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Ok bored a work again but I thought I would chronicle where I started, mistakes I made, and where I am now hopefully to help at least one other person not go through some of the pains I did. It all started for me during the University of Tennessee Spring Game weekend. Arian Foster, former UT player and current Houston Texan of the NFL came into town for the weekend. I had hosted a party for him and many other former and current NFL players that went to UT. Just like in any other event, I tried to think of who else were smokers so I could have company by the firepit and only thought of one friend that owns a local radio station. My wife and I were like, cool, at least there will be one. Well when everyone arrived and were drinking, playing cornhole, beer pong, all the things people do at a party...I decided I wanted a smoke and asked my friend if he wanted to have one with me. He said he had quit. WHATTTT? My wife and I are the only smokers? How can this be. He explained to me he had done it with E-cigs. Now he had bought an Njoy King and nursed it only treating his withdrawals when they got the worst they could get. After 2 Njoys he was done, and as of this day he has not touched anything else. Well I thought, I am not gonna do that. We went on and had a great party. The next day, the day of the game, I went with my friends and former players to where they spoke to the team. My wife set up our tailgate and then we all came out there. Of course Arian and others got mobbed so we went into the stadium early to hang out on the field and see other people in the UT Football family. I realized I was about to have to go 4-5 hours without a smoke and panicked. What would I do? I was getting crap from a lot of my friends since they couldnt understand my angst about going 4-5 hours without a smoke. I was pretty drunk so I made it through and on my way home said......I may try this e-cig thing. The next day, I went and bought 2 NJoy kings and started my journey. I said I was done with cigarettes, and from that day I have not had another one. I did however quickly realize the NJoys were gonna get expensive! $6.99 each plus tax and going through 2 a day. I had no idea what was available, so we visited the Cigar Store in our local mall and bought 2 starter kits, one for the wife and I, of something called "Topaz". They were $89.99 each and had 2 of the little V2 style cigarette looking automatic batteries and cigarette filter looking cartomizers. WOW these were a step up from the NJoy but I realized how expensive it was gonna be. $24.99 for an extra battery, $8.99 per cartomizer, tiny crappy disposable clearos were $15.99 and 10ml of liquid was $20. Not good. Being myself I started searching online and learned about the Ego style batteries. I somehow stumbled upon VapeDudes and bought my wife and I the $38.99 starter kit without very high hopes. After all, how could a $38 kit be better than an $89 kit? Once it arrived I was THRILLED (and pissed at the cigar shop in the mall) with the quality of the hit. I wasnt super fond of the first round of flavors, but Strawberry Fields was in there and we knew right away we liked that. Then we found Spearmint, that led to the Candy Cane. I found a great Tobacco flavor at Sweet-Vapes because, like every other noob, I felt like I HAD TO HAVE a good tobacco. About the same time, I found VaporTalk and then the education started. I learned about VV and found out I had to have that so I ordered some Vision Spinner 1300mah batteries. Then I moved from the CE4 disposables to the Kanger T2s really by accident, thinking they were the same thing. Then I wanted to try BCCs and the T3S was awesome and like most others, at this point, my switch to all glass is complete with Davides and KPT2. I really dug into VaporTalk. What a great resource, people that have been there and done that....got the TShirt. I listened, didn't argue even when I felt I was right, and learned. I know now how to handle almost any situation. I have tried 63 liquids of which only 3 are flavors I like. I am a juice snob I guess. I have now switched to glass tanks mainly but still have plenty of my trusty T2s and T3Ss on standby. Long story short (too late lol), there are some GREAT people on here that will give GREAT advice if you are willing to take it. Just like in anything else, people tend to go from knowing nothing to knowing everything in not a lot of time lol, so remember to keep an open mind. If I can do it, after 27 years of a pack and a half to 2 packs a day, then so can you. This was my first attempt to quit. I do not like to fail, its not an option. I wanted to make sure I was ready to quit when I did because failure was not an option. Probably the most important thing I have learned in this time is this, and if you only pay attention to one thing, pay attention to this: EVERYTHING WITH VAPING IS SUBJECTIVE!. Reviews are only a general guideline, and what I love you may hate and what you love may taste like hell to me. Same with batteries, mods, hardware, clearos, tanks, dripping, or any of the other things VaporTalk has opened my eyes to. I celebrate 4 months analog free as of today, and was bored at work, so decided to share my story in the hopes 4 months from now someone else might say that helped them reach a milestone of some sort. I feel such a debt of gratitude to those on here that helped me. You know who you are.

Seems like he should have thought this out when developing his business plan.

i got it!!!!!!! ITS FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!!!! GAH!!!! i sold off a few mods but i have more coming in! can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want a tshirt..........

You got a T shirt!????

