Thanks again Constantine!
I agree that it's great to see some local stores carrying juice and e-cigs. In fact, my very first joye 510-t kit was bought here in town at a "head shop" called (ironically) the "Sun Food Market" which I happened to find online while looking for local e-cig suppliers. If I recall correctly, I paid around $90 for the starter kit, and $20-$30 for a 30ml bottle of high strength Marlboro juice. The juice was gross, and they didn't have much selection, but it was a good find nonetheless because it got me started on vaping. Also picked up a 1000mah Riva knockoff from that place which crapped out on me long ago.
Shortly thereafter, I started ordering from Vancity Vapor. Good guy, delivered to my door usually on the same day I ordered, couldn't really complain. Got my EgoT kit from him, my 1000mah ego passthrough, and every week or two I'd place juice and atty orders. I'd usually get a variety pack or two of juice which consisted of five 10ml bottles for $45. 90 cents per ml still felt pricey though, and his hardware selection really isn't the greatest, so I always felt like I was kinda missing out. I'd give him my business again though, like I said, good guy, good customer service.
Also amassed a bunch of 30ml bottles from Juicyclear, none of which my GF seemed to like very much. I don't mind em, but the juice collection certainly did begin to pile up a bit.
Got a couple of friends into vaping in the process, and it was one of them who mentioned the other local place to me with the "Spokane Super Sauce". Little bodega called the "Bentley Market". Again, not much variety... Marlboro, Camel, Peach, Strawberry, and Grape. As far as hardware went, it looked like Blu and Smokestick were about all that he had.
Also, Vaporgeek is here in my town! That was a disappointment to me though. Found them online, wanted to give them a try. Shot them an email and asked if I could do a local pickup, and they denied me. Not to sound cheap and impatient or anything, but having to pay $10 to have something shipped within my city, and still having to wait a day or two to get it was kind of a letdown... especially when my last atty is quickly dying on me. I still might give them a shot one of these days, but their juice selection and inventory seems to be inconsistent to be honest. Out of stock on this flavor, limited strength of others, some are straight PG only, others straight VG only. Maybe I'm just being too picky, lol. They do have a better selection of hardware accessories than Vancity Vapor though, so I'll give them that much.
So as far as juice goes, I'm not really sure where my next order will be placed. Might try Backwoods, or I might just try to find the cheapest source for huge bottles of Dekang. Truthfully, I've been wondering if there is anyone out there who just vapes unflavored juice, and how that works out in the long term. It would probably prevent me from getting bored with flavors, or from getting that gross taste in my mouth once my taste buds get burned out and everything just starts tasting tangy, yet flavorless. Still weighing my options at this point. I mean, it wasn't like cigarettes tasted good to me or anything, but that didn't stop me from burning though 40+ of the things per day... maybe flavor isn't as important as I think... or maybe I really
do need a VV device to achieve vaping bliss.
Speaking of VV mods, the two you mentioned both look like good units. I do kind of want a mod with a feeding system though. Between driving and working in construction, sometimes one hand is all I can muster. Stopping to drip every few minutes just becomes impractical after a while. Granted, there are tank systems, but my experience with the 510T and eGo-T left me wanting. Muted flavors, periodic dry hits, and leaking all over the place seemingly at random can be tolerable, but once you get used to the flavor from dripping it's hard to go back. Then there are carto's, clearo's, map tanks, and the like (none of which I've ever tried) but it seems as if they suffer a lot of the same issues, and then some. Of course we've got bottom feeders, but there aren't too many that are VV, and although I've never tried one I hear that they're just not as good as a good top feeder. (Squonking learning curve, flooded atty's, taste potentially not quite as good, etc)
It's just lots and lots to consider, and with so many vendors out there it can be tough to make it all come together. Mod from one place, atty's and driptips from another, juices from yet another... jeez, daunting, lol.
Wonder how much a 55 gallon drum of Dekang would cost to ship from china? hahaha