What Was Your First E-Cig?

[Rosckolove]

Blu.
Buck & Naked express.
Aspire premium starter kit (Nautilus Mini tank/CF VV+ battery)
Near future: Nautilus mini on the istick 30w.

Tl;dr

I started off with the best kit Blu had to offer about a year ago. I quit for about two weeks. But man those things sucked. They barely ever yielded a decent hit that didn't taste burnt. The flavor was tolerable at best with no consistency. The pack that charged the batteries needed to be redesigned. The method they used to keep pressure on the two components to charge the little cig batts was terrible. The hinge on the lid started to come apart. And eventually I lost the batteries for the thing so I went back to my regular smokes. 5 days ago I was visiting some friends (couple) who just quit together using the buck naked kit from a gas station. Your typical pen like device with throw away tanks. They had been off the analogs for a month and the juice they were using did taste good so i bought an extra one they had for ten bucks. Got a battery, a tank, carrying case charger and even a bottle of juice. I intended to ween myself off the analogs with the help of this thing. While doing so I went into super research mode and learned pretty much everything there is to learn (in regards to my own interests) about mods, tanks, RBA's juice percentages/effects and so forth. I'm not into competition cloud chasing however would prefer some decent vapor production. I was more interested in flavor with important aspects being

No leaks!!!
Ease of use
Form factor (small)
Flavor
Battery life
Aesthetics
Cost

So after tons and tons of research and hundreds possibly thousands of reviews I decided on the Aspire Nautilus mini and the Eleaf istick 30w. Impatience got the best of me big time! I couldn't wait for shipping times from an online purchase and decided I was just gonna go buy what I wanted from local vape shops. NO ONE had an istick 30w in Stock. And at this point I already decided I wanted to replace my Buck naked system NOW! So i just bit the bullet and purchased Aspires premium starter kit which has my coveted nautilus mini with an ok variable voltage battery (only lasts 5 hours or so for me) So I have the istick 30w ordered..

I absolutely love the Nautilus mini and I even purchased one of the replacement steel tanks for it. The replacement tank provides extra durability, looks frigging awesome! And it even shortens the total height of the tank a bit! The flavor is out of this world compared to my Buck naked setup and vapor production is pretty impressive.

When I get my istick 30w I'll go out and purchase another Nautilus mini or possibly a GS air for testing purposes so I can gift my starter kit to the girlfriend (she loves it!)

I would not recommend this starter kit (alone) to anyone seriously trying to quit. The battery doesn't feature the pass through technology and your left with nothing while it's charging. For me (and I know many others) this is when the analogs come back.

Sorry for the novel. First post. Excited to join, excited to vape! And all that jazz.

Have a good day fellas.

 

[TomTom102]

Hey, new to this forum! First post haha.I started out a year ago with an ego battery kit and a couple CE4 and CE5 tanks which a friend recommended . Have since upgraded several times with the itaste vv/vw 3.0 and then the itaste SVD 2.0 with several protanks looks funny but works well.

 

[gaz0012]

Started vaping around 2 years ago ,first kit was a ego tornado from totally wicked .

 

[Kaana]

ce4 i think,
fa redbull was my first vape

 

[Firestorm]

I started with a V2 Cigs starter kit that included a manual and an automatic KR-808D-1 battery and a pack of Red and Coffee pre-filled cartomizers. The Reds tasted horrible like an ashtray and the Coffee was okay but had a bad metallic aftertaste.

I now have dozens of authentic mechanical mods and tanks and drippers that I try to cycle through. I use a GP Paps v3 LUX 18350 daily and I've lately been pairing it with KFLs and GP Spheroids. In terms of juice, I regularly cycle through GVC, Five Pawn's Gambit and Grandmaster, and Suicide Bunny's Mother's Milk.

 

[lisa1982]

I started on a E-Lite ecig which I found quite cool at the time until I gave up because it was so expensive and not very effective. I then discovered a eGo style battery and was really happy and then later upgraded to an MVP 2

 

[Puff2K]

I started with single use Blu cigalikes. I was going through a tough time and I remember thinking it was just not good enough... I quit vaping and went back to analogs until this past Monday night when I finally began vaping with my MVP 20 and protanks. It doesn't look cool or anything but I think this is going to work. Smoking far less now and I plan to get a second MVP asap.

Hoping to learn my best levels of nicotine and pg/VG.

 

[Medwards1102]

Started with GreenSmoke tobacco and menthol flavor moved on to an ego with top wicking tank now have 30 watt IPV mini and Kanger subtank. It's been two plus years minus analogs and couldn't be better 20 yr smoker of pack a day.

