When you first started vaping...

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fourthrok

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Started with Safe Cig...Liked the flavor and the unit itself worked fine. No real issues with it...except the price!! About a week after getting my first kit I was hunting around trying to find a cheaper alternative. One of the first places I bumped into was V2..so I tried that. Within a week or two of getting the V2, I bumped into a review for the Smokeless Image Volt...and tried that. More or less stayed with those 3 types until late November when I got interested in a larger mAh type battery. Went with the vGo at Vapors Heaven and stayed there for 3 months. Dipped my toe in the 510 eGo waters in February but didn't like the cartridges or the T-tanks (hated 'em actually). At this time I tried the dual coil cartos, & while I liked 'em okay for a couple of weeks...I quickly turned off on them. Then in April a friend sent my a LavaTube and some cartotanks...and I was introduced to the world of VV.

After experimenting with the LT for a few weeks...alternating with the vGos, Volt X2s (eGo sized) and a little with the kGos...I concluded that VV wasn't really something I needed. I knew my voltage I liked, and I used 2 - 2.8 cartomizers. I'd given up on cartotanks at that time due to having issues with burnt juice and really not knowing what I was doing...and expense, because I didn't know about punching my own cartos. So that's where I stayed for the next few months, and was quite happy. Eventually, in August I joined ECF (although I'd lurked for specific information since I started vaping) and gave the Twist and the kGo VV a whirl, but didn't use them much, kind of like the LT. Then a friend gave me my first mod...a 3.7 Gripper. Immediately I saw the appeal of a device that had replaceable batteries. So then I got a eGo T Mod. Loved it! Really like the idea I could not only change the batteries...but also the switch and the tubes, too...and had more than one way to charge the thing! Okay, so that opened the next Pandora's box. Mechanicals. Something that didn't have circuit boards or chips or whatever that will eventually fail. That led to getting a Smok Telescope about a month ago...which led to wanting a Lavafire...and on a whim I picked up a Bolt over this weekend (yeah..I know it's not really a mechanical, but it's close). Anyway...in the course of exploring my telescope, I paid another call on the cartotanks, and found out that I LIKED them!! I also learned a couple of tips how to make them work right, and how to punch cartos. In the meantime...back in August I'd found the EMSCCs (and confirmed that dual coils were NOT for me, only single coils) so that's where I am now...telescope, eGo T Mod, Gripper, and even now and again the LT. I use EMSCCs and cartotanks....2 to 2.5ohm single coils. My brief foray into wick type tanks and dripping proved to be disappointing and annoying. Jettisoned those quick.

As far a juice...I liked SC menthol fine but they dont' sell juice, just prefills. Then I found another one at SI I liked and one at MVS I liked. In early summer I found MEL menthol and that was good too. Stayed with those until last July when I started doing DIY. Now I only vape MY menthol...and don't even like anything else.

I think the Provari is awesome, and I'd even consider saving up for one...IF I thought it was something I really needed or wanted. That is not the case. Nothing against them..it's just I know that VV really isn't something that fits with my vaping style. It'd be superfluous...something I would never really utilize to it's full potential.
 

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After smoking for 45 years (1.5-3 PAD) I started March 1st with a V2cigs 808, it was a help in cutting down but I was not fully satisfied. It was also very expensive constantly ordering cartomizers. I found this forum and with good advice from members I bought a KGO kit & some Clearomizers, tried a lot of different flavor juices and this setup was almost nirvana!
Now after getting into DIY flavors I have settled on an all day vape that costs me $3.90 for 60ml, started usind VV devices with replaceable/rechargable batteries, and atomizers that hold 3ml juice I am in nirvana!
As of now other than wanting to try the latest & greatest I can probably go for at least a year without buying anything but an occasional 120ml bottle of flavor concentrate.:)
 

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I had a few false starts with a few cig-a-likes, including E Cigarettes By Choice 7's and the omnipresent n-joys. The usually problems with battery life, and the low doses of nicotine weren't satisfying me. I wanted so desperately for it to work, but it didn't. My last attempt was about 2 years ago.

A B&M opened in my home town, and I was curious to see if they had anything better. But I didn't want to show up like an ignoramus. I wanted to have some idea of what I needed. So I started a thread on /b/, and got some great feed back. Was eventually directed to ECF and to pbusardo's page, and I lurked for a while, trying to absorb as much information as I could.

When we finally went in there I got a kgo kit. Overpriced as everything was, it was an excellent place to start. That was in april and I'm still using those batteries, though i've since gotten a twist, a kgo vv, and an itaste. If i upgrade to something bigger, it'll probably be the itaste mvp or a 1300mah spinner, but only for more battery life. I don't have any interest in anything bigger than that, and don't need all the bells and whistles. Perhaps it's simply that my current setup of 3.7v and LR stuff just happens to be my sweet spot, but despite investing in some VV devices, they never get dialed above that.
 

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Started with Blu Premium 100 kit and actually still use it every working day and when I'm out running errands. I love that kit and the PCC works very well to keep me in charged batteries. (I do have a couple extra spare batteries in that rotation)
Then I used an Ego-C tank system at home for about 2 days - what a rip off those tank kits and atty's are. So, I got some stardusts and then a mini nova. Then bought some twists. I use the ego's and twists at home. Turns out I prefer cartomizers and dripping. So, I use cartomizers with my Blu's and drip atomizers and Smok resurrector cartomizers at home with the egos.
 

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I started on the Njoy and knew within the week it was a phenomenal idea,,,,,,,but Njoy itself wasn't going to work for me,,,,,

I did some research and ordered my first volt starter kit,,,,,,,,,

by the time those 2 batts started dying, I knew I loved the Volt,,,,,,,,but hated charging so much,,,,,

so I upgraded to a couple X2s, and they are perfect for me now,,,,,,,,,I love cartos,,,,,,,easy, simple and cheap,,,,,,but I think I want to try a vivi nova for my most used juices next,,,,,,,

I went from Vape Dudes juices to DIY,,,,,,,,loved Vape Dudes, but they take too long to ship,,,,,,so I started making my own,,,,,,love it,,,it's the cheapest way to do juices, and most of mine are pretty darned tasty.
 
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