8 Month Review

[lobeydosser]

I have now been vaping just over 8 months and, for the sake of keeping a reign on my spending, I have divided my vaping yearly costs into quarters of which I am trying to keep my spending to less than half what I would have spent on cigarettes had I continued smoking instead.
This I have mostly succeeded in doing.
My average 3 monthly spending on cigarettes would have been £1291.68.
So half of that should be £645.84 per 3 months.

First 3 months of Vaping.

During my first 3 months I was buying the kit and spares, extras, e-juices and bits and bobs that would get me into vaping and keep me interested in my new approach to nicotine satisfaction.
I spent £538.17, but at the end of this period I still had £322.07 in stock, so my first 3 months of vaping cost me £216.17. This included e-juices that I bought, didn’t like and binned.
It was only later that I realised that these flavours could be enhanced or changed by mixing with other juices and therefore made more to my liking.
So that worked out as an average of £2.35 per day, compared to £14.04 that I would have been smoking.

Second 3 months of Vaping.

By the time I was heading into my second quarter I was convinced that vaping would be my thing from here on in and I felt that it was time to invest in some heavy duty equipment (ProVari, Spheroid etc) and also to start laying by some chemicals for the future mixing.

I also wanted to experiment with more flavours to try to find some basic e-juices that I could attempt to replicate myself and to this end, a lot of my spending was more to do with future needs rather than just my present needs.

I spent £872.82, but at the end of this period I still had £741.36 in stock, so my second 3 months of vaping cost me £131.46.

That is an average of £1.43 per day, compared to £14.04 that I would have been smoking.

So although I was outlaying more financially, I was laying bye considerably more stock and I had reduced my vaping costs also.

Third 3 months of Vaping.

Into the third quarter now and apart from one shiney from a co-op buy, this whole lot has been about experimenting with e-juice flavours, both shop bought and home brewed.

Also some equipment to help with the mixing and some bulk chemicals destined for the freezer and long term storage.

I am just 2 months into this third quarter and so far I have spent £492.46, and I have £387.05 in stock, so, so far this quarter has cost me £105.41.

That is an average of £1.73 per day, compared to £14.04 that I would have been smoking.
Over the rest of this quarter and the next quarter to the end of my first year, although I may splash out on a shiney that takes my fancy, I have enough chemicals and flavouring to keep me busy and well stocked in my basic e-juices with enough left over for some experiments.

By writing this, I am hoping that it will show others starting out on Vaping, that although vaping equipment may appear to be expensive initially, the actual day to day costs, compared to cigarettes, is considerable.

1^st 3 months;- one sixth the cost.

2^nd 3 months;- one tenth the cost.

Last 2 months;- one eight the cost.

[Phoenix .]

Very sensible lobeydosser, long may it continue for you.

[jakethevape]

Good post, and good to see your on the ball keeping the eye on costs. I think the first quarter for anyone is going to be the most expensive as you end up buying starter kits that you don't really need that in turn end up being spares once you get onto the more hardcore mod / rebuild-able end of the scale. (which is also expensive). But what I wanted to know is how do you work out your remaining stock?. How can you put a quantitative figure down on a 1 month battery or a week used atty for example?. Just puzzling me but also curious to know to use in my own equations.

[lobeydosser]

I try to keep an honest review of percentage values of my batteries and other equipment.
For instance, I have 2 Spheroids. The one I am using now was bought last January and I would expect it to last 2 years. So I reduce its value by 1/8th every 3 months.
My other Spheroid has never been used and so its value remains as bought.
E-juices are estimated on what is left compared to cost when new and the stock value worked out from there.

I am still using the kit I bought during the first months of vaping so I know that the majority of my stock equipment will last 8 months anyway and I will use it until it goes phutt, and then work out its true financial value dependant on its life span.

Although I have tried to be as accurate as possible, average lifespans cannot be taken into account until the equipment is no longer working.

So any costs etc can only be guess-timates at best.