Thursday, December 18, 2014

2 months

2 months now, I'm beginning to think I may now want to reduce my nicotine strength I normally get. Maybe dropping it from 12mg to 6mg. I'm still vaping at 12mg, currently, but still get satisfaction from vaping 6mg (but I vape it more often)

Now that I have recently purchased a Innokin MVP 2.0, I am getting a lot more satisfaction from vaping.While I'm still learning the whole Variable Voltage/Wattage deal, after a few days of vaping on this using my Aspire Nautilus or Aspire Vivi Nova-S (I'm a huge fan of Aspire's products.), The MVP 2.0 has become my main battery. I just wish it didn't take so long to charge. I will talk more about this and the Nautilus later after some use.

As for the VV/VW learning, I've found a few sites that have helped me out.

theecigstop.com has a nice little calculator here

and this chart helps out a lot


I'm also using the Vapemate app on my ios devices to track money spent on vaping, how much I saved quitting smoking and time since I quit smoking.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

HAUS Personal Vaporizer from Mistic (Review)

I pick one of these starter kits up from 7-Eleven. It's a nice looking little kit. Comes with a 650 mah battery, 1 tank, a lanyard and charger. On their site you can get one for $24.99. For the first few days it worked great. So much so, my wife went and bought one for herself. She had more problems with hers than I did at first. Right out of the box I was vaping within 10 minutes (letting the juice soak in). It produced a decent amount of vapor and the taste was pretty good.

For me, the battery life lasted about half a day, at the most, after a full charge. Compared to my Volcano 650 mah battery, it was usable for half the time. The tank also got gurgley and the atomizer would flood sucking up juice into the center post. After about a week the atomizer stopped firing and then the battery went out. Even after that I ended up buying a second tank, hoping that the flooding was just a defect with the first tank. The second had the same problems. Gurgle, flooding, then wouldn't fire.


Pros:

  • It's not too expensive, but if your going to buy something inexpensive go with an ego blister pack starter kit.
  • Worked decently when it did work.


Cons:

  • The site says it has "Longer battery life" compared to what I don't know, but everything I've used it actually pales in comparison.
  • When you're atomizer does go out you have to buy a whole new tank ($7.99 each)  rather than just the coils like other tanks (i.e. Kanger Evod or Aspire ET BDC clearomizers, which are both less expensive).


Mistic also sells ejuice but I have not tried any since it only comes in one nicotine strength - 24mg - and I really don't know what's in it. They say the 10 ml bottle is "enough product to outlast 2 cartons of cigarettes" which I doubt. My personal recommendation is to pass on this device. There are better devices for less money out there.



*I did contact Mistic's customer service number and they said that if I sent them the battery they would replace it, but by that time I moved on to a different device.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Almost 2 months

After a month in I feel way better than I did when I was a smoker. Right now, my main device has been my Volcano Inferno. For me the draw is great and the 900 mah is lasts me all day. my ADV is from a local vape shop which is a crazy vanilla blend. So far I have been liking a 50/50 blend 12mg nic level. I have my spare tank filled with Gwar's Spew 6mg nic level, mainly for a quick flavor change.

While vaping has definitely taken away my need to smoke cigarettes, it's not exactly like smoking. I used to love a cigarette with coffee and vaping isn't the same feeling or taste. My wife loves that I don't smoke anymore, my clothes don't smell like cigarettes, or my hands and hair. 


Also, after all this time I realized that there was a lot to learn about vaping. When I first went to buy juice, I didn't know about tank crackers, what nicotine strength to use, or what devices would be good for me. (Mt. Baker Vaper has a nice list of flavors that can crack plastic tanks HERE)

As I said before I bought a Haus Personal Vaper. For $25 I thought I was getting a great deal. After a week of use the battery stopped working and the atomizer was fried. Since I'm still new to all this I'm not sure if it was the juice that may have broke/clogged the atomizer or not. The battery was able to charge about 6 times fully before crapping out. Now I feel really what I spent my money on was the most expensive lanyard I have ever bought. 

I also have a few juices that I can't vape, because of the high nicotine level. I've found that anything above 12 mg I can't handle. 

If you are like me and are an impulse buyer then try your hardest to not buy the first thing you see when it comes to vaping. Do the research, it's worth it in the long run.

Also when going to local shops, don't let them talk you into buying something either you don't need or really want. Again, this is where research into products will help. With youtube and google, you'll be able to find pretty much anything you want about different devices.