Things you wish you had known when you started vaping.

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

I wish I'd known that vaping would—apparently—be responsible for bouts of insomnia. Not that I wouldn't have started anyway, but I'd have been better prepared for that nasty little side effect.

I wish I'd known there was a vaping subculture unto itself, with a category of savvy, responsible vendors attached to it.

 

[Liv2Ski]

Wish I had known about ECF. I took the standard noob route. Bought a POS disposable, then a POS two piece followed by a boatload of their prefilled cartos. Found this place and..............the spending did not stop but at least the money I have spent was on quality gear at a fair price. Happy Vapes

 

[DivisionMatrix]

That my standard 510 (while still an excellent PV) was not going to cut it as a PAD smoker.
That DIY is neither difficult, nor confusing.
That I could have bought a Riva from LibertyFlights for less than I bought my first 510 for.
That a fat battery with a LR atty makes vaping a whole new experience.

 

[phillydave]

1. Carts are a pain in the neck. I would have warned future Dave not to buy 5 5-packs of carts that I would never use.

2. Please future Dave, just buy an Ego!

3. Hey, future Dave, Low Res is beast, don't buy a whole bunch of regular atomizers right before you try your first Low Res!

 

[Stosh]

I wish I had known how to translate some of the jargon on ECF. As someone that started using an analog multi-meter (digital was the future) before I started smoking, I understood voltage, amps, ohms, just couldn't figure how it applied to e-cigs. With a little experimenting and a lot of reading ECF (was fun to me, not too frustrating) found my sweet spot .

To any noobs reading this, if you can't understand anything in a post, ask for a translation, there's a wonderful mix of people here willing to help, and always someone that can put it in terms familiar to you.

 

[Hoosier]

I'm sure I've answered this question more than a few times, but it is a valid question.

#1. Juice means a lot. What you think you'll like is seldom what will actually give that satisfaction that makes walking away from tobacco easy. I wish I had tried a greater number of flavors and strengths at the beginning and gone with the "weird" flavors right away as I would have quit smoking sooner.

#2. F- the size. Yeah, I thought it needed to be close to the same size as a cig, but that was a concept that I wish I could have gotten over before I ordered the first kit.

 

[Pipeous]

That although people told me I wouldn't like tobacco flavours that I actually prefer them.
That lr cartos have so much more flavour than a t atty

 

[sfa437]

I'm in the minority here as I actually ADORE my 510-D (Boge 'disposable' clone) but I wish I had found this place before buying a buttload of 510 batteries at full retail given how many people drop the 510 for the eGo and modded ones!

P.S. I'll still take every single 510 battery, USB charger, attys and everything else ya wanna get rid of! LOL

 

[badkarmaiii]

510 XL batteries don't last long enough and the cartridges don't hold enough. My second was a Bauway i-Tank and it was much better but my current setup of Joyetech USB pass-through 650mah batteries, with 5-press shutoff, Joye Type B LR atomizers and Type B tanks with silicone caps is awesome!!!

 

[581775017]

That dripping will get annoying over time! And wish I did't spend so much on a P16 as my first mod, But all in all i still love the P16 its does look sexy compare to my Reo. But for everyday use looks alone is just not going to cut it!

 

[bjannr]

I wish I had known how much I was going to like my Reos. It would have saved me alot of money.

 

[JD1]

I probably would have went straight to a mod and I would definitely have saved some money on juice if past JD had been a little more thoughtful lol.

 

[hairball]

Things I wish I had known when I started vaping....hmmm... good question.

The one thing that stands out is how much better overall performance mods are compared to something that looks like a cigarette or cigar. I would have saved a ton of money and just bought a mod from the get go.

 

[captcpu]

I get the feeling I'm being too contrary today... sigh...

That I spend more money on bigger batteries and more complex vaping devices and all that really changes is that I don't have to recharge as often, which doesn't really matter to me as much as I thought it would.

That the right juice is the most important thing and it takes a lot of samples to find just one or two that really hit the spot. I'd have ordered a few more flavors at first if I'd have thought of that.

That it doesn't have to taste like a cigarette. In fact, that it DOESN'T taste like a cig is it's biggest selling point!

That you can maintain your fragile manhood and smoke a blueberry. It's de-licious.

 

[adam.phillips]

+1000 On the REOs. I wish I had gotten a REO to begin with instead of the Provari. I thought I had done enough research but guess not.

 

[Firechief2]

I wish I would have fiqured out sooner that just because I smoked cigarettes I didn't have to load up on cig flavor juices. I never would have believed that I would like pomegranite, blueberry, caramel coffee, etc etc etc

 

[studio52]

One thing that I would have liked to have known is that vaping is vaping...I bought almost every mod I could find, I finally got a few I really liked, but in all I wish I would have known that a 1650 vape device hits about the same no matter how cool the body of the delivery device is..

 

[Wuzznt Me]

1. That I had known where the 20% off coupon was on the Liberty-Flights page before I checked out my first order.
2. That the carts that come with the kit aren't worth using.
3. To buy my juice from a juice vendor and my equipment from an equipment vendor.
4. About things like Smart Carts, cartomizers and tanks. I've used all three and still do for different reasons.
5. That I'd like LR attys and cartos better for most juices.

It's nice to sit back now with everything I need in equipment and juices totally content with everything I've bought. When I bought a pack of analogs I was stuck with the same flavor etc. until it was gone with little options other than changing brands to get very little difference. Now I can change flavors, throat hit, amounts of nicotine totally by screwing something else on my big ol batteries. My ADV is either an 1000 mah black Ego bat or a steel T-Rex 1100 with any type of tank or carto I decide to screw onto it depending on my whim as to flavor and how I want it to look according to my attire or where I'm going lol. Nice part is all I had to spend for the last 3 months came up to about what we spent on analogs and this month there's nothing to buy unless I see something I can't resist.

 

[Meddog]

That no matter what everyone said, I'd love my volt 10 x more than any of my ego's
That blueberry sounds like a disgusting vape, but is really wonderful, sometimes.
That freedom smokes has samples for cheap. Buy several and experiment.

 

[Pammers]

I wish I had known to wash the primer out of the attys that came with my Ego kit so that all the juice I tried didn't have the same nasty chemical taste.

I wish I'd known that, despite his protests, my husband would take up vaping too because I could have gotten a better deal buying 2 complete kits together.

I wish I'd known that I wasn't going to like any fruit or bakery flavored juice before I ordered a huge assortment of them.

I wish I'd known about the CE2 510 Metal Cartomizers before I wasted money on spare atomizers and cartridges that I don't use.

Mostly I wish I knew how to start up a e-cig business because I think when this catches on it's going to be huge.