Hi and welcome to IVC James. It sounds like you're well on your way with kicking the habit.

Welcome
and you came at a good time for mods

there are some awesome one's coming out very soon

Great job on your start James!! King's intro is good, Wish it had been out when I started lol....along with some of the new technology

GrimmGreen wrote:hope you don't mind
GrimmGreen.com/vaping-e-smoking-my-alternative-to-smoking

You know how there's the term when a site gets linked to from the front page of slashdot or digg? (slashdotted, digg effect, etc) Maybe they should include the term the Grimm Effect or "Grimm'd"

slickplaid wrote:

GrimmGreen wrote:hope you don't mind
GrimmGreen.com/vaping-e-smoking-my-alternative-to-smoking

You know how there's the term when a site gets linked to from the front page of slashdot or digg? (slashdotted, digg effect, etc) Maybe they should include the term the Grimm Effect or "Grimm'd"

BWA HA HA HA! well... maybe no need to go that far, i'm just here to help out

KingSqueak deserves the credit here for putting together such a rad guide

thanks for the info.

Hi my name is lisa

great write up:) !!

I'm new to this vapers wold;) I just started two weeks ago today, no smokes!!! I have a joy 510 starter kit I purchased for 34.95 on sale and I call it my little work horse. It gets the job done and it does it right;) I find you get a good strong hit and it gets me pass the craving part of a smoke. I however have to do a 36-mg for that, but hey I was a pack a day rolled cigs before. I smoked for 26 years, so I consider that a 36 mg is not bad comparatively:) I also have the vape 4 life titan kit which I purchased about three days in, to reward myself for a job well done. I love how they look and feel, but the battery life is not so good:( I have actually been talking the one of their customer service people for about a week to get replacement batteries and a new charger as I feel that taking 2 hours to charge and getting about 40 minutes a charge was not what was advertised with them, after much writing back in fourth they have agreed to send me two more batteries and a new charger to see if that fixes the issues. Over all their customer service is about a 4 out of ten:( took a long time for them to finally decide that as a new customer, I should be treated a bit better after dropping about 104.00 dollars on their start up kit. I will say that the new cool carts suck!!!! I have purchased a box of blank ones and two of the 4 worked the others got so hot you could actually see them burning on the inside, scary!!! and the other cool carts they threw in for free to make up on that issue where completely dried out when they arrived at my house. so my review on the cool carts are a 3 out of ten. I'm very interested in trying the wow carts as I have heard from friends that they seem to work better? we shall see they are in the mail as I type this and I don't have high hopes. But I do really love the look of the v4l the ends are so beautiful. After reading your excellent write up I think it's time for a system with a bit better battery life, as it seems like I vape a lot!!!! I do love all the flavors. My favorite juice sight is the velvet vapors and kickbassvapes. I have gone a little over board on flavors I have about 30 and I have only been at this for two weeks. My next step is to make my own, any ideas on that? i work with a couple of women who I have turned onto vaping because they witnessed a heavy smoker like myself totally give it up for weeks now. So I thought if I make my won I could have a good supply for myself and I could provide some for my co workers to buy from me and save money on shipping:) I have heard that loran flavors are excellent any word on that? well once again thanks for your right up and I hope to make many a new friends on this site. have a good day and vape away:)

Congratulations on the abstinence from smoking.

36mg is a good trade-off for the carcinogens in cigarettes, in my opinion.

The starter kit batteries really do suck, unfortunately. That's one of the reasons the older users have started using mods and rechargeable batteries to give the longer time in between charges. Well worth it if you're in it for the long run.

Loran flavorings are good. There is also Flavorart, and quite a few other places that sell flavorings that are more specifically made and tested to be used for ecigs. You have to be careful which ones you use because some can be toxic or not work well. Definitely something to be aware of moving forward.

Glad you've made it and I hope you stick around with us

If you have any more questions, feel free to start a new thread!

This is my first post on the IVC forum and the information was great even though I have been vaping for quite awhile. Well done on your achievement.