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Just to toss my $0.02 in, it took me two months to break even, and I have been in the black since. according to my little spreadsheet, I'm a little over $1,400 in the black. Granted I haven't gone mod crazy (not that I haven't been tempted though ) but my old reliable vp/pt is my 99% use device and I have an eGo for out and about times. most of my expendatures are in juice, which isn't too killer on the wallet. After a year my tastes are STILL changing. I can't stand smoke or tobacco flavors anymore, and the only one I've found that doesn't start to taste bland to me halfway though a bottle is a Cinnamon & Clove blend I get from Juicy Vapor. Though I did just drop like $150 rebuilding my atty backstock and ordering a couple MAP tank mods. Anywhos, exposition aside, what everyone is saying is true. once you find your niche toy and a good all day vape plus a few good once-in-a-while'ers it turns around really quick. My best recommendation (I know its good cuz I didn't do it and wish I had) is to actually put aside the money you would have spent on cigs so it isn't an abstract "oh I have saved this amount" idea. Whether you use a big jar or a special bank account, actually seeing a tangible amount would shock you, then use THAT money for new toys. Lol, despite what I said above, I'm still thinking I need a solid variable voltage mod. Maybe my "in-the-black" amount will be dropping shortly.

I believe they're lithium ion batteries which means that they actually do better re-charging on a partial charge rather than a full discharge. lol I know this mostly from airsoft batteries, but what i do know is l-ion batts don't form a memory like ni-cad batts but they lose the amount of charge they can hold over time, fully discharging the battery can hasten this effect, but even so with the low voltage of PV batts you shouldn't see a tapering off of charge life until like 500 or so discharge/recharge cycles... in theory. in practice i've had an ego since last march and the batts are still as strong as ever. treat them like cell phone batteries, and you shouldn't be going too wrong.

they just got new stock up. I ordered a 3.2 and 2.8 ohm to give 'em both a whirl. I'll let you all know my thoughts after I give them a try.

Just in case for any of you Utah folk that want to help fight this, Here is a link to help you find your district rep. I plan to call my Representative tomorrow to voice my opinion on this matter. Funny how in this day and age of newsposts and text messages, that a simple phone call can still be the most effective way outside of a face to face conversation to get your point heard.

Dang, I go off the radar from VT for a while and I come back to find new toys! I'm diggin the look of that MAP tank, this is something I wanted a year ago but didn't exist and I didn't have the know how to do for myself, lol. I have a notify me in at CoV but I'm curious as to the ohm options. I know the lower the resistance the hotter the hit, and I actually go more for a cooler more flavorful hit (after a year of vaping TH and bite are nice but less important to me than good flavor)so I'm thinking if I rock the 3.2 on my old faithful vp/pt it would be just about right. I'm open to opinions though!

I remember this crap from last year . Well, Chris or Jason or anyone really, if you find some email addresses or online petitions or personal cell phone numbers before I do that I can use to calmly and succinctly explain my point of view here I'll post my bit again. I hate to say it but this state need checked short SOMEWHERE. In a state government for an extremely conservative and right wing population they can get away with a lot of crap for 'Moral' reasons, or 'Citizen Safety' or whatever. UT State Gov will not be happy till they have banned or tacked a huge tax to every supposed vice in existence, and they have a mostly uninformed but rabid voting base to make that happen.

Woo Hoo! This is definitely a step in the right direction! Every loss of this nature for the FDA in court sets precedent and lessens their credibility.

Congrats my friend! Setbacks aside it sounds like your doing great! I know I won't be the only one to suggest this to ya but a vaprlife VP/PT passthrough is nothing but pure joy for sitting at a computer vaping away. the 5v 'sweet spot' plus not having to fret over battery life, and an internal fuse to protect your connections, it is by far my most indispensable vaping toy, and worth every penny imo, when you can afford one I would highly suggest picking one up!

Blueberry champagne from electro juice.... it's verrrrrrry good.

So with a shopping spree recently done, I have flavors on the brain, and I'm looking at my bottle stack with the three or four flavors I don't care for and I sez to myself: "Self", I sez "Wouldn't it have been nice if I had known I might not care for those flavors before buying them?", and I replies to myself, "Self, you regularly troll a forum full of like minded individuals who may have been there if you had just asked, stop being a whinny dumb @#$ and start a thread to help yourself and maybe a few others avoid the flavors that may not be all that good" So with that very good advice I begin this thread thusly. What are the flavors you have tried, oh my VT friends, that you did not like. As for my list, I'll leave vendors out since its not really their fault, and I'll keep it simple. Blackberry, Black Cherry Cola, B&G Tobacco, and Butterscotch. The Tobacco and butterscotch I think was just a personal thing and others might find them very tasty, but blackberry tastes more floral than fruity, and Black Cherry Cola is just... bad, like really awful... like I took a fresh atty and risked killing it with a washing cuz I didn't even want the residue in there. And note also, these are just my opinions like any replies will be and you can feel free to disagree with me. I just want to know if there are any juices out there the VT community thinks would be best avoided.

