Vape-heads? Do You Vape?

[Loren_Q]

I started vaping as a way to quit smoking, is that true for you?

If it is, how successful has vaping been for you?

For me, vaping's been quite successful. Yes, I've had a few cigarettes since I started vaping, but I've had fewer in the 3 months I've been vaping than in 1 day of smoking.

Loren

[uncommondialogue]

Yes, I cut down to 1/3 of what I smoked in regular cigarettes and that is going down even more. Funny how vaping the delicious flavors is like having a dessert and quitting hasn;t made me want to eat more to compensate.

[Loren_Q]

Originally Posted by uncommondialogue

<snip> Funny how vaping the delicious flavors is like having a dessert and quitting hasn;t made me want to eat more to compensate.

That's definitely an added benefit. An interesting thing for me is I'm per-diabetic so I try to stay away from desserts anyway. My 'sugar' downfall is fruit.

Since I've been vaping, my blood glucose has dropped and is consistently hovering at it's lowest point. Technically, 1 point lower and I wouldn't be considered per-diabetic. This alone is a reason to keep vaping.

While vaping isn't a 100% substitution for smoking, the added benefits sure make it way worthwhile.

[Hollylane]

Just ordered 60 ml bottle number 2 of A Quiet Morning, from Alice in Vapeland. It was lucky that I looked at the site tonight since they opened up at 11:59pm est. Whew!

[Rockinonahigh]

I bought a Blu system,it works just fine,The only thing is I wish it had more flavors but the hard cherry is realy good,so is the pena colida and the coffee flavors,the only other ones are tobbaco and menthol wich the tobback is ok but I wouldnt touch mentholl nasty stuff it is.I wouldnt smoke it when I was on real ciggies.I get the 0 nicotine ones works good for me.

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

I bought a Blu system,it works just fine,The only thing is I wish it had more flavors but the hard cherry is realy good,so is the pena colida and the coffee flavors,the only other ones are tobbaco and menthol wich the tobback is ok but I wouldnt touch mentholl nasty stuff it is.I wouldnt smoke it when I was on real ciggies.I get the 0 nicotine ones works good for me.

As a heavy smoker, the Blu's battery never lasted long enough, and I flew through the cartomizers. I switched to the system I'm currently using so that I could have bigger batteries, and so that I had more choices of flavors with all the different juices available.

I'll probably hold on to my Blu's, because they draw less attention when I travel by air.

[Rockinonahigh]

No the batteries dont last long enough but I keep it charged for home use, get a solid system bule with tobbaco flavor for when I go somewhere cause if I lose it I only lost $7.00 it has 400 puffs to use so last a while.I may well invest into a diffrent unit but so far this is ok,I use to be a two pack a day smoker and quit for a long time,being I spend lots of time in pool halls breathing everyones second hand smoke had me getting to urge to smoke again so this is better than the real thing...even my doctor says it's a good go between.I njust wish it had a hot cinnamon flavor or something like hot dam, good stuff.

[meridiantoo]

Originally Posted by Loren_Q

I started vaping as a way to quit smoking, is that true for you?

If it is, how successful has vaping been for you?

For me, vaping's been quite successful. Yes, I've had a few cigarettes since I started vaping, but I've had fewer in the 3 months I've been vaping than in 1 day of smoking.

Loren

I started vaping to quit smoking and it has been very successful. It's different than smoking and I had an adjustment period before I settled into vaping as naturally as I smoked a cigarette. Whereas I smoked a full cigarette, then put it out and did not light another cigarette for a while (about 20 mins), I started vaping and was basically chain vaping for the first few weeks. This worried me. But, now I am not doing it was much and my smoking has dramatically decreased. I think as long as you don't expect it to be exactly like smoking, you can definitely use this as a method to quit. I've tried other NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) products like the patch and gum and did okay with them, but still had the drive to smoke when I could. Now, I can go an entire day without smoking and really don't miss it much. I wish I had tried this years ago when someone first mentioned it to me and I ignored the recommendation at the idea of it not working.

[uncommondialogue]

Meri, I get a lot more than 3 hour battery life on the Twist, hon. I can use it all day/night without having to charge. I do think in the future I may get that Ego-VV, it looks interesting. The dual coil tanks are superior to regular ones. I also bought a Nova tank but not used it yet as I want to sample all the juices I've bought recently before smoking the whole 3.4 ml of a particular favor. There is such a difference in the dual coils, meri, you may want to get some.

[meridiantoo]

Originally Posted by uncommondialogue

Meri, I get a lot more than 3 hour battery life on the Twist, hon. I can use it all day/night without having to charge. I do think in the future I may get that Ego-VV, it looks interesting. The dual coil tanks are superior to regular ones. I also bought a Nova tank but not used it yet as I want to sample all the juices I've bought recently before smoking the whole 3.4 ml of a particular favor. There is such a difference in the dual coils, meri, you may want to get some.

I was just reading the specs of each model of each website. About how much battery life do you get if longer than 3 hours? I'm weighing each unit now and planning to purchase sometime this week.

I was looking at the dual tanks and wondering if they were superior. Thanks for the input. I may get a couple of them with this purchase and test them out.

Thanks Unc!

[Loren_Q]

Originally Posted by meridiantoo

I was just reading the specs of each model of each website. About how much battery life do you get if longer than 3 hours? I'm weighing each unit now and planning to purchase sometime this week.

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Meri,

Battery life is based on at least 4 factors. The mAH (mili ampere hour), the voltage of your device, the resistance of your carto/clearo/atomizer and how you actually vape (long draws, how frequent).

The rule of thumb is 1 hour per 100mAH, so a 600mAH is approximately a 6 hour charge. That time is impacted by voltage and resistance. The higher the voltage and/or resistance, the more power it draws.

Bear in mind that battery life is use time not elapsed time. My 600 mAH lasts me all day (and then some); I waver between 3.5 to 4.2 volts on standard resistance single coil cartos/clearos.

[meridiantoo]

Originally Posted by Loren_Q

Meri,

Battery life is based on at least 4 factors. The mAH (mili ampere hour), the voltage of your device, the resistance of your carto/clearo/atomizer and how you actually vape (long draws, how frequent).

The rule of thumb is 1 hour per 100mAH, so a 600mAH is approximately a 6 hour charge. That time is impacted by voltage and resistance. The higher the voltage and/or resistance, the more power it draws.

Bear in mind that battery life is use time not elapsed time. My 600 mAH lasts me all day (and then some); I waver between 3.5 to 4.2 volts on standard resistance single coil cartos/clearos.

Oh, this is very helpful! Thank you, Loren.