Hopefully this will be of use to other newbie vapers.
Why I started vaping a year ago... and why I went back to smoking...
I have tried every conceivable way to quit smoking I could find over the last 27 years. I tried gum, (it hurt my jaw), I tried cold turkey (hundreds of times), nicotine mints (no avail), "cutting down" (yeah, right), hypnosis (worked the longest), acupuncture, a couple of drugs from the Dr., you name it I tried it... more than once.
Cigarettes were an integral part of my life since I was a teenager. You would be hard pressed to find a picture of me without one. I have read till my eye balls hurt about smoking and stopping. The problem was always this, when I have nicotine I am happy, when I do not, I am not. I enjoyed it. Every time I quit I got depressed. I felt like I lost my best friend. To me nicotine acts like an anti-depressant. I work a very high stress job. I do not want to take xanex, or any other happy pill, cigarettes were the perfect dose.
I came to the realization that I didn't care if I was addicted to nicotine, but I did not wish to die from lung, throat, or mouth cancer. And I want to avoid emphysema, copd, and any heart problems.
I stumbled across an ad for ecigarrettes online, the kind that suck you into a long term ordering deal. I did a little googling, found 4 trillion vendors, various forums, and the small seemingly baseless arguments against vaping (web md and mayo clinic). I found ECF forum and started the complete deluge into way too much information. Here is what I learned;
1. On a scale from 0 to 10, zero being as safe as drinking distilled water and 10 being smoking cigarettes, vaping is a .3
2. Vaping is nothing more than an alternative way to get nicotine into my blood stream.
3. Do something, buy something, even if it is wrong. Vape while you learn.
My head was completely swimming with all the choices. I became paralyzed by the glut of info and opinions. 501,501t,kr808d,cartomizer,fluxomizer,ego,gogo,...the list goes on. The old way was easy, open pack, flick lighter, inhale.
I wanted to replace analogs (new name for cigarettes...yes we change the name of everything, you must be a member of the club for 6 months before they send you the secret decoder ring), so here was my criteria;
1. Easy to use
2. Cheap
I opted for a 501T kit. The T is for tank. They would be easy to fill. I mistakenly chose automatic batteries. They were easy, suck and the battery comes on and it worked...easy. Yes I read the warnings, "juice gets down inside the battery and ruins them", I just didnt care. This was where I ruined the cheap part, I shorted out 4 batteries. By the way, it took me about 30 seconds to get used to pushing a button....BUY MANUAL BATTERIES!
These tanks were new, I was new, I didn't follow directions or even bother to read them. These leaked horribly (my fault not theirs.) I constantly was sucking up juice through the tanks. (Tastes awful, but good nicotine concentration), also my fault not theirs. The batteries didn't stay charged long enough for me either. I was a chain smoker, so I chained vaped. I was determined. I went through 7 or 8 little tanks a day, this got old and messy. I then bought the ego-T. I went from .7ml to 2.5ml juice without refilling. Battery lasted 6 hours. It still leaked and I still sucked up juice. I got tired of fiddling all the time, the constant mess, and thought "I really wanted this to work." I went right back to smoking 2 packs a day.
I kept all the stuff and just packed it away. Then a year later, I got sick of smoking, and decided to try again...this time with my wife. I did more research, actually read the beginner instructions, watched a few videos (100% NOT my thing). I took inventory of all I learned, and had to find a way for my wife to vape as well. She would have to have ZERO mess, and would not tolerate fiddling or leaking.
I had 2 very different approaches. For me, no leaking, battery last all day, and one refill per day. For her, easy, feminine, zero mess.
Here is what we use.
Her, kr808d manual battery and fluzomizer supreme clear cartos from gotvapes.com I fill all 5 in the morning, she screws on the battery and vapes. Filling is easy, and she doesn't mind charging one while using the other battery.
Me, ego 1100mah twist battery and a viva nova v2.5 tank. Tank holds 3+ ml and battery lasts all day. It looks like an old slide whistle with a fuel filter for a John Deere tractor on the top. It doesn't leak, is easy, cheap, and most importantly...it works.
My wifes works, easy to fill, easy to use, no mess, and does not leak.
I still use my ego tanks when I might be seen in public. It looks like a silver cigar. They now have silicone bottoms on the tanks so they don't leak. I quit trying to suck like I was trying to get a basketball through a garden hose and the juice stopped.
WHO TO BUY FROM????
I have bought this and that from a dozen vendors and all have been marvelous.
I buy my juice from madvapes.com exclusively. I have tried several others, some tasted fine, some did not. I choose madvapes because they are cheap. I had a question, I called them, they answered the phone and my stupid question when I knew they were swamped changing servers. My other favorites are these;
discountvapers.com
lightcigusa.net
gotvapes.com
cignot.com
Never a problem with any of them.
I hope this helps someone.
Why I started vaping a year ago... and why I went back to smoking...