One of my department heads is going to a party sponsored by a major auto manufacturer next month. It is a "Mad Men" theme. While I never watched the show, I understand it is set when everyone smoked on TV. The "My Doctor recommends Camel brand cigarettes" commercials era. They have to dress up like the era and, in addition, they are giving away some sort of disposable 0%nic e-cig for everyone to vape for pictures so it will look more authentic. I thought it was pretty cool.

I'm not sure what his is really, but he surprised me by coming home with it after I got off work the other day. He has a well...its all from vapor kings in Tulsa. It says DCHV 1.5 on the tank. *shrugs* The guy suggested RY4 at 24mgs, but I got him started on Captain Jack at 24mgs and he literally threw the pack of analongs away right then in the store. I am so happy!

Aww shucks guys. I can always do a vape night. Just gotta know what flavor we want to try. Lol. And I just need to know if we are going to do unicorn blood because I placed an order for it last night night so I might have to give it to the wife to hide till we do it. Lol.

thank you all so much. I will probably just say that I will work the steps down on nicotine as I feel and that I don't think I'll stop.

30ml a day??? How can you vape that much and do ANYTHING else? That's like 2 mls an hour. Can you get a speeding ticket for that?

Yeah, if you're vaping PG you are not going to get much vapor if any on the exhale. I would try a 50/50 and work back up from there. Popular juices with good reputation: Vape dudes Sweet-Vapes EC Blends

Um...are you, by chance, just a little bit excited, Medic? Don't blame you a bit, it's absolutely beautiful. Mark does some gorgeous work.

I am blowing clouds of vapor from my pro tank 2 as we speak. Not sure how it could leak unless something is not tightened. Remember everything comes apart and if loose it can leak. Sometimes they loosen in shipping and transit when in the package. I use 70-30 24mg and get clouds and strong throat hit.

I've learned alot on this forum just in the short time I've been a member. You actually made me comfortable that the gear I was using was up to par for what I'm trying to achieve. Everyone else on here is great as well. I really appreciate everybodys help on this forum. Even if we haven't corresponded on here I've probably read something you've posted and learned from you. Wish I would have found vapor talk sooner. Your all awesome, thanks!

Sub ohm dual coils built at .4 ohms with a mechanical mod. actually I'm totally kidding. Don't go build that just yet but yes a 60/40 will give you more vapor production.

yeah you will be fine if you take the fuse out. the fuse is meant for people pushing sub-ohm coils in the mechanicals. It gives the mechanical something to trip and cut the connection if something fails.

Thanks Uma, but do you know if its safe to vape without the kick using standard cartomizers in the 1.8-3.0 ohm range? *edit* or will it burn them without the wattage regulation?

yep, it increases the wicking and flavor. The more wraps the merrier, kind of like the micro-coil principle, The drill is the best way to get that proper steady tension. I use a coat hanger, which works okay, but it's nothing like the good steady drill method.

I personally do not know of anyone that doesn't lung inhale, at least that I know of. Everyone I know does it exactly like smoking, take a draw, inhale, exhale repeat. Now if you are sucking on it like a "insert word for hand rolled cigarette like thing" it is gonna burn. It takes some time to get used to vaping over smoking, stick with it and you will be pleased I think.

I vape indoors and in my vehicle with my son present. I've read somewhere (but I could still be wrong or read the article inaccurately) that nicotine when hits the air almost immediately dissipates rendering anyone in or around it highly unlikely being able to ingest it. That being said I still make every attempt to blow the vapor away from my his face if he is sitting nearby. As far as the vapor (minus the nicotine) is concerned I personally do not think that it and of itself is harmful. It does bother me some that he see's me vaping and on some level might find it cool and eventually when he gets older might want to imitate me, as he does with everything else. His mother still smokes analogs and occasionally vapes. She never smokes inside the house and when she smokes in the vehicle the window is always open/cracked. I have told him that what both of us are doing is not wise and if I ever catch him that there will be repercussions. As far as vaping around my cat, I'm not bothered in the slightest as I feel since I dropped nearly 5k on his hip replacement I have earned the right.

Nice Tam! I am awaiting my first order from Wizard Labs and Ecig Express as we speak. I will be visiting walmart for VG and Tractor Supply store for PG later in the week. Hopefully by friday/saturday, i'll be mixing up some juice! I will add some nice glass bottles in the future im sure!

The juice heats up and cools down over and over and this changes the charactrer if the juice as well. My coffees can go super dark in a couple days. The light or nealy clear juices take longer but they will also carmelize too. I used to top off my tanks couple times a day but now I vape them down and periodically clean my tanks to minimize this..

Absolutely gorgeous Mark!!!

I say drink plenty of fluid and get off the narcs entirely. You should send me all your surplus meds (you know, just to be safe). lol

I did when I was younger...slept in the back of my car...or the back of my truck... Now I "rough it" in my motorhome... Now I eat cooked food, take hot showers and watch movies on satellite with a microwaved bag of popcorn....man you talking about roughing it... At least my motorhome is old school