The Vaping Thread

[Stradawhovious]

The wife and I are still trying to get the father-in-law to try vaping.

His current daily setup is 4 packs of Marlboro Red.

I read that thread. I completely understand hesitation of a current heavy smoker to try something different. Hell, I was the same way with vaping before I started... I assumed it was just for hipsters, and thought it looked stupid.

Then I tried it.

I still think it looks stupid, but it doesn't stop me. I no longer smell like an ashtray, I no longer cough my head off in the morning, My car doesn't reek and I feel like a million bucks compared to what I did a year ago. I hope he eventually has the same experience I did, especially in light of the health scare you talked about. Keep trying!

 

[limr30 3]

FOUR.PACKS.OF.MARLBORO.RED??

 

[Stradawhovious]

FOUR.PACKS.OF.MARLBORO.RED??

My lungs hurt just reading that.

 

[waday]

The wife and I are still trying to get the father-in-law to try vaping.

His current daily setup is 4 packs of Marlboro Red.

Health implacations aside, how the Hades d'ya afford that???????

No mortgage, no debt, owns a storefront in Brooklyn, works full-time.

He could be in a completely different financial position.

 

[limr30 3]

FOUR.PACKS.OF.MARLBORO.RED??

My lungs hurt just reading that.

For realz, yo.

 

[waday]

The wife and I are still trying to get the father-in-law to try vaping.

His current daily setup is 4 packs of Marlboro Red.

I read that thread. I completely understand hesitation of a current heavy smoker to try something different. Hell, I was the same way with vaping before I started... I assumed it was just for hipsters, and thought it looked stupid.

Then I tried it.

I still think it looks stupid, but it doesn't stop me. I no longer smell like an ashtray, I no longer cough my head off in the morning, My car doesn't reek and I feel like a million bucks compared to what I did a year ago. I hope he eventually has the same experience I did, especially in light of the health scare you talked about. Keep trying!

Sorry, I don't want to derail this thread, so I'll stop shortly. He has had several health scares, so he'll reduce by a few packs, then go right back up. He can be one of the nicest guys in the world, but he can also be one of the most stubborn. If it's different than what he's used to, he doesn't like it.

We're totally going to keep trying.

FOUR.PACKS.OF.MARLBORO.RED??

Yep. He refuses to try anything other than Marlboro red.

One funny, quick story. I was mentioning to him about how I wanted to get a really nice telescope, etc. He goes, "Oh, I have a telescope from Marlboro." I was so confused until my wife started laughing and explained how. When Marlboro had their rewards program (I can't remember what he said it was called but you apparently got points for smoking so many packs/cartons), he essentially bought out the entire catalog. He had so many points that my wife/brother-in-law had backpacks for school, they got coolers, I think a camera, chair, umbrella, etc. He had redeemed his points for everything, so he got a telescope. It sat in an unopened box for years and years until I opened it.

The telescope stinks. (Literally and figuratively, haha)

 

[vintagesnaps]

Wow he's a pretty serious smoker, that's probably going to make for a tough habit to break. Seems like there are health conditions where it makes a difference if the patient smokes how treatable it will be. Sounds like this is a better alternative than smoking, and I imagine eventually someday if it was possible to phase that out as well would be an even healthier option.

 

[weepete]

I've been vaping for 2 years next month after trying a mates one at a wee poker night snd thinking it was an ok alternative.

I started on the Ego twists, then an MVP2 then found mech mods. I'll see if I can post a wee pic of my collection later tonight. Last Friday I dropped my nemisis switch and bust the magnets in it, but luckily theres a wee B&M store not far from my work that has a decent selection of kit so I got myself a Sigelei 75W TC which is my first regulated mod sincd my MVP2. My current preferred tank is the Zephyrus by Youde.

Juice wise I'm a big custard fan and usually mix my own (and I do my own coils as well) but I do get the occasional bottle of ready mixed (Vampire Vapes Pinkman is pretty good). Cappella V2 custard is pretty good and my go to custard at the moment, and I sometimes switch it up with a bit of fruit and cream or carmel. My normal mix is around 80-90% VG. I was on 12 or 18mg but just dropped it to 6mg with the higher power mod now and did ok through the weekend with it.

I struggled with vaping for the first month having 2 a day then dropped to 1 or two a month. The last stinkie I had was last September, so thats one whole half year since my last . Of that one I only had three draws and chucked it out as it was bogging!

Anyway thats been my journey so far and I'm just starting to touch on high powered vaping at higher resistances (as resistance means nothing with regulated mods, its all about surface area ). I think I'm gonna go dual batteries next as the voltage drop with a single is a PITA

 

[Stradawhovious]

I imagine eventually someday if it was possible to phase that out as well would be an even healthier option.

Agreed, but you gotta wanna. If you don't wanna, you're not gunna.

Until then, if a smoker can at least minimize the damage with a FAR less terrible alternative, they're still ahead of the game.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Anyway thats been my journey so far and I'm just starting to touch on high powered vaping at higher resistances (as resistance means nothing with regulated mods, its all about surface area ). I think I'm gonna go dual batteries next as the voltage drop with a single is a PITA

There's that rabbit hole I was talking about! I don't know that I will ever be ready for that, but even vaping at 50 watts I too experience the hind end pain of voltage drop. Thanks for sharing!

 

[limr30 3]

I struggled with vaping for the first month having 2 a day then dropped to 1 or two a month. The last stinkie I had was last September, so thats one whole half year since my last . Of that one I only had three draws and chucked it out as it was bogging!

I always read your posts with a Scottish accent in my head, but for some reason, this particular paragraph makes me wish I could hear it out loud for real Maybe because I kind of adore the term "stinkie" for cigarette.

 

[JacaRanda]

My daughter bought me a cheap one for Christmas 2 years ago. I quit smoking that New Years Eve and haven't smoked since (not even one, but there were two occasions where I got pissed and either the lighter didn't work, or I didn't have one handy - lucked out big time both times). The vaping was fun for a while, but don't even do that anymore. The urge to vape occurs more often than an urge to smoke a cig.

 

[weepete]

vape gear by wee_pete, on Flickr

Fromleft to right: Kato mod with a Fogger V5, Stingray with an Elegant Vapour Tobh clone, new Sigelei 75W with a UD Zephurus, Nemisis with a Royal Hunter and a Gizmo 24 V2 with 18650 extension and another Zepyrus

 

[JacaRanda]

vape gear by wee_pete, on Flickr

Fromleft to right: Kato mod with a Fogger V5, Stingray with an Elegant Vapour Tobh clone, new Sigelei 75W with a UD Zephurus, Nemisis with a Royal Hunter and a Gizmo 24 V2 with 18650 extension and another Zepyrus

I think if I had any one of those, I would still be indulging. Man, just had a flashback of a flavor. Pirates Bay was real nice.

 

[weepete]

I struggled with vaping for the first month having 2 a day then dropped to 1 or two a month. The last stinkie I had was last September, so thats one whole half year since my last . Of that one I only had three draws and chucked it out as it was bogging!

I always read your posts with a Scottish accent in my head, but for some reason, this particular paragraph makes me wish I could hear it out loud for real Maybe because I kind of adore the term "stinkie" for cigarette.

Hahaha, aye I do have quite a Glasweigian accent so that would be about right. Needless to say I picked up most of my vaping lingo on UKVapers.co.uk. but it made me chuckle when I heard it too..