 

[ReigntheGamer]

My first ecig was a Blu I just wanted something to puff on while in the middle of online gaming when I couldn't break to go out and smoke. You can't really call time out in a COD/BF/Assassin's Creed MP match and I noticed I was going for an hour or two at a time with no smokes so it got me wondering if I got a more advanced longer lasting device could it "kill" smoking for good.

So the next day I went to a B&M near my house and bought an ego style VV battery and a Nautilus Mini, when I tried that I was pretty sure that it would work. Eventually bought a Lavatube then a mech/RDA and finally found my vape nirvana with Reo's it's been downhill since then and ain't looking back.

 

[Macho]

Hi guys I started vaping 3 months ago and I love it. I am using the aspire kit and Blue Bay e liquid from Charlie Noble

 

[amoret]

I started with an Innokin VV v3, and they are still my favorites after trying others, including the Istick. I was lucky enough to find ECF before I actually bought anything, and due to hand problems had some specific wants and needs. So I started a thread explain my situation and asking for recommendations.

My current VV family includes a V4 now, but the v3 still works the best. It's light, square, and easy to use.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

On the nic level I have 2 strengths of mixes I make. 16 mg for morning and after meals, 5-8 mg for vaping the rest of the time. I Keep them in different clearos and have them marked.

 

[WillyZee]

started with a Blu kit ... was able to cut back on smokes.

bought an eVic ... bingo, quit smoking.

then came the Provaris, Kayfuns and DIY eLiquid.

I have totally found my perfect vape setup.

 

[fastsnipedog]

had alittle walmart one, tasted aweful, and the carto kept spitting juice in my mouth

 

[juggler86]

I had a 900mah EVOD battery with a 1.8ohm Lotus clearomizer. Was a really nice first set up, at the time I thought I was producing some good clouds. My first juice was a 3mg pomegranet house juice. My sister actually bought the whole set up and gave it to me the day after she bout it. Still use my needle tip bottle to this day.

When I got back into vaping I bought a VTR for $110 at my local B&M. What a waste of money. My buddy(advanced vapor) ended up showing up and didnt warn me that I was getting scammed. I watched so many videos and thought it was top of the line so i was set on buying it. After 2 weeks I ordered a SMPL and Magma(clones) and havent touch the VTR since. I wish I would of known I could of got a Hana for $30 more. Whatever though Im either gonna PIF or keep it as a reminder of my first VW/VW

 

[DingerCPA]

I picked up a Volcano Magma (cigalike) kit back in 2010. It was OH-KAY, but more of a novelty than a means to quit smoking. Year later, I was "trying" again... Eh, no-go. The cartridges weren't that great, battery life was abysmal. February 2014, decided to get an "upgrade" to the Volcano Inferno with a "real" tank and bottles of juice.

Found a local vape shop and walked out with Spinner 1600s and some EVOD tanks. And better juice. All been uphill from there. Now sporting a couple of iSticks and iPV Minis with Kanger Subtank Nanos and Protank 2s. Rebuilding heads, making my own juice and as of Tuesday have been one year smoke-free

 

[rickcharles606]

Started with an EZ cig disposable, then moved up to a Voodoo variable voltage 1300mah, then to itaste MVP 20. Have a iPv3 150 on the way. Love vaping, but still get most of my nicotine from Swedish snus.

 

[MonoEMono]

Hey. Mark something. They gAve out coupons for free starter pack and cartridges. Just got a white rhino pack to enter world of real vaPe (still love smoking. But in the studio - would think that'd be the last place I'd be asked to put it out. But boss Jack White - hate name droppin . .... - quit years ago by switching to Capone rillos and finally told me he hates my second Hand smoke. Too enticing.). Read my post (h explain all this there)... like I said there, not digging the lack of throat hit in my Rhino. Is it the device or my 25mg cherry blend? Damn. Sorry. Don't mean to hijack yer thread. I'm just verbose like that. Great for song writing. Bad for texts, ....ter, and pretty much everything else. Haha.

 

[KBMP529]

Cigalikes - Blu starter kit - it was horrible - Blu disposable - It gave me hope - Green smoke prefilled carts - expensive but kept me from smoking...This led me online where I discovered ECF & youtube vids -

Bought my first mod ITASTE vv3 starter kit, upgraded to MVP2 which I used for over a year, and now just upgraded to MVP3 so I could sub ohm my Kanger Subtanks

 

[RtotheK]

Mine was a ego battery with the cheap ego tank atty. what I have now is amazing.