My boyfriend asked me this question. I have been able to quit with the two e cigs I bought. Our friend buys the gas station kind. They are quieter, cheaper and lasts my friend a few weeks. I vape like a crazy person so I don't think it would last as long with me. And I'm sure they aren't as strong, so I don't know if I would have quit. Any thoughts on this? I need an argument.
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Because you get more options and you enjoy vaping enough to justify the expense.
I have a provari mini but if you are happy with gas station ecigs then keep using them.
Most people don't like the flavors from the retail store brands and they want to buy other flavors
If you wanted to move up you probably only need a ego-c twist with some clearomizers and a charger for the ego-c.
Cost under $35 for equipment. Then just need to buy ejuice.
If you are happy with what you are using then just keep using it. Whatever keeps you off regular cigs
Most people don't like the flavors from the retail store brands and they want to buy other flavors
If you wanted to move up you probably only need a ego-c twist with some clearomizers and a charger for the ego-c.
Cost under $35 for equipment. Then just need to buy ejuice.
If you are happy with what you are using then just keep using it. Whatever keeps you off regular cigs
Anyone who has a disposable ecig last them weeks doesn't smjoke any kind of cigs that I have ever seen. They may talk just no walk.
Gas station e-cigs will cost more than real cigarettes, it costs me 12 dollars a month to vape. It may cost more initially. But it pays for itself and then some. As for the type of mod you choose....anything is better than a gas station e cig. Try a mod. See the light. Plus those cheap look a likes only put out 3.2 volts at best and only stay charged for about a half hour. My reo vapes all day with one battery and one juice fill. Do you want to ride an electric bike to work, or a car?
Convenience store e-cigs (along with the mall crap) do not give you what you would get with a Provari (or just about anything else).
Provari would be something to get when you know you are going to continue vaping, it is pretty much the top of the line in variable voltage. If you are just starting. The kGo is a great unit for your situation, it is very inexpensive to get started on and you can control what you are going to use as far as the juice goes.
If it keeps you off of tobacco cigarettes (analogs), it is working great. Congratulations on quitting and best of luck to you, I would recommend taking a look around and asking tons of questions. Depending on where you live in Ohio, there are a couple of great e-cig stores that would save you money (in the long run) from buying from gas stations. When you go from the gas station variety to a quality juice you will be amazed. !
Provari would be something to get when you know you are going to continue vaping, it is pretty much the top of the line in variable voltage. If you are just starting. The kGo is a great unit for your situation, it is very inexpensive to get started on and you can control what you are going to use as far as the juice goes.
If it keeps you off of tobacco cigarettes (analogs), it is working great. Congratulations on quitting and best of luck to you, I would recommend taking a look around and asking tons of questions. Depending on where you live in Ohio, there are a couple of great e-cig stores that would save you money (in the long run) from buying from gas stations. When you go from the gas station variety to a quality juice you will be amazed. !
My juice costs me about $20 a month to vape but I spend hundreds on collecting and trying new stuff. I took smoking (a horrible habit) and turned it into a hobby (an expensive one).
I won't and also refuse to give an argument over this subject. If you truely want and can afford something then make yourself smile and buy it. If you can't afford it and don't want it then don't get it. The important thing is to stop using the analogs. That's the bottom line to the whole deal. 
My juice costs me about $20 a month to vape but I spend hundreds on collecting and trying new stuff. I took smoking (a horrible habit) and turned it into a hobby (an expensive one).[/QUOTE]
Yeah, except for the shiny new toy syndrome and vapaholism lol. Good point you could spend a fortune. I know i have. But not in vain. Just think of the money you spend in the long run with cigs. There are lots of cheap ways to start out. I have a $10 510 passthru i used to vape all day on it. And it still works great.
Yeah, except for the shiny new toy syndrome and vapaholism lol. Good point you could spend a fortune. I know i have. But not in vain. Just think of the money you spend in the long run with cigs. There are lots of cheap ways to start out. I have a $10 510 passthru i used to vape all day on it. And it still works great.
I started with the V2 808s (similar to the gas station types), they helped me cut down on smoking but were not enough. Plus the constant stress of hopeing the batteries would stay charged long enough for me to get home from work, the constant charging etc. That did not help me at all in trying to quit the cigs. I purchased a KGO kit and all my problems were over. I quit smoking within 3 weeks after I started using the KGOs.
