very confused newbie

[mandi22]

Hi, I would really appreciate any advice you can offer. I have been smoking for nearly 30 years, 10-15 Sterling Superkings red a day. I don't want to quit completely yet just cut down and save some money. there are so many types of ecig i dont know where to start. cant afford to spend £ 50+ in case i dont get on with it. i have read some of the advice given but I'm still a bit confused(actually a lot confused). everyone seems really friendly on this site so didnt think you'd mind helping me understand and take the plunge!
thanks

[fred]

Short of time, but

Riva kit from vapeescape

[Tom]

Hi,

Have just started myself, did a good few google searches before i took the plunge, lots of good review sites.

I went for the JACVapour V1P starter kit, have had my first full day with it today and have not missed normal cigarettes at all

Cheers

Tom

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome Mandi

We don't mind at all helping you understand & take the plunge - far from it as that's what we are mainly here for

First of all, do you mind your e-cig not looking like a real cig?

[whistler]

+1 for the riva kit. Comes with a variety of bits so you can easily find "your vape". Although had no experience of the jacvapor so I will definitely not knock that at all.

[DiscoDes]

Hi Mandi,

If you want to try a good ecig you could get a single battery kit like THIS. Have a look at the videos on the page to get an idea of how to use this type of Ecig and what it looks like, there are other Vendors doing this kit that I'm sure others will recommend, so you could be up and started for less than £20 or less!

This is a "Trial kit" which includes 10ml of E-liquid which is roughly equivalent to 80 - 100 cigarettes, but if you find you like e-cigs it can easily be expanded this to a full kit by adding extra batteries and atomisers, cases etc.

Also a lot of people start by using a Ecig alongside normal cigarettes then most find they smoke less and vape more & more.

Just ask away here, no question is silly.

[mandi22]

Thank you everyone. no i dont mind what it looks like. 

[Roscopecotrain]

The riva kit from either here www.ukecigcabin.com/product/riva-1100-deluxe-kit-ecig-ice-red or here www.vapeescape.co.uk/the-ve-riva-1100-deluxe-kit~151 is a great starting point.

The kit includes 2 batteries to keep you going, they are 1100mah so 1 should last you most of the day. Clearomiser and a cartomiser, you can try both to see which you prefer.

Super-Shiny has a great beginners guide for the riva with videos to get you going.

[punisher]

HI MANDY
not so many replies i think its because over the last few days we have had a really big influx of new members all asking the same questions
truthfully the first few months is more expensive than smoking.
I would also say that you will probably want some thing resembling a real smoke which really narrows it down, try looking at some thing like this
www.ukecigcabin.com/product/ego-t%20starter%20kit%201000mah
cheap and you get juice with it
or some thing a little more stylish just more money
www.vapeescape.co.uk/joyetech-ecab-starter-kit~441
plenty of spares available should last a long while
both of these venders have discount codes for money off save some cash

[mandi22]

what about flavours? i would prefer to get it as close to my real cigs to start with. maybe experiment later. and also i think they come in different strengths don't they? 

[Karma]

Hi Mandy

Des's suggestion would give you a good idea as to whether e-cigs were for you and would be easy to add to as it has the most common 510 fitting.

These batteries here would work with it, if you decided to stick with vaping

paradisevapeuk.vstore.ca/ecig-accessories-batterys-c-4_23.html

[mandi22]

Ok thanks sorry if I'm making you repeat yourselves it's just quite a big step for me. I understand though it's a lot of trial and error.

[Karma]

As for juice probably try around 18mg to start. there is no juice that tastes exactly like burning tobacco, but some of the tobacco ones are quite nice. When I first started I got a few of these as you can buy them in small sample size bottles

paradisevapeuk.vstore.ca/ejuice-tobacco-flavour-c-1_6.html

Drum and Benson Fences are both quite nice

[DiscoDes]

As you are a "medium smoker" I would recommend 18mg strength to start with, you may find you want to reduce this later, as to flavours, that is the REALLY difficult question! You could try one of the tobacco flavours, my recommendation would be to try "RY4" I know it does not sound like any cigarette you know but it is a generic flavour that a lot of e-cigs come supplied with, it's a sort of caramelly/tobacco flavour.

Keep asking!

[Roscopecotrain]

No apologies needed, i remember how confused i was when i started.

As for juice flavours, ciggys are very hard to replicate, the tobacco flavours tend to taste the same as tobacco smells if that makes sense.