So, if you read any of my previous postings the last few days, you might remember my impatience and disgust with my postal service. I decided I was going to skip all the annoyance today and just slept in. My wife woke me up to tell me my package had arrived, and I started my wake-up process.
This usually involves a morning cigarette, and I strongly considered having mine before I went down to open the mail. I finally decided against it; if I was going to try and quit with Bloog, it was going to HAVE to be able to handle the cravings. I know PVs aren't smoking-cessation products, but I'd decided to vape with this goal in mind.
I set one to charge, and popped a menthol on the other, and gave it a tentative puff. Well, now, that was acceptable. As I've read others claim, I could certainly do this. Once the charging batt finished, I switched them around and continued on the menthol carto. It was about this time that I gave thought to how I was going to deal with analogs. The need to fulfill the actual analog habit was still rattling around the back of my brain.
I stepped outside, pulled one out and lit it up. Now, I was a half-pack a day smoker. I'd probably have ended up a heavier smoker if my asthmatic lungs could handle anything more. I'd always preferred menthol, and my "last" packs I'd sprung for Smooths, a fairly minty menthol. I realized immediately that after all the menthol vape, all I was getting out of the analog was all the tastes that WEREN'T menthol. It wasn't disgusting (yet), but it was definitely not satisfying. Halfway through, I just looked at it and realized - I don't need this. I don't want it. I snuffed it, tossed the rest of the pack out on the porch, and went back inside.
After a thorough shower (the first in 10 years that wasn't going to end with me stinking again in 5 minutes) and a change of clothes, I was ready to start the rest of my day as a vaper. Analogs were behind me. There just wasn't anything positive they had to offer anymore that the Bloog wasn't covering.
I vaped occasionally, now and then. Once the second batt was charged, I set up a RY4. I had originally wanted two black batts, but they'd gone out of stock right before I went to order. I ended up with a blue and a red. This turned out to be pretty awesome, as I had menthol on the blue and RY4 on the red. I knew what flavor I was grabbing with a quick glance and easy color association. As of this posting my RY4 carto seems like it might be coming close to its end, with the menthol still going nicely. Both batts seem to still be going like champs, so I'm not sure how long they'll typically last me on a charge. I could essentially kill my very few cravings with three or so consecutive puffs, and only when I went for a drive or stepped out with the dogs did I really "chain" it.
That's been my day so far. Analogs have been a non-issue since my first craving in the morning. I imagine the rest of that pack is just going to rot outside until I bother to throw it out. So, on to the flavors I ordered.
Menthol - I'd go 3/5 on this one. It's good. It's not bad. It tastes exactly like the mint nicotine gum I failed to quit on before. It's great as menthol, I've just realized throughout the day that I really want some kind of flavor to back it up. It just tastes lonely, and I'll be experimenting with flavoring my DIY menthols.
RY4 - I'd forgotten what this was supposed to have tasted like, and mistaken it for what I'd read on the 555's. I was looking hard for the nuttiness! Hah. What I got instead, at the start, was a very pleasant cotton candy. Through the course of the day, this slowly graduated into the caramel taste. I have no clue what tobacco vape is supposed to taste like, but I imagine it's what's given the savory tone to the sugary. This is easily 4/5, and reminds me I need to get some cotton candy flavoring.
Oh, and someone "accidently" put some Reds into my order... I'm waiting to finish one of these other cartos before I start one of them, so I'm not sure how that'll be.
In the end, it IS worth the wait, but you can't appreciate that until you're vaping it! As well, I'm 99% sure I'm quit with analogs, thanks to the Bloog Maxx Fusion.
This usually involves a morning cigarette, and I strongly considered having mine before I went down to open the mail. I finally decided against it; if I was going to try and quit with Bloog, it was going to HAVE to be able to handle the cravings. I know PVs aren't smoking-cessation products, but I'd decided to vape with this goal in mind.
I set one to charge, and popped a menthol on the other, and gave it a tentative puff. Well, now, that was acceptable. As I've read others claim, I could certainly do this. Once the charging batt finished, I switched them around and continued on the menthol carto. It was about this time that I gave thought to how I was going to deal with analogs. The need to fulfill the actual analog habit was still rattling around the back of my brain.
I stepped outside, pulled one out and lit it up. Now, I was a half-pack a day smoker. I'd probably have ended up a heavier smoker if my asthmatic lungs could handle anything more. I'd always preferred menthol, and my "last" packs I'd sprung for Smooths, a fairly minty menthol. I realized immediately that after all the menthol vape, all I was getting out of the analog was all the tastes that WEREN'T menthol. It wasn't disgusting (yet), but it was definitely not satisfying. Halfway through, I just looked at it and realized - I don't need this. I don't want it. I snuffed it, tossed the rest of the pack out on the porch, and went back inside.
After a thorough shower (the first in 10 years that wasn't going to end with me stinking again in 5 minutes) and a change of clothes, I was ready to start the rest of my day as a vaper. Analogs were behind me. There just wasn't anything positive they had to offer anymore that the Bloog wasn't covering.
I vaped occasionally, now and then. Once the second batt was charged, I set up a RY4. I had originally wanted two black batts, but they'd gone out of stock right before I went to order. I ended up with a blue and a red. This turned out to be pretty awesome, as I had menthol on the blue and RY4 on the red. I knew what flavor I was grabbing with a quick glance and easy color association. As of this posting my RY4 carto seems like it might be coming close to its end, with the menthol still going nicely. Both batts seem to still be going like champs, so I'm not sure how long they'll typically last me on a charge. I could essentially kill my very few cravings with three or so consecutive puffs, and only when I went for a drive or stepped out with the dogs did I really "chain" it.
That's been my day so far. Analogs have been a non-issue since my first craving in the morning. I imagine the rest of that pack is just going to rot outside until I bother to throw it out. So, on to the flavors I ordered.
Menthol - I'd go 3/5 on this one. It's good. It's not bad. It tastes exactly like the mint nicotine gum I failed to quit on before. It's great as menthol, I've just realized throughout the day that I really want some kind of flavor to back it up. It just tastes lonely, and I'll be experimenting with flavoring my DIY menthols.
RY4 - I'd forgotten what this was supposed to have tasted like, and mistaken it for what I'd read on the 555's. I was looking hard for the nuttiness! Hah. What I got instead, at the start, was a very pleasant cotton candy. Through the course of the day, this slowly graduated into the caramel taste. I have no clue what tobacco vape is supposed to taste like, but I imagine it's what's given the savory tone to the sugary. This is easily 4/5, and reminds me I need to get some cotton candy flavoring.
Oh, and someone "accidently" put some Reds into my order... I'm waiting to finish one of these other cartos before I start one of them, so I'm not sure how that'll be.
In the end, it IS worth the wait, but you can't appreciate that until you're vaping it! As well, I'm 99% sure I'm quit with analogs, thanks to the Bloog Maxx Fusion.
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