I know that if I had kept using the 808s I would have tossed them and gone back to smoking!!
I know that if I had kept using the 808s I would have tossed them and gone back to smoking!!
My first electronic cigarette was a disposable that I just happened to see for sale on the checkout counter of a convenience store. It was about $8 or so, and it claimed it would last as long as a carton of cigarettes, or something like that. So I thought, what the heck, I'll give it a try.
It actually wasn't too bad. This thing could work to get me off of cigarettes. It turned out to only last a couple of days before it died out or lost flavor. But I considered the experience an insightful one because it stimulated me to seek out to see if something better was available. Thank goodness my Google search for e-cigarettes allowed me to find this forum. I found a reputable vendor that sold quality e-cigarettes and I was able to be totally smokefree within a few days of beginning vaping.
I totally refuse to believe that someone could be satisfied to only use the gas station brand e-cigs. They likely were not heavy smokers to begin with and their nicotine needs are minimal. There are far better products in devices and liquids to be found. This website is an excellent resource to learn from others who have successfully quit cigarettes through vaping.
Just yesterday I was at the mall and saw a kiosk for some offbrand e-cig company. Typical rip off company that charges unbelievable prices for an inferior product. I decided to humor the salesman. I listened to some of his sales pitch as he held out the pre-filled cartridge for me to try. Bold claims that the tiny stick battery would last a week without charging and the cartridge was equal to a carton of cigarettes.
It was at that point that I said I knew all about e-cigs and then pulled out my Provari from my pocket. His eyes widened as he said, "What is that? That thing is HUGE!" I said this one device costs the same as that two battery kit that you are selling, and will blow your stuff away. I took a nice vape and blew out a cloud of vapor three times the size of his tiny battery.
I know what you are thinking, no way was this a fair comparison between a cigalike and a Provari. But at roughly the same cost factor, it just shows what kind of rip offs are out there.
Yeah, except for the shiny new toy syndrome and vapaholism lol. Good point you could spend a fortune. I know i have. But not in vain. Just think of the money you spend in the long run with cigs. There are lots of cheap ways to start out. I have a $10 510 passthru i used to vape all day on it. And it still works great.[/QUOTE]
Very good term "vapaholism", love it! I know what you mean, I was spending a small fortune in blood pressure medication and bronchitis medications (was a chronic cougher) not to mention the money spend on the cigarettes, the zippo lighters, fluid, burn hole repairs in my car and last, but certainly not least, the fact that death really sucks. Vaping has extended my life, I wish it would have been an option for my father (or grandfathers, or just about everyone in my family tree).
Very good term "vapaholism", love it! I know what you mean, I was spending a small fortune in blood pressure medication and bronchitis medications (was a chronic cougher) not to mention the money spend on the cigarettes, the zippo lighters, fluid, burn hole repairs in my car and last, but certainly not least, the fact that death really sucks. Vaping has extended my life, I wish it would have been an option for my father (or grandfathers, or just about everyone in my family tree).
Wish I could remember where it was(probably here on ECF somewhere), but I caught an article saying Blu's and their equivalents can only hold ~1.5mL of juice at most and that it takes roughly 3mL to equate to a single pack of smokes
Don't quote me on those numbers as I'm going off of memory, but the 3mL=1pack sounds about right as I have this little .9mL clearo and I probably refill it at least 3 times a day
As for Provari/etc versus gas station e-cigs...
There's all kinds of options in between. Next size down would be the Joyetech eGo batteries(roughly cigar sized) and the next size down from there is the Joyetech 510(roughly cig sized)
To answer your boyfriend: money saved
The Joyetech eGo/510 starter kits may not be the cheapest, but depending on how much someone smokes, the kit can pay for itself within a month.
I got started on a eGo-T kit for ~$80(local shop) and I was a pack-a-day smoker prior to that. I was spending ~$200 a month on smokes and now I spend less than $40 on a months supply of e-liquid. That's what my kit cost twice over in money saved
I actually tried three different brand of gas station e cigs before I decided to go on line to find out more like if e cigs were actually safe to use.
The cost was pretty high at $9 or $10 dollars apiece. I figured if I used one per day that would be $300 per month. I don't think they equal 2 packs of cigs. Maybe one. I was a 2 plus pack a day smoker. Ouch. I was already spending $200 or so per month smoking and I just couldn't justify that kind of spending. Especially since I didn't think they tasted that good.