It might just be that I'm doing something wrong... either with my dripping or with the cartos, but its seems to me that the flavor is 'different' when I use a carto than when I drip. As by way of a for instance, when I drip Dulcis I get more of a 'Burnt Caramel' flavor that I find very good, rich and deep. When I use the same juice in a carto I get more of the tobacco flavor. dont get me wrong, its still good, just noticable different. its the same with all the other flavors I've tried, not bad, just different. TH is no different to me. All in all i like em, I still drip 90% of the time, but the Carto is great for a long drive or a party night when I don't wanna hassle with dripping. One thing I did notice, and will likely be an issue once my Joker shows up, at 5v it gets wicked hot on the lips. Just my $0.02.

I just ordered $80 worth of 5ml samplers from electro juice (I may or may not have a problem..... nah) I've just gotten bored with my usual flavors (ry4 and dulcis, I know I know for shame on me, I'm getting too used to Dulcis, need to vape a few bottles of something new to 'cleanse the pallet' as it were) and I'm looking for some fun new juice. It looks like a pretty new site, anyone tried them out yet?

I know this is isn't exactly a super informative post, but I'm soooo stoked for the joker! I have been holding off on dropping good dough for a mod knowing this was in the works and if my vp/pt is any indication this is going to be some sweet hardware. I'm glad I got in at a discount, big props to Chris for the heads up to members and the chance for a sweet discount!

ah yeah, just as a funny aside, a ran a little experiment after my little run in with a snotty nosed tattle tale. I have taken a few colleges into my confidence and have used my pv, at 26 mg/ml rather heavily in the office but out of sight. its weird not only have i gotten no complaints, i got thanked for not using it inside... experiment successful? maybe.

Just my $0.02. I tossed my pack and didn't look back... right up until the first time I met up with some friends for some drinks. That first time I caved pretty easily, but still found I preferred to vape, I like the TH and chest bite better from my PV than the ciggy but even still drinking even a little always was and probably always will be my biggest trigger. I think the best thing to do is not beat yourself up for it. It was that kind of attitude that I think made it so I never could succeed on NRT. I'd hate the NRT, end up slipping and beat myself up for not keeping to my goal and next thing you know its back to smoking. Try telling yourself that a slip is no big deal like everyone says, having a smoke only once in a while is still a vast improvement.

Those in the dark about the song go: (its the cencored version)

"Aww Snap! Get yo' eGo's ready its about to go down! Everybody in the place take a puff of this, but stay off the an-a-lowgs, we runnin this come along!" o/`"I'm gonna vape, I'm gonna vape, ev'ry body look at me cuz I'm havin' me a vape. I'm gonna vape, I'm gonna vape, take a good hard look at this mo fo'n vape. I'm gonna vape you little sucka take a look at me, blowin' sweet clouds over the deep blue sea, Busting 510's in places you ain't allowed to smoke, look at me cuz I'm vapin on a frickin' boat. Take a couple drips, and great big rip, we sippin' sweat dawn e-juice cuz it so crisp, Got a spare batt, and an extra atty, you caint burn in here so you straight gettin catty I'm takin' stealth hits, while I watch the show, look around me all nervous but nobody knows, This ain't the smoke lounge but i let my steam flow, sit back with the fam and play some bingo. I'm on the deck, and getin my fix, and Got a nautical themed storage tin can I'm king of the world, with my are-why-four-o If you burnin the paper then you got my sorrow (Toss that pack out, this stuff is REAL) Screw paper, I'm just a happy vaper Nor tar this is all just water vapor I'm on the deck with my boys, cuz we all vapers, blowin clouds wherever we please cuz its just vapor! Hey ma if you could see me now! Tossed my pack off the starboard bow (subtitles: "not really") Gonna send a steam ring to the moon somehow, not smoking no mo, anything is posiblllllle! Yeah, neva thought I'd vape on a boat, its a big blue watery road posiiiiidan look at me! I never thought I'd see the day, when I could throw my pack away, belive me when I say, I vaped with a mermaaaiiiiiiid! I'm gonna vape, I'm gonna vape, ev'ry body look at me cuz I'm havin' me a vape. I'm gonna vape, I'm gonna vape, take a good hard look at this mo fo'n vape."o/` VT (break) VT, Yeah-eah-yeah (needs refining, suggestions anyone?)

LOL @Chris that would be exactly where I embellished the title for this post.

