The SAVINGS and math of changing to e cigs

[BestLion]

Ok I use to smoke cigarettes and cigars. a pack of Chesterfields cost 6 USD or 30c each cigarette and the cigars I use to smoke were Dutchmasters at about 2 USD each.
1 cigarettes give about 10 drags
1 cigar about 60 drags
I buy ejuice at 7 USD each 30ml free shipping. I have 10 ejuices "e-liquid-store in china"
I have the Yeti 501 paid 37 USD for 2 gold ones.
I figure a 30 ml bottle is equal to about 600 regular cigarettes or 60 cigars...or 6,000 puffs- or 30 packs of cigarettes.
So this would make the price of a pack cigarettes at .23c each pack 'minus the 501 Yetis price"
Price of a cigar is .12c
One cigarette is more less .01c
In the long run the saving is just HUGE!!!!
And IMHO the taste and pleasure is just as good as a real cigar- cigarette

 

[BestLion]

My friend lives in Ireland where a pack of smoke is now at 12 USD a pack.. And if in New York city try 14 DOLLARS a pack! that is just insane! one cigarette in New york cost .70c... When a e-cig cost .01c
if only for economic reasons alone the change over is well worth it.
A pack of day in new York cost $5,100 a YEAR!
A pack a day e-juice- 501 is $83.00
Savings a year is 5,000 USD!!!

 

[Exylos]

Well i just did a post a bit ago, Where I showed our math, I am not gonna go as far down trying to find the amount as you did,But for us

its 5 euro a pack here,
I smoked two packs a day, so 10 euro a day
* 30 days is 300 euro.

from Best ecig
1 vaperizer 3 euro
2 batteries 6 euro
1 60 ML of e liquid 24 euro(This is enough that I never crave a Analog smoke could and I do not have to order a new Vaperier every month But I do so it never breaks and I am with out,..)

Price total: 33 euro a month
Amount saved: 267 euro a month

 

[BestLion]

No matter who supplies the ejuice the saving is just HUGE! darn..10 euros a day for smokes ochh..now you really are saving big time!

 

[clark8876]

Gee... how come your analogues are so cheap!!! LOL

My previous analogue of choice are now over $18.00 per pack of 25 retail and I used to smoke around 30-40/day. AUS$ is close to parity with US$ currently, so I'm killing the pig!!!!

Been 7 months now, but I worked out $'s after 5 months and (disregarding initial hardware outlay approx $120) consumables for vaping had cost me approx $180. Analogues for the same time would have been close to $3,000 at retail and approx $2,200 if I bought in bulk.

I'm one happy vaper!!!

 

[clark8876]

BTW: I go through approx 2.5-3ml of juice/day and average an atty or carto every 3 weeks.

 

[Exylos]

exactly..chuckles.... But people dont even think about it, because you buy them as you need them so A pack or two packs a day, or a carton a week. You don't buy it all outright, Where with Ecigs you kinda have to, Because it takes two weeks for the order to get here.

The only reason I noticed it was the second month I was vaping, I ordered what i needed for the next month, and saw the price of 33 euro, and was like wtf that's a carton, and I smoked 1 of those a week.


EDit: This was originally to Bestlion But it somewhat works in answer to both of you..lol

 

[BestLion]

Clark your a heavy esmoker at 3ml a day thats equal to 3 packs or normal-real packs of smokes a day! imagine the cost of 3 real packs a day!!! That would be INSANELY expensive!

 

[BestLion]

Clark at 18 USD a pack and if you did 3 a day thats $19,710 USD a year for cigarettes!! this is just to compare!!

 

[clark8876]

Clark at 18 USD a pack and if you did 3 a day thats $19,710 USD a year for cigarettes!! this is just to compare!!

As I said, I'm killing the pig!!! LOL

 

[clark8876]

Clark at 18 USD a pack and if you did 3 a day thats $19,710 USD a year for cigarettes!! this is just to compare!!

Hey Best, thought the $19k was a little ambitious so I thought I'd step back and do the math, from my actual usage cost, over the past 7 months and extend it to a year of vaping.

OK, here we go..... the MATH (for me)....

Firstly with analogues, I smoked 30 cigs/day on average (sometimes more, sometimes less). My smokes cost over $18.00/25, so each smoke = $0.72. Therefore, average cost to me me per year @ 30/day would be 10,950 analogues x $0.72 = $7,884.

VAPING COSTS

Juice
I vape 2.5-3ml/day and my cost is approx 0.20c/ml (I buy premix and mix my own, but this is average), so @ 2.5ml/day I would consume 910ml/yr, or 1100ml/yr @ 3.0ml/day. Split the difference, say 1000ml/year @ 0.20/ml = $200.00.

Atty's
I kill an atty approx every 3 weeks, so that works out to approx 18/yr @ $4.50, so 18 attys/yr @ $4.50 = $81.00.

Batteries
I've managed to kill 3 batteries over 7 months (if you disregard the 7 that died when I used LR1.5 ohm atty's for a week), so over a year I would expect to lose 6 batteries@ $15.00/batt = $90.00.

So, the total consumables for the year should be approx $371.00.

But I have built up supplies of juice & spares etc, so let's add another $300 to the costs and call it $670 in total.

Unless I go crazy buying new gear etc, I figure by next May I should be in front by about $7200 and that should pay for a nice little holiday.

Cheers.

 

[BestLion]

the 19,000 bucks was if you smoked 3 packs a day.. but anyway at 7,000 bucks a year in savings that is just amazing! 7 grand is a hell of nice vacation to las vegas with 5,000 bucks left over for the poker tables..
I smoked both canalogs and cigars..about 1 packs every other day and 3 cigars a day.. i spend on ave about 10 bucks a day on smokes or $3,650 bucks a year..
Now i drag 800-1,000 drags a day "I am a heavy esmoker" or 7 ml a day I go through 85 - 30ml bottles a year at 7 USD each bottle..thats 590 bucks..and I do 5 batteries and 7 atomizers a year. that's about 100 bucks so more less about 700 bucks a yr I spend on esmokes i save near 3,000 bucks a year and smoke 10X more then i did the real thing!

 

[clark8876]

Understand the 3 pack deal.... but gee, if I was doing that many analogues for the last 40 years...I don't think I'd be here to post...LOL

Consider...I go through approx 20ml of 26mg juice per week. If you are doing 50ml per week, I'd have to ask if you have your juice at a high enough mg level for you?

 

[BestLion]

I get the 24 nicotine strength and dilute it with v-glycerin 50% so i get a 12 hit.. but I don't inhale..about 25% of the time I inhale.
yeah 3 packs a day would lead to an early grave.

 

[B-Rad_The_Mad_Vapr]

LOL I used to make my own cigs (very cheaply about $1 a pack and smoked 2-3 packs a day). I mix my own juices and costs are extremely cheap I get a gallon of PG and VG for under $25 each but I have yet to recoup my start up costs lol since I did the trial and error thing finding a pv that works and now I'm addicted to using GG's which are pricey. GG keeps producing new and better products and I just have to have them. I'll never break even! LMAO

 

[BestLion]

I buy PG and VG oil..and mix 50% to all my juices.. saves on the cost since I go through about 10 ml a day. i also did roll your own cigs..I had a machine that rolled them..American Spirits. When i did those i smoke easy 40+ a day and if I was drinking would smoke 3-4 packs a day!

 

[clark8876]

I buy PG and VG oil..and mix 50% to all my juices.. saves on the cost since I go through about 10 ml a day. i also did roll your own cigs..I had a machine that rolled them..American Spirits. When i did those i smoke easy 40+ a day and if I was drinking would smoke 3-4 packs a day!

Up your mg levels and I think everything will be fine. Try 18mg or 24-26mg juices, undiluted, and see how you go.

 

[BestLion]

Will do on my next batch..will do a 2/3 ejuice 1/3rd VG..was doing 50-50

 

[dormouse]

I haven't broke even yet on what I've spent on vaping because I keep buying stuff! Got caught with no charged battery a few times so I bought 2 more batteries, 2 4-port USB chargers, more charging cables, 2 passthroughs (one for work), a spare PV or a different kind and its PCC and cartos for that one. Not to mention the dozen or so juice places I have bought samples from...

 

[Travis798]

I've been vaping for over a year now, and I'm not sure when I'll break even, if I ever do.