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Just thought I would post my progression into the world of "alternative" nicotine. This is my 45th day of vaping, and 45th day free of any analogs. My evolution started on a whim, with a "Smoke51" overpriced egig from a tobacco shop. It worked, and convinced me to research this new delivery system further. I found this forum, and read... a lot! Within my first week, I upgraded to a pair of Rivas, with the 1100 mah batts. Great stuff, battery life lasted me 12 hours of pretty heavy vaping. Then noticed,backup batteries(one battery) were going to run me about$20.00 + shipping, each. Researched here some more, and ordered a couple of "Coppers"in 2 different designs, bulletproof so far. I have actually weaned myself down to 0mg nicotine juices this last week, and I am doing fine with that. Will I give up vaping now? Hell no, I love it!! I still love the "smoking" sensation of vaping, and I love the flavors. I just don't think I need to have the nicotine now, but I definitely still have the hand to mouth fixation leftover from smoking analogs, which is fine for me, I don't care. Besides, look at all the different mods to play with! Again, many thanks to all who post here, and everyone who supplies pv's and juice.

You had already ahead of the game by doing the amount of research that you did. You did better than me when I started because I started with V2. That was a nightmare but at the same time it started me down the path. I consider myself lucker than a bunch who started with the mall e-cigs. Lets see if we can't do some pros and cons for everything and help you out. Please remember that these are personal opinion and each ones have those and are subjective to individual taste. KR808- Looks similiar to a real analog (which is vapor term for cig) size wise, Very simple to use. They use a cartomizer which is atomizer and juice storage area combined. The average length before charging is around 3 hours of heavy vaping. I would like to input that is very heavy vaping. A rule of thumb is when looking at mah of the battery a 280 mah battery would be considered around 2.8 hours of heavy use. i.e a 750 mah is 7.5 and 1100 mah 11 hours. There of plenty of companies that service this size but not many service it well. The carts you can by pre-filled or you can buy blank cartos and fill your self. My favorite KR808 company was vapor4life. Please not that is personal opinion only. Joye Ego 510 The joye ego is the standard for the next lvl which a lot of people find that it is a good entry point also. The batteries come in 650 mah and 1100 mah. The joye ego is very versatile. They are mainly considered a 3 part e-cig. You have the battery, atomizer and the cartridge. You van drip 3-4 drops right on the atomizer which will a few good hits off the device. You can use the cartridge with about 15 drops of juice which also last a little bit. They make an Ego-t which is a tank which drips on the atomizer. I have no experience with it but it seems to be hit and miss with everyones opinion. You can order cartomizers for it. Overall battery life good real good throat hit. The standard for the 510 line. They didn't invent it but they set the standard and would only consider 1 knock off from that product. The two places I would consider is the store here or cignot. Once again that is personal opinion only. Riva This is the only knock off I would consider. The only differences with the Joye EGO and the Riva is the button and the finish. They are usually less expensive than the Joye Egos. The normal kit is a 750 mah and a 1100 kit that came out in the beginning of this March. All the parts interchange with the Joye Ego. I use a Riva 1100 kit that I just received from Vapor Junction. I stress that I tried to be objective but a lot of personal preference slipped through which I apoligise for. I wish you luck in your endeavors. When you order make sure you order plenty of e-juice, if you plan on filling yourself on average figure 7ml to 10 ml per day worst case Paul

im here too!

Poor Juliery! That's so sad. Hopefully someone can fix that for her. Party on, Beans!!

Your RIGHT it's NEITHER, JUST SHOWING MY BLING OFF! he he

I'm still here guys, I was partying like a rock star in SoCal. Juliery is still locked out

Thanks Morfeeus, I actually did order all 24mg stuff. I tend to hot box or double hit my analogs for the TH, so I was worried the lower mg's would be too weak for me. Any idea how long shipping will take from the VT store? I am ready to get going with this thing!

Welcome, I am so happy for you that you did not make that final click. You would have wasted so much money. Members have already give you some great advise and I am sure some others will be along to fill in any missing pieces. IMO you can't go wrong with any one of these brands: eGo, Tornado (both are made by Joye), and Riva. There are a lot of options when it comes to the method of vaping the e-liquid. One you get your battery, it is going to come with an attomizer (the thing that gets hot and heats the juice) and either a cartridge or a cartomizer (the thing that supplies the juice to the attomizer). Cartridges have a small piece of fiber that will only hold a small amount of juice, cartomizers have a larger filler and can hold much more juice (less filling in between vaping). There are also devices referred to as Tanks, that can hold a mega amount of juice. Right now you just need to decide on a starter kit. If the kit you decide on comes with only cartridges, buy a pack of Cartomizers too. They only cost about $8 for a pack of 5. How the really hard part, which juice to buy. Sorry, we can't tell you which juice you are going to like. Flavor is subjective, so buy several small bottles (5ml size if possible). Read the description of the juice, see if it sounds good to you. You are not going to find a juice that taste just like Malb. Lights. Juice suppliers just can't reproduce the taste of all those chemicals in an analog!!! Since you smoked Lights, I would suggest you start with a nicotine level around 8mg - 12mg. Get a couple of tobacco flavored juices and get a few juices in other flavors. Just remember, you may not like all the juices you try at first. If you find that you don't like them right now, put them in a cool dark place and try them later down the road. When you quit analogs your taste buds will eventually kick back in and things are going to taste different then they did when you were smoking. Best of luck and ask any questions you can think of. Check out the tutorials here on the forum. Lots of great information and you get a visual with the videos.

+1 Nana I haven't sent her a PM i'm going to do that right now. Thanks for the suggestion

I bought an ego for a family member and they love it. The issue I am having with them is flavors. I have given them some of my favorites and they don't like them. To my horror, they said "the best flavor are the ones that came with the kit". She is referring to the sample cartridges that ship with 510 and the eGos. I gave her all I had but now she has gone through those and I don't have any tobacco flavoring on hand. Can some of you 'bacco flavor lovers make a recommendation for someone who taste buds are so dysfunctional they think the sample cartridges are good? Thanks, I am sure there are a few that will give me spot on advice, I would rather swim in the Gulf of Mexico than vape tobacco flavored juice. =)

looks cool , does it get really hot?

Not at all. It's a High efficiency regulator, up to 90% efficient.

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