AussieBear
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Started in 2008 with no intention of quitting. Although I barely vape now. From 2 pack a day to 2ml of juice a day(which is like 1.5 cigarettes). Make my own juice and build my own... well... everything. Vaping is complex, and the simple gear is questionable or garbage.
What do you need to know?
What do you need to know?
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What is the pg/vg thing?
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They are the two most common base liquids that the flavor and optional nicotine gets mixed into. I say optional, because a lot of vaporers go no-nic and/or use other things like caffeine. Like I said, it's pretty complex for a newbie, but easy to grasp after a short period of time. Experiment with both PG/VG, you'll eventually get a preference. A mouth smoker will prefer higher VG off the bat, and a throat smoker will prefer higher PG off the bat. And of course your habits may change over time. PG has slightly more throat hit, and VG has slightly better vapor production. I use 100% VG because I know the tricks to manipulate it in my blends. But I still get my nicotine(for mixing) in a PG base, because it has a better shelf life. So I wind up with 94ish% VG in my final juices, but my juice isn't comparable to other 90% VG juices, if that makes any sense. Just so many ways to skin a cat here.
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Coffee is a novelty flavor in vaping. Not a daily driver.
What I suggest is finding a quality vape shop locally, trying out a bunch of flavors(if it's a good shop, they have testing spaces), then get yourself a better idea of things. The minimum of anything I recommend uses an 18650 battery, and not just any battery, but the right battery for the right mod, otherwise you'll use the wrong type of battery and it could explode in your face while using it. Authentic Efest 18650s are the minimum. Batteries for vaping do not work like batteries for your phone or other common electronics, a high mAh output means you'll have the wrong battery in 99% of cases.
Also, "starter kits"? I have no idea what this means. If it looks like(or is the size of) a real cigarette or cigar, then there is a 99% chance it's garbage and you wasted your money.
What I suggest is finding a quality vape shop locally, trying out a bunch of flavors(if it's a good shop, they have testing spaces), then get yourself a better idea of things. The minimum of anything I recommend uses an 18650 battery, and not just any battery, but the right battery for the right mod, otherwise you'll use the wrong type of battery and it could explode in your face while using it. Authentic Efest 18650s are the minimum. Batteries for vaping do not work like batteries for your phone or other common electronics, a high mAh output means you'll have the wrong battery in 99% of cases.
Also, "starter kits"? I have no idea what this means. If it looks like(or is the size of) a real cigarette or cigar, then there is a 99% chance it's garbage and you wasted your money.
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no vape shops here.. now i know why, its illegal to sell nicotine juice. you have to import x amount for personal use...
a starter kit here was just a stick, charger, bottle with a fine point for easy pouring and a case.
the size of it is about the size of a really big pen but thicker.. im not sure about the battery. the kit is below:
i just bought it to test out since it was cheap.. if vaping could meet my needs id look for a better one.. i saw some vapes with 18650 battery online... if all goes well with the juice, ill probably get one..
im a coffee addict so i wouldnt mind vaping it all day... but i ordered a few flavors from overseas to try.. red bull, camel (cigs), cappuccino, coffee, and american red tobacco...
the highest nic content they had was 24 mg.. thats about twice the level i smoke in cigs here.. so hopefully a few puffs will do and i can stretch it out...so im not puffing all day long
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On an ego-style device, 24mg will be a must to wean you off cigs. Nicotine really isn't all that addictive compared to the combination of other additives in cigarettes, so if you get over the hump, then the rest is easier, and vaping becomes a superior nicotine delivery method. Then you start the weaning all over again. I vape 0-3mg now, but no way in hell would an ego device work at that low of nicotine, unless your addiction is purely based on the habit of sucking air through a straw.
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I drip, 6mg nicotine @ 70% vg. But this is after years of vaping. I started off on shitty 20 dollar pen vapes and slowly started getting into building my own rig. I will say this; once you go down the road of custom building your own shit, you won't go back. But do be careful, vaping can be a huge money sink.
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thanks for the input peeps..
its all bout dat nicotine. yeah all the other additives in reg smokes are a ***** to kick for me... in america i smoked primarily american spirits and winstons in a pinch... whenever i ran out of smokes i was okay for a bit.. its the other brands i become a dick and really feel it physically... im basically on bs brands here since they dont sale american spirits or winstons...
its 31 dollars a pack here for tolerable generics... 40 cigs in the pack though.. my bill for the month is somewhere around 350-400
i got 150ml worth of juice for about 60 bucks... 23 for shipping.. idk how long that will last but if it can last 1-2 months thatll be huge in terms of savings..
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Vaping still causes cancer. Enjoy your hipster cancer, hipsters!
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Leave me alone with my e-cancer from my robot cigarettes.
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bro do you even build ur own robot cigs?
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I do! I think of it as building my own e-cancer. Every coil or mod I add is just another day I'll spend getting radiation and chemo.
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So does logging on to CCS every day.
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Studies have shown that whining on message baords can indeed cause cancer. Trolls seem to lead much longer lives.
AussieBear
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if it aintz the hipster cancer... the christian bacon will end me.. im fucked either way... perhaps, vaping the cbds and da thcs will help defeat the hipster cancer... or i could take a trip to cuba to get one of those anti lung cancer shots for a dollar..
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Then there are some here that will live forever!
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Lol. I vape with cannabis flavored cannabis oil.
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I prefer this:
