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True that, snapcat.
Vaping just requires some advance planning before you leave the house. Speaking of leaving, I need to pack my motorcycle jacket with the appropriate paraphernalia before I can split out of here...
This truly is becoming a great thread! One thing I did REALLY wrong was what most people do. I wanted my e-cig (at first) to look just like a cigarette so I ordered the 4081 and lots and lots of atomizers and lots and lots of batteries and passthroughs (purchased later), etc.
Then I kept reading about the 801, the 901 the 510 and decided to try the 801 and 510. Because of both batteries with the 510 being bad (the manual and automatic) that one quickly got packed away, but when I ordered it, I also ordered extras of everything again (I just haven't pulled it out again). The 801 is great but not really THAT much better than the 4081. But again, lots and lots of extra batteries, atomizers and passthroughs (also purchased later) ordered for that.
Then because I got tired of charging batteries all the time, I started ordering the passthroughs. That was a GREAT improvement. I used a wall USB by my computer, a Kensington batter pack when out and about and even a dual plug in for the car. All this was a GREAT improvement.
Yet still, I got tired of the wires on the passthroughs and switching from the wall to the battery pack, etc. Sigh...so much money spent!!
Finally I thought what the heck, I'm going for the SD. Now, I'm happy. But what an expensive learning experience.
Perhaps a noob will see this thread and realize there are options and know, even if perhaps they choose an option that doesn't work for them, there are other options. Perhaps a noob will realize through this thread the annoying things are not just them, it's all of us and we each have to find our way.
If someone wants to stop smoking analogs enough, I think they will hang in there and this thread just may help.
Then I kept reading about the 801, the 901 the 510 and decided to try the 801 and 510. Because of both batteries with the 510 being bad (the manual and automatic) that one quickly got packed away, but when I ordered it, I also ordered extras of everything again (I just haven't pulled it out again). The 801 is great but not really THAT much better than the 4081. But again, lots and lots of extra batteries, atomizers and passthroughs (also purchased later) ordered for that.
Then because I got tired of charging batteries all the time, I started ordering the passthroughs. That was a GREAT improvement. I used a wall USB by my computer, a Kensington batter pack when out and about and even a dual plug in for the car. All this was a GREAT improvement.
Yet still, I got tired of the wires on the passthroughs and switching from the wall to the battery pack, etc. Sigh...so much money spent!!
Finally I thought what the heck, I'm going for the SD. Now, I'm happy. But what an expensive learning experience.
Perhaps a noob will see this thread and realize there are options and know, even if perhaps they choose an option that doesn't work for them, there are other options. Perhaps a noob will realize through this thread the annoying things are not just them, it's all of us and we each have to find our way.
If someone wants to stop smoking analogs enough, I think they will hang in there and this thread just may help.
LOL! I have made up excuses to either leave work early and run out on some "errands" when I knew that (constant tracking number update checking), I had an important package sitting at home just waiting for me.
I am such a sick, sick puppy.
Don't pack your overnight bags yet, love...it is still but a dream.
It'd be pretty sweet, though wouldn't it? Best espresso beans and best vape-juice in the Midwest!
Although I have no bloody idea what kind of laws I would have to deal with selling nicotine juice out of a store-front. Oy!
I must fly, my loves! This has been a rocking-good thread! Don't let her peter out while I am away.
The most annoying thing to me is the short cartridge life. I don't mind the battery issues. I have five chargers and 10 batteries so batteries are always ready.
Also slightly annoying is the fact that, now, when I leave the house, I feel like I have to take everything except the kitchen sink with me, lol. I really do wish it were as easy as just taking out an analog and lighting it up. I guess I miss the convenience of that.
Also slightly annoying is the fact that, now, when I leave the house, I feel like I have to take everything except the kitchen sink with me, lol. I really do wish it were as easy as just taking out an analog and lighting it up. I guess I miss the convenience of that.
yep yep i am a mail box stalker lol been known to run out to mail box and wait when i see mail truck down the road
I don't want to go back and edit my initial post because I posted a bunch of different times but I will gladly mention the thing about analogs that annoyed me the most. And mind you, at the same time the smell was driving me crazy among other things to...
I had incredible ambitions but cigarettes were drying those up fast. I was to tired to train or to draw or write, to tired to go to college classes half the time, my mind was in a constant fog from carbon dioxide and arsnic. Smokers I don't think realize very often just how powerful that crap is. They just don't pursue activities they may otherwise enjoy because then the sad reality of their situation would be right in their face. They are addicts and thats all they are. I would get up, go to work, come home, go to sleep. That was it. When I was awake during the day most of it would be spent smoking, and thinking of all the things I wanted to do, but never today, always "one day". One day was never going to come if I didn't do SOMETHING and quitting cold turkey wasn't doing it. I'd always make it exactly four days and then a cigarette would be lit and materialize in my hand and I couldn't even remember how it got there.
