Some of my pipe collection

[cockneyrebel]

hmm I maybe a bit obsessive 

[Balllsy]

I wouldn't use one personally but I really love the designs and if someone else is vaping on them they look great.

You have some real beauties there

[charon]

cockneyrebel,
as an ex pipe smoker myself, I can assure you that you can never have to many pipes. Nice to see such beautiful items being used.

[blakey]

Now that is an obsession

But kudos to you mate, great pipes
Thanks for posing the pics

[chrisjw]

Nice collection cockneyrebel...........

[robby]

Verrrrrrry nice cockneyrebel

[lobeydosser]

A very nice collection, but what I do not understand is that on one hand we condemn the use of Cig-a-likes because they imitate e-cigs as cigarettes, yet on the other hand, e-pipes that look like tobacco pipes are okay?

Nope. You've lost me there!

[dragon]

I guess it is hard to think of a cig-a-like as art, where as a pipe is often truly beautiful. You can get a much better battery in a pipe size than a cig as well

I would use cig-a-likes if they had decent battery life/performance. Having said that, if you could get something really small that performed well and had decent battery life, I would want one that looked beautiful as well ... stinkies ... not so pretty really

[remnant]

Oct 29, 2013 13:30:30 GMT lobeydosser said:

A very nice collection, but what I do not understand is that on one hand we condemn the use of Cig-a-likes because they imitate e-cigs as cigarettes, yet on the other hand, e-pipes that look like tobacco pipes are okay?

Nope. You've lost me there!

I think "condemn" is too strong a word. Cig-alikes have their place, as something that cigarette smokers can switch to, as a proof-of-concept, something that can and do get people away from smoking. Most of us started with them; I got through my first six months with a single rechargeable cig-alike. Many, probably a majority at this point (though obviously not a majority of those who frequent the vaping forums) stay with cig-alikes. But then, as we discover the shortcomings of cig-alikes relative to other PVs, we upgrade. Some more than others.

Pipes are a different matter. E-pipes are (mostly) using refillable systems from the outset: clearos, carto tanks, and so on. There's no need to change the form factor, and the culture of pipe design is already rich and varied (as we see here). There's no strong argument for departing from it, that I can see.

[lobeydosser]

Alright, perhaps the word condemn is a bit strong, but it is towards Joe Publics perception of e-cigs that concerns me most.

Joe sees oomwa puffing away on a cig-a-like and presumes, wrongly that I am Smoking.
I do not want to be perceived to be smoking therefore I do not use anything that looks even vaguely like a cigarette.

If Joe saw me using an e-pipe, no matter how fancy it looked, he would be perfectly within his rights to think that I was smoking and if I was using it in a place where smoking was banned, even if vaping was permitted, he would and in my opinion should, complain to the management.

If, I ever do buy an e-pipe, and I may well do so some day, it will be for use strictly in my own home or caravan and never be used outside.