Cary on vaping, vipers. Here's the new chat thread!

[magimedi]

As the old one is nearly full!

All & any vaping chat welcome.

No question is too daft to ask. We've all been there at the start of vaping in the minefield that it is.

Only rule is: No Willy Waving!!

48 hours fag free. Had a couple of wobbly moments today but vaped my way through. Have rediscovered my sense of smell - and weirdly my hair feels cleaner, what's that all about?!

I had a "draw" on a real fag on Saturday night, just to see what it was like, what I'd been missing.
Nowt.
It was vile and tasted like shit!
Happy to continue vaping!!

60 hours now. Am starting to feel pretty good. Am on a coffee flavoured juice at the moment. It's nice. By the end of Thursday my starter kit will have paid for itself!

Crisp once the kit is all paid for, for every packet of fags you don't buy put the money away somewhere preferably in cash. Watching it mount up is a great incentive to stay off the stinkies and you can treat yourself to something nice when you have enough

Hello all, ready to take the leap into vaping (eeeeeek) - can anyone recommend a good e cig? I have one but it's crap/barely produces any vape, so want something I can really have a satisfying huff on without bursting capillaries. Something I can buy online...
Thank you!

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Scrap the above - found a local vape shop who were very knowledgable and helpful. All set up with some delicious caramel tinged tobacco flavour and a power-adjustable vaporiser. Fingers crossed I can quit successfully now!

Great news, gnarly - local shops can be a bit pricier than buying on line, but the help they give is worth it.

Most of us who have quit dual fuelled for a while before moving over 100% to vaping. It took me 2 weeks before I was a dedicated vaper.

Excellent gnarly - a decent local vape shop is invaluable .

Little tricks that you may find helpful:

• For every pack of fags you don't buy, put the cash in a jar & watch it mount up. Once there's plenty in there, treat yourself to something.
• Rather than emulating smoking by vaping solidly for 5-10 minutes then a big gap in between, little & often is the rule with e-cigs
• much longer but slower draws than for fags
• If you're "dual fuelling" (some fags and some vaping) then put the stinkies into a room you never normally go in, and keep the e-cig by you all the time

Try loads of different flavours; over time you palate is likely to change away from tobacco flavours so keep going back to the vape shop & try out different ones.

I haven't smoked over 60 stinkies now by my reckoning. Today I could really smell people who smoke, and I didn't like it. It smelt really horrible.

Well done, crisp.

Know what you mean about the smell - when I gave up going cold turkey I still liked the smell. Now I vape (& still get nicotine) I loathe it.

All you just quitted peeps - do remember to drink plenty of water - vaping can be quite drying, for some reason.

I've noticed 'the thirst ' thanks for the water tip! This is the longest I've been stinky free for 3 years!!! I think in real life I've become a vape bore!

Excellent progress crisp, well done!

Good luck gnarly - is your caramel tobacco called RY4? That's my daily vape

Welcome new vapers!

Well, I have a new coil for the nautilus and it's tons better, they must have been duds before. I'm going to go back and get a pack of them.

I visited the Brighton vape shop at the weekend and have a nice new selection of juices, I'm loving the pear drops. I didn't get chance to go upstairs though, I was late meeting a friend but I'll have a look when I go back.

8 weeks for me now

Well done Megan, that's brilliant! I'm very curious about upstairs in the Brighton shop.

8 weeks - Brilliant, Megan.

Upstairs at the vape shop is....................

I think you have to find out for yourself, Plenty.

Maybe a summer meet in Brighton??

I know I suggested Eastbourne, but several vape shops to vist in Briughton & lots of holes to linger in, seafront & fish 'n' chips. What's not to like?

PS And the rudest card shop I have ever seen - with a back section that advises you not to go in if you are easily offended!!

Found this card, for my dearest friend there ........

Yes to a summer meet in Brighton!

Thanks for the tips! I have a packet of tobacco open so I'm finishing that off then not buying any more. I don't have the will power to bin it!

It's not a bad thing to not bin it - you won't have the urge to run to the shop!

Anyhow, it will dry out soon! After about 10 days of just vaping I tried a roll up. After 2 puffs I was spitting, rushing for water & had to clean my teeth for about 10 mins to get away the taste.

Hello fellow vapers! I'm loving the experience and have no intention of giving up either. I haven't smoked stinkies for 3 months, I just stopped after a bout of flu, and on the one occasion someone offered me a puff it was so vile that I have no intention of going back.

I'm still a bit of a novice but have definitely noticed the difference in quality by moving over to better quality kit - it still costs a fraction of what my 30 a day habit used to! "Bottom fillers" (if you'll pardon the expression) seems to make for a much nicer vape too. Got a Totally Wicked starter unit right now. I also like to create "mixtures" and am currently enjoying a low nicotine premium baccy mixed with Very Berry liquid.

That Brighton shop is pretty local too. Must pop in next week! However, what I am wondering is what the advantages are in upping my game, so far as kit is concerned. I could certainly do with more battery units/battery life but will the experience be hugely improved by spending more? And what would be a good mid-priced piece of vaping kit?

If you're close to the Brighton shop, why not drop in & have a try of the different types of kit they have there? From what others have said, they are very knowledgeable & helpful there. TW kit tends to be rather expensive for what it is, so you're unlikely to be paying any more despite the "bricks & mortar" premium.

Variable voltage and/or wattage batteries let you adjust the power to suit your personal tastes and the variations between different liquids, and of course the differences between tanks/atomisers. A tank/atomiser change can make a major difference to the vaping experience, especially when upgrading from a very basic one

Gosh today has been HARD! I've had a nose bleed, weird puffy eyes, my gums hurt. It's like my body is telling my brain HAVE A FAG AND YOU'LL GET BETTER!!! I've resisted though. I've been to the smoke shop and bought more fruity juice. I think I'm at the nadir and that if I can get through this bit I'll crack it. It's not nicotine withdrawal, it's like my body is cleaning itself. And it's a painful process.

Anyway, I'm at 96 hours and I haven't smoked at least 80 stinkies.