I have tried every conceivable way to quit smoking I could find over the last 27 years. I tried gum, (it hurt my jaw), I tried cold turkey (hundreds of times), nicotine mints (no avail), "cutting down" (yeah, right), hypnosis (worked the longest), acupuncture, a couple of drugs from the Dr., you name it I tried it... more than once.
Cigarettes were an integral part of my life since I was a teenager. You would be hard pressed to find a picture of me without one. I have read till my eye balls hurt about smoking and stopping. The problem was always this, when I have nicotine I am happy, when I do not, I am not. I enjoyed it. Every time I quit I got depressed. I felt like I lost my best friend. To me nicotine acts like an anti-depressant. I work a very high stress job. I do not want to take xanex, or any other happy pill, cigarettes were the perfect dose.
I came to the realization that I didn't care if I was addicted to nicotine, but I did not wish to die from lung, throat, or mouth cancer. And I want to avoid emphysema, copd, and any heart problems.
I stumbled across an ad for ecigarrettes online, the kind that suck you into a long term ordering deal. I did a little googling, found 4 trillion vendors, various forums, and the small seemingly baseless arguments against vaping (web md and mayo clinic). I found ECF forum and started the complete deluge into way too much information. Here is what I learned;
1. On a scale from 0 to 10, zero being as safe as drinking distilled water and 10 being smoking cigarettes, vaping is a .3
2. Vaping is nothing more than an alternative way to get nicotine into my blood stream.
3. Do something, buy something, even if it is wrong. Vape while you learn.
My head was completely swimming with all the choices. I became paralyzed by the glut of info and opinions. 501,501t,kr808d,cartomizer,fluxomizer,ego,gogo,...the list goes on. The old way was easy, open pack, flick lighter, inhale.
I wanted to replace analogs (new name for cigarettes...yes we change the name of everything, you must be a member of the club for 6 months before they send you the secret decoder ring), so here was my criteria;
1. Easy to use
2. Cheap
I opted for a 501T kit. The T is for tank. They would be easy to fill. I mistakenly chose automatic batteries. They were easy, suck and the battery comes on and it worked...easy. Yes I read the warnings, "juice gets down inside the battery and ruins them", I just didnt care. This was where I ruined the cheap part, I shorted out 4 batteries. By the way, it took me about 30 seconds to get used to pushing a button....BUY MANUAL BATTERIES!
These tanks were new, I was new, I didn't follow directions or even bother to read them. These leaked horribly (my fault not theirs.) I constantly was sucking up juice through the tanks. (Tastes awful, but good nicotine concentration), also my fault not theirs. The batteries didn't stay charged long enough for me either. I was a chain smoker, so I chained vaped. I was determined. I went through 7 or 8 little tanks a day, this got old and messy. I then bought the ego-T. I went from .7ml to 2.5ml juice without refilling. Battery lasted 6 hours. It still leaked and I still sucked up juice. I got tired of fiddling all the time, the constant mess, and thought "I really wanted this to work." I went right back to smoking 2 packs a day.
I kept all the stuff and just packed it away. Then a year later, I got sick of smoking, and decided to try again...this time with my wife. I did more research, actually read the beginner instructions, watched a few videos (100% NOT my thing). I took inventory of all I learned, and had to find a way for my wife to vape as well. She would have to have ZERO mess, and would not tolerate fiddling or leaking.
I had 2 very different approaches. For me, no leaking, battery last all day, and one refill per day. For her, easy, feminine, zero mess.
Here is what we use.
Her, kr808d manual battery and fluzomizer supreme clear cartos from gotvapes.com I fill all 5 in the morning, she screws on the battery and vapes. Filling is easy, and she doesn't mind charging one while using the other battery.
Me, ego 1100mah twist battery and a viva nova v2.5 tank. Tank holds 3+ ml and battery lasts all day. It looks like an old slide whistle with a fuel filter for a John Deere tractor on the top. It doesn't leak, is easy, cheap, and most importantly...it works.
My wifes works, easy to fill, easy to use, no mess, and does not leak.
I still use my ego tanks when I might be seen in public. It looks like a silver cigar. They now have silicone bottoms on the tanks so they don't leak. I quit trying to suck like I was trying to get a basketball through a garden hose and the juice stopped.
WHO TO BUY FROM????
I have bought this and that from a dozen vendors and all have been marvelous.
I buy my juice from madvapes.com exclusively. I have tried several others, some tasted fine, some did not. I choose madvapes because they are cheap. I had a question, I called them, they answered the phone and my stupid question when I knew they were swamped changing servers. My other favorites are these;
discountvapers.com
lightcigusa.net
gotvapes.com
cignot.com
Never a problem with any of them.
I hope this helps someone.
I still have some Egos in use for out and about myself. Workhorses they are, and a pretty good vape when you learn to hit on them properly 
