so i have an IPV5 200W with a Aspier Cleito and the rebuildable coil and the 5ml tank addon. i say that not to sound like a** but to illustrate the fact that i for the most part know what im talking about (always more to learn lol). lately i have been using a ecig look-a-like and iv been really enjoying it for some reason. iv have found that the hit and the flavor have been both perfect and the ease of carrying it all is much less cumbersome. im just wondering if anyone has ever gone back to a look-a-like after vaping on a mod? did these things get better while i was away and not paying attention?
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going back to Look-a-likes???
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Look into a juul... I hear great things.
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I took a look at it and looks interesting, have you used one? ill be honest im not to keen on the having to buy the replacement packs only from them. I'd much rather be able to use the ejuice that i have stockpiled lol.
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I used my eRoll, which I started out with, again briefly when I was trying to get back to vape-only after a relapse to dual use, but I had a specific reason for doing that: it blunts the flavor, which, after my appendectomy and 4 days of NO food/drink/vape, I really couldn't tolerate, so I figured if everything was gonna taste shitty anyway, I might as well smoke. Using the eRoll to blunt the flavor of the vape until I got used to it again worked out well, and I was able to go back to the kayfuns I was used to, before the appendectomy and relapse.
Also, using a cig-a-like helped me to "fool my habit," about whether I was smoking or vaping, which was also helpful.
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I tried a couple puffs..very satisfying..price and pre-made pods turned me off.. local shop sells a little guy called a boulder rock? It allows you to fill your own and is a neat little device...cheap too
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yea i just looked it up and it looks really cool, same basic design but with the ability to fill it with your own juice. and at 13 bucks it not to badly priced for what you get either. i might pick one up. has anyone used one of these???
see i have found the flavor to be more forceful in the look-a-likes of late. its rather funny to be honest i have this massive setup and im sitting here vaping on something i gave up like 2 years ago for a better set up. its just rather funny to me.
I have a Halo Triton II my wife bought in the US last September. I had called her, told her I wanted to try vaping and asked her to get me something. I gave her a list and she came back with it (actually two of them) and 12 bottles of Halo tobaccos. I know now that they sell overpriced stuff, but the quality is very good. Anyway, I've been using mods for 4 months now and own 4 of them. Yet, I never leave my house without my Triton. I'm still using the Halo tobaccos in it as well. I hit it a few times a day as I've found it does a great job of cleansing my palate. I love the ease of use and portability. Fortunately, my wife also bought a shitload of coils (she ran into a good salesperson at the vape shop) and at the rate I use it, I'm set for another year. I don't see anything wrong with doing it either. After all, if it satisfies my cravings, that's all that matters.
Tonnes of tanks out there that will give you the same thing but aren't so disposable, here's a good combo, UD Mesmer 1.8ohm coils sitting on top of a Evic Basic.. Great flavor, small setup, can use higher nicotine and it won't kill you.
I liked the halo tritons when they worked, aside from being overpriced. After battling with halo over shit coils that wouldn't make it through a tank refill without burning out prematurely, they can keep them. I also like several of halo's ejuice flavors but again, prices are a bit high. The ones I used though were the original triton, the triton 2's weren't a thing yet.
Maybe it's just the longer I used them the more problematic they became but my mom and I both used the original tritons for several months. At first, awesome. Easy to put a new coil on, easy to fill etc. The coils with silica wicks lasted a good 7-10 days, sometimes 11-12 days.
Then while using the same juices (ie flavors or types didn't change to 'tank crackers' or anything), issues. The poly tanks on my mom's started cracking, first one then 2, 3, 4. A couple of my tanks cracked but for some reason my drip tips (which encloses/seals the tank) began cracking up the side and the threaded portion was separating from the drip tip causing lack of seal, airy vapes, leaking tanks. Then her coils began dying in a day or two, vape through a tank full, unscrew the drip tip to refill, add juice, close it back up - boom, no vapor. Dead coil.
Rather than having a spare tank or drip tip hanging around 'just in case' it became necessary frequently cost of using the device. Ordering 4-5 drip tips at $1 each, the tanks at $7 a pop (adds up when you're buying 6-7 tanks at a time), 5pks of wicked coil heads at $12.50 a pop (burning out in a day or two made coil costs go from $12.50/mo to roughly $50/mo), then the ego batteries started getting weak ($13/each for 650mah ego's). Aside from juice, just the maintenance and upkeep to continue using a 'simple' product easily added up to $80-85/mo per person.
By contrast I picked up a $30 rta and a $3-4 spool of wire along with $7 worth of cotton and that single rta washed, rewicked etc between flavors lasted me over 5mo. Even factoring in a $30 mod with $12 worth of 18650's, a more complex set up was still cheaper than my monthly cost of operating a vape pen. Pretty sure their 'reactor' devices are just rebadged and higher priced isticks, they have all the matching 50w, 40w, pico etc.
The experience with these 'simple' devices may not apply to others like the juul, boulder rock etc. Chronic problems though coupled with an increasingly higher cost of operation takes the joy out of the 'simplicity' for me. They quickly seem to transform into a money pit.
Maybe it's just the longer I used them the more problematic they became but my mom and I both used the original tritons for several months. At first, awesome. Easy to put a new coil on, easy to fill etc. The coils with silica wicks lasted a good 7-10 days, sometimes 11-12 days.
Then while using the same juices (ie flavors or types didn't change to 'tank crackers' or anything), issues. The poly tanks on my mom's started cracking, first one then 2, 3, 4. A couple of my tanks cracked but for some reason my drip tips (which encloses/seals the tank) began cracking up the side and the threaded portion was separating from the drip tip causing lack of seal, airy vapes, leaking tanks. Then her coils began dying in a day or two, vape through a tank full, unscrew the drip tip to refill, add juice, close it back up - boom, no vapor. Dead coil.
Rather than having a spare tank or drip tip hanging around 'just in case' it became necessary frequently cost of using the device. Ordering 4-5 drip tips at $1 each, the tanks at $7 a pop (adds up when you're buying 6-7 tanks at a time), 5pks of wicked coil heads at $12.50 a pop (burning out in a day or two made coil costs go from $12.50/mo to roughly $50/mo), then the ego batteries started getting weak ($13/each for 650mah ego's). Aside from juice, just the maintenance and upkeep to continue using a 'simple' product easily added up to $80-85/mo per person.
By contrast I picked up a $30 rta and a $3-4 spool of wire along with $7 worth of cotton and that single rta washed, rewicked etc between flavors lasted me over 5mo. Even factoring in a $30 mod with $12 worth of 18650's, a more complex set up was still cheaper than my monthly cost of operating a vape pen. Pretty sure their 'reactor' devices are just rebadged and higher priced isticks, they have all the matching 50w, 40w, pico etc.
The experience with these 'simple' devices may not apply to others like the juul, boulder rock etc. Chronic problems though coupled with an increasingly higher cost of operation takes the joy out of the 'simplicity' for me. They quickly seem to transform into a money pit.