After only a single full day on nothing but vaping I am already running again, and I'm already feeling fatigue thats been with me for three years wearing off, and I actually look forward to tommorow.
Its spiritual as well. I couldn't pursue my own spirituality because of cigarettes, it put me in such a fog but I'm feeling that coming back to.
So my biggest annoyance with analogs was that they replaced who I really am. And vapeing gives me a chance to start reclaiming that.
I had incredible ambitions but cigarettes were drying those up fast. I was to tired to train or to draw or write, to tired to go to college classes half the time, my mind was in a constant fog from carbon dioxide and arsnic. Smokers I don't think realize very often just how powerful that crap is. They just don't pursue activities they may otherwise enjoy because then the sad reality of their situation would be right in their face. They are addicts and thats all they are. I would get up, go to work, come home, go to sleep. That was it. When I was awake during the day most of it would be spent smoking, and thinking of all the things I wanted to do, but never today, always "one day". One day was never going to come if I didn't do SOMETHING and quitting cold turkey wasn't doing it. I'd always make it exactly four days and then a cigarette would be lit and materialize in my hand and I couldn't even remember how it got there.
After only a single full day on nothing but vaping I am already running again, and I'm already feeling fatigue thats been with me for three years wearing off, and I actually look forward to tommorow.
Its spiritual as well. I couldn't pursue my own spirituality because of cigarettes, it put me in such a fog but I'm feeling that coming back to.
So my biggest annoyance with analogs was that they replaced who I really am. And vapeing gives me a chance to start reclaiming that.
Just finished reading this thread (wow.. thats a lot of reading in 1 sitting!.. lol) and wanted to add my $0.02
Most annoying to me.. in order
#1 all the drama with the FDA.. sometimes it makes me want to hurt someone for GP!
#2 constantly losing my e-cig, before vaping I'd never misplaced anything in my life as far back as I could remember... since then it seems like every other day I'm yelling across the house "Now where the H*ll did I put that d*mned thing this time!" and starting a housewide search for my black PV's.. most of my house is decorated in dark colors or in areas with poor lighting (yes we like it that way).. the worst is my bedroom : Clothes = black, bed=black, computer area = black, keyboard = black (lose it there quite often actually) ... black on black = hella hard to find it! I'm convinced at this point that my e-cig has a life of it's own and spontaniously jumps out of my hand/pocket and runs and hides in the weirdest places imagionable (thinking about tying a neon green ribbon around the middle lets see it hide from me then!) ok I'm done
Most annoying to me.. in order
#1 all the drama with the FDA.. sometimes it makes me want to hurt someone for GP!
#2 constantly losing my e-cig, before vaping I'd never misplaced anything in my life as far back as I could remember... since then it seems like every other day I'm yelling across the house "Now where the H*ll did I put that d*mned thing this time!" and starting a housewide search for my black PV's.. most of my house is decorated in dark colors or in areas with poor lighting (yes we like it that way).. the worst is my bedroom : Clothes = black, bed=black, computer area = black, keyboard = black (lose it there quite often actually) ... black on black = hella hard to find it! I'm convinced at this point that my e-cig has a life of it's own and spontaniously jumps out of my hand/pocket and runs and hides in the weirdest places imagionable (thinking about tying a neon green ribbon around the middle lets see it hide from me then!)
ok I'm done
My biggest complaint is having to be careful while doing certain things. If I'm painting at my rentals or working on my pool, the last thing I want is to drop an e-cig. Well, it's happened twice already. Dropped one in a paint tray and one in the pool pit. Got both fished out and cleaned up in time to save them, but with analogs the first would have been tossed in the trash and the 2nd flushed down the sewer.
Other than that I'm enjoying no longer smelling like smoke; not having to apologize to non-smoking customers who come in my store; not burning holes in my clothes or car seats; being able to puff where smoking isn't allowed; feeling my lungs come back to life; having my sense of smell return; and probably number one - hearing friends and family tell me how proud they are that I have finally given up tobacco after 41 years of 4-5 packs a day.
Other than that I'm enjoying no longer smelling like smoke; not having to apologize to non-smoking customers who come in my store; not burning holes in my clothes or car seats; being able to puff where smoking isn't allowed; feeling my lungs come back to life; having my sense of smell return; and probably number one - hearing friends and family tell me how proud they are that I have finally given up tobacco after 41 years of 4-5 packs a day.
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You could try what i saw someone else suggesting in another thread - make a small hole in it (somewhere) and put it in a "necklace" around your neck. That way you can whip it out and smoke on it, and tug it back in when youre not using it - and not lose it again! ;D
4 to 5 packs a day?? You must be rich! So basically, there was no point that you weren't smoking huh? Wow. At just 1 pack a day it felt pretty prepetual to me, I can't even imagine.
