What do you spend per month?
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This is only my second month, so it's a little on the high side. I've probably spent $3-400 in that time. But now I have all the gear I need. I am guessing I will spend about $50-75 a month from now on for juice, coils for my TFV4 and wire and cotton for my RDA.
Spending around 75 bucks on everything. I diy but spend around 60 bucks per month on juice like castle long. I don't make coils so I drop about 10 bucks on them. Usually buy a battery too. I used to smoke American spirits 2 pad. So I'm saving so much now.
I've been collecting vape toys for almost 6 years now. Earlier today I finished an inventory of all the vaping stuff that I own. Yeah, there's a lot of it! 
My only NEEDS are the occasional purchase of batteries, pg/vg, flavoring, or a new battery charger and even those purchases aren't all needed every year. $60/yr covers those cost.
My inventory revealed a handful of things that while I don't NEED them and would probably be ok without ever buying them I'd feel better about my "Forever Stash" if they were added so I've allocated $75 for those additions this year.
An occasional new vaping toy, although not needed, is still fun
Fortunately new stuff rarely interest me these days so my yearly budget, should I decide to spend it, includes $100 just for fun
My only NEEDS are the occasional purchase of batteries, pg/vg, flavoring, or a new battery charger and even those purchases aren't all needed every year. $60/yr covers those cost.
My inventory revealed a handful of things that while I don't NEED them and would probably be ok without ever buying them I'd feel better about my "Forever Stash" if they were added so I've allocated $75 for those additions this year.
An occasional new vaping toy, although not needed, is still fun
Fortunately new stuff rarely interest me these days so my yearly budget, should I decide to spend it, includes $100 just for fun New stuff interests me a lot less than it did last year.
There are a couple of tanks I might get this year.
There are a couple of tanks I might get this year.
I think most vapors when first starting out do have a tendency to be fascinated with this stuff and do spend a considerable amount trying to find what they like and what works.
Most go through the building your own coils phase and try various wicking's and just end up doing a lot of experimentation.
You eventually get to a point where the fascination phase wears off and the whole excitement factor isn't really there anymore .
When you reach this point you may replenish coil heads every now and then and if you are into the DIY stuff you will be buying different flavorings the most but monthly costs will be considerably lower then when starting out.
Most go through the building your own coils phase and try various wicking's and just end up doing a lot of experimentation.
You eventually get to a point where the fascination phase wears off and the whole excitement factor isn't really there anymore .
When you reach this point you may replenish coil heads every now and then and if you are into the DIY stuff you will be buying different flavorings the most but monthly costs will be considerably lower then when starting out.
Oh these threads are fun....
In what I feel is the ultimate of sillyness, some of the tank purchases were to match size/color of specific mods.
- Wire - a few replenish and a few new sizes to play with
- Wick - ditto here (3mm rope is popular in my builds)
- RBA heads never seem to have enough of these
- Tanks - I kinda went overboard on tanks this month (6) all different models and types
- No batteries or mods this month.
In what I feel is the ultimate of sillyness, some of the tank purchases were to match size/color of specific mods.
If I buy nicotine, I`ll spend 60-70 bucks, but I don`t need to do that very often. Usually its no more then 20-30 bucks if I want a new meck setup or a couple clone rda`s. Sometimes, I go a whole month with nothing spent.
This month I have spent less than $300 on 3 new mods and a new tank and some new RDA's, batteries, wire and some flavors for DIY. Last month I only spent about $50 on another mod and the month before I spent $150 on 2 new mods and tanks for myself and my brother. Now that my hardware is all updated I will only spend about $30 a month the next few months for DIY. Still so much less than I spent on cigarettes and lighters over the years.
Of course now that I have my new IPV5 I may need to get the SX PURE Tank... darn Shinyitus
And I am taking a trip end of May so I will need some factory coils to take along, so I may end up spending $100 in May but nothing in June and probably the rest of the year will just need my DIY ingredients
Of course now that I have my new IPV5 I may need to get the SX PURE Tank... darn Shinyitus
And I am taking a trip end of May so I will need some factory coils to take along, so I may end up spending $100 in May but nothing in June and probably the rest of the year will just need my DIY ingredients
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About $50 a month because I am hooked on one vendors juice and I can't figure out how to DIY it.
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
I figure I spend about the same amount in a month of vaping as I spent in a single day of smoking. I smoked a pack and a half a day, and at $6.50 per pack that works out to $9.75 per day smoking vs, about the same amount per month vaping. As long as you can avoid the "shinyitis" and DIY your juices then vaping costs almost nothing on a monthly basis.
And it should be noted that I broke my annual expenses down by month. I usually go 6 months or more without buying anything at all. I haven't bought DYI juice supplies in about a year now, and I've only bought 15 prefab coils in the past year.
I'm also not including my wife who only uses 1 coil about once every 2 months and uses the same DYI supplies as I do. She hasn't bought a new mod or tank in 2 years and she's only bought 2 batteries in the past year. Both combined we still spend less than $12 per month compared to the nearly $495 per month we spent on smoking. We're saving enough money vaping to pay for a brand new good car including fuel and insurance. In fact we've saved enough to basically pay for my 2012 Mustang, including the mods I've added to it. (Supercharger, tuned, suspension, rims, drive shaft, exhaust, and 1300W sound system)
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I often go months without buying anything. I truly could go the rest of my life without buying anything but consumables (more wire, cartos, PG, VG, and batteries).
But . . . . whenever I have spare money . . . . I just can't resist!
But . . . . whenever I have spare money . . . . I just can't resist!
One of the perks of vaping was that I was going to save money. That's laughable now. Though after accumulating mods, attys and a fair amount of premium juice, I don't need to spend any money for awhile.
When I started it was the same as smoking; about $7 a day.
It has been reduced this last year to about $7 a week.
Next year...$7 a month or less. I hope.
DIY and rebuilding had the most impact. I think I spent less than $100 last year on retail juice.
Keep da faith
I
It has been reduced this last year to about $7 a week.
Next year...$7 a month or less. I hope.
DIY and rebuilding had the most impact. I think I spent less than $100 last year on retail juice.
Keep da faith
I
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