Hiya

[Morgan]

Hey guys, a vaping noob here. Great forum by the way

Well here goes. Five years ago I started out as a casual smoker, sneaking out for a few puffs with a pint on the weekend with mates, but it quickly developed into a daily habit where I was smoking around five a day. This continued for three years until I upped it to 10 a day (hardcore). Thankfully, this was as extreme as it got for me before realising what a smelly bastard I had become - It was time to quit. My first attempt lasted two days and my second a slightly better three days. I then tried the nicorette chewing gums & patches which had the same effect as a few wrigleys extras and a plaster, before quickly reverting back to my 10 a day habit. Just before the acceptance had kicked in that I would never be able to give up the stinkies, I received a delightful email. It was an electronic cigarette offer from Groupon. Being from Wales, I was unaware vaping existed, but not one to miss out on a deal, I purchased the VIP electronic cigarette without knowing anything about vaping. It came with one battery, 10 cartomisers and one USB charger. It wasn’t great, but unbelievably after using it for a month, during that time I only had one cigarette. Puffing away on my last cartomiser, I had to decide whether to purchase the extra cartomisers or carry out some research to see if this could be bettered? This led me here.

Oh boy, I was out of my depth. It was like the time I had accidentally selected ‘Welsh’ on one of the local cash machines. I didn’t have a clue what any of you were talking about, however I did notice the positive comments about the ‘riva 1100 kit’. On Sunday I took the plunge and ordered the riva and 30ml of menthol eliquid from vapeescape, using the discount code provided by the forum of course. It arrived this morning and I must say I’m very impressed. Easy to setup and use, great menthol flavour and it looks the bees knees.

Obviously I’d like to experiment with all sorts of flavours. Any recommendations? Best places to buy eliquid? Any shops in the Cardiff area? That’ll do for now

[raid2506]

Hello Morgan and welcome aboard.

You won't go wrong with the Riva 1100, I have had mine for 8 moths and still use it every day.

I couldn't comment on any shops in Cardiff, but would be grateful if you could pop to Caerphilly and give my ex mrs a kicking

There is a great list of Vendors with discount codes for your online purchases. I have used about half of them and had only good things to say.

Have fun looking around the forum and if you have any questions just ask.

[Morgan]

Jul 9, 2013 23:53:18 GMT raid2506 said:

Hello Morgan and welcome aboard.

You won't go wrong with the Riva 1100, I have had mine for 8 moths and still use it every day.

I couldn't comment on any shops in Cardiff, but would be grateful if you could pop to Caerphilly and give my ex mrs a kicking

There is a great list of Vendors with discount codes for your online purchases. I have used about half of them and had only good things to say.

Have fun looking around the forum and if you have any questions just ask.

Haha, is she a Caerphilly girl? If so, no can do mate. I've taken one beating too many from them

[chuck]

Hi morgan, welcome.

[Roscopecotrain]

Hi morgan. Welcome aboard.

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[chykensa]

Hi Morgan, and welcome to the forum
Andy

[Perpetua]

Welcome to you Morgan.

We've a Map of known Bricks & Mortar Shops/Market Stalls  . . . maybe there's something near you?


allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/15653/bricks-mortar-shop-map?page=1

[sleepyduck]

Hi Morgan

[RAW]

Hi morgan and welcome.
if vapescape were quick enough for you why not stick with them and get 5mm sample bottles, i started that way and cant moan in any way they have a good range to chose from and i find them very quick/good service.
Otherwise these are quite good if you would like to experiment.
www.vapology.co.uk/
Good luck in your decisions were al here to help.

Ps. why pay inflated prices to keep a local shop alive when you can get great service without leaving the house

[kailey]

Hello and welcome Morgan.

I started with the Riva too. Great bit of kit which I still use. I tried several of the sample bottles from Vape Escape. We do not have any stores handy around here so I do all my shopping online. I have always had very good service from Vape Escape and their Grizwald range is good.

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome Morgan

[padiho]

*welcome*Morgan,glad to have you onboard. Anything you want to know, someone here will know it. About 15 minutes ago I asked for help tracking down a particular item. Within 5 minutes back came the answer and my much sort after product was ordered!! The knowledge of people on here never ceases to amaze me .

[DiscoDes]

Hello and Morgan

There is a good shop in Canton that I have visited it's called Cig-E-Live and the address can be found here:

www.qype.co.uk/place/2540151-Cigg-e-Live-Cardiff

You can go in and try before you buy and the girls in there are very helpful, if you go in mention AAEC recommended you visit.

[Deleted]

to this little slice of heaven on the interwebs.

We are a good (ish.... ) bunch! hopefully you'll find what your looking for here, always great advice to be had.

[Kaaru]

Hi Morgan, to the forum, and to vaping !