this is a seriously long thread but there's tons of good info (and laughs) http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/200729-lost-long-post-i-had-typed-will-try-again-im-almost-afraid-post-here.html#post3530086 i know it's a lot but it's a very good thread from a beginner's point of view imo...
Time to for life's newest adventure - e-cig life !
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I think you got it......Well at least the part about this forum being a good way to kill time at work.
I've been lurking here for a while but just joined today and I thought I'd regale you all with my own personal tale. I joined after lurking for a couple of months because I wished to post a reply in another topic, only to discover that I have to say nothing of importance in here on 5 separate occasions before I can say nothing of importance elsewhere.
After trying various methods to quit analogs for 5 years, all dismal failures, my doctor suggested e-cigs. He recommended the Blu brand and if you can't trust your doctor, who can you trust? So with hope in my soul, off I dashed.
Home to Google the brand, place my order for a starter kit and a few extra carts, wait with bated breath for it's eventual arrival so's to experience the latest disappointment in discovering I had just wasted another $60 on a flop. While I liked the flavor, the fact that the batteries went dead in an hour and the carts had a 30% + DOA rate made it another dismal (and expensive) failure.
A few months go by as is their wont, and I thought I'd look around to see if there had been some improvements in the technology. I stumbled across this forum and spent a week or so reading all the comments and suggestions folks had to offer and I finally decided that I'd give e-cigs another shot. It's only money, right?
I settled on the e-Go-T system and placed my order for a starter kit (remarkably, not much price difference from the Blu kit) and a few assorted sample flavors and settled in to await the arrival of my next great failure.
When the U.S. Postal Service finally got around to delivering the paraphernalia for my latest attempt (why is it that a package can go from Pennsylvania to California in 1 day, but takes 3 days to go the last 60 miles?), I opened it, filled a tank with one of the juices (I smoked Kool Filter Kings so I started with Dakang Kool.) and sat down to give it a whirl.
Not bad! Pretty tasty in fact. Well, it tasted nothing at all like Kool Filter Kings but still in all, it had an undeniable attractiveness.
Day 1: With grim determination, I steeled myself for the ordeal of another attempt to quit. And of course, I did a bit of backsliding. It's just the way I am. I smoked 2 cigarettes that day. Somewhat less than the pack a day I was down to. (I used to smoke 3 packs. I was proud of getting down to one). OK, not a bad start. Let's see where this goes.
Day 2: The next morning I woke up having my standard nicotine fit and lit up another cigarette to get kick-started for the day yet somehow I managed to avoid them for the rest of the day. It got easier as the day wore on and by evening when I returned home from work, I was actually quite comfortable with it. AND I got to vape while watching TV instead of being relegated to the hinterlands. A pariah in my own home.
Oddly enough, my wife gave me only the occasional sidelong glance and didn't say a word. She knew this would only last a day or two at best. After nearly 30 years of wedded bliss, she knows me too well to have any real faith in me.
Day 3: As usual I got up at some ungodly hour to start the day and reached for my morning jolt of tobacco. Lit up, took one long, deep puff and EGADS! This tastes like minty fresh, burned gym socks. How did I put up with this crap for so long?
Haven't even been tempted by analogs since. After enjoying so many interesting flavors, and some less interesting, not to mention the downright awful ones, I have finally managed the impossible. 40 years of smoking ended painlessly in under three days.
I won't go into the tribulations I've suffered with regards to the eGo-T's little "quirks" that for the most part I've learned to deal with as that is a tale for another time but I'll leave with these parting words:
Isn't modern science wonderful?
After trying various methods to quit analogs for 5 years, all dismal failures, my doctor suggested e-cigs. He recommended the Blu brand and if you can't trust your doctor, who can you trust? So with hope in my soul, off I dashed.
Home to Google the brand, place my order for a starter kit and a few extra carts, wait with bated breath for it's eventual arrival so's to experience the latest disappointment in discovering I had just wasted another $60 on a flop. While I liked the flavor, the fact that the batteries went dead in an hour and the carts had a 30% + DOA rate made it another dismal (and expensive) failure.
A few months go by as is their wont, and I thought I'd look around to see if there had been some improvements in the technology. I stumbled across this forum and spent a week or so reading all the comments and suggestions folks had to offer and I finally decided that I'd give e-cigs another shot. It's only money, right?
I settled on the e-Go-T system and placed my order for a starter kit (remarkably, not much price difference from the Blu kit) and a few assorted sample flavors and settled in to await the arrival of my next great failure.
When the U.S. Postal Service finally got around to delivering the paraphernalia for my latest attempt (why is it that a package can go from Pennsylvania to California in 1 day, but takes 3 days to go the last 60 miles?), I opened it, filled a tank with one of the juices (I smoked Kool Filter Kings so I started with Dakang Kool.) and sat down to give it a whirl.
