Hi,
My name is Doug and I am new here but have been vaping E-cigarettes for about a year now. My wife and I had to quit smoking for her doctor to perform surgery last year. Yes, the doctor would not perform a total knee replacement surgery on my wife unless she quit smoking at least 30 days before surgery. He actually tested her prior to surgery. I quit as well for her benefit. Both of us had smoked for well over 20 years. It would have been IMPOSSIBLE without E-cigarettes. Even though my wife was still getting nicotine it was the carbon monoxide the doctor was concerned about.
My wife was a menthol smoker and she preferred something that looked and tasted like a real cigarette. I was a non-menthol smoker and was not satisfied with disposable e-cigs or anything that resembled a real cigarette. My first advice for those that are similar to my wife is do not use disposables. They will cost you too much money and frustrate you over time. Also, your choices are limited as far as flavors and nicotine strength. Yes, there are some choices available in both in disposables but not nearly as much as there are in rechargeable ones. First, with rechargeables you can have one battery charged and ready at all times. That alone is a good reason for not using disposables. Plus the cost is triple if you stay with disposables. Your flavor choices are virtually unlimited with refillable ones. If you don't like the pre-filled cartomizers (the filter end) flavor choices, you can buy literally hundreds of flavors to re-fill your own. If that is not good enough for you, mix your own flavor to your hearts content. That is too much trouble for my wife and she is happy with buying her favorite menthol e-liquid and refilling her ecigs. This costs her in total about a third of what her smoking regular cigarettes did and her lungs are very glad she switched. The big named brands such as Blu are expensive and limited. This will probably change but for now I would suggest that you find a brand that uses universal fittings such as 515 threading. That way you can use any brand you want for your hardware.
My experience was very different. I could not be satisfied with the experience of e-cigs that resembled traditional cigarettes. I needed something more substantial. The term for that in the vaping world is "throat hit". I needed a tank system. I also am now making my own e-liquid for about a fourth of what I was paying for it. It is more trouble, but I am happier being able to mix my own flavor and controlling (to some extent) the quality of the engredients I am consuming. For people who so desire, getting into the hardware end and modding is another level deeper into the wonderful world of vaping. Good luck to everyone and I hope I have ...... no one off. God bless. - Doug...
My name is Doug and I am new here but have been vaping E-cigarettes for about a year now. My wife and I had to quit smoking for her doctor to perform surgery last year. Yes, the doctor would not perform a total knee replacement surgery on my wife unless she quit smoking at least 30 days before surgery. He actually tested her prior to surgery. I quit as well for her benefit. Both of us had smoked for well over 20 years. It would have been IMPOSSIBLE without E-cigarettes. Even though my wife was still getting nicotine it was the carbon monoxide the doctor was concerned about.
My wife was a menthol smoker and she preferred something that looked and tasted like a real cigarette. I was a non-menthol smoker and was not satisfied with disposable e-cigs or anything that resembled a real cigarette. My first advice for those that are similar to my wife is do not use disposables. They will cost you too much money and frustrate you over time. Also, your choices are limited as far as flavors and nicotine strength. Yes, there are some choices available in both in disposables but not nearly as much as there are in rechargeable ones. First, with rechargeables you can have one battery charged and ready at all times. That alone is a good reason for not using disposables. Plus the cost is triple if you stay with disposables. Your flavor choices are virtually unlimited with refillable ones. If you don't like the pre-filled cartomizers (the filter end) flavor choices, you can buy literally hundreds of flavors to re-fill your own. If that is not good enough for you, mix your own flavor to your hearts content. That is too much trouble for my wife and she is happy with buying her favorite menthol e-liquid and refilling her ecigs. This costs her in total about a third of what her smoking regular cigarettes did and her lungs are very glad she switched. The big named brands such as Blu are expensive and limited. This will probably change but for now I would suggest that you find a brand that uses universal fittings such as 515 threading. That way you can use any brand you want for your hardware.
My experience was very different. I could not be satisfied with the experience of e-cigs that resembled traditional cigarettes. I needed something more substantial. The term for that in the vaping world is "throat hit". I needed a tank system. I also am now making my own e-liquid for about a fourth of what I was paying for it. It is more trouble, but I am happier being able to mix my own flavor and controlling (to some extent) the quality of the engredients I am consuming. For people who so desire, getting into the hardware end and modding is another level deeper into the wonderful world of vaping. Good luck to everyone and I hope I have ...... no one off. God bless. - Doug...
