I just did three 100ml bottles. We are headed out to the Gulf coast for a week at St. Joe Beach. Didn't want to run out of juice!
ETA: just ran the QuitNow calculator. At today's prices I have saved $197,000 byquitting. When I started they were 35 cents a pack. I used the $6 price. I guess I should have averaged the prices over all those years to get closer to reality. A $3 average would have been more accurate, so I probably saved more like $100K.
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Well, at $13 a pack by me, and a pack and a half a day habit, I'd be out $7,300 a year on cigarettes. Needless to say, I don't spend that much on vape gear a year. I don't think I've spent $7,300 in all on all the stuff, consumables included, since starting about 4 1/2 years ago. And that's wiyj close to a year of overpriced cartridges for a cigalike.
The difference is $20 out of your pocket a day isn't as noticeable as a $100-200 order for vape stuff. But that's the human nature, like very slowly bleeding to death, it doesn't seem all that much until you add it all up and pass out.
The difference is $20 out of your pocket a day isn't as noticeable as a $100-200 order for vape stuff. But that's the human nature, like very slowly bleeding to death, it doesn't seem all that much until you add it all up and pass out.
I don't think tariffs affect purchases by individuals. I could be wrong. I often am.
I think my mailman is beginning to wonder about me. It's a small town. He's probably spreading rumors. "Why does she need so many gavelocks?"
The wholesaler/importer pays the tariff, and passes the cost along to you. When the steel tariffs for Germany took effect, the price of guitar strings went up about 30% overnight. Most American made guitar strings are made from German steel. Thus has it been for over a century. Nobody in this country makes music grade steel. Music grade brass, but not steel.
Probably a lot less than that, depending on how many decades they're preparing for.
I've been spending for 8 1/2 years. Much of that was before variable voltage. Lots of old 510, 808, 801, and 901's. Some of my eGo batteries were from before the time of the 5-click on/off, let alone variable.
So, much money was spent on stuff that is very outdated, nothing anyone would need to stock up on nowadays. But, in the early days, that's all there was.
If done carefully, a thousand dollars would be enough for several decades. Much less for us older folks.
And, just think, all that will need to be bought after the initial investment is batteries, PG, VG, wire, and flavorings.
What have I saved on cigarettes? Let's see. 8*12=96 + 6 months = 102 months. At $300 per month, that's over $30,000.
$3,000 a year for a carton a week, $15,000 saved. Can the FDA ban vape gear sold in legal pot shops?
There shouldn't be scare mongering. Evolv will manufacture the same as always. The law will be they can't sell too end users in the US but can sell offshore as much as they want. America is rich and buys a lot of stuff but has only a few percent of the world's smokers. Trump promised drain the swamp yet the FDA still exists.
There shouldn't be scare mongering. Evolv will manufacture the same as always. The law will be they can't sell too end users in the US but can sell offshore as much as they want. America is rich and buys a lot of stuff but has only a few percent of the world's smokers. Trump promised drain the swamp yet the FDA still exists.
I never bothered to read the packaging before, but out of curiosity I looked at the ones I got today - 2 filters and some Bluetooth speakers.
I agree. I could situate myself for a grand or so. A lot of the money I spent was just because I wanted something. I could survive with far fewer than the 50 mods I have. But I spent because I had it to spend. I bet I could survive a wool ban with a tenth of my yarn stash too, but where’s the fun in that?
I added up how much $ I'd spend on cigarettes over 20 years at today's prices.
Assuming I'd live that long....$117,000...
Vape gear $ is peanuts...
i can't readily look up what i smoked, since i smoked the tax free rollie tobacco from organised crime syndicates
but going on retail of tailor mades (about $1.20 per stick) somewhere around $175,000 saved so far. And somewhere around 1.5kg of tar not in my body, which must be a good thing
I bought a few more things but I sold them at cost. Here's my keepers cost for the past year.