Not bad! Pretty tasty in fact. Well, it tasted nothing at all like Kool Filter Kings but still in all, it had an undeniable attractiveness.
Day 1: With grim determination, I steeled myself for the ordeal of another attempt to quit. And of course, I did a bit of backsliding. It's just the way I am. I smoked 2 cigarettes that day. Somewhat less than the pack a day I was down to. (I used to smoke 3 packs. I was proud of getting down to one). OK, not a bad start. Let's see where this goes.
Day 2: The next morning I woke up having my standard nicotine fit and lit up another cigarette to get kick-started for the day yet somehow I managed to avoid them for the rest of the day. It got easier as the day wore on and by evening when I returned home from work, I was actually quite comfortable with it. AND I got to vape while watching TV instead of being relegated to the hinterlands. A pariah in my own home.
Oddly enough, my wife gave me only the occasional sidelong glance and didn't say a word. She knew this would only last a day or two at best. After nearly 30 years of wedded bliss, she knows me too well to have any real faith in me.
Day 3: As usual I got up at some ungodly hour to start the day and reached for my morning jolt of tobacco. Lit up, took one long, deep puff and EGADS! This tastes like minty fresh, burned gym socks. How did I put up with this crap for so long?
Haven't even been tempted by analogs since. After enjoying so many interesting flavors, and some less interesting, not to mention the downright awful ones, I have finally managed the impossible. 40 years of smoking ended painlessly in under three days.
I won't go into the tribulations I've suffered with regards to the eGo-T's little "quirks" that for the most part I've learned to deal with as that is a tale for another time but I'll leave with these parting words:
Isn't modern science wonderful?
Congratulations to you and your wife!
I started vaping last week, and have the V4L's as well. Love them, love the wow cartos. I haven't graduated to filling them myself, but maybe in time.
Inhale into your mouth first, and then into your lungs. It will save you a coughing fit, and that way you taste the flavor. I've discovered it is very much about the fun flavors for me - the tobacco flavors aren't my thing.
Consider it an adventure, and have fun. It will be lots easier that you might expect!
I started vaping last week, and have the V4L's as well. Love them, love the wow cartos. I haven't graduated to filling them myself, but maybe in time.
Inhale into your mouth first, and then into your lungs. It will save you a coughing fit, and that way you taste the flavor. I've discovered it is very much about the fun flavors for me - the tobacco flavors aren't my thing.
Consider it an adventure, and have fun. It will be lots easier that you might expect!
This deserves a thread of its own!!!
Perhaps, perhaps not. I'm not terribly big on thread starting. I'm more of a natter from the peanut gallery type.
Or in this case, a matter of taking the time while I have nothing to do, to let you know I have nothing to say. However I can expend a great many words in not saying anything in order to accomplish my goal of not having said anything on at least 5 separate occasions.
Congrat's to you and your wife and welcome to ECF
I jumped in with both feet and still have my half full pack of analogs on my coffee table and in my car...3 packs in the freezer...I just look at them while I am vaping...bye bye love...I got a new girlfriend
I jumped in with both feet and still have my half full pack of analogs on my coffee table and in my car...3 packs in the freezer...I just look at them while I am vaping...bye bye love...I got a new girlfriendCongrats and welcome to both of you ! The process of vaping is an awesome one and you are beginning what can be a whole new wonderful adventure in your lives.
I started three years ago, and with the equipment available at the time, mostly mini's with horrible battery life and terrible little bitty carts, I had somewhat limited success, then equipment started improving, juices really became more awesome and less expensive and the options available in both just grew to a point that after finding my niche device, I was able to finally give up a 37 year habit. And was able to convert several family members and friends.
Be patient with yourselves, read read read, there is so much information here, and you are fortunate to have found this site and forum in the beginning so that you have the best advice and vendors available.
Good luck to you and vape on !
I started three years ago, and with the equipment available at the time, mostly mini's with horrible battery life and terrible little bitty carts, I had somewhat limited success, then equipment started improving, juices really became more awesome and less expensive and the options available in both just grew to a point that after finding my niche device, I was able to finally give up a 37 year habit. And was able to convert several family members and friends.
Be patient with yourselves, read read read, there is so much information here, and you are fortunate to have found this site and forum in the beginning so that you have the best advice and vendors available.
Good luck to you and vape on !
Thanks again to everyone! Been "playing" around today and all your tips have been extremely helpful. I can quickly see why you need to drink alot of water! It's definitely going to take me some time to get used to the longer slower drags as well. Thank you all and we'll definitely post back with our thoughts and opinions on the V4L.
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