The Vape-iversay Thread

Shinobollo

Today I celebrate one full year without a stinkie. Something I never thought possible. Yet I'm only in the ha-penny place compared to some. In the last few weeks I've come across a couple of people celebrating their 5th and 6th Vape-iversaries and there are many more out there.

I've been thinking about this for the last few days and reckoned it'd be nice to have a thread dedicated to these little victories for a few reasons...
1. Everyone deserves a little self congratulation now and again.
2. It helps set targets (if needed)
3. It might give encouragement to anyone thinking of taking up vaping or struggling to keep going, if they see what is possible.

So what I'm suggesting is that this thread be kept as a place where people (if they want) can mark time related achievements in their vaping life.
I reckon notable dates could be:
1 week
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
and then annually after that.

From watching activity on this and other fora I've noticed that in a lot of cases vapers are most active in the earlier stages of their vaping lives and post less as time goes on. Although I have to admit that there are a few notable exceptions both here and in the Irish Facebook Vaping Groups.

It'd be great to have long termers who've moved on drop back in, even once a year on their Vape-iversary, to say Howya and maybe share something they've learned or really liked in the intervening period.

In a nutshell a thread where new vapers can celebrate making the switch and longer term vapers can celebrate that day in the distant past when their lives changed so dramatically.

Shinobollo

1 year. 22nd Feb 2015. Dec aka Shino.

(Kicking things off)

thevaper

Shinobollo wrote: »

Today I celebrate one full year without a stinkie. Something I never thought possible. Yet I'm only in the ha-penny place compared to some. In the last few weeks I've come across a couple of people celebrating their 5th and 6th Vape-iversaries and there are many more out there.

I've been thinking about this for the last few days and reckoned it'd be nice to have a thread dedicated to these little victories for a few reasons...
1. Everyone deserves a little self congratulation now and again.
2. It helps set targets (if needed)
3. It might give encouragement to anyone thinking of taking up vaping or struggling to keep going, if they see what is possible.

So what I'm suggesting is that this thread be kept as a place where people (if they want) can mark time related achievements in their vaping life.
I reckon notable dates could be:
1 week
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
and then annually after that.

From watching activity on this and other fora I've noticed that in a lot of cases vapers are most active in the earlier stages of their vaping lives and post less as time goes on. Although I have to admit that there are a few notable exceptions both here and in the Irish Facebook Vaping Groups.

It'd be great to have long termers who've moved on drop back in, even once a year on their Vape-iversary, to say Howya and maybe share something they've learned or really liked in the intervening period.

In a nutshell a thread where new vapers can celebrate making the switch and longer term vapers can celebrate that day in the distant past when their lives changed so dramatically.

into my fourth month now and i must say i'm really enjoying it i used to roll my own roughly 125 gms per week
i enjoy trying different juices, just tobacco no interest in fruit flavours.
not saving much money, buying tanks and stuff to get a good setup
also i find that apart from fasttech or cigsbuy the irish sites seem to be the best value

youdipstick

28th Sept 2009 I started vaping,thanks to a friend in Germany,I was smoking 150gms of Golden Virginia (black market) per week & haven't even had one fag since then.I still love my 24mg Nic in my liquids.
Well done to all of us.

Stealthirl

I'm coming up on 4 years shortly

Allan45121

I'll be 1 year in 10 days time, I'd love to say I've saved a fortune but I reckon I've spent almost as much on vaping as smoking..
If I was starting today I wouldn't have to buy half the stuff I have bought.. Just buy Istick 30w, Subtank mini, sorted.. Wish this stuff was about 1 year ago.. But hey I plan on saving a fortune this year coming!

noelyf

Been lurking around here since I smoked my last roll up six months ago.
Bought an ego and some juice, now I'm vaping away happily on mini nauti and an IPVmini.
No intentions of going back to the fags ...............Happy Days!