I think that it depends but if you are a heavy smoker then get a better set up than the gas station e cig.
The cost was pretty high at $9 or $10 dollars apiece. I figured if I used one per day that would be $300 per month. I don't think they equal 2 packs of cigs. Maybe one. I was a 2 plus pack a day smoker. Ouch. I was already spending $200 or so per month smoking and I just couldn't justify that kind of spending. Especially since I didn't think they tasted that good.
I think that it depends but if you are a heavy smoker then get a better set up than the gas station e cig.
I used gas station ecigs to get off of smoking, and the cost is still prohibitively high. The starter kit I got from 7-11 was $20, plus $20-30 a week for the prefilled cartridges. Given the nature of gas station ecigs they're not meant to last, so I was buying a new starter kit every few weeks to replace the battery too.
I just got sick of the mediocre performance and constantly having to toss everything and buy a new one. It just felt so wasteful.
You gotta pay the "entrance fee" so to speak to step away from that, but now I spend $10/wk on juice and $.50 to rebuild a coil every now and then. I bought all my hardware because I knew it would last and because it gives me flexibility and control. When I get stressed, rather than sucking and sucking and sucking as hard as I can on a tiny little auto battery I just turn up the voltage a little and give my lungs a kick.
To some degree it's what type of person you are too - I'm the gadgety type and would much rather have the freedom to do it my way. I didn't buy a computer at a store, I pieced together and built my own. All my android devices have been customized to hell and work great for me. Some people like the stock suspension on their car, I like adjustability. Some people are happy with rulers - I'll gladly take some dial calipers or a micrometer.
It's a bunch of reasons, really. But if you're honest with yourself, I don't think anyone can be truly happy with something from a gas station in the long run.
I just got sick of the mediocre performance and constantly having to toss everything and buy a new one. It just felt so wasteful.
You gotta pay the "entrance fee" so to speak to step away from that, but now I spend $10/wk on juice and $.50 to rebuild a coil every now and then. I bought all my hardware because I knew it would last and because it gives me flexibility and control. When I get stressed, rather than sucking and sucking and sucking as hard as I can on a tiny little auto battery I just turn up the voltage a little and give my lungs a kick.
To some degree it's what type of person you are too - I'm the gadgety type and would much rather have the freedom to do it my way. I didn't buy a computer at a store, I pieced together and built my own. All my android devices have been customized to hell and work great for me. Some people like the stock suspension on their car, I like adjustability. Some people are happy with rulers - I'll gladly take some dial calipers or a micrometer.
It's a bunch of reasons, really. But if you're honest with yourself, I don't think anyone can be truly happy with something from a gas station in the long run.
You buy a kgo vs a gas station e cig to save money and have a choice of flavors.
It's a harder question why you buy a ProVari vs a Kgo.
It's a harder question why you buy a ProVari vs a Kgo.
I started with the Vapor Couture then was given a Halo G6 and just got my first eGo twist. The lookalike style was a great start and helped get me off the real thing. Gas station e-cigs did not do a darn thing for me, not that I tried to many of them.
The joy of getting a better system (yes the G6 is a better system then a gas station one) is you can vape so much more. The increase in flavors alone is enough to make the switch. You are not limited to tobacco flavored vape. My favorite all day vape is Kringles Curse from Halo. I use it all day and hit other flavors in between. Hope this helps
The joy of getting a better system (yes the G6 is a better system then a gas station one) is you can vape so much more. The increase in flavors alone is enough to make the switch. You are not limited to tobacco flavored vape. My favorite all day vape is Kringles Curse from Halo. I use it all day and hit other flavors in between. Hope this helps
Consistency, power, longevity, control.
I also think of these high dollar mods as a liquid asset - if you don't obliterate your Provari then you can turn around and sell it at anytime for 85% or better of what you paid for it. So your cost of "renting" a Provari is ~$30. Your $40 Kgo kit will need to be replaced at least once a year, if it doesn't break before that.
I agree with what you said v2 was frustrating homing my crappy carts shipped hoping my batt stayed charged. But I am thankful they got me to cut down and led me into to ego's and clearomizers where I could finally stop the logs with the right equipment I'm nit sure I could have with stick batteries.
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