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I’ve been trying to switch to vaping recently as a lot of people I know said it helped them and god it so hard to get used to. everything from the draw, to the

I’ve been trying to switch to vaping recently as a lot of people I know said it helped them and god it so hard to get used to. everything from the draw, to the sharpness is very different and the person who sold it to me was trying to sell it on “cloud size”. And charging/refilling are even more obnoxious than running out of cigarettes. I will say it’s helped me cut back on cigarettes at least, though I’m probably hooked on nicotine more than ever.

blairbeckwith 4y ago
As someone who quit smoking using vapes, and has recently kicked vapes after a good five years – it's all in the vape. If someone was selling you based on "cloud-size", they were the wrong person to be talking to. They were a vape enthusiast. You're not looking for the "best" vape experience, you're looking for the vape experience that is closest to smoking. For this, you'll actually want to go with one of the Big Tobacco-backed vapes, because it's also what they want – the closest thing to smoking. I suggest Juul or Vuse, both of which are backed by Big Tobacco, contain nicotine salts (fast acting like smoking), and have a similar draw and lung hit to cigarettes with smaller vapour than other devices. You'll also completely avoid refilling and everything, as they're "closed pod" systems. For five years, I considered (ritual aside, as you can do it discretely essentially anywhere) vaping to be superior to smoking in every way. Good luck.
- the_only_law 4y ago
  my biggest issue has been battery life. I mean I suppose the heating element requires a decent bit of power, but I have religiously stuck to things that don’t require me to charge them: most notably, I’ve stuck to wired headphones Most vapes I’ve tried end up lasting a couple hours when turned on unless I spend a whole night charging.
the_gipsy 4y ago
I finally ditched cigarettes almost entirely. Saltnics with the right dosage: for me it's about 5mg/ml. Resistance about 1.2ohm. This lasts much longer than non-salt nic. I carry a 15mah stick with pods. I have two so that I always hve one charged. I still smoke cigarettes when I go fishing. But I can drink beer or coffe just fine with the vapestick.
mojzu 4y ago
The vape that managed to get me off cigarettes was the Juul2, I'm still tempted by the real thing occasionally and Juul has its share of issues regarding cartridge disposal and advertising to kids. But the experience is significantly better then the other ones I tried over a 2-3 year period
dilap 4y ago
I played around with vapes for a bit, and I found them to be way more compulsive and addictive than traditional cigarettes. Had to give them up completely. Just typing that out really makes me want to vape. (Vs having been a cig smoker for years, now just socially, and I can easily moderate to whatever level of consumption I want, w/o cravings. Not so w/ the vapes!)
- olyjohn 4y ago
  Vapes make it so easy to take in Nicotine. There's no end like with a cigarette, and no need to go outside to use it. I started dragging on a vape pen one night while watching a movie. After a while, I realize my heart was racing like crazy, and I was up all night. Definitely overdid it on the Nicotine. For better or worse, I quit using the vape pen after that. God this whole thread makes me want to smoke again.
BoxOfRain 4y ago
The margins on vape liquid must be insane. I quit smoking using a vape and made my own liquid for it, it's only four ingredients which are all really cheap if you buy in bulk and you can can taper down as slow as you like. I went down to an eighth of a milligram per millilitre before I binned it off for good!
- the_only_law 4y ago
  I might have to try that. I’ve heard similar things from people saving money by rolling their own cigarettes as well.

blairbeckwith 4y ago

As someone who quit smoking using vapes, and has recently kicked vapes after a good five years – it's all in the vape. If someone was selling you based on "cloud-size", they were the wrong person to be talking to. They were a vape enthusiast. You're not looking for the "best" vape experience, you're looking for the vape experience that is closest to smoking. For this, you'll actually want to go with one of the Big Tobacco-backed vapes, because it's also what they want – the closest thing to smoking. I suggest Juul or Vuse, both of which are backed by Big Tobacco, contain nicotine salts (fast acting like smoking), and have a similar draw and lung hit to cigarettes with smaller vapour than other devices. You'll also completely avoid refilling and everything, as they're "closed pod" systems. For five years, I considered (ritual aside, as you can do it discretely essentially anywhere) vaping to be superior to smoking in every way. Good luck.

the_only_law 4y ago
my biggest issue has been battery life. I mean I suppose the heating element requires a decent bit of power, but I have religiously stuck to things that don’t require me to charge them: most notably, I’ve stuck to wired headphones Most vapes I’ve tried end up lasting a couple hours when turned on unless I spend a whole night charging.

the_gipsy 4y ago

I finally ditched cigarettes almost entirely. Saltnics with the right dosage: for me it's about 5mg/ml. Resistance about 1.2ohm. This lasts much longer than non-salt nic. I carry a 15mah stick with pods. I have two so that I always hve one charged. I still smoke cigarettes when I go fishing. But I can drink beer or coffe just fine with the vapestick.

mojzu 4y ago

The vape that managed to get me off cigarettes was the Juul2, I'm still tempted by the real thing occasionally and Juul has its share of issues regarding cartridge disposal and advertising to kids. But the experience is significantly better then the other ones I tried over a 2-3 year period

dilap 4y ago

I played around with vapes for a bit, and I found them to be way more compulsive and addictive than traditional cigarettes. Had to give them up completely. Just typing that out really makes me want to vape. (Vs having been a cig smoker for years, now just socially, and I can easily moderate to whatever level of consumption I want, w/o cravings. Not so w/ the vapes!)

olyjohn 4y ago
Vapes make it so easy to take in Nicotine. There's no end like with a cigarette, and no need to go outside to use it. I started dragging on a vape pen one night while watching a movie. After a while, I realize my heart was racing like crazy, and I was up all night. Definitely overdid it on the Nicotine. For better or worse, I quit using the vape pen after that. God this whole thread makes me want to smoke again.

BoxOfRain 4y ago

The margins on vape liquid must be insane. I quit smoking using a vape and made my own liquid for it, it's only four ingredients which are all really cheap if you buy in bulk and you can can taper down as slow as you like. I went down to an eighth of a milligram per millilitre before I binned it off for good!

the_only_law 4y ago
I might have to try that. I’ve heard similar things from people saving money by rolling their own cigarettes as well.