What to do with my old Blu e-cigs?

[indianajames]

I held on to mine for a couple of weeks and then trashed them, simply because I couldn't think of anyone I hated enough to pawn them off on. While my first kit (Optima) wasn't stellar by any stretch of the imagination, had Blu been my first e-cig I'd have stuck with analogs forever. To me, they are just that bad. I almost felt sorry for my trash can when I threw them away.

 

[Aheadatime]

Its possible that one day an ejuice-craving mutant from a nearby government facility will sneak into your house at night and devour all of your ejuice. For this reason and this reason alone, I've kept my little cigalike Apollo around. I suggest you do the same.

 

[chellemmm]

I'm about ready to toss my Blu into the recycle bin. I have 3 batteries and they all suck. I can't even get them to last 20 mins. I bought a 4th battery from NLA (the only cheapie my local B&M store carried) and it works better than the Blu. Iffen I had my receipt, I would return it to Walgreens. Waiting for my Ego - t (slow boat from China) is excruciating! Not smoked an analog in over a month, so I guess it was useful. I am glad I found my way here!

 

[RoaminRome]

Find a place to hide it, so in a year you can find it and be like oooooh wow I remember these haha
Or you could try to slap some cartos on it, it is 510 threaded right?

 

[SeattleIan]

Lorillard bought Blu didn't they? If so, no surprise they would buy and promote and inferior vapor as vaping will cut into their death trade. I would say to trash it - passing it on will only serve to convince someone that e-cigs suck.

 

[chellemmm]

Other carts don't work so well on the battery. IT SUCKS.

 

[cherrycakes]

You could donate them to someone looking to try ecigs for the first time

or keep them around for a vapemergency

 

[Katya]

You could donate them to someone looking to try ecigs for the first time

or keep them around for a vapemergency

What she said. ^

Pay It Forward - PIF

 

[Katya]

doesn't this forum have a pay it forward thread you could donate your blu to?

Yes we do. See link above.

 

[vernhall]

I've heard Blu's are 510 too... Don't know for sure, but pop a 510 compatible on and see... If it works at least the battys won't go to waste... If they are 510 compatible at least you'll be ahead of me -- my first was No7s that uses a proprietary threading as far as I've been able to tell...

 

[Katya]

Yup, Blu has a 510 connection; any 510 carto will work on a Blu battery.

 

[cherrycakes]

I tried to use blu cartos with my ego batteries, it didn't work too well. tasted like burnt ...

 

[Katya]

Did they taste any better on your Blu batteries?

 

[cherrycakes]

I wasn't wasting $80 on the blu starter kit to find out lol

 

[Katya]

Hee hee.

Seriously, it's probably the voltage. If I'm correct, Blu cartos are ~2.8Ω, which is way too high for a 3.3v eGo battery. If you have a Twist, you may increase the voltage to match the voltage of a Blu battery (3.7v) and see if it tastes any better. I only tried a disposable Blu, just out of curiosity, and didn't much care for the flavor, but the ecig was OK. Just way overpriced.

 

[cherrycakes]

yea I got the vanilla cartos
thinking I could use them on my 650 mah ego battery because of the 510 threading. I didn't have the twist battery at the time but that probably would have fixed it.
my husband got one of their menthol disposables and it was pretty darn good.
their tobacco flavor disposable, not so much

 

[Katya]

Yup. I got the menthol and it was pretty decent.

The best disposable on the market is the new eNjoy King. It's really, really good. And their nic is high--the low version is 30 mg/ml; the high is 45 mg. The thing kicks like a mule. I got a free sample (well, I had to pay 3 bucks for shipping), but they retail for $9, so that's out of the question. But if they were selling for 2 or 3 bucks apiece, I would seriously consider buying them.

 

[Haktuspit]

You guys are making me feel real dumb for how many boxes of these darn things I have... Might try to sell a few to my Dad's buddy tomorrow. He loves his and is a light vapor that hasn't made the upgrade yet.

Still holding onto a few though. I really can't see myself bringing an Ego snowboarding still... so easy to break. I don't fall very often but I'm usually dropping off cliffs so if I do fall that thing is kaput.

 

[Mariss716]

Blus are 510 threaded (ie universal), no reason you can't save them for a night out when you need something small and discreet as you can attach any cartomizer or clearomizer to them. When you qualify for the Classifieds section, you can always put them up there and someone may buy them or trade you for them.

There is also someone on ECF who is taking donations of unwanted eCig gear to help the less fortunate get vaping and off cigarettes.

Now as for a creative use for them... hmmm
back scratcher?

 

[Katya]

Hiya neighbor!

Don't feel bad; you should feel good about deciding to quit smoking! Congratulations. Look, we all started with gas station, mall kiosk or online cigalike kit, found this forum, educated ourselves. That's how it works! If Blu works for you, that's all that matters. If you want something that works a little better for a lot less money, you've come to the right place. Welcome aboard!

I started with GreenSmoke because they offered a 30-day money back guarantee--I took advantage of it and never looked back.