First of all, I would like to thank everyone on this forum for all the great information and support! I really dont know if I couldve made it this far without this forum and the support from my loving wife
! I also want to apologize for what will probably be a rather long post.I wanted to post this in the new members forum because I remember how encouraging it was to me as a new member to see other peoples success stories and to know that the e-cig could work for me.
So now Id like to share my story
I dont remember where I saw the first advertisement for an e-cig but when I did, I was very curious. I had been smoking since I was 16 and was 30 at the time. I had tried unsuccessfully to quit several times in the past and at the time I was trying to really cut back on how much I was smoking. I was tired of the smell and the morning cough. I was tired of going out in the heat, cold, rain or whatever to smoke, just to come back inside feeling gross and smelly. I just couldnt get past a half pack a day
.I decided to do some research on the e-cig because my first impression was that it sounded too good to be true. I thought, This must be a scam. So I started looking around on the web for anything I could find. Unfortunately, this forum was not one of the first places I found. I did however find a site that had some reviews of e-cigs. After reading a bunch of reviews and looking at different prices I decided to go with the Red Dragon. So I dropped something like $120 for a starter kit, extra cartomizers and overnight shipping (I did this on a Saturday though, so I wasnt actually going to get my kit until Tuesday
).I wanted to know everything I could about e cigs before my starter kit arrived, so I continued to search the web for any information I could find. I finally stumbled onto the e-cigarette forum. I dont know how it took me so long to find it. I read, read, read and then read some more. It didnt take me long to figure out that I may have made a mistake ordering the Red Dragon. At that point I figured Id at least try to make it work for me.
One year ago today I received my Red Dragon starter kit. I was really excited and after everything that I had read, I felt like I was going to quit for good. I took the half pack of cigarettes that I had left, Duck taped it shut and wrote the date 09-29-09 on the tape. I was very confident that I would be able to quit this time. I think that confidence was one of the main things that got me through the first week.
The Red Dragon was not a bad e-cig, just not the best. With a 3 second cut off on the automatic batteries, it made it tough to really get a satisfying drag. That was when I really realized that I didnt care if my e cig looked like a real cigarette or not, as long as it performed well. Close to the end of the week, after even more reading, I decided to get a manual 510 starter kit and a PCC from Cignot. I cant say enough good things about the ladies at Cignot. You really cant go wrong ordering from them!
I received my 510 kit two days after I ordered. I was blown away! I couldnt believe how fast the shipping was and the great quality of the product for so much less $ then my first kit. I was really glad that I had ordered the PCC because, as many of us know, the battery life for the 510 really sucks. After the second week of using an e cig, I felt like cigarettes didnt have the same hold on me that they had before.
I used the 510 with various cart mods for the following 5 or 6 months with very little trouble, aside from the occasional atty or batt crisis. I tried liquid from a bunch of different places, in different nic strengths and decided that Tasty Vapor liquid at 24mg was the way to go. I bought a mod and a passthrough. Then the eGo came out. After seeing a bunch of great reviews for it, I decided to get one and shortly thereafter started direct dripping.
Ive tried various atomizers from different vendors. I like the 510 atty. I like the LR 510s too, but they seem a little harsh at times for me. I liked the 510 cartomizers for a while but didnt really like the burnt filler. Over the past month Ive really been enjoying the LR 306 atty. For those of you who dont know, the 306 has the same threading as the 510, so theres no need for any adaptor. It also has an exposed bridge and as far as I know, is really only good for those who drip. Youll also need a 306 drip tip because a 510 cart or drip tip will NOT work because of the exposed bridge (basically the drip tip goes over top of the entire atty instead of going inside of the barrel of the atty).
Honestly, the eGo has been my main pv since I got it. Ive been using the same batteries for the past 6 months and theyre still going strong. Now all I take to work with me is my 2 eGo batteries, 1 bottle of juice, and maybe a spare atty (less of a worry for me since Ive been using the LR 306 because they dont seem to want to die
).Ive stepped down my nic level from 18-24mg to 12mg without even trying. More importantly, I havent smoked a single cigarette in 1 year! I dont crave cigarettes and wouldnt smoke one if you paid me! With cigarette prices now being $10-$13 a pack in NYC, Im saving some money and feel soooo much healthier.
I wish everyone the best of luck and thank all of you!
Keep vaping!
[FONT="]Stu[/FONT]