4 Geek Vape Legend/Aero tank kits - $240 - I always get free shipping
1 GV Legend/Alpha LimEd kit - $75
1 GV Zeus/Legend LimEd kit arriving Weds (TODAY!) - $80 inc 1 pack coils (good deal)
I also just bought 6 more packs of .2Ω GV Supermesh last night - $60
$216 on earlier coil purchases
2 Gear tanks - $48
Still have 84 Supermesh coils = 42 months of vaping
30 more Supermesh OTW = 15 months
Still have 9 Alpha tank coils 4.5 months
I still have all mods/tanks in good working order
Battery cost is insignificant but let's say $100 for 5 years
I basically have 5+ years of gear left over from the $276 coils + $443 in mods
$876 for 5+ years of vape gear - call it 6 years because I got the first Legend/Aero in August '18
Considerably less than $550 for 5 years of my DIY @ 15ml/day @ 1.5-2¢/ml but I'm generous
5+ years of easy vaping for about $1500 - considerably less than a buck a day
It cost me $3600/yr to smoke @3 cartons/Month in Mass - smoking is stupid
4 Geek Vape Legend/Aero tank kits - $240 - I always get free shipping
1 GV Legend/Alpha LimEd kit - $75
1 GV Zeus/Legend LimEd kit arriving Weds (TODAY!) - $80 inc 1 pack coils (good deal)
I also just bought 6 more packs of .2Ω GV Supermesh last night - $60
$216 on earlier coil purchases
2 Gear tanks - $48
Still have 84 Supermesh coils = 42 months of vaping
30 more Supermesh OTW = 15 months
Still have 9 Alpha tank coils 4.5 months
I still have all mods/tanks in good working order
Battery cost is insignificant but let's say $100 for 5 years
I basically have 5+ years of gear left over from the $276 coils + $443 in mods
$876 for 5+ years of vape gear - call it 6 years because I got the first Legend/Aero in August '18
Considerably less than $550 for 5 years of my DIY @ 15ml/day @ 1.5-2¢/ml but I'm generous
5+ years of easy vaping for about $1500 - considerably less than a buck a day
It cost me $3600/yr to smoke @3 cartons/Month in Mass - smoking is stupid
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This is the sticky fire button mod from Kangertech.
It's the DNA75 K1. I don't know about the 40W that was posted at that discount price.
I bought 5 at $20/ea and every single one had a sticky fire button.
I sold my buddy the least sticky one. He was using his yesterday and he said no problem.
I fired mine up and it stuck within 10 hits.
Wiggle the button and it stops but it'll scorch cotton quickly over time I'm sure.
Kangertech + Evolve = LOLZ
A spare DNA75 board is worth $20 any day AFAIK.
EDIT - It gave a a weak battery warning at 3.91v within a half hour of vaping.
Weak at 3.91 lol. Weak something. That HG2 is going back on flashlight duty and this weak *** mod is not going back in the vapocalypse box. How fun
It's the DNA75 K1. I don't know about the 40W that was posted at that discount price.
I bought 5 at $20/ea and every single one had a sticky fire button.
I sold my buddy the least sticky one. He was using his yesterday and he said no problem.
I fired mine up and it stuck within 10 hits.
Wiggle the button and it stops but it'll scorch cotton quickly over time I'm sure.
Kangertech + Evolve = LOLZ
A spare DNA75 board is worth $20 any day AFAIK.
EDIT - It gave a a weak battery warning at 3.91v within a half hour of vaping.
Weak at 3.91 lol. Weak something. That HG2 is going back on flashlight duty and this weak *** mod is not going back in the vapocalypse box. How fun
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I wondered how it could be the 40W Kanger KBox, that quite a few of us bought multiples of a few years ago. I have several friends using 3-4 of them, and no one has mentioned a problem with a sticky fire button. Thought maybe I'd just gotten ones from a better batch of them somehow.
This is the sticky fire button mod from Kangertech.
It's the DNA75 K1. I don't know about the 40W that was posted at that discount price.
I bought 5 at $20/ea and every single one had a sticky fire button.
I sold my buddy the least sticky one. He was using his yesterday and he said no problem.
I fired mine up and it stuck within 10 hits.
Wiggle the button and it stops but it'll scorch cotton quickly over time I'm sure.
Kangertech + Evolve = LOLZ
A spare DNA75 board is worth $20 any day AFAIK.
EDIT - It gave a a weak battery warning at 3.91v within a half hour of vaping.
Weak at 3.91 lol. Weak something. That HG2 is going back on flashlight duty and this weak *** mod is not going back in the vapocalypse box. How fun
Yep, they're the ones with the sticky fire button for sure. I got 2 of 'em also for 20 bucks. They sit in the closet for spare parts.
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