Well, first off, hello and welcome from another fellow Metro Phoenix vaper =). Second, congrats on finally getting away from the coffin nails. Third, and to answer NiNi as well, yes, the vaping scene, especially in the Metro Phoenix area is huge out here, both of you are welcome to join us in our social group located here
VIP - Vaping in Phoenix on the forums. Top pinned thread is a listing of the majority of Arizona vendors in the Metro Phoenix area, as well as Metro Tucson, Prescott, and other areas. We also have a large group of us that get together at meets with 3 chapters, East, West, and Central meets, believe the East meet was today, West chapter is next week on Sunday, Central larger meet is Sunday after next, you are very welcome to join us at either. There are several local vendors close to you I can point you toward given your location, Zikwid (a little pricey, but a nice lounge some of the veterans hang out at, and a couple of good experienced employees to help there), and Xtreme Vapour (nice shop geared more toward new vapor gear, decent liquid line, and not shabby prices on them either). Looking for a little more intermediate to advanced knowledge, and they are very new vapor friendly, Hi-Tec Vapor would be the place to go, also has a vapor lounge again a lot of experienced vapors hang out at, and cheapest in the Metro Phoenix area on juice prices with a juice sampling bar, and when in the market for a couple of glass tanks for your cinnamons and tank crackers, they do offer protanks and Anyvape Davide tanks (protank clone). Juices, anyone will tell you are subjective, so will echo what most will say, get online and order sampler packs, also when local, get yourself a "510 Dripping Atomizer" and "Drip Tip" for it for juice sampling, for those sample packs, and when at a local vendor that doesn't offer a juice sampling bar, 3-4 drips into the little cup, cap on the drip tip, puff away to test, blow it out from the connector end into a paper towel, on to the next flavor, also makes for an emergency device if your normal vaping attachment gives out. Things to remember about "Tobaccoish" flavors, there is no silver bullet, no marlboro synthetic, or Camel synthetic that tastes like the original, you will not find it. I myself went down this avenue, its not there, yet, the thing to remember, though it doesn't register when smoking the real thing, subconsiously you could say, your brain registers the tone in the icky smoke, Big tobacco, in their process to make cigarettes more addicting, use several steps to promote more nic out of tobacco leaf. 1 is a sugar soak, wether that sugar be straight sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, caramel, or chocolate water, just like fermenting beer or wine, these sugars make the nic more potent. So a sweetish tobacco liquid flavor generally is the best bet, you are already vaping one of the more popular ones, Tribecca, which I believe also has hazelnut as well as vanilla in its flavoring, and if that isn't your cup of tea, a more traditional RY4 (tobaccoish with vanilla, caramel, and some type of nutty flavoring), butterscotch, straight vanilla, straight caramel, straight chocolates, see a pattern here? Tricking your mind, mainly your subconsious, has vanilla tone, or caramel tone, looks like smoke, feels like smoke, doesn't taste like smoke, but has that vanilla I know (example only), okay must be smoke, but this is why RY4's are so popular, and even these are as varied as the individual vapor's taste from smokey, nutty, earthy tobaccoish to further over to the sweeter scale with more vanilla and caramel in the tones, I being an ex-marlboro smoker and I like the sweeter side of RY4's. Another method of juice choice, already retraining your brain switching to vaping, try something completely opposite of what you are thinking you will need, a fruit flavor, desert flavor, drink flavor might be what will become your all day vape "ADV". Keeping other flavors on hand, you might be like a lot of us, start with a coffee flavor in the morning, a nice fruit flavor part of the day, to a sweet treat flavor for after dinner and eating, ending the day with a relaxing tea flavor. Another tidbit, don't have to be at 24mg nic all day, you got 2 systems, the Evod (use majority of the day better battery life) and that Halo G6. Wake up in the morning, high stress situations, after eating, etc, 24mg in that G6 cartridge, then the rest of the day an 18mg or 12mg in the Evod, and when you need that extra kick, the G6 is right there to take a couple puffs on. Eventually you'll find out what works for you and get into a good routine, water, yep, keep hydrated, PG and VG are dehumicants and will dehydrate you, their bonding to moisture in your mouth and such is what produces that vapor you exhaled. Advice, or troubles, you have this forum, many local shops here, and a large support community locally ready to help if we can.
Good luck and vape on.
I'm sure I'll learn! Since it seems like something that helps taste the different eliquids quickly?
