What do you spend per month?

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frizzy_tyger

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I spend about $90 a month best I can figure out. I haven't really tracked it, but based on how many coils I build and how much juice I go through a month. I buy about 90% premium juice though, I just haven't found many house or budget juices I like, so I've assumed diy might be the same way. I don't buy many mods or tanks though, my last setup lasted me 10 months before I recently decided to buy others.
 

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Some months I spend a lot, some months I don't spend anything at all, but most months I spend at least a little. On the whole, I'm spending about half what I used to on cigarettes (roughly $45/mo. now on average, down from about $90/mo. when I was smoking), plus now I've got all this cool gear to show for it instead of just a bunch of empty packs.
 

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Some months I spend a lot, some months I don't spend anything at all, but most months I spend at least a little. On the whole, I'm spending about half what I used to on cigarettes (roughly $45/mo. now on average, down from about $90/mo. when I was smoking), plus now I've got all this cool gear to show for it instead of just a bunch of empty packs.
I'm pretty similar to be fair as last month I bought an rda and that's it as I had bought a lot of eliquid the month prior. So this is the month I buy juice.

I've been vaping for over 4 years now and have pretty much everything I need. I use rebuildable atties and make my own juice. I figure I spend around $40 a month for everything now.

I seriously need to DIY my own liquid but I guess I'm a little worried encase it is disappointing
 
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I seriously need to DIY my own liquid but I guess I'm a little worried encase it is disappointing

It's pretty easy to try out DIY Paul. A few empty bottles to put juice in, 3ml and 10ml (child medicine syringes from the pharmacy work well) syringes for mixing ingredients, check out a few recipes online and get a few flavorings. Small bottles of PG, VG and nic base are pretty cheap.

I started that way and it didn't take long to figure things out. Now I buy PG and VG by the gallon, flavorings in bulk and juice costs me around $0.05 a ml or so :thumb:
 

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Most months, nothing. I've been vaping about 5 years, and I started DIYing juice early on. I have years worth of nic in the freezer. I began using REOs exclusively a couple years ago, and have spare parts for them, as well as loads of wire for coiling. Once in a while, I'll buy a new bottom feed atty, if something comes out that interests me. But it may be months in between purchases.
Vaping doesn't have to be expensive. It's the 'shinyitis'; having to have the latest and greatest thing, that gets expensive.
 

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Vaping doesn't have to be expensive. It's the 'shinyitis'; having to have the latest and greatest thing, that gets expensive.
That's what gets me, every time. Although lately I'll go a few months without getting anything, I'll still get the bug every so often and go on a spending spree.
I wouldn't even know what my average outlay is right now. There's months that I spend about $30, and there are times that I'll drop a few hundred dollars in a day or two.
One of the very few benefits of living alone, I only have to be accountable to my creditors and my pets, lol.
 

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So far this year. 0 dollars. I have everything I need for hubby and I to vape for the rest of our lives. Older folks do have an advantage :D I make our e-liquid and rebuild our coils. I may have to pick up a device or two at some point just because of a want but there will be no need because I have that covered too. I will have to eventually buy new 18650 batteries but probably not this year.

I have been reading the writing on the wall for the past 4 years and have prepared for whatever the powers that be throw at us. Fortunately I prepared before Arkansas dropped the hammer on us. I hope all the folks living in Utah have done so too. There is still time for some of y'all that are not quite prepared yet but I fear it won't be as much time as we would like. Is there really ever enough time. I am not an alarmist. I just see where this is going if we that are fighting to slow it down or save vaping as we know it, fail.
 

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About $100 a month on juice and $25 (avg) on coils, tanks,batteries etc. Still beats the $100 a week I would be spending now if I still smoked cigarettes. I was 2 packs a day.
Very true

Thinking about the smoking costs makes me feel much better
I used to buy my wife's smokes too I now spend approximately £20 per month on her m2l setup
 

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Less than $10 per month.

DIY your juice and don't buy every new mod or atomizer that hits the market and you'll barely spend anything.
I'm with you on this. I spend about $3 a month to make my own flavored juice and have a good collection of tanks and mods so I might spend another $1 a month on kenthal wire and wicks. a whole lot cheaper than smoking.less than the cost of 2 ounces (2 day supply) of pipe tobacco :)
 

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Some months I spend a lot, some months I don't spend anything at all, but most months I spend at least a little. On the whole, I'm spending about half what I used to on cigarettes (roughly $45/mo. now on average, down from about $90/mo. when I was smoking), plus now I've got all this cool gear to show for it instead of just a bunch of empty packs.
Pretty much same here.There have been a few months that i don't buy anything vape related,but i usually find a few things to get.I budget myself to $25 a week for any vaping or hobby related stuff,so regardless of what i blow the money on,i max out at $100 a month,of course it almost always goes toward something vape related haha.
 
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