vaping, more expensive than smoking?

[Susan W.]

Actually, I've spent more than what I spent on analogs but I've slowed down considerably in the past two months. I've got everything I need and even though Bill has an awesome collection and display I only want to satisfy my nicotine addiction with decent equipment. I should break even next month if I don't buy more juice. Though I now want to drop my nicotine level....

 

[Cactus Breath]

I'm not seeing why you "need" two lighters and at those prices too. Am I missing something? I haven't had to use a lighter for vaping - ever.

I think you are. By "lighter", he's referring to the fact that he spent that much money in the vape shop on vaping stuff....as in his wallet was "lighter"....not that he bought lighters.

As to the OP...vaping has cost me considerably more than smoking so far (almost six weeks in), but I've taken a circuitous route to get to a gear setup I'm happy with. I'll break even (and go into the positive side of the ledger) at some point, but it will be a while and I'm not particularly worried about it. It's become a hobby to me, I enjoy it and it's keeping me off the cigarettes.

If you're not a "gearhead", it's not difficult to get into the black ink pretty quickly - buy a couple eGo batteries, a few Evods and some replacement heads and a decent supply of juice. Once that's done, your costs will be limited to expendables (atomizer heads and juice, with an occasional battery replacement). The hard part is maintaining the discipline to stick with that setup and not be enticed by all the shinies, different juices, etc.

 

[Lombaowski]

I think I have everything I need for now, well I will once my Phiniac tank gets here. Going to try a $75 a month vape budget starting in September and since I have about three months of juice on-hand now, I'm hoping I can direct those funds to future wants. The more I learn on ECF though, the more things I want to try. Not even gonna investigate dripping, that won't end well.

I have all the batteries, tanks and juice I need right now though. Just ordered extra evod heads, cartos for my Artemas and Phiniac tanks, an I-clear 30 and a 50ml bottle of my favorite juice. That takes up my second week of August budget I guess, lol.

 

[aranha]

Well it depends how excentric and excited you are about not smoking. Ive ordered loads of stuff but its all trial and error until you find what fits you personally

 

[DripTips&SpliffHits]

Vaping is way cheaper. Just think of the funeral cost your family will have to pay if you keep smoking analogs..

 

[Cactus Breath]

...The more I learn on ECF though, the more things I want to try. Not even gonna investigate dripping, that won't end well.

Meh - just like anything else in vaping, dripping can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be. Buy a few 510 dripping attys at $5-$6 apiece and use one of the drip tips you already own - you're in the game. OTOH, you could get into RDAs and spend a small fortune on them. I opted for the cheaper route (at least for now!).

 

[Mowgli]

I spent about $75/week on smoking
It costs me about $4/week vaping my DIY juice

I've spent less than what I saved and I have enough nicotine & base for a couple of years.
I have over 60 flavors, enough for gallons of tasty nicotine juice.
I have 3 Vamos, 2 backup egos, 40 replacement coils for my 6 evods & 3 protanks & 6 quality rechargable batteries
I don't need to spend a penny on vaping until sometime in 2015

I also lost 5 lbs and don't run out of breath when I hike (or ****) so the dough is really secondary

I don't need an air freshener in my car or need to burn candles in the house anymore.
They smell like butterscotch, peanut butter, strawberries, waffles, banana cream pie...

YMMV


I was getting an iced tea the other day and noticed that smokes were $8.50
Taxachusetts raised 'em another buck again.
Thanks anyway, I'll have another toke of my 8¢/ml butterscotch

 

[Marius_Kingsley]

Maybe be a little less gadget happy?

 

[Nermal]

Ah, well, I think "lighter" here means lighter in the billfold.

Susan, I do not think your personal reorientation is quite complete.

 

[Mowgli]

Maybe be a little less gadget happy?

Nah, my gadget is very happy

 

[goonie]

Money was the reason why I switch to vaping - and that was 5 years ago.

I had a simple setup and bought simple liquids. I was dead broke and I probably spent no more than $30 a month after initial costs.

If you find yourself spending $500 a month on vaping, then you have a shopping/spending problem.

It's no different than buying food. If you eat out all the time, then yes - it is going to cost you.

 

[neiceemary]

I just started vaping recently so so far, it's a little expensive but still way less than I was spending on Cigs, and now all I really need is juice, and to be honest I don't NEED anymore juice!

 

[otrpu]

After the first year of vaping I spent next to nothing on it. Trouble is I'm one of those .... kind of guys that thinks he can save money by buying a gross of everything. When I started almost none of whats available now was available then. And most of what was available then didn't work very well, or took tons of fiddling with it to get it to work. By the time the ProVari came along I had a bushel full of crap the kept being superseded by newer thing that the modders motivated the manufacturers to building. Two ProVari's and a Mini later, PG & VG two gallons at a time, and clearo's enough to last decades. . .then I decide I can quit. When I smoked tobacco I smoked 2.5 pad, when I vaped I vaped at least 5 mL a day and 10 on days off. But, the last couple years I wasn't using any nicotine nor flavoring, so my vaping was quite cheap. JMHO

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[ridzaienz]

vaping - save a lots of moneys

 

[Kulsius]

As I have noticed, first weeks (months to some) is much more expensive than actual analogs, but when you get used to look at what you buy (I mean stop buying chocolate cake taste juice or coloured mouthpieces), get better places to buy your stuff from (my friend bought his first 2 bottles for more than $4 per 10ml , when now he can get it half the price at ease online) and start fixing your equipment instead of tossing it away, you will spend much less! And if you start making your juice by yourself, vaping for month gonna cost you less than analogs for week!

 

[Falco]

I was a light smoker that vapes a lot so for me I don't think I'm saving any money. I probably spend about 75$/mo avg on equipment and juice.

 

[NetGod3Com]

I can not speak from experience for myself, however I know that it is much less expensive for my brother in laws, I bought them both 1300mah starter kits and 75ml of juice, from their point of view it is much less expensive

 

[zahzoo]

If I was paying US retail price for gear I'd probably way exceed the cost of analogs... But thanks to finding places like Fasttech I have plenty of gear and my cost savings over analogs for 6 months is about $800 (1.5 packs a day at about $6/pack).

I'd love to support local businesses... But when you can get a two unit CE4S eGo starter kit with 1300 mah batteries for $20 and free shipping compared to $160 plus shipping... I don't give a rat's rear end about name brands and hardly noticeable quality or design variations.

I realize businesses have to make a profit... but either they are paying way too high of wholesale prices which I doubt highly or their greed out paced their common sense.

 

[Thunderball]

Yeah...there can be two addictions to this....the vaping and the collecting/hobby end. It can be rough !

 

[yzer]

From what I see vaping is a lot more expensive than smoking for most people on ECF.

I have no explanation for this.

I spend about 10% of what I spent for smoking on vaping. Of course, I DIY my juice and I don't have a PV collection. A PV collection is about as appealing to me as collecting vacuum cleaners. I have a primary APV and a spare.

With a classic 26' food wooden boat I have plenty more appealing ways to spend disposable income.