Hi!
I'm Rob. Although I'm a new member here and would consider myself a newer vaper, I actually used Cig-a-likes and then finally an Ego style vape pen back in 2012 to quit smoking.
I used it strictly as a smoking cessation tool.
I bought a couple of batteries, a few cartomizers, and 2 tiny 10 or 15 ml bottles of tobacco flavoured juice. They were exactly the same flavour but one was marked as "High" nicotine (probably 24mg), and the other was nicotine free. I would use the high nic juice at first and then slowly use more and more of the 0mg juice every time I refilled the carto until I used only the 0mg. After a few tanks of 0mg, I didn't have cravings for neither cigarettes nor vaping and I was smoke free!
...
Fast forward to the summer of 2016 when I got drunk in Costa Rica and my travel buddy (a strictly "vacation smoker"), was smoking a cig... You pretty much know the rest of that part of the story.
I ended up being that "bummer" who never bought a pack but would bum smokes from everyone I knew who smoked. That lasted for a couple of months and then, I bought a pack... then another.
It was at around pack 2 or 3 or 4 where I was performing (I'm a professional Stage Illusionist) at a big trade show on November 11 & 12, 2016. In between shows, I would stroll the floor and check out booths. Well, there was a local vape shop that had a booth there. I immediately figured that I should cut the cancer (literally) out of my life immediately and bought a starter kit. The Vaporesso Target Mini. I still love this lil kit and use it every once in awhile.
...
"Wait a second... did he just write that he 'still' loves that kit that he bought exactly 2 months ago?!?!"
This is where the "overboard" comes in and how I fell down the wormhole.
I went from the Target Mini kit to buying a Sigelei Fuchai 213 with a Joyetech Ultimo and iJoy Combo RDTA...
Then I bought another Ultimo so that I can switch between 2 flavours instead of waiting for the tank to run out.
Then I realized how much cheaper building your own coils are, so I bought a few spools of wire and 2 RBA decks for the Ultimo tanks I have.
The flavour was so much better (even though they are the worst leaking pieces of garbage ever).
Then I found out how to make Fused Claptons... how SS can be tastier than Kanthal... how TC for SS is better than Wattage mode... how my Sigelei Fuchai 213 ....s the bed with TC... how the DNA chip is amazing... how they now have a DNA 250 chip... Ya... I've become obsessed.
So, I now have:
- 3 mods (Vaporesso Target Mini, Sigelei Fuchai 213, Lost Vapes Triade DNA 250)
- 12 tanks (Vaporesso Guardian, 2 Joyetech Ultimos, iJoy Combo RDTA, Smok TFV8 Cloud Beast, Mutation xV4 RDA, OBS Engine RTA, Digiflavor Pharaoh RDA, Wotofo Serpent Mini RTA, Steam Crave Aromamizer Supreme RDTA, Augvape Boreas RTA, Tsunami 24 Clone RDA)
- 10 18650's (all Samsung INR 25R 2500 mAh)
- CoilMaster V4 Kit
- TONS of wire in a bunch of gauges from 22 to 40 (all but 4 spools are SS, 3 Kanthal, 1 Nichrome)
- Avidartisan Daedalus Coil Maker (LOVE this thing for making Fused Claptons. I used to do it the drill and swivel way, but it was way too difficult with gauges higher than 34)
- Around 1200ml of various juices (that's what I bought, not what I currently have. I still have a good amount of that)
So... I think I have a problem. Either that, or I am trying to find that near perfect vape for me.
Next... Making my own juice. That is DEFINITELY going to be the hardest part for me because I'm not very good at making flavours. I may need to find some highly reviewed juice recipes and try them out. I also get bored of flavours easily so I may be buying a ton of flavours and wont settle. I'm worried for my wallet.
Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself.
Rob.
I'm Rob. Although I'm a new member here and would consider myself a newer vaper, I actually used Cig-a-likes and then finally an Ego style vape pen back in 2012 to quit smoking.
I used it strictly as a smoking cessation tool.
I bought a couple of batteries, a few cartomizers, and 2 tiny 10 or 15 ml bottles of tobacco flavoured juice. They were exactly the same flavour but one was marked as "High" nicotine (probably 24mg), and the other was nicotine free. I would use the high nic juice at first and then slowly use more and more of the 0mg juice every time I refilled the carto until I used only the 0mg. After a few tanks of 0mg, I didn't have cravings for neither cigarettes nor vaping and I was smoke free!
...
Fast forward to the summer of 2016 when I got drunk in Costa Rica and my travel buddy (a strictly "vacation smoker"), was smoking a cig... You pretty much know the rest of that part of the story.
I ended up being that "bummer" who never bought a pack but would bum smokes from everyone I knew who smoked. That lasted for a couple of months and then, I bought a pack... then another.
It was at around pack 2 or 3 or 4 where I was performing (I'm a professional Stage Illusionist) at a big trade show on November 11 & 12, 2016. In between shows, I would stroll the floor and check out booths. Well, there was a local vape shop that had a booth there. I immediately figured that I should cut the cancer (literally) out of my life immediately and bought a starter kit. The Vaporesso Target Mini. I still love this lil kit and use it every once in awhile.
...
"Wait a second... did he just write that he 'still' loves that kit that he bought exactly 2 months ago?!?!"
This is where the "overboard" comes in and how I fell down the wormhole.
I went from the Target Mini kit to buying a Sigelei Fuchai 213 with a Joyetech Ultimo and iJoy Combo RDTA...
Then I bought another Ultimo so that I can switch between 2 flavours instead of waiting for the tank to run out.
Then I realized how much cheaper building your own coils are, so I bought a few spools of wire and 2 RBA decks for the Ultimo tanks I have.
The flavour was so much better (even though they are the worst leaking pieces of garbage ever).
Then I found out how to make Fused Claptons... how SS can be tastier than Kanthal... how TC for SS is better than Wattage mode... how my Sigelei Fuchai 213 ....s the bed with TC... how the DNA chip is amazing... how they now have a DNA 250 chip... Ya... I've become obsessed.
So, I now have:
- 3 mods (Vaporesso Target Mini, Sigelei Fuchai 213, Lost Vapes Triade DNA 250)
- 12 tanks (Vaporesso Guardian, 2 Joyetech Ultimos, iJoy Combo RDTA, Smok TFV8 Cloud Beast, Mutation xV4 RDA, OBS Engine RTA, Digiflavor Pharaoh RDA, Wotofo Serpent Mini RTA, Steam Crave Aromamizer Supreme RDTA, Augvape Boreas RTA, Tsunami 24 Clone RDA)
- 10 18650's (all Samsung INR 25R 2500 mAh)
- CoilMaster V4 Kit
- TONS of wire in a bunch of gauges from 22 to 40 (all but 4 spools are SS, 3 Kanthal, 1 Nichrome)
- Avidartisan Daedalus Coil Maker (LOVE this thing for making Fused Claptons. I used to do it the drill and swivel way, but it was way too difficult with gauges higher than 34)
- Around 1200ml of various juices (that's what I bought, not what I currently have. I still have a good amount of that)
So... I think I have a problem. Either that, or I am trying to find that near perfect vape for me.
Next... Making my own juice. That is DEFINITELY going to be the hardest part for me because I'm not very good at making flavours. I may need to find some highly reviewed juice recipes and try them out. I also get bored of flavours easily so I may be buying a ton of flavours and wont settle. I'm worried for my wallet.
Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself.
Rob.