No. It makes one poorer. I thought that I needed cigarettes to keep up my concentration in my job, so I always had one going. Turns out that it's just the nicotine. I smoked four packs per day, and I paid the health price for it. (None of it permanent I hope - some problems have already faded away.)
Now, in the same work situation, I vape like a freight train, but I sleep well and feel better. Life is good.
And I can't believe that in this great thread, nobody but me is moaning about unreliable atomizers.
But that's what's great about this forum. We start with something negative and reach out for affirmation and hope. And somebody else has been there and done that and is ready to pitch right in with support and help.
I bought a crappy 1st ecig by InLife. Guess it is one of the better ones, but it worked for all of 2 weeks, and I went through 3 defective batteries.
This forum is WONDERFUL - thank you all. I now own a JantyStick and just ordered a Joye501.
ooh I've got another one... mine are always leaking (yeah I drip too much, but only cuz if I don't it dries out too fast and tastes nasty). So then it's on my hands or wherever I set it down, and then I gotta be all paranoid and wash my hands 6000 times a day, just so I can pet my dogs-- and double check I don't leave anything out, or spill anywhere my dogs can get to it (it's making me ocd). I mean it's worth it to protect them from anything, it's just something that was easier with analogs (even though they were probably getting lung cancer instead). Just freaks me out that I will get a handful of juice on them and they will lick it off, or drop a bottle of liquid that they would chew up and swallow. I mean if something happened to them because of my stupid addiction, I couldn't live with myself.... that said, I do feel less guilty because they're not inhaling smoke instead of air any more! (and my poor li'l white dogs aren't yellow any more).
And about scaring newbies, I think it's best to be upfront. Just got my dad one for dad's day, and couldn't stress enough how much patience, trial and error and practice it takes. Otherwise, first time it fails, he will think it's a stupid waste of time and put it back in the box. At least with some warnings and advice, (and him not expecting a miracle), he might give it another chance.
I get so frustrated some days, I want to go back to the easy, dependable way too. Then I remember how sh*tty I felt, and the extra effort is worth it. Everyone starting out should just get one of the big dogs (sd, gg, prod, mag, etc), and skip all these hassle sticks...but that is unrealistic too since it's better to spend $30 than $200 on something you don't know if you'll like or use. I finally just ordered a gg yesterday after 7+ months of tinker sticks, and wish I'd have gave in $1500 ago!
any more).And about scaring newbies, I think it's best to be upfront. Just got my dad one for dad's day, and couldn't stress enough how much patience, trial and error and practice it takes. Otherwise, first time it fails, he will think it's a stupid waste of time and put it back in the box. At least with some warnings and advice, (and him not expecting a miracle), he might give it another chance.
I get so frustrated some days, I want to go back to the easy, dependable way too. Then I remember how sh*tty I felt, and the extra effort is worth it. Everyone starting out should just get one of the big dogs (sd, gg, prod, mag, etc), and skip all these hassle sticks...but that is unrealistic too since it's better to spend $30 than $200 on something you don't know if you'll like or use. I finally just ordered a gg yesterday after 7+ months of tinker sticks, and wish I'd have gave in $1500 ago!
Messing with Atomizers, batteries, but it beats dropping ashes, smell, looking for lighters, ash trays of analogs.
Dave
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Breaking in new atomizers.....I suck so hard I feel like I'm going to pop the vein in my forehead.
Also juice in the mouth, I'll never forget the first time that happened.
Fear of batteries dying while I'm out.
Still, my guy says my hair smells good every time he sees me, so all the fuss over batteries, atomizers, and juice - totally worth it. Oh and no more of my least favorite thing about analogs doesn't happen any more (cig gets stuck to lip as I'm pulling it out of my mouth and I burn my fingers on the cherry....ouch, ugh and smoke in the eye! While driving!)
Also juice in the mouth, I'll never forget the first time that happened.
Fear of batteries dying while I'm out.
Still, my guy says my hair smells good every time he sees me, so all the fuss over batteries, atomizers, and juice - totally worth it. Oh and no more of my least favorite thing about analogs doesn't happen any more (cig gets stuck to lip as I'm pulling it out of my mouth and I burn my fingers on the cherry....ouch, ugh and smoke in the eye! While driving!)
the most annoying thing to me would be the fact that for months I have been encouraged and encouraging others to stockpile parts and juice in the event of a possible ban. I have a considerable supply on hand for myself...but still feel guilty when a friend or family members is down to thier last battery,atomizer or bottle of juice. I guess this is not so much as annoying as it is a personal gripe.The other annoying aspect of e-smoking to me is Co-Workers seeing me with my PV and expecting me to do the ordering for them,when I am always willing to direct them here for information and direct links to a multitude of listed suppliers. That is annoying not a gripe!The Wiz!
The Wiz!
Failing parts and having to wait for the arrival of new ones.
I wish I could just go to the 7-11 and buy what I wanted.
I wish I could just go to the 7-11 and buy what I wanted.
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