parttime

5 Feb 2014. Started with a mini protank2 kit from Myepack. Then I discovered Fastech. Used a couple of x6 vv batteries and they were grand until they fell apart.
Currentley using an Smart 20 istick clone and a few aerotanks on home made coils. That is as far as I will go..... Maybe a nano subtank in the future,and a cloupor mini...
Forgot to mention the homemade juice. Not easy to get a really nice mix,unless you use a one shot concentrate. Tried a grants custard clone that everyone said was the bees knees,and twas was only ok.
Am steeping a Custardy Lovechild recipe at the mo,have high hopes for this one.

youdipstick

Check out the Clouper Mini,there are alot of warnings about this device,better off with an istick 50.

Dr Bill

7weeks 4 days since I last rolled a cig.
Feel better,look better (I think) and smell better too:D
Have spent a fortune trying to get the right setup but I feel I'm there now so the cost is hopefully money well spent.

accaguest

About a week before Christmas 2013. I was going through a small bit of tobacco last Summer, not too sure why, but otherwise very happy with vaping, really didn't expect it to be so good. I'd like to say I'll save some money this year, maybe, but the devices are all so pretty . I still haven't tried squonking, drippers, gennies...Very happy riding it out for the moment.

Mech1

About 2 weeks into this, loving it. 40 a day to 0 gotta be good



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youdipstick

That Lego is a good idea.

noelyf

Needs a few windows.........

J Mysterio

Everything is awesome.

Penny Tration

This day last week was my 3 month vape-iversary. Couldn't feel better still craving an analog, but not giving in. Down from 24mg to 6, too.

My boyfriend took inspiration from me and now he's nearly 2 months smoke free

Shinobollo

Jenny Thalia wrote: »

This day last week was my 3 month vape-iversary. Couldn't feel better still craving an analog, but not giving in. Down from 24mg to 6, too.

My boyfriend took inspiration from me and now he's nearly 2 months smoke free

Congrats Jenny. Keep it going. 24mg to 6mg in 3 months is a huge drop. If you're worried about the cravings why not go back up to 12mg for a while, reduce after a wee bit to 9 and then to 6mg when you're past the craving

Penny Tration

Shinobollo wrote: »

Congrats Jenny. Keep it going. 24mg to 6mg in 3 months is a huge drop. If you're worried about the cravings why not go back up to 12mg for a while, reduce after a wee bit to 9 and then to 6mg when you're past the craving

Hurts my throat to vape higher than 6 on 3.3v unless I'm drunk :pac: the drop happened after a month. I only crave them when the mother smokes around me, so it's not too bad

RIchieNouveau

Wow fair play to you Jenny. Took me a year to brave dropping to 6. I was on 12 for about 11 months of that ha. Been a year and 2 months now. Going to have to go to 3 at some point and then hopefully tail off. I have a feeling that my addiction to nicotine is a lot weaker than I think it is and it's more habit at this stage.

Calibos

About 2.5 years. August 2012 IIRC.

40 a day smoker. 'Bout €15,000 net saved in that time. Unlike many here I don't have shelves full of mods and juices worth thousands. Settled on cheap and cheerful VV batteries and found a 16/7/365 juice I liked early on. ie. my nic habit went from 7 grand a year to about €500

J Mysterio

Calibos wrote: »

found a 16/7/365 juice I liked early on

Cad e sin?

nuttyboy79

J Mysterio wrote: »

Cad e sin?

16 hours a day (he sleeps 8) the rest speaks for itself

J Mysterio

:pac: I meant what liquid did he stick with!

nuttyboy79

J Mysterio wrote: »

:pac: I meant what liquid did he stick with!

Did a little bit of stalking Liqua Cuban cigar

Didihno

J Mysterio wrote: »

Everything is awesome.

Everything is cool when you're vaping out steam!

That Lego stand is, well awesome.