Oh, I'm sure the inner McGuyver would come out, people would start figuring out how to extract nicotine from other sources, alternative power sources, atty's derived from fog machines or other heating elements. The government starts to ban tomatoes cuz they have small amounts of nicotine and light bulbs for their elements, rants, riots, and petitions ensue (I LOVE petitions Nomen mihi Legio est, quia multi sumus) I just hope it doesn't happen, the more people are aware the less likely that is. That's why I try to be very polite with my vaping and always friendly to those who ask me about it! And get involved when and where I can.

hmm... yup your right FTJoe. I shoulda done some more reasrch before posting like I knew what I was talking about. The "byproducts" are the metabolites that the nicotine breaks down into, cotinine is the most stable so it is one of the things the test check for, so it looks like trying to sneak past a nicotine test is harder than I thought. D**n the man, you'd think they would be ok with letting people slide on vaping or NRT since its non-invasive and keeps them off the more dangerous tobacco products.

hmm... seems less than effective to test for it. Nicotine is a fast acting drug, (hence the need for frequent re-dosing by addicted individuals, I.E. smoking or vaping or taking a dip) and clears out to untestable levels within a day or two at the most. The thing is that withdrawl symptoms can last for weeks beyond the body's lack of sufficient levels. Seems to me that it shouldn't be too hard to clear the system. before I hit post I did a little google to check to make sure I wasn't posting un-informed, and found this: From the NIH (National Institutes of Health) "Nicotine is a short-acting drug that is eliminated from the body relatively quickly (i.e., within a day or so). However, the effects of acute nicotine withdrawal can be felt for as much as two weeks or more. In addition, the byproducts of nicotine can be detected in the blood for up to a month after you stop smoking. This is only of concern if you are in a situation where someone else might want to test you for the presence of nicotine or nicotine byproducts in your system." I saw a few other things saying its testable up to 20 days for regular smokers and longer for heavy long term smokers, but I wonder if that's the nic or the byproduct... I wonder if there are any home test kits that test for nicotine and do a little experiment.

So I just got back from a cruise, and had a few neat vaping experiences. First off getting my stuff on the plane was no problem, though I thought I was gonna get some stuff confiscated on the way back but turned out it was a bottle of sunscreen I forgot to take out of my backpack (note to self: sunscreen more dangerous than nicotine). On the boat the cruise people were cool with it, which actually surprised me. They asked my not to use it in the dinning room, but said anywhere on deck or the lounges was ok with them, even the non-smoking ones... I guess other vapers had paved the way for me. Also my PV is apparently EXTREMELY fascinating to Canadians. It seemed to me that almost every person that came up to ask me what the heck I was smoking was Canadian. It makes me curious if our friends up north have had any bans or anything, which would be sad cuz most of them thought it was a great idea and wanted to know more so I shelled out internet addresses, maybe we'll see one of my cruise buddies here. The last cool thing was I saw my sister for the first time since I switched, I was interested to hear what she thought since she is a respiratory therapist. She was way happy for me and really supportive, and she told me that she had been hearing of e-cigs lately and that a few of her doctors were excited about them and telling patients. Makes me happy that not all docs believe the FDA's hype. Anyways just felt like sharing.

So I was out with some buddies last weekend, out in SLC, and we went to a bar. I didn't want to get hassled and the place had a fire pit ouside where the smokers were hanging, so I went out to vape. I hadn't hit it twice before I had people coming up to me, "Dude what is that? is that one of those Electronic Cigarette things?" So I started showing it off, answering questions and whatnot. When I hooked back up with my buddies they started laughing at how I was "Channeling the ghost of Billy Mayes". Apparently the group was a little larger than I had thought and I was being very enthusiastic. I was just excited with my new toy and wanted to share, but I guess geeking out can be good PR too. I'm almost certain that a few people went home that night and started looking into it.

Rath Mocha Mint Coffee... I'm going to burn through this bottle quick too this is my new fav I'm sure until I crack a new one (looking forward to bannana cream pie) Side note: Waited too long before I ordered in this batch and ran out of RY4, switched to B&H which i didn't dig. Tasted too much like smoke, I was wondering if you all who have tried the other tobacco flavors could tell me if all the Tobacco flavors taste like smoke, I'd be more into something that tastes like a fresh unlit cigar smells. Any good tobacco flav sugestions? Was going to get some VT TT but don't want anything that tastes more like smoke than anything else.

I just got my first batch of Rath from E-N-S, the mocha mint is the only one i've cracked, plugged it into my new PT and holy crap! its at least twice as much vapor and mocha mint may just be my new fav flav over RY4. AND Jason has Rath in 0-nic. I bet you'd save money making your own though if your going for 0-nic, but dang this is tasty.