Ugh. It's unpleasant. I got the "tobacco" e-liquid, which is best described as "anus flavored sweet tarts." I ordered a few more atomizers, so when I'm done with the tobacco anus tarts I've got some other stuff, too. Here's hoping vape cancer is a little more gentle. I wanted to be off the sticks by 30 and I hit the big "1/3 dead" mark in a couple months. I'm hoping the end of smoking will make that a reality (as opposed to 1/2 dead, perhaps.)
Anyway, cheers, Hubski. Hope your weekend is going all kinds of well. :)
Small world. I just decided to refit my vape kit too. So tired of wasting $150+ a month on black lungs. Being sick as a dog helps as well. And yes, every "tobacco" flavor tastes like licking a homeless guy's ass. Good luck to you! You're inspiring me to stick to it for keeps this try.
It's a lot easier than quitting smoking outright. For me the important thing was letting my cigarettes run out and not buying any more instead of trying to "phase out" smoking, which didn't work. Also, the last time I tried I bought shitty "cigarette style" vaporizers which didn't last the whole day, were easy to lose, and didn't provide much of a hit. Because I was "phasing out" cigarettes every time something happened with the vaporizer I just smoked a lot more that day. Spend the extra money for a nicer rig (I went with the vaporfi pro-II; dropped about $130 with 3 10ml e-liquids, two batteries, and 5 extra atomizers; should be good for, at minimum, 2 weeks, and that's as a 2-pack a day smoker, so you'd probably be set for well over a month, then your "operation" costs would drop down to something like $20-30/month.) If you let yourself run out of cigarettes and vape full time you'll make it work, because it isn't that tough; it really isn't. Just don't try to do both because you'll keep smoking and eventually phase out the vaporizer (which is what I did the first time.) The other thing is accepting that it is just different from smoking a cigarette, and forcing yourself to be alright with that. You're not burning plant matter. It won't be the same. That's fine. Why is burning plant matter so great, anyway? Wouldn't it be better to suck a cloud of unicorn farts and marshmallows? Well. That flavor is probably available. You can download an app like QuitNow! to keep track of all the money that's staying in your pocket. The upfront cost of the vaporizer will pay for itself in a few weeks, so keep that in mind. It will also project how much extra time you'll live as a result, which is nice, if not a touch morbid. Anyway, good luck to you, too! It isn't hard, but you have to take the steps. Once you do it's nothing like quitting cold turkey, so don't put it off; it's easy and all up-side. :)
If you're ordering little one-time-use cartridges you're not doing it right, not getting the most out of it by far. Go to a shop and ask about how to get a good flavor and nicotine hit, you might have to spend like $100 to start off good but it's worth it. If you make sure you enjoy it then you'll stay on it. If you like it for now then just remember this for later when the novelty wears off.
The tobacco juices that try to emulate the taste of pipes or cigars work better than those trying to emulate the taste of cigarettes. Triple Black from ivape is pretty close to Captain Black. It's not the same without the smell, but it's the best I found.
I think I'm just going to embrace the fact that it's different, instead of trying to make it the same, if you follow me. I mean, if it can taste like anything, it might as well taste like fruit-loop-unicorn-glitter-party-daiquiri, or what have you; it's the future, man. Your nicotine cloud can be whatever you want it to be. But yeah, I'm yet to find anyone that thinks the cigarette flavors are remotely close to a cigarette. Which is maybe a good thing, since it breaks the association somewhat.
