Them gadgets will get ya in the wallet!
They are fun and awesome though have to admit.
Let's see, I've kept it low tech and low key and have been saving. I'll do a comparison for you. I smoked 1 pad of regular cigarettes at $6.50 a pack so that's $45.50 a week and $195.00 a month.
Yeah.......A freakin' hundred and ninety five dollars a month! And then I sat there wondering why I had no money!
By comparison I use a Vaportech Verve 650 Sub Ohm vape pen kit that cost me $40.00 initially and a 5 pack of replacement coils ( 1 per week) was $7.00. My e. juice last me about a month and that runs about $20.00. So initial start up was $67.00. Compared to $195.00 I saved $128.00 off the bat. That's a one time investment. (O.K. maybe twice since I have a spare.)
Now I still do smoke
but a pack of cigarettes is lasting me between 2 to 3 days as I now, thanks to vaping, only have a few analog smokes a day. I smoke between 6-10 a day max! So I'll buy 3 packs of cigarettes to last for a whole week (7 days.). That's $6.50 x 3 = $19.50 for the week and $78.00 for the month! Just on cigarettes alone that is a difference of $117.00 ($195.00- $78.00) I've been saving! There's a huge difference right there.
Since I already have my vape pen I only have to buy replacement coils every 5 weeks. Let's just round that off and say once a month. So once a month I spend $7.00 on coils. Once a month I spend $20.00 on juice. I don't go crazy with the flavors. I'm content with one and can do it for the whole month straight and be happy. I found some sale stuff too that was $6.00 because it was being discontinued. Good flavors! Grabbed three .
So let's see here. My total so far for November has been $27.00 plus the $18.00 new juice that's $45.00. Even if you add in the $78.00 I'm spending on smokes that brings my total to $123.00. I'm still $72.00 ahead for the month in comparison to spending $195.00 on analog cigarettes!
Oh yeah....and my health is improved tremendously!
I set a goal for December 17th to be 100% done with analog cigarettes. That means aside from buying my coils at $7.00 and juice at $20.00 I will be saving $168.00 a month by not smoking!
NO I'm not rich and can't afford a vacation. Got a life and bills and obligations like everyone but now I suddenly have money to pay them
without having to work overtime constantly and cutting this corner and that corner or doing without this, and sacrificing that. Now I just vape and I live normally without spending obscene amounts of money on cigarettes. Wow! What a concept. Amazing what one can do with an extra $100.00 (more or less) a month.
Instead of literally going up in cigarette smoke, my money is going to the bills
without my having to work overtime to pay them. A few pennies do manage to find their way into my savings account and a random one into my pocket every now and then.
Just one more reason why I love vaping and hate big tobacco.
And yes, I'm also very modest when it comes to my vaping habit. For me, personally, vaping is a way to replace the nicotine in cigarettes and to stop smoking. Going low tech, inexpensive and modest works just fine. It does what I need it to do. For others vaping is more of a hobby and craft---an art form. This can get more expensive. No right or wrong. Just what fits your needs, wants, and personal tastes, goals and budget I guess.
That is so awesome.
Yeah!
