WOW What a difference in my Reo

[irehc77]

Yes I agree with the cost calculations. My Hubby is a non smoker and he has not even questioned what I have spent on vaping. He is just very very happy I have quit smoking and this is the longest I have ever went without smoking. One month! And I am very content vaping instead. No withdrawl from analogs. I just figure now I have my hardware so all I pretty much will need to continue to buy is juice and addy's. I love my Reo!

 

[Big Hitter]

Magine trying to tell her you spent over $200 on one! My wife doesn't even notice what's on top of my REOs! Thank god.

My wife thinks REOs cost 40 dollars and every atty (even the 160 dollar Chalice) costs about 8 bucks .........
I have no idea how she got that impression

Once you've been married 20 years you start to realize that "marriage built on honesty" is bunk.
A great marriage is finding a way to get what you want without your better half freaking out.

J/K my wife knows exactly how much I spend and she's very very happy that I'm not buying big bore kits, expansion pipes, intakes, carbon fibre reeds, wiring harnesses, digital clusters, etc ...... for my 2T builds.

As far as guy hobbies go vaping is pretty cheap even if you go crazy. And the mailman likes it because the packages are much much smaller

 

[Big Hitter]

Yes I agree with the cost calculations. My Hubby is a non smoker and he has not even questioned what I have spent on vaping. He is just very very happy I have quit smoking and this is the longest I have ever went without smoking. One month! And I am very content vaping instead. No withdrawl from analogs. I just figure now I have my hardware so all I pretty much will need to continue to buy is juice and addy's. I love my Reo!

Congratulations .... don't forget more REOs and fancy drip tips

 

[Big Hitter]

And everyone wonders why the US (and most of the people in it) are broke and/or in debt.

Some people will never understand money .... or the cost saving of buying a quality product.
Packs were 9 bucks in my town when I quit and I smoked exactly one pack per day right down to the hour usually.
Thats 3,285 dollars per year or 273.75 per month. I can go pretty crazy and still come out ahead. And sell my gear for 75% of what I paid if I ever quit ....

 

[oldbroad]

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Yes I agree with the cost calculations. My Hubby is a non smoker and he has not even questioned what I have spent on vaping. He is just very very happy I have quit smoking and this is the longest I have ever went without smoking. One month! And I am very content vaping instead. No withdrawl from analogs. I just figure now I have my hardware so all I pretty much will need to continue to buy is juice and addy's. I love my Reo!

 

[Commie]

Some people will never understand money .... or the cost saving of buying a quality product.
Packs were 9 bucks in my town when I quit and I smoked exactly one pack per day right down to the hour usually.
Thats 3,285 dollars per year or 273.75 per month. I can go pretty crazy and still come out ahead. And sell my gear for 75% of what I paid if I ever quit ....

Uuh, I was rolling my own cigarettes at about 80 cents to $1 a pack, and smoking pack and a half per day. So far vaping has been a big net loss every month. But this is the first time I've quit smoking without the evil side effects, and I'm feeling a ton better. So I can write it off as a healthy hobby expense

 

[oldbroad]

Cheri, I have a couple of Hornets coming, if you want to learn to build coils come visit me.I'd take you to see Ocqueoc Falls,too, but I'm not tromping thru 4 ft. of snow,lol. So you'll have to settle for a good cup of coffee and me.

 

[ancient puffer]

Uuh, I was rolling my own cigarettes at about 80 cents to $1 a pack, and smoking pack and a half per day. So far vaping has been a big net loss every month. But this is the first time I've quit smoking without the evil side effects, and I'm feeling a ton better. So I can write it off as a healthy hobby expense

I think I saw where you're using an RBA, if that's the case, your biggest expense is ejuice, and let me tell ya, buying a liter of unflavored 24mg, and diluting it down to 18mg or 20mg, is a HUGE savings. I'd guestimate my daily costs are probably around $0.50.

I started out with tobacco flavors, then migrated to fruity stuff, but I have to say, I enjoy the unflavored just as much, and my attys last a LOT longer. Just sayin'

 

[Commie]

Oh, I'm not counting my DIY or kanthal/cotton expenses. They're negligible enough. It's the hardware costs that outweigh my former smoking expenses.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I'm noticeably healthier, smell nicer, can get my nicotine fix in my office, at home, in the car. Don't have to go outside in rain/snow...

 

[super_X_drifter]

+1 on unflavored nic purchased in bulk. It's all I use and it vapes fantastic.

 

[rudy4653]

Ugh, that argument only makes sense if you're a non-smoker wanting to start vaping.

If, OTOH, you're a pack a day smoker in a place where stink sticks cost $5 per pack....

Reo Grand $150, 4 batteries $40, 50 ml of e juice $20 and a freakin' chalice $150. $360 total, OMFG! Holy Mother of God! Except you reach the break even point in 72 days, roughly two and a half months. If this setup lasts ONLY A YEAR, a smoker saves $1,465. And that's buying the highest priced RBA there is. That's not even counting the astronomical costs of smoking related illnesses that inevitably comes from continued analog use.

Funny thing is, I took my blinged out yellowjacket Grand with me into a restaurant last night, and was instantly surrounded by the entire waitstaff wanting to know about it. Oh, the disappointed, crestfallen faces after I told them the Grand costs roughly $150. Used the same analysis to explain that they've got a bullet proof long term solution that starts to pay for itself after a month of use, and half of them still didn't get it!

And everyone wonders why the US (and most of the people in it) are broke and/or in debt.

And if your spouse can't understand that argument, consider divorcing them. You'll probably be better off in the long run.

Try living in CT!! 1 pack = 8.70 so basically $9.00 a day since the change is between the sofa cushions. That's $3285 a year my lady spends ! Defense rests.......I never get flack for buying my toys.

 

[irehc77]

Oldbroad yes when this weather clears up and the snow melts I would love to make the trip. How did you get your hands on a Hornet? I have been checking the web sites and all I ever see is they are sold out?????
I did just place a pre order on a Kanger Protank to use with my atomic cinnacide. Since it is glass it won't deterioate my vision clearomizer I am using now.
Just got back from a trip downstate and no snow at all most of the trip south. Seems like all the snow is stock piled in my county! LOL

 

[oldbroad]

Hi Cheri, I got them from an overseas co....Myvape...the shipping is high and they take up to a few weeks to deliver...

 

[irehc77]

I went in on a co op and have a hornet coming. Will have to one day make the trip to have a pro teach me how to use it. Won't get it for a couple of weeks anyways so hopefully some of this white stuff will be gone by then!

 

[Commie]

I'm envious No hornets here, but I have a few A7s.

I can show you how to coil them, though I don't really do silica wicks, only cotton and SS. Sounds like you already know Oldbroad, and she's likely able to teach you more than I could. I think we should sometime have a Michigan Reo meet

 

[irehc77]

I would LOVE to have a Michigan meet! Just seem like an alien in my neck of the woods vaping. Everyone asks me what is that thing. Had people tell me it looks like I am carrying my own breath-olizer! LOL Who knows maybe I need one of those also!

 

[garyinco]

I would LOVE to have a Michigan meet! Just seem like an alien in my neck of the woods vaping. Everyone asks me what is that thing. Had people tell me it looks like I am carrying my own breath-olizer! LOL Who knows maybe I need one of those also!

Just tell them it is a "reo-talkie". Used to communicate with higher lifeforms (like the people in this forum )