Here's what my first e-cig looked like:
June of 2011.
I only bought a few of these, because they tasted nasty and only came in tobacco and menthol, AND they were $7.99 apiece and lasted about as long as one pack of cigarettes (about $3 at the time).
Next I went to a kit from Madvapes that was something like this:
Had two batteries, I think five cartridges, and one of those small chargers. It all came in a box that looked like a box of cigarettes. Cost $9.99 plus shipping, and they would last an ok length of time. I ordered menthol tobacco e-liquid and then branched out to cinnamon pear. Vaped mainly those two flavors for a while, then phased out the menthol.
I kept using these batteries for a while and went to cartomizers like this:
Boge made these and I want to say Smoktech made some too.
Y'all probably know the progression after that, through eGos to some telescoping tubes and then finally to box mods. I didn't take up sub-ohm vaping, though until 2018, after I came here.
My first box mod was a Sigelei Spark 90W, which I ordered online, and I used Protank IIs on it for the longest time, until I finally went to Nautilus Minis and Kabuki clones.
Gear sure has come a long way!