I cannot find a single post mentioning how inconsistent and temperamental this technology actually is.
The e-cig is a truly great idea but the technology isn't quite there yet for this to be a true alternative to cigarettes.
???? I've used these things -- cigs, cigars, pipes -- since last January and reported honestly that THEY ARE NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME. Trog is another veteran user who has said the same. Folks, we are guinea pigs. The devices are betas. No retailer wants the hassle of failed atomizers, dry carts, etc.
I have recommended exactly one device to my chain tobacco shop owner -- the Ruyan Vegas. Everything else will cause him too much hassle from upset customers returning crappy product pieces. This market is suited to the eBay underground serving it.
BUT .. acknowledge this 20aDay .. the e-smoking devices are the single best alternative to continued cigarette smoking. They are worth the learning curve, the fussing with them, the spilled liquid, stabbed fingers from syringes, occasional wimpy vapor, etc. And improvements are being made monthly. The next generation is set to come to market just before Christmas. This technology has the promise to be tomorrow's smoking method.
We are not a bunch of sellers. Enthusiasts? Yes. Early adoptors? Got that right. And many new e-smokers wear rose-colored glasses, or, as Trog says, are "happy bunnies." I'm not a happy bunny. I wear dark glasses. I want tomorrow's devices today.
Your first quote above is not true. But I think your second one is. If you read around more here, you'll find negative mixed with positive. Keep trying e-smoking and watch developments. This generation of devices is not the end of development; only the beginning.