Vaping [2015-Future]

[Miguel]

Thanks for the suggestion of the McClelland:  the local place doesn't have Dark Star, but had some others from them that were supposed to be similar.  I picked up a tin of McClelland English blend and one of a vanilla Cavendish from a company called Lane.  It smells amazing.

I too have a pipe dedicated to...non tobacco use, but obviously don't want to mix the two. ;)

[schild]

McClelland stuff is good, but none of it is Dark Star. It stands above almost everything I ever smoked.

I wish I could replicate the flavor in vaping.

[Ruvaldt]

My wife gave me a pipe a few years ago and I loved it.  A little too much, actually, and I got rid of it.  Another thirty years and I'll probably pick it up again.

At the time I lived a block away from a great smoke shop so I sampled a hell of a lot of aromatics.  Schild is right about McClelland Dark Star.  Their vanalla black cavendish and Mellow Mack are also good.  Other noteworthy aromatics: anything by Boswell (Christmas Cookie, Hunter's Choice, Cupcake), Lane Limited BCA and my favorite Dan Tobacco Blue Note.

[rattran]

So what's the current rig that's reasonable in cost and use for vaping? Looking around, everything seems totally changed from a year ago.

[schild]

I'm still using a Kanger subtank on whatever. I ignore the market for the most part.

[Signe]

And I'm still using my Aspire Atlantis kit.  I loves it.

[Engels]

Using the Aspire Cleito which is the 'just before you go full geek' tank by Aspire, and it works well. It eats through battery & juice rather fast tho, so if that's a concern I'd go with a non sub ohm tank. A middle ground between the Cleito and the Nautilus would be the Atlantis, the tank Signe references.

[schild]

I used the Atlantis non-stop for a year or so. I didn't like the change to the coils in early 2016 though. It was probably imperceptible to most people, but since I only vape like the same 3 flavors (and have been for almost 3 years), I noticed immediately.

[Signe]

I don't mess with flavours much anymore, either.  I mostly use a strong tobacco flavour mixed with a bit of Catch Ya Latte from VaporFi.  Anyone else use a tobacco flavour?  I'm always looking for a good one. 

[MahrinSkel]

I'm still using Ola X Heroes, need to buy a few more before they go off the market completely. Essentially, the tech plateaued about 3 years ago, and since then it's just been stylistic shifts (and the Ola X Hero was just a very nice design, technically and aesthetically, IMO, although being steel it is quite heavy). I did switch from Innokin iClear30 tanks to the Innokin T22, which is essentially the same thing in glass and stainless steel rather than aluminum and polycarbonate, it can even use the same cores.

Still mixing my own, shifted to Carellas flavorings instead of Lor-Ann, but still fruit flavors with drops of something else to add complexity.

--Dave

[Furiously]

I bought a Uwell Crown III a month ago or so. It's pretty amazing. The coils seem to last forever, I like it more than my cleitos and aspire.

[Cheddar]

I need to hop onto the vape train.

Goal is to quit smoking this year.  My allergies can't take it 

[Furiously]

I was at the grocery store and noticed packs were $8.20 today. So yes, it's most likely better for you and much more affordable. I'd say the hardest part is finding a juice you can tolerate.

[Father mike]

Wait, packs of smokes were $8 EACH?  1) Where do you live and 2) who the hell can afford that?

[Merusk]

Wait, packs of smokes were $8 EACH?  1) Where do you live and 2) who the hell can afford that?

Addiction is a bitch. You sacrifice a lot without realizing it to keep the nicotine dragon at bay.

Looks like it might be Arizona and that's not even the highest price; there's 8 states higher.  Illinois is $11.50 per pack and New York is $12.85.
https://fairreporters.net/health/prices-of-cigarettes-by-state/

[Strazos]

And I don't feel bad about that. At all.

[lamaros]

Come visit Australia :)

Very happy to say that smoking here feels on the way out. Quite a shock these days to travel anywhere else in the world and see so much of it.

[Signe]

Wake up!!!  I had a coupon for a run of the mill pen so I decided to use it and get one for emergencies and keep it in the car.  I thought I'd try a diff juice, something other than tobacco or coffee... suggestions?  Also, anyone find new bits and/or bobs to fiddle around with?

[Yegolev]

I've learned to stop worrying and love the fruit flavors.

[rattran]

My wife doesn't vape much, but 6 months later and half the bottle gone, she's still into the Teleos Crunch.


This is not a paid endorsement.

[schild]

Lol

[Nebu]

Can you guys recommend a decent quality, low maintenance system?  My GF vapes, but is having problems with cheaper systems breaking down quite often.  If you have any suggestions on tanks/systems for CBD use, that would be great as well.

Thanks.
 

[Signe]

Don't buy her one that blows up!  I love my Aspire kit, any of them really.  I wish I was richer so I could experiment more.

[Engels]

Concur on the endorsement of the Aspire brand.

[Nebu]

Concur on the endorsement of the Aspire brand.

Thanks to both of you.  Any advice on coil wattage or any other specifics?  I know nothing about vaping and my girlfriend has gotten conned by the local shops.

[Engels]

I think the thing to look at is resistance in the coils. I favor lower resistance coils since they tend to run a bit cooler. I think if you picked this one up it would work great as a starter kit:

https://www.aspirecig.com/aspire-kits/aspire-kits414.html

Larger kits don't improve performance as so much as hold a bit more juice and of course, you can fiddle with the wattage/voltage to get different vapor volume/temperature/air intake, etc, but that's for when your wife's willing to invest in a nicer kit and is 'committed' to the habit.