Calibos

nuttyboy79 wrote: »

Did a little bit of stalking Liqua Cuban cigar

I feel violated

My tastebuds were never sensitive at the best of times and desensitise easily. All the fancier clearo's I tried or juices just didn't make enough of a difference to be worth the much higher turnover of heads etc. I always reverted to my trusty Kanger T2 and Liqua Cuban who's heads lasted weeks and who's taste muted but never disappeared completely like all the other juices even the expensive ones I tried.

In other words, my crappy tastebuds meant It was quickly apparent that it was a fools errand in my case to go chasing the perfect vape and thus I never ended up with drawers full of batteries and clearo's and juices etc.

ie. I'm not claiming that Liqua Cuban Cigar is the nectar of the Gods or anything

nuttyboy79

Calibos wrote: »

I feel violated

My tastebuds were never sensitive at the best of times and desensitise easily. All the fancier clearo's I tried or juices just didn't make enough of a difference to be worth the much higher turnover of heads etc. I always reverted to my trusty Kanger T2 and Liqua Cuban who's heads lasted weeks and who's taste muted but never disappeared completely like all the other juices even the expensive ones I tried.

In other words, my crappy tastebuds meant It was quickly apparent that it was a fools errand in my case to go chasing the perfect vape and thus I never ended up with drawers full of batteries and clearo's and juices etc.

ie. I'm not claiming that Liqua Cuban Cigar is the nectar of the Gods or anything

I remember you posted it a while back :cool: I tried it in Ecovape its quite nice would be a great juice for after a dinner. Real smooth tobacco taste.

Tishball

One month TODAY

Didihno

Tishball wrote: »

One month TODAY

Whoop!
You're in the sweet spot now, taste and smell and things like that start to return. Plus you'll have cycled out (washed!) all your smelly smoking clothes and you'll get several wears out of most garments before you need to wash them. At least that was my finding, a shirt could be worn a few times provided I didn't sweat or spill beer or food on it!

Tishball

Yes I love that it's fabric conditioner I smell from my clothes! Also if my husband goes to give me a kiss I am not worried about fag breath! Not getting techie o long haul flights will be great!

Didihno

Tishball wrote: »

Yes I love that it's fabric conditioner I smell from my clothes! Also if my husband goes to give me a kiss I am not worried about fag breath! Not getting techie o long haul flights will be great!

Stealth vaping is the way to go.
Take a sneaky inhale and hold your breath for a few seconds, the vapour dissipates quickly. Its not allowed on most flights, but I'm a nervous flyer (wasn't at all when I was younger) and the quick hit really helps.

Thecageyone

I passed 2 clean, smoke free years on Jan 9th

Not so much as a puff from a stinkie. I do forget to be proud of myself at times, every now and then I remember how knackered my lungs were, that I used to wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air, feeling like my lungs were going to seize up! I remember the disgusting coughs and feeling like I need to lie down after walking to the shops! All of that has gone! Good riddance! And anyone who tries that scare mongering crap about e-cigs on me I remind them of all the improvements I've seen first hand.

Tishball

I don't get the hate that is out there for e cigs, what the hell? the media of course love to have a scare monger story to sell papers, but idiots fall for it. The amount of roll eyes I got when I started vaping, and comments like, " you too? thought you had more sense" " bars are throwing people out for using them" ( not all bars, my dh a publican said he has no problem with them never had) or the worst comment so far, " you are better off smoking". Well I am enjoying not smoking thanks very much, and when I finally get into the new istick I bought, ( damn thing seems not to be charging) I am sure I will enjoy it even more, I have at the moment one of those nicofresh ones that are constantly out of charge on me.

Thecageyone

I just laugh the silly comments off now, and say something like "Sure I'll go back smoking then? oh wait, you nagged me more when I was!" and they shut up. The type of moaner who goes on about e-cigs and believes all the scare-monger stories,is the type who will f'ing moan about anything! And probably reads the Sun

The iStick holds charge for ages. My partner has the 20w and she gets over a day from a full charge, I just got the 50w, been hogging it 2 days now and it's only had the odd refresh hooked up to the laptop, while I continued to use it, and it's still full!

Tishball

It is supposed to flash while charging? but it stopped after about two min, and nothing since, I know it takes over two hours to first charge, but I'm dying to try it..... I am a gadget freak, so Its like a new toy.

Allan45121

Tishball wrote: »

It is supposed to flash while charging? but it stopped after about two min, and nothing since, I know it takes over two hours to first charge, but I'm dying to try it..... I am a gadget freak, so Its like a new toy.

isticks are fully charged from factory. should be good to go... hit that button 5 times to turn on :-)

Tishball

oooooh thanks a million, I would be all night waiting, lol

Thecageyone

Yeah mine was ready to go out of the box! which was nice You can vape away while it's charging too.

Tishball

ah lads! this thing is great, it's like getting out of an old micra and into a new merc! delighted with it, the old things I was using were like sucking smoke through a straw. I got wingnuts juice with the estick a sample, it's much smoother than the nicofresh stuff I was useing too, it's a bit sweet as cookies and creme but ill go online and get some other flavours, is the as I haven't a vape shop,( out from the one that only sells the crappy stuff) I don't know what brands of juice are good quality ie that are smooth wingnuts is the only name I have tried, so many out there it's insane, lol.

youdipstick

Here is a video on how to use your istick 50,most of us are always watching these reviews & a lot of us are not,I would never buy anything until I have seen at least 3 different reviews,I have subscribed to nearly 90 excellent reviewers on Youtube,they all have their own ways of reviewing a product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EOTuVOZbZw

Dr Bill

Tishball wrote: »

ah lads! this thing is great, it's like getting out of an old micra and into a new merc! delighted with it, the old things I was using were like sucking smoke through a straw. I got wingnuts juice with the estick a sample, it's much smoother than the nicofresh stuff I was useing too, it's a bit sweet as cookies and creme but ill go online and get some other flavours, is the as I haven't a vape shop,( out from the one that only sells the crappy stuff) I don't know what brands of juice are good quality ie that are smooth wingnuts is the only name I have tried, so many out there it's insane, lol.

Thats a good setup you have there,your next step will be to get some good quality liquid that you enjoy. That can take time as there is so much available and each persons favourite is really a personal thing.
My favourite at the moment is the range of LIQUA liquids,they're smooth and good flavours. I prefer tobacco flavours so their RY4 and Turkish is very good.
You can check these and others out at www.thebestshop.eu
If you order over €20 (I think) you can use a voucher available on this site for a 10% discount.
HALO also do a very good range of liquids but are a little more expensive.:(
You could also check out these sites
www.ecirette.ie
www.e-smokeireland.eu
www.purplebox.ie
Best of luck and stay away from those ciggies;)

Thecageyone

youdipstick wrote: »

Here is a video on how to use your istick 50,most of us are always watching these reviews & a lot of us are not,I would never buy anything until I have seen at least 3 different reviews,I have subscribed to nearly 90 excellent reviewers on Youtube,they all have their own ways of reviewing a product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EOTuVOZbZw

Yup, PB is one of the biggest vape-tubers. His vids are long, but always very helpful. I watched about a dozen vids/reviews on the iStick 50w before buying, I was itching, and ready to just go get it, but calmed down, lol, made a cuppa, and sat down to do some research first. The end result was the same, grabbed my coat right after watching a bunch of positive reviews, in fact, could not find one negative! but I was more satisfied spending the money after it They can be helpful both ways. if I see more than couple bad reviews on a product, then I'm not taking a chance.

I would suggest also igetcha69 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HLBmd3bwKWmVjq_JEuSuA

for the clinical breakdown, no fuss surrounding, just straight onto the product for review

Also good - The vapor chronicles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDu3tGNsiTZ5aYL4VRMCWTQ

And you'll find others just from searching about that you'll like

Tishball

well I am happy out today, this quitting smoking would have been done years ago if I had an ecig. I had a dream last night that I was out and with friends away from my husband and I smoked two real cigs, and then thought what am I doing this for and threw them away....... I was told there would be dreams of smoking but in the past I would always want to smoke after wards. I have no desire or want for a ciggy now. Thanks for all the info, I am a researcher too, ( usually when I should be working). I hope this thread is helpful those on the fence thinking of quitting and afraid to try e cigs.

Ionised

Celebrated two years off the fags last month (and my wife is a year).

Quite settled on my VaporShark/Kayfun combo using either Greedy Monkey or Seville Marmalade juice. That said I have just taken delivery of a Delta II tank with RBA head.

As a reward for two years I treated myself to a new car just last week. Ah that new car smell untainted by cigarettes is a joy.

Good luck to all newer vapers!

london.irish

Tishball wrote: »

ah lads! this thing is great, it's like getting out of an old micra and into a new merc! delighted with it, the old things I was using were like sucking smoke through a straw. I got wingnuts juice with the estick a sample, it's much smoother than the nicofresh stuff I was useing too, it's a bit sweet as cookies and creme but ill go online and get some other flavours, is the as I haven't a vape shop,( out from the one that only sells the crappy stuff) I don't know what brands of juice are good quality ie that are smooth wingnuts is the only name I have tried, so many out there it's insane, lol.

I am so looking forward to getting hold of the 50 watt, I am a newbie, only 8 weeks down so far, currently using a Nautilus Mini on an ego-C twist! bizarre!!

I am also discovering the wonderful world of Juices, went off the obligatory tobacco flavours almost in the first week, the Liqua Bright Tobacco was decent enough though. Best I have found so far is the T-Juice Red Astaire and the T-Juice Black "n" Blue, this is currently my ADV, both purchased from e-smokeireland, top service.

Also getting some juices from Zamplebox, really good stuff, random flavours, but top brands, price works out reasonable enough and I get juices that I would never buy otherwise, it's definitely opening up my palate.

mewso

5 years since Jan 5th and I have have the proof

lenoude

2 weeks today. Really proud of myself because I was a complete chain smoker. Have to say I'm not even tempted to have a cigarette. Even in college I'm quite happy to vape while others around me smoke.
feeling so much better too

pueblo

One year! thankfully no going back now!

WarmT

Gave up the smokes a week ago for the first time in, it must be at least 30 years!
Just had enough of it and the cost is just prohibitively expensive to keep up the habit too.

Went for a nautilus mini with an eleaf mini istick battery (10w) and some menthol liquid.

Don't think I could have gotten even this far without the vaping.

Reading this forum here and a bit on reddit helped me make the decision too so thank you all

Ordered a second nautilus mini last night and a few different flavour liquids, dekang and diablo stuff mostly, just to try out stuff other than menthol.

Penny Tration

Some of the diablo liquids are very nice!

Well done on being a week off them! If you can last a week, you can last for life

I'd recommend getting a 30w istick too, though. The battery on the mini is only 1050 mAh, which isn't very strong. 30w is 2200mAh

WarmT

Jenny Thalia wrote: »

Some of the diablo liquids are very nice!

Well done on being a week off them! If you can last a week, you can last for life

I'd recommend getting a 30w istick too, though. The battery on the mini is only 1050 mAh, which isn't very strong. 30w is 2200mAh

Cheers. I've no desire to go back on the smokes either which was a surprise to me after smoking for so many years.

Yeah was looking at the 30w but am happy enough for the moment, it's my next purchase maybe

Currently running the mini istick at 4.2v which with the 1.8ohm thingy inside calculates at 9.8w - I think anyway.
It seems a little harsh on my throat even at that wattage but could be the liquid (Liqua Menthol 18mg Nic).
Kills me to do straight to lung hits, even when I go down in watts so I'm still mouth to lung as I was with the smoking.