Things you wish you had known when you started vaping.

[BiancaMontgomery]

I wish I'd known that the Smoke 51 free trial offer was going to cost me $180

I wish I'd known about cartos and ohms and mAh, oh my! And how very important all those things are to my personal vaping experience. I wasted so much money and time trying to enjoy standard atomizers on skinny manual batteries. Fail.

 

[JDVAP3R]

I wish I knew about and tried it much sooner.

 

[ShannonA]

That I was paying too much for my rebranded starter kit.
That cartos are better than carts.
That egos rule and 510s drool.
That the quest for the prefect e-liquid is endless.

 

[The Duke]

I wished I knew not to clean all my atomizers at the same time, when drying them I THOUGHT the toaster oven was on the keep warm setting aprox 150 degrees. But I found out latter it was on "toast" too late, all ruined.

 

[Maxine]

That cartos are like foolsball: no matter how many fans, they are the devil.

That an end of the world stash is an oxymoron.

That pink is always a mistake.

 

[ogredog]

1. to do lots of research first about what was best suited for me
2. the super slim ecigs suck. a lot. (shouldnt say that they suck, for my needs and 95% of those here they do)
3. wish i would have known someone who did it first.
4. That this is an ongoing obsession/hobby.
5. about all the cool people here.
6. ecf and youtube were the most helpful ever, even while lurking lol
7. that i can vape the best coffee and dessert flavors ever instead of caca analog taste
8. that people look at me like im an alien when i vape, but many are curious too
9. that i really am an alien
10. peoples tastes are wayyy different and not to buy juices based on someones recommendation, but buy staple well known flavors of certain companies.
11. despite number 10 try everything but not a gallon of it. except crab juice. and bacon. go ahead by 2 gallons lol DONT!
12. steeping juices-even though many disagree it is true 9 times out of 10 chemical/perfumy taste lessons/disapears
13.i should have bought stock in bounty paper towels and lastly
14.adding sweetener has really added greatness to a lot of so so flavors (ay i like em sweet)

 

[Rosa]

• It's not un-cool to like only one or two flavors, there's nothing wrong with that. I didn't have to buy about 100 gross flavors, because I still like the standard marlboro or menthol copies that I started with even after all this time.

• I'm not a "bad vaper" just because I don't like to Mod or DIY my stuff, not every vaper does. It's not a requirement.

• Never buy anything from anyone without looking around for a discount code first.

 

[Beans]

#1 Green Smoke Sucks!
#2 Bigger is Better

 

[hbpersians]

That going to a forum like this is better research than googling E-Cig and buying Greensmoke and Safecig.

That I could be successful vaping instead of nearly losing my mind with Chantix. I'll take my chances with vaping

That being a noob is fun, and the excitement of learning/trying new things is part of the success of quitting analogs.

 

[JD1]

.....That egos rule and 510s drool. .....

You do have a way with words.

 

[scope]

I wished I'd known it was gonna cost me a fortune..........OCD sufferer now but don't regret my e-cig journey one bit!

 

[Shizzle]

...how much Dekang really does suck.

i tried to convince myself that the notion of US/UK juice being far superior was all hype, and that Dekang was perfectly good stuff -- and proceeded to buy FORTY different (disgusting) bottles of it (and not even in trial size -- was i high??), before finally buying my first bottle of domestic, and instantly realizing that the "hype" was legit.

 

[JD1]

I wished I knew not to clean all my atomizers at the same time, when drying them I THOUGHT the toaster oven was on the keep warm setting aprox 150 degrees. But I found out latter it was on "toast" too late, all ruined.

OUCH! Did you have any cartos or what did you do?

 

[ogredog]

• It's not un-cool to like only one or two flavors, there's nothing wrong with that. I didn't have to buy about 100 gross flavors, because I still like the standard marlboro or menthol copies that I started with even after all this time.

• I'm not a "bad vaper" just because I don't like to Mod or DIY my stuff, not every vaper does. It's not a requirement.

• Never buy anything from anyone without looking around for a discount code first.

totally 4got the discount code....I said try and not buy, nothing wrong with sticking to a few. Whatever Works. I would feel llike I missed out though if I didn't try some. Some only want tobacc hey that's cool. You rock rosa!

 

[KeysBum]

That when you google "best E-cigarette" or any variation thereof and believe it you're gonna get screwed.

 

[Rwilliams112]

I wish I would have know that a pv that looks like an analog cigarette is a waste of money

 

[MrBobVapor]

I wish the first kit I started out with was the EGO and LR cartos. But I don't think the ego was available then and even if it was I still bought the 510 because it looked like a "real" cig. In the end though, I have still saved more than I have spent but not by much... I also wish the Maxxfusion was available back then but this industry is evolving. Compare it by thinking about the first computer you had.

 

[crk0756]

That I would have found a new obsession, and have been buying mods like crazy......

 

[wyojoe]

I wish the first kit I started out with was the EGO and LR cartos. But I don't think the ego was available then and even if it was I still bought the 510 because it looked like a "real" cig. In the end though, I have still saved more than I have spent but not by much... I also wish the Maxxfusion was available back then but this industry is evolving. Compare it by thinking about the first computer you had.

Me too, the Ego/Riva battery is great and the LR cartomizers are also. I have been vaping for 6 months and this is what I like best. Still would like the clearomizers, if they can get the cracking problems with the clear tube fixed, because they are the only ones that you can really clean very GOOD and EASY and dryburn the coil and they are like new again, also can see how much juice is inside of them.

 

[Paddrino]

Updated my original post: .... Learning is a journey not a destination.

I wish I had limited myself to 10ml bottles until I found a good flavor instead of 30ml bottles of juice I don't really like.

I wish I would have washed my brand new attys when I first got my first kit instead of puffing away immediately and dealing with nasty primer flavor for a few days.

I wish I would have started vapeing sooner.

I wish I would have gotten more sample packs.

I wish I would have tried the pyramid tea bag mod sooner.

I wish I would have learned to draw on my pv better at first. Long slow draws instead of quick hard puffs.

I wish I would have started dripping sooner, and had ordered drip tips